Boston Cannons Face Off Training Series

powered by the FACE-OFF FACTORY 

OPEN TO PLAYERS IN GRADES 4 THRU COLLEGE

(Split into groups at each session based on Age)

The Boston Cannons are excited to host our first ever Face-Off Training Series to help the men at the X prepare for the 2016 lacrosse season in New England.  Each session is a 4 hour comprehensive training session. You can sign up for just 1 session, 2, or all 3.  Best part, the more sessions you sign up for, the lower each session's rate is!

Cannons Face-Off Specialist and Face-Off Factory co-founder JOE NARDELLA will lead each training session. The Face-Off Factory's willingness to teach players every aspect of the position is what separates the Face-Off Factory from other programs. Their goal is to not only create a dominant draw man, but a quarterback in the middle of the “X”. Each four hour session will teach players different stances, grips, moves and counters to win at the “X”. In addition, how to control the ground ball, how to efficiently use the wing players and how to shoot on the run to create the complete face-off player. No one day event is going to make a player an instant success; however, all of the drills are designed so they can be replicated by on the players on their own.

With each registration you will receive TWO Free tickets to the Cannons 2016 home opener AND a Cannons snap-back hat!

                 

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JOE NARDELLA– selected 36th overall in the 2015 MLL College draft -- Rutgers University ’15 -Third Team All-American – First Team All- B1G – B1G Specialist of the year – Two Time All-Big East Selection – Tewaaraton Watch List Nominee – Lowe’s Senior Class Award Candidate – Academic All-American – – Assistant Coach at Harvard University

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EACH 4 HOUR TRAINING SESSION WILL INCLUDE-

• Face-off: Position specific dynamics and stretching.
• Hand Drills: Drills players can take home that focus on hand eye coordination and are designed to increase hand speed.
• The face-off rules.
• The Stick: The different ways to grip the stick for the face-offs and the pros and cons of each.
• Ground Work: Right hand punch, Left hand punch, “down the line” and lift.
• The four basic stances and variations of each: We make sure that every player understands the different stances and try’s them out but we leave it to the player to pick which one they want to use.
• Face-off options “technique”: Clamp,  jam / re-jam, rake, etc.
• Winning the ball: Once you win the ball – what do you do? Push forward, pull back, etc. and which method to choose to do so.
• Ground ball, techniques and drills.
• Shooting on the run.
• Fast breaks, chalk talk and wing play in great detail.
• FILM WORK -- reviewing actual game face-offs, teaching you how to review your film work to improve.
• The competition: Players will put what they learned in to practice. At this point, we will find out who are the top performers by grade. Those players eliminated will move to coaches’ circle and get additional reps and training until the award ceremony.
• Award ceremony: Awards and prizes will be provided to those who do well in the competition.

Prizes at each session including face-off heads, jerseys, tshirts, shorts and more!

REGISTRATION COSTS (includes 2 tickets to Cannons 2016 home opener PLUS Cannons snapback hat)

$150 per player

Register Now!