The Virginia Goalie School - Girls Winter Clinic

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TGS ⟩ Clinics ⟩ Girls Lacrosse Goalie Camps ⟩ Virginia ⟩ Salem ⟩ Camp

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Brush up on your skills before the 2023 season!

Coach Pilat will be teaming up with Mary Schwartz. Coach Schwartz has over 30 years of coaching experience at the collegiate, high school and camp level and is a former Division I goalkeeper at the University of Maryland who knows what it takes to be successful in the women’s game.

This camp is easily accessible to goalies from Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Maryland and Tennessee. Camps are now open for registration. Sign up before they are full!

Highlights Include

Day camp hours: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Staff work one-on-one with goalies
Strength and agility coaching
Fun and exciting programming and games
Coaches talks and demonstrations
4:1 Camper to staff ratio - the best ratio in lacrosse camps
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Don’t miss out! This one-day Goalie School winter camp for girls ages 10-18 at the beautiful Roanoke College in Salem, VA limits enrollment to ensure maximum teaching and playing for all Goalies. Once camp is full, no more registrations will be accepted.

Check-in takes place between 8:30-9:00am on Saturday and camp concludes at 3:00pm.

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CAMP EXTRAS

COACH PILAT'S INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS:

Coach Pilat has produced two videos for goalies. Purchase Advanced Techniques (2015) and Basic Techniques (2001)!

THE BALL STOPS HERE COMBO PACKAGE: Players of all ages can learn from over 90 minutes (combined) of concentrated instruction on both videos and Coach Pilat recommends both videos to any goalie. Order yours today! Price $55

BASIC TECHNIQUES - THE BALL STOPS HERE I: Was produced in 2001 and is still a valuable resource to learn the basics of goaltending as well as a few new tricks. Content Includes - Basic Proper Goalie Warmup, Basics of Stance, Stopping Screened Shots, Stick Skills and Basic Clearing, Stopping One-On-One Shots, Basic Proper Technique for stopping all shots, Unique drills, Goalie Arc Play, Pipe Play, Field Communication.

ADVANCED TECHNIQUES - THE BALL STOPS HERE II: Advanced Techniques is designed for goalies and coaches who are ready to move to the next level. Content Includes - TGS Method (Advanced Goalie Routine), Advanced Warmup, Advanced Drills, Mental Strategies, Scouting Opponents (watching film), Advanced Clearing Concepts, Weight Training for Goalies, Stick Repair and Stringing.

CAMP APPAREL:

Campers have the opportunity to pre-order an TGS Nike t-shirt or hat in the camp registration process. You will receive items purchased on the first day at camp check-in.

TGS Nike T-Shirt - Price $30
T-Shirt Sizes Available in Adult Small, Medium, Large and X-Large
TGS Embroidered Nike Baseball Cap - Price $30
TGS Embroidered Bucket Hat - Price $30

Note: DVD's and apparel items will be HANDED out at camp check in.

Sample Daily Schedule

9:00 AM Coaches talk, goalies filmed in cage, station work
Noon Lunch
1:30 PM Finish filming goalies in cage, agility work, rapid fire
2:30 PM Small group coaches talk, clearing stations
3:00 PM Campers depart

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Roanoke College

Roanoke College is located on a beautiful campus in a vibrant college town just minutes away from the countryside. The campus is a quick 10 minutes from the Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport, with direct flights to more than nine cities in the Midwest and East Coast. It is 3-4 hours by car from Charlotte, N.C., Richmond, Va., and Washington, D.C.

Overall Average Rating 5.00 / 5 Stars

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Both fun and challenging!

January 24, 2019: The amount of attention my daughter received from the instructors was amazing. She gained a lot of confidence in her abilities and everyone at the camp made the experience both fun and challenging. She learned a ton, Thank you!

— Thomas W. Parent

Camp Director Mary Schwartz

Directing camp is Mary Schwartz. Coach Schwartz retired in 2022 from Roanoke College after guiding the women's lacrosse program to the 2007 and the 2009 NCAA Tournaments and the 2009 Old Dominion Athletic Conference Championship.
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A four-year letter winner at the goalie position at the University of Maryland, Schwartz helped the Terps to three NCAA Division I championship games (1982, 1984, 1985) and was named to both the ACC’s All-Tournament team and the North/South Senior All-Star game in 1985. As a goalie with Maryland’s field hockey team, Schwartz also was a four-year letter recipient and still remains fourth on the Terps’ all-time goals against average list.
Schwartz began her coaching career in 1989 as an assistant field hockey coach at North Alleghany High School (Pa.). After three years at North Alleghany, Schwartz moved on to Mt. Lebanon High School (Pa.) where she served as the head coach of the girls’ lacrosse team for two years. While in Pennsylvania, Schwartz founded the Pittsburgh Women’s Lacrosse Club in 1991. After that, Schwartz coached at Shady Side Academy (Pa.), where she coached the school’s first four high school All-Americans and earned the Midwest School Girl’s Lacrosse Association Coach of the Year Award (1994).
Schwartz’s accomplishments garnered her a coaching career at the college level. In 1996, she became the head women’s lacrosse coach of Davidson College (N.C.). Schwartz joined Roanoke College’s women’s lacrosse team in the 2005 season as the program’s eighth head coach since the program began in 1978.
Schwartz has served on several NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Committees, including a stint as the chairperson of the NCAA Division I South Region selection committee. She has also served as a Second Vice President of US Lacrosse and as an Executive Board member with the organization. As of 2016, she is currently serving her second year as a NCAA Division III At Large Representative for the IWLCA Board of Directors. Schwartz also serves as the Athletic Department’s Senior Women’s Administrator and supervises the Student-Athletic Advisory Committee.