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Harrison’s Youth Learns Lacrosse From The Best
Harrison Lacrosse Coach Bruce Kinisky along with Husky Lacrosse alumni and current players teach the town's youth the fundamentals of Lacrosse in a one week camp
With only a few weeks remaining in the summer, some of Harrison's young athletes are a full week of the time they have left to improve on the lacrosse field.
The Harrison lacrosse camp is now in its sixth year and the camp's director is Harrison's varsity head coach Bruce Kinisky. Kinisky is entering his fifth year as the Husky head coach and he feels that this camp is valuable in laying down a solid foundation for future Harrison athletes.
"We have some of the varsity players here in the afternoon and it's good for the kids to work with the varsity athletes to see what a varsity player looks like," Kinisky said. "It is a good opportunity for the campers to work with the varsity coaches and the same drills we do in camp are those that can be applied to our program at the varsity level. This is an opportunity for the kids to become familiar with the program and they will have the skills we are looking for when they get older."
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This year the camp has over fifty participants and the campers are given the option to go for a half session in the morning for $100 or stay for the entire day for $175. With the price of admission all of the campers get a t-shirt, reversible jersey and a full week to increase their ability levels.
Kinisky's camp staff is comprised of several college lacrosse players from school's including Cornell, Springfield and Siena, along with the Harrison varsity athletes.
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During a regular day at camp the kids are taught the fundamentals of the game through various drills and games.
"We do not have enough kids in any one group to do ten-on-ten," said Kinisky. "We do a lot of small team concepts like two-on-two and three-on-three drills along with fast breaks and transitions. We also do a lot of skill work in the beginning of camp."
The camp continues until the end of the week and will surly help the young players improve, which is really what the week is all about.
"We basically do the same drills every day," said Kinisky. "We give the campers the basic stuff and we just want them to get better as the week progresses."
