Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 8/22/18
Duke’s Lacrosse Club has announced its open and ongoing instructional/evaluation dates (four sessions), beginning this Sunday, Aug. 26 at Cardinal O’Hara.
Included in the Dukes tryout/evaluation process for grad years (2023-2019) are the 12th Annual Ricky Whelan Dukes Instructional/Evaluation Clinics used to instruct ALL players on advanced skill development & situational play, while working on weaknesses and refining advanced fundamentals to be effective in a PLAY FAST/DECISION MAKING environment.
With the new NCAA rules which eventually will trickle down to HS rules, early offense, transition, and quick restarts tempo and technique/decision making are vital.
All current Duke’s Elite, Young Guns, Nationals, MainLine, Duke’s Virginia, Duke’s Twist and Duke’s Chester County, TEAM PA Lacrosse 2023-2019 players and players seeking to join Duke’s Lacrosse Club or from other club teams should attend. Dukes coaches implement a lot of their defensive terminology and offensive gameplay during these four Sunday sessions to get ready for fall and future summer events.
Players will be selected to Dukes Program rosters – 2023-2019 and Duke’s Young Guns, Duke’s Nationals, Duke’s MainLine and Duke’s Elite HS – during the clinic sessions who consistently demonstrate the ability to execute in drills, display their athleticism, and have coachable traits coaches are looking for in a student-athlete.
The Ricky Whelan Clinic dates are:
Sunday, Aug. 26 at Cardinal O’Hara
**Off Labor Day Weekend**
September 9th at Cardinal O’Hara
September 16th at Bishop Shanahan
September 23rd at Cardinal O’Hara
Dave Pietramala, head coach at Johns Hopkins, is confirmed as the guest speaker at the Sept. 16 session; guest speakers are TBA for Sept. 9 and Sept. 23.
GPS Addresses: Cardinal O’Hara HS, 1701 Sproul Road, Springfield, PA. 19064
Bishop Shanahan HS, 220 Woodbine Road, Downingtown, PA. 19335
Please visit the schedule link to sign up for any of our 4 sessions – https://www.thedukeslacrosse.com/schedule/.
Times:
1pm-2pm Walkup Registration/Checkin
**players should bring their own reversible pinny, Duke’s waiver & Duke’s player info sheet. Download forms off Duke’s event link **
2pm-4pm Clinic
Lacrosse Clubs come and go. There are new startup clubs, changed clubs and many failed clubs. If you want to be a part of an elite boys’ lacrosse club, then it’s Duke’s Lacrosse since 1998.
Who is Ricky Whelan?
RICKY WHELAN 2004
http://www.browndailyherald.com/2005/01/26/ricky-whelan-04-loyal-friend-and-lacrosse-player/
