CLADDAGH YOUTH SELECT



SUMMER 2012

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MISSION:
To maximize advanced player development for several New England lacrosse players. The close-knit nature of our training and competition venues will allow our team to build rapport quickly on and off the field. While we desire a team that is wholeheartedly effortful and committed, we do not want our schedule of training and competition to dominate the boys’ summers. Players will have full training camps and competitive tournament events over the course of an intensive two week span. Our players will achieve a maximum of development in our condensed format, yet have several weeks of time to themselves to participate in other lacrosse camps and sports as well as spend time with family and friends.

Our Successful Format

Our focus will be on our chief goals of maximize advanced player development and collegiate recruiting exposure for several top high school lacrosse players.  The close-knit nature of our training and competition venues will allow our team to build rapport quickly on and off the field.  While we desire a team that is wholeheartedly effortful and committed, we do not want our schedule of training and competition to dominate the boys’ summers.  Players will have roughly two full, intermittent weeks of training and competition from late June through late July with 10 days off in between the two sessions.  Our players will achieve a maximum of development and exposure in our condensed format, yet have several weeks of time to themselves to participate in other individual recruiting events, work summer jobs, and spend time with family and friends. 

TRAINING AND TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
 
DATES           EVENT                                               VENUE               LOCATION
June 23-24   Harvard Crimson Classic                       Harvard University    Cambridge, MA

TBD            Team Practices To Be Scheduled           TBD
                    
June29-July1 New England Lacrosse Championships  Ft Devens Recreation Park, Ft. Devens MA
July 11-13   Training Camp                                     LaxHub               Danvers, MA
                
July 14-15   Fairfield Sound Summer Classic              Fairfield Univ.      Fairfield, CT
                    
 
TRAVEL SCHEDULE
 
DATES           EVENT                                              DEPART              ARRIVE
June 23      Arrive in MA for Harvard Tournament       Players Home       Cambridge, MA

TBD           Arrive in MA for team practice                 Players Home       Cambridge, MA

July 11         Arrival in MA for Training Camp            Player's home      Danvers, MA1
                     * we will have shuttle service available from Boston Logan Airport     ?
July 14      Depart for Fairfield Tournament                Danvers, MA         Fairfield, CT
                     * we will travel by bus and stay in hotel courtesy of team
July 15        Return to Home                                    Fairfield, CT          Players Home
                    
 
ALL-INCLUSIVE PLAYER FEE SCHEDULE
 
INCLUDES
 - All tournament team fees and player fees            - Transport to each event from training camps
 - All hotel costs during training camps                    - All hotel costs during tournaments
 - All meals during training camps                           - Premier team coaching staff
 - Premier facilities for training camps                     - NCAA guest coaching staff for training camps
 - Team gear (helmet wrap, gloves, stick wrap,       - Specialized, personal skill development plan
    shooting shirt, practice shorts, game shorts,       
    reversible jersey, team polo shirt for travel)
 
DOES NOT INCLUDE
  - Travel to first training camp or home (players all going different places) 
      **we will drop off at Boston Logan Airport if needed on 7/15
  - Meals during tournaments on road (we will be eating at establishments as a team for about $30/day)
 

OUR EXPERIENCED COACHING STAFF:
Nolan Godfrey   
President - Elite Player Development, LLC
Director - Select Teams
  Coach Godfrey has been a fixture in Massachusetts lacrosse for several years.  He was an All-American midfielder at Merrimack College, also leading the nation in ground balls and ranking second nationally in faceoff percentage while collecting All-Conference and All-New England Honors.

He was later a first-round selection of the world champion Philadelphia Barrage in the Major League Lacrosse (MLL) supplemental draft and has experience in the Boston Cannons organization of MLL.  Godfrey has played three seasons of box lacrosse in Canada, most recently at the Senior-A level for the Nanaimo Timbermen of the Western Lacrosse Association in British Columbia. He was named to the Team USA indoor developmental team in 2008 and competed at the Warriors Cup in Ontario. 

His other coaching appointments include work as an assistant coach at Saint Anselm College (NCAA Division II) and founding two Massachusetts high school programs, at Central Catholic High School and Haverhill High School.  He also coached at Billerica High School in Massachusetts, where he helped lead the boys’ lacrosse team to the Division 1 state final in 2008.  Godfrey's latest coaching stop was in the Dallas area as the Plano Senior High School boys head coach.
Jacob Kravitz   
Associate Head Coach - Select Teams
General Manager
   Coach Kravitz joins Claddagh Lacrosse after serving as Head Men's Lacrosse Coach for Regis College (Division III). At Regis College, Coach Kravitz was the inaugural Head Coach, helping to found and establish the program, posting a 300% increase in wins in his second year. His specialties include individual stick skill development for offensive and defensive players. Coach Kravitz is also a maven when it comes to Extra-Man Offense and Man-Down Defense. 

Coach Kravitz is a lacrosse lifer. His previous experience includes coaching youth lacrosse in Pennsylvania, being the President of the Boston University MCLA team, and being General Manager for the ULAX-Boston lacrosse league. He currently serves as the Head Boys' Lacrosse Coach at Wayland HS and  volunteers his time for various leagues, tournaments, camps and clinics, from youth up through high school.
Andrew Farman   
Assistant Coach & Defensive Coordinator - Select Teams
  Andrew Farman brings a wealth and variety of defensive knowledge to Claddagh. Coach Farman is a native of Newton, MA, and played both Goalie and LSM for Colorado College (NCAA Divisionn III). He later spent time as an assistant coach at Colorado Springs School, and had coaching stops at the high school level in the Boston area. Andrew spent three years as the top assistant coach and defensive coordinator at Regis College (NCAA Division III). At Regis he oversaw the development of defensemen and goalies, and contributed to developing the riding skills of attackmen. He currently resides in New Jersey where he coaches both hockey and lacrosse at the middle school level.
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