Visit our CAMP pages to see details.

Limited spots available.

As always, we used a combination of teaching the fundamentals, skill development and lessons on our core values. Through this we are able to create a unique experience for the players. For this event, we talked about leadership, character and courage. Each day focused on one word and applying it to our unique life experiences, lacrosse, school, family and community.

Lastly, our Harvest Summer Day Camp in date in Rochester is set for June 25-28th from 9-3pm. Registration should open up by the end of this coming week. We will be limited the number of spot, as we did for the mini camp in order to keep the same player to coach ratio.

GRANGE FIELDS IN UPPER MACUNGIE TOWNSHIP

339 GRANGE ROAD
UPPER MACUNGIE TOWNSHIP, PA 18104
(ALLENTOWN)

DETAILS
DATE: JULY 9TH-12TH, 2012
TIME: 9:00 AM- 3:00 PM

BOYS CAMP
ALL AGES
ALL SKILL LEVELS AND POSITIONS

EARLY REGISTRATION: $250       
WALK-UP REGISTRATION: $300

TYPICAL DAILY SCHEDULE
9:00: CAMPERS ARRIVE
9:00-9:25: STRETCHING AND WARM-UP
9:25-10:00: POSITIONAL AND TEAM STICK WORK
10:00-11:00: POSITIONAL TRAINING
11:00-11:30: SMALL TEAM DRILLS
11:30-12:15: LUNCH
12:15-12:45: LARGE AND SMALL GROUP, INTERACTIVE HARVEST TALKS
12:45-1:45: TEAM CONCEPTS, SMALL GROUP DRILLS
1:45-3:00: TEAM DRILLS
3:00: CAMPERS DEPART

**CAMPS WILL HAVE LACROSSE EQUIPMENT AND APPAREL GIVE-A-WAYS EACH DAY!
**ALL PLAYERS WILL RECEIVE A HARVEST LACROSSE PINNIE.

**FIRST 50 REGISTRANTS WILL BE ENTERED INTO A DRAWING FOR A FREE INDIVIDUAL LESSON WITH GRANT CATALINO DURING LUNCH!

A TRUE LEADER HAS THE CHARACTER TO KNOW WHAT’S RIGHT, THE COURAGE TO STAND FIRM EVEN IF WHAT IS RIGHT IS NOT “COOL”, AND THE COMPETENCE TO EXECUTE THE PLAN.

LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE!!

The kids improved each week during the “wall ball” portion of the session. This time is the most beneficial to any player of any age and ability. Each day we focused on 3 small aspects of the game and we used small drills to emphasize these points. Following the drills, depending on how attentive the kids were, we scrimmaged for the rest of the time. We implemented two rules into the game, the one pass rule and the 4 second rule, both focusing on the concept of moving the ball and your feet at all times.

If anyone has photos and would be willing to share them, please email them to harvestlacrosse@gmail.com.

Jan. 16, 2012

NORTHEAST FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH HARVEST LACROSSE

(Rochester, NY) – The Northeast Region Fellowship of Christian Athletes is pleased to announce an exciting partnership with Harvest Lacrosse beginning in 2012. FCA and Harvest will team up to help promote leadership development in players from first through twelfth grade.

“We want to help support and promote like-minded organizations,” says Sean McNamara, FCA’s Vice President of Field Ministry for the Northeast Region. “We value and appreciate the mission of the organization and want to support in whatever way we can.”

Founded in 2011, Harvest Lacrosse is a locally based lacrosse mentorship organization seeking to encourage young athletes to develop character along with their sport.  The mission is to “train principled and competent leaders within the lacrosse community who will step forward with integrity to serve, lead, and influence their peers and fellow athletes.” Led by Grant Catalino, a former three-time All-American at the University of Maryland and professional player for the Rochester Rattlers, the work of Harvest focuses on one-on-one skill training, group lessons and clinics, and camps.

The heart of Harvest is to “promote lacrosse and use the game as a way to help young players grow in the game and into model young men and women,” Catalino states. “We teach kids leadership characteristics and hope they go out into their communities and pass them along.”

As a former player for the Fellowship of Christian Athlete’s Rochester and National Lacrosse teams, Catalino uses his Harvest platform to coach others in the lessons of service and integrity learned through his experiences with FCA and a successful lacrosse career. In fact, one of the most rewarding moments he has seen so far is to have an excited parent detail the change in a child who now wants to help serve in the community. The change is perhaps a direct result of Harvest’s intentional character reward system taught during lessons and clinics. This is the kind of impact both Harvest and FCA desire.

FCA has high hopes for 2012 and the partnership with Harvest Lacrosse. By joining together, both Catalino and McNamara look to promote lasting integrity within the lacrosse community of Rochester. For more information on Harvest Lacrosse, access their website at www.harvestlacrosse.com.

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We introduced a new Harvest topic this week titled, making “preparation” a habit. Working toward the goal of a championship season in 2012, there is much that needs to be improved on during the next three months.  At this camp, the players gained the knowledge and drills, in order to use in the off-season to improve upon their personal skill sets and use within their team competitions.

Thanks to our two tremendous coaches from Nazareth and Salisbury College, players learned how they should approach the recruiting process, as well as the importance of setting your priorities while making your decision.

The Mission of Harvest Lacrosse can be integrated into the development of the youth and high school student athletes without competing with established school programs and pre-existing camps that share our same fundamental goals. The Mission Statement (below) says that we desire to develop principled leaders within the community, not apart from it. Here are some examples as to how this can come to fruition.

First, the Harvest Lacrosse staff of teachers, coaches, and mentors, must be willing to offer their services at camps run by other organizations with similar core values. Just because Harvest is involved does not mean it has to be our event. We work within the community, and that means working with and for other organizations that share a common values.

Second, Harvest is not buying into the “elite” summer team fad that gives kids false hope about their ability to play college lacrosse. We are not saying that “elite” summer teams are inherently bad, in fact some can offer great opportunities for kids, but they may distract some kids and pull them away from their towns and communities.  We want to encourage kids to make each one of their respective high school and summer teams excellent, sharing habits and skills they learned from us with their teammates. That way as each team improves, the Rochester area will be viewed more often as a “hot spot” for recruiting, increasing the likelihood that a player worthy of playing college lacrosse will be noticed.

Finally, our camps and clinics will hopefully be a good complement to existing ones offered in the area. For example, we hope to recommend affordable camps offered by colleges that stress certain skills critical for maturing as a student – athlete. We will not recommend camps we believe are not in line with the Harvest Mission. Based on schedule, cost, and learned skills players will be able to choose which camps are best suitable for their development. Each player is unique both in their learning style and skill set. All players can benefit from principled leadership and understanding certain core values that can guide them throughout life. Unfortunately not many camps address these areas that everyone can benefit from.

Determining which camps fit this mold will be difficult, but over time we hope the lacrosse community will be able to coordinated its effort, offering affordable learning opportunities to all student-athletes who desire to be champions.

Above all, remember to teach the kids that challenges produce endurance, and endurance produces character.

“Our Mission is to train principled and competent leaders within the lacrosse community, who will step forward with integrity to serve, lead, and influence their peers and fellow athletes.”

Live like a champion,
Michael