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Winter Elite Lacrosse Clinics

Winter Elite Lacrosse Clinics - Details

Days: Sundays
Dates: 12/8, 12/15, 1/12, 1/26, 2/9, 2/23
Times: 
1-2pm (Defense & Offense Clinics) 
2-3pm (Face-Off & Goalies Clinics)
Cost: Only $395 for 6 sessions!
Location: Dulles SportsPlex in Sterling, VA
Who: 6th-12th grade boys who are very advanced who we think will respond well to elite coaching and training.  9-12th graders will be kept together. 
Experience: 5+ years of experience. 
Class Size:  12-24 Boys upon approval.
Note: This clinic is not for everyone. All players should register and then our Directors will confirm your participation after review. All players not accepted in FELT sessions will automatically participate in our Intermediate clinics focusing on the exact same four areas or receive a full refund

Directors:  Full Bios at Bottom of Page!

DEFENSE - 'DOMINATE':  Alex Mazzone, PLL Waterdogs, Hopkins '23
OFFENSE - 'UNGUARDABLE': Clay Miller, Delaware, '23
FACE-OFF - 'SCORPION': Andrew Tyeryar, UNC '24
GOALIE - 'SHUTOUT': Tim Marcille, John Hopkins '23

Equipment: Full pads required (helmet, shoulder pads, arm pads, gloves, stick). Also you must wear cleats.  All lacrosse apparel and equipment is found conveniently at Madlax Shop in McLean (1368 Chain Bridge Road) or in our online store at www.Madlax.com/shop.

Bonus: Every camper will receive a free reversible jersey and Madlax Branded T-Shirt upon completion of the clinic. Also all campers will be emailed a 10% discount coupon to use in Madlax stores once you register for any clinic.

Goalie 'SHUTOUT' Clinic General Plan:

5 minutes - Pre Practice Early (4:55pm)

  • Meet and discuss plan today plus mindset, focus and mental strategies. 

20 minutes - Warm Up

  • 10 minutes physical warm up. Dynamic, Hand-eye. 
  • 10 minute playing warm up. Short stick saves, body saves, practical warm ups, gear up speed.

30 minutes - LIVE
Max effort, max reset, equal value of all shots!

  • 10 minutes of step downs/feet set shooter
  • 10 minute of pass-then-shot (from X, from the low corners, from wings, across the top)
  • Evolve drill - so shooters have options of cutting, popping, diving, etc.
  • 10 minute of inside work, cross crease, pipe-to-pipe, low angle work.
  • All include outlets, clearing, angle + arc play. 

10 minutes - Game & Competitions

  • Knock out / King of the hill / Etc...

5 minutes - Post Practice
Review & Discuss work done today, how to work at home & adapt to your own game.

DEFENSE 'DOMINATE' - Clinic General Plan

5 minutes (4:55-5:00): Introduction and general overview of the goal of the sessions

10 minutes (5:00-5:10): Warm-up Footwork

  • Box footwork drill
  • Alley footwork drill

20 minutes (5:10-5:30): Approach Work

  • Breakdown and and drop steps on a cone
  • 2-cone gate drill (1 on 1 with no stick)

25 minutes (5:30-6:00): 1v1 Work

  • High-wing gate drill for alley dodges
  • Low-wing gate drill for baseline dodges
  • Low-wing 1v1s off a late approach

5 minutes (6:00-6:05): Closing comments / things to work on before next session

Face-Off 'SCORPION' - Clinic General Plan

5pm: Dynamic and Face Off warm up. (Helmet and Gloves). Drills include Exits, chops, Clamps, hand speed, different whistle cadences, resistance work, ground balls with pressure, and Ball distribution.  

5:20: Strategy and Counters. Will talk and demonstrate high level counters used at the college and pro level.

5:30: Face-Off drills. Will partner up and do 50/100 (clamps with pressure), ball hand grabs, Tee Pee drill, and situational lives vs counters. Working into full lives. 

5:40: Live Face-Offs and competition. King of the hill, tournaments. Will rotate partners to maximize reps against different Face-Off styles. 

5:50: Face-offs to fast break shooting. Working on fast breaks off the Face-off into shooting. Working on our burst of speed, handling the ball, and taking it to the rack! 

6pm. Questions and breakdown the session, overview.  What to work on...

OFFENSE 'UNGUARDABLE' - Clinic General Plan

15 minutes (5:00-5:15): Intro and Warm-Up

  • Quick Dynamic
  • Stickwork Drill

15 minutes (5:15-5:30): Fundamentals Focus

  • Work on the piece of technique applicable to the session

20 minutes (5:30-5:50): Live Reps

  • Incorporate Technique into Full Speed Drills

10 Minutes (5:50-6:00): Competition and Accuracy

  • Compete with one another in accuracy challenges

DIRECTORS:

Andrew Tyeryar

Face-Off Specialist
2024 UNC Men’s Lacrosse Team Captain
UNC program record, 16 ground balls, most ever in a single game
Most goals in the country by a Face Off guy in the 2023 D1 season
Named to the USILA Team of the Week on (3/14/24)
USILA Academic All American 2023-24
UNC Team Most Valuable Player (MVP) 2023
Led UNC with 87 ground balls in the 2023 season

Appeared in all 14 games during the 2024 campaign • Part of a Carolina faceoff group that finished the regular season with the nation's top faceoff win percentage in 2024 • Went  (.62%) at the faceoff stripe in the 2024 season.

At St. Stephens
Ranked by Inside Lacrosse at the No. 34 overall recruit and No. 5 face-off specialist in the Class of 2019 • US Lacrosse All-American and Under Armour All-American • Three-time all-state and three-time all-Metro • Two-time All-IAC in lacrosse • Alexandria Lacrosse Athlete of the Year

Alex Mazzone

Alex Mazzone, a graduate student defenseman on the Johns Hopkins men's lacrosse team, was selected by the Waterdogs Lacrosse Club in the second round of the 2023 Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) draft on Tuesday evening.  Mazzone was the eighth pick in the second round and the 16th overall selection in the 32-man draft.
 
Mazzone was named a Second Team USA Lacrosse Magazine All-American and was previously selected to the All-Big Ten First Team.  He has started all 16 games on close defense for the Blue Jays this season and counts one goal, two assists, a team-high 67 ground balls and 17 caused turnovers to his credit. 
 
Mazzone's 67 ground balls are the most by a non-faceoff specialist at Johns Hopkins since Matt Bocklet had 99 in 2008, while his 17 caused turnovers rank second on the team.  Mazzone has earned All-America honors four times in his career as he was an honorable mention selection by USA Lacrosse Magazine in 2022 before jumping to the second team this season and he has twice earned honorable mention honors from the USILA (2021, 2022).

Tim Marcille

Goalie, Madlax 2019 (since 2010)

Johns Hopkins

3X Academic All-Big 10, 2022-2024

2023, USILA Scholar All-American
2023, Started 17 of 18 games for the Blue Jays, posting an 11-6 record and playing 970 minutes across the 2023 season.
2023, Lead the Blue Jays to NCAA quarterfinals for the 1st time since 2018 

Posted a career high of 21 saves in an 11-9 win @ Syracuse in 2023
- Recorded a 10.59 goals against average and a .471 save percentage in 254:43 in 2022.
- Made first career appearance in 2021 at seventh-ranked Rutgers and posted two saves while allowing three goals in 15 minutes of action.
- Made first career start in a 14-13 loss to top-ranked Maryland in 2021.  Posted 11 saves, including six in the first quarter, against the Terrapins.
- Sparked Johns Hopkins’ 15-7 win at Penn State in the B1G Quarterfinals as he had 12 saves and allowed just six goals in 59:53; he also had six GBs in the win.
- Recorded 12 saves, including five in the fourth quarter, to fuel a 12-10 win over #6 Rutgers in the Big Ten Semifinals.

Gonzaga
- Ranked as the #59 freshman in the nation by Inside Lacrosse in 2020.
- Ranked as the #4 freshman goalie in the nation by Inside Lacrosse in 2020.
- Played lacrosse and wrestled. 
- Helped team to three Washington Catholic Athletic Conference Championship games with a four-year record of 68-14. 
- Had a career high of 172 saves with a 63% save average in 2018 to earn First Team All-WCAC, Third Team USA Today All-USA Team and Washington Post All-Met.  
- Led the team to an 18-3 record, with a 6.77 goals against average in 2019 and earned First Team All-WCAC, First Team Washington Post All-Met and Under Armour All-America honors. 

Clay Miller

CAREER ACCOLADES 

  • 66 Career Goals & 43 Assists out of the midfield
  • Started 36 games for the blue hens between 2019-2023
  • CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2023)
  • CAA Rookie of the Week (4/9/19)

HIGH SCHOOL

  • Attended Cumberland Valley High School for four years and was a four-year letter winner
  • Named team offensive MVP twice
  • Selected to the mid-penn first-team three times
  • Named mid-penn Player of the Year
  • Selected as an All-American
  • Named phillylacrosse first-team
  • Found the back of the net 225 times and assisted on 118 goals over his four-year career