The Great Western Lacrosse Camp day begins with a wake up call at 7:00am. This is done by the Staff with a knock on the door and the legendary wake up whistle (no one sleeps through this). A eye-opening shower and then off to breakfast right at the dorm...
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Following breakfast, the campers have time to relax and prepare for the morning session. The trainer is on hand to tape ankles and repair blisters one hour prior to the practice start. Morning practice is usually the toughest of the day and runs from 9:00am to 11:30am. This session usually deals with fundamentals and drills dealing with individual skills. A 8:1 ratio between campers and coaches is attempted during practices involving drills. Water breaks are taken when needed. This session ends with a lecture or demonstration and an outline of the next session's activities. Several coaches stay after practice to lend individual attention to those who care to stay... 
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Then it is time to relax in the video lounge watching a lacrosse film, attend camp run Guitar Hero tournament, play pool & ping pong in the game room or rest with friends in their dorm rooms. Then it's lunch at the dorm...
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The afternoon session begins with coaches arriving early to give extra assistance to those who care to get it. This session is mainly used to play games or hold feedback scrimmages. Since this is the hottest time of the day, this session is kept relatively short so to keep the campers healthy, usually running from 2:30pm to 4:00pm. Sometimes, this session is used to perform skill contests of the players lacrosse fundamentals. This is big fun and comes complete with prizes...
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The video lounge and the game room are always open after practice. Many campers spend time meeting new players from around the west. Before you know it, you are off to dinner at the campus cafeteria...
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The evening session begins with a demonstration by the staff on a transition or team concept of the game. The beginning portion of the evening practice uses all the fields so to maximize activity time. At nightfall, our two lighted fields are used. Fast breaks are run, games are played according to division and game schedule.
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Following the evening session, campers are allowed free time to go to the camp store, the game room, watch videos in the lounge and to visit friends in the dorm. We have a stick maintenance seminar where some coaches take campers step by step those stick maintenance and full stringing. The evening ends with a bed check at 10:30pm, where the Director and the Staff do a bed check and use this time to talk with campers on how the week is going, give encouragement where needed and fire everyone up for the next day. Lights out a half an hour later.  At all times during the camp, our staff is available to the campers. We invite all players to come to camp and learn valuable information that will help you become a better player. Most of all, you will meet many great lacrosse players from all around the western United States. We can't wait for July!