SOCAR PREMIER
JUNE 6-8 2023
ABOUT:
The SOCAR Premier is for high-motivated lacrosse players driven to take their game even higher. Our program matches a player’s intensity with small-group, position-based instruction by NCAA coaches. 100+ Statewide Athletes will showcase their skills in front of 10+ coaches.
Learn from the Nation's top coaches, while playing among the region's top players.
2023 - 2034
LOCATION: The SCLA Lax Ranch
Cost: $150
CONFIRMED NCAA STAFF
Tony Lepore
Albert Mitchell
Mark Miller
Chris Perzinski
Gary Diclementi
Shawn Ewert
LOGISTICS
High School
Grad Years | 2023 - 2027
June 6: 5:00 - 8:00pm
June 7: 9:00-12:00 pm
LX Ranch, Daniel Island SC
$150
Lower school
CURRICULUM
ATTACK
• Advanced stickwork for the complete attackman
• Getting to the island and scoring
• Crease play: cutting and finishing.
• Dodging through change of direction at X and on the wing
• Creating space from your defenseman
• Feeding technique and accuracy
• Time and room shooting
• 2-man games
• Mastering playing without the ball
DEFENSE
• Advanced stickwork for the complete defenseman
• Approaches: behind, wing and up top
• Nothing Top Side: playing the arc
• Shutting down wing dodges
• Fire, Fill and Find: sliding and recovering
• Defensive ground balls and escapes
• Checks: what and when to throw
MIDFIELD
• Advanced stickwork for the complete midfielder
• Dodging to create space through change of direction
• Feeding technique and accuracy
• Crease play: cutting and finishing
• Defensive approaches and short-stick defense
• Time and room shooting & shooting on the run
• Mastering sliding & recovering
GOALIE
• Advanced stickwork for the complete goalie
• Tracking the ball and hand-eye quickness
• Footwork, angles, and positioning
• Making saves on island shots and time and room shots.
• Leading a Defense: communicating Fire, Find and Fill.
• Get the Break Going: outlets and starting transition.
• Tennis ball & reaction ball training
FACEOFF
• Advanced stickwork for the complete midfielder
• Feeding technique and accuracy
• After the Draw – the tough ground ball
• Defensive approaches and short-stick defense
• Shooting on the run
• Eyes on the prize: playing offense in transition
SCLA'S LACROSSE RANCH
1651 Oak Leaf St, Charleston, SC 29492
DIRECTIONS
FROM MT. PLEASANT:
- Take 526 towards North Charleston/Savannah
- Exit Daniel Island #24
- Continue 1.3 Miles on Seven Farms Drive to Daniel Island Drive (Pass Governors Park on left, Publix on right, Family Circle Tennis Center on left)
- At first roundabout turn left onto Daniel Island Dr (Providence Baptist Church on Right/Holy Cross Episcopal Church on left)
- Continue 1.1 Miles to Oak Leaf St (Pass 5 stop signs, Berkeley County Library, Daniel Island School & Smythe Park/Lake)
- Turn Right onto Oak Leaf St and continue past the Crows Nest Community Pool.
- Turn Left at the end of Oak Leaf St. The Lax Ranch will be located on your right after 4 fields.
*Parking can be found alongside the road before you reach the fields and in front of the field 1.
CONTACT
Director of Operations
TOM HARRIS