Director of the Long Island Sting and Everest Recruiting Consulting.

CAMP OBJECTIVE         

To teach campers of all levels the fundamental skills that are required at each position in the game of Lacrosse in a fun, competitive environment

CAMPERS WILL RECEIVE   

Individual and team instruction from Pascack Valley coaches and players as well as from other high school coaches in the area

Individual Player evaluation at the end of the week

Reversible “Pascack Valley” lacrosse jersey

Raffles and awards all week long

CAMP COST                            

$185 per camper

CAMP STAFF                          

Craig Buckley-Head Coach @ PV

Dan DeMartino-Asst Coach @ PV

Casey Drummond

           -Head Coach @ Westwood HS

Jeff Christiano-

        Bridgton Academy Prep

        Nazareth College

        Former PV Lacrosse Player

        ’09/’10  1st Team All-League

Joey Voto

         Former PV Lacrosse standout

            Current Defenseman @ Kean Univ.

2013 PV LACROSSE CAMP Brochure

Brand Name – Brine

Product Name – Brine King IV

Price – $190.00

Position – Attack, Midfield, and Defense

Where did you buy it? – All Lacrosse

Ratings: 8/10 ultralight design countered with supreme protection makes the King IV the best of the King glove series

Design – 9/10 Brine stepped up their game while making this glove, they used new non overlapping material to bring you closer to the stick as well as new ARCH and ABS designs on the back of your hand for protection no other lacrosse glove has.

Durability – 7/10 Normal glove wears overtime

Overall Comments: Great glove everyone I spoke to loves the feel. I recommend this glove for more experienced players just because of the price tag.

In his 10th season as the Head Coach of the Kean University men’s lacrosse program, Shelley Sheiner has guided the Cougars to recent success in both 2008 and 2010.

In 2010 the top ranked Cougars captured the first ECAC championship in 15 years with an 11-7 win over No. 3  Richard Stockton in the Division III Mid-Atlantic Men’s Lacrosse Championship.  Kean finished with 14 wins, tying a program best for a season.

The 2008 squad captured the program’s first Skyline Conference championship with a thrilling 8-7, come-from-behind victory over rival Montclair State University, advancing the Cougars to the NCAA tournament for the first time in program history and tying the program record with 14 wins.

Sheiner’s squads have gradually improved during his tenure and posted five-straight 10-plus win seasons for the first time since the early nineties when Sheiner was a player under the legendary Hawley Waterman.  Sheiner was a defender on the 14-win, 1993 team that won the program’s last of four Knickerbocker Conference Championship titles.

In fall of 2003, Sheiner was named the sixth head coach in the history of the program after serving two years as an assistant coach at Kean.  Prior to that, Sheiner served as the head boy’s lacrosse coach at Indian Hills High School in Oakland, N.J., from 1997-2001.  During his tenure, Sheiner guided the program to back-to-back state tournament appearances (1999 & 2000) and was named the New Jersey Lacrosse Coach of the Year for the Rizk Division in 2000 when Indian Hills finished 13-5.

Sheiner began his coaching career at Ridgewood High School, where he served as an assistant boy’s lacrosse coach from 1995-96, under Steve Jacobsen, one of the all-time winningest coaches in NJ lacrosse history.

More recently, Israel Lacrosse announced in 2012 that Sheiner is now the head coach of the Jerusalem Lacrosse Club.

The 2008 Skyline Conference Coach of the Year, Sheiner graduated from Kean University in 1995 with a Bachelor of Arts in psychology and a Bachelor of Science in political science and criminal justice. He earned his master’s degree in special education/initial certification from William Paterson University.

An active member in a pair of professional lacrosse organizations, the New Jersey Lacrosse Coaches Association and US Lacrosse, Sheiner is a special education teacher at Bergenfield Middle School.  He currently resides in Fair Lawn, N.J., with his wife Kelly and their children, Jacob and Sarah.

Phone:908-737-0629

Email:sheiners@kean.edu

The Middlebury native returned to Vermont in 2011, coaching the linebackers and leading the strength and conditioning program at Middlebury College. A 2006 graduate of Wesleyan, Johnston-Bloom spent four seasons at his alma mater coaching the defensive line and linebackers.

As a player, he was an immediate starter on the defensive line for the Cardinals as a rookie in 2002. He handled that role for all 32 games during his four seasons. A two-time all-NESCAC pick (2004 and 2005) and a two-year team captain, he amassed 177 total tackles with 15 sacks. During his senior year, he joined the lacrosse team for the first time as a faceoff specialist.

While assisting with the Wesleyan football program, he also worked with the lacrosse team as an assistant coach, leading the program to new heights with two NCAA appearances and a conference title.

Johnston-Bloom, who holds a master’s degree in liberal studies from Wesleyan is also a member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NCSA).

A 2002 graduate of Middlebury Union High School, Johnston-Bloom was a three-time All-State selection, captaining the Maple Sugar Shrine team in 2002, the same year he was inducted into the Vermont Chapter of the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame.

Last season, he began the lacrosse program at Thiel College in Greenville, Pennsylvania, becoming the program’s first head coach.

Email: sjohnstonbloom@middlebury.edu
Phone: 802.443.5383
Alma Mater: Wesleyan ’06

Likewise, according to The New Yorker “Recruited athletes have a distinct advantage in the admissions process” and “athletes have an acceptance rate to the Ivies at well over twice the rate of other students.”

This distinct advantage applies to the vast majority of schools for the purposes of being a recruited lacrosse player. Talk about leverage!

Although this study was published close to seven years ago, the findings still hold true. What has changed, however, is the explosive growth of the number of athletes playing lacrosse. Seven years later, this advantage is much harder to realize for the vast majority of lacrosse players because of the ever-increasing pool of qualified student-athletes.

The most dramatic shift in the recruiting pool is not just the explosive growth. One trend that appears to be unstoppable is the type of athletes now entering the pool.

No one person is better suited to comment on this change than Jake Reed. For the last 10 years, he has run what is considered to be the most selective invitational showcase for high school lacrosse players: Jake Reed’s Nike Blue Chip Camp.

I recently spoke with Jake in an effort to gauge his observations about the type of athlete that now attends his camp. He said that he now has kids from over 40 states attending his camp, in addition to players from Canada and Australia. But the one word he used to describe the most noticeable change is that the kids are now “thicker.” He simply meant that they are bigger, more developed and more muscular than 6-7 years ago. Bigger, faster, stronger.

With the introduction of his 3D Lacrosse selection process, partnering with Jamie Munro’s growing Denver-based company, Jake expects to draw even more superior athletes from a greater geographic pool. Many of the new kids earning an invite to his summer and fall venue will be bigger, faster and stronger than the previous years’ talent pool.

This is the natural progression of any sport as it grows and attracts a larger contingent of athletes.

This trend has had a dramatic impact at both the DI and DIII levels. Many of today’s DIII rosters contain players who possess similar athletic skills to their DI counterparts. The distinction is that there are fewer of those elite athletes on the DIII roster in comparison to DI. The effect at the DIII level will, over time, result in a similar trend at the DI level: bigger, superior athletes seeking roster spots.

A great equalizer in both divisions is speed. But the greatest equalizer is in fact performance in the classroom.

More so now than ever, it becomes increasingly important to gain the edge in the classroom. A superior academic résumé is one of the few advantages that you can still control. And it just might get you that preferred slot over the better lacrosse player who you’re competing against. You may lack superior speed and height, but you can certainly work at establishing a superior transcript. This, unlike the physical components of your counterparts, is something that is under your direct control. Coaches have varying degrees of leeway when submitting their 8-10 recruits to the admissions liaison.

Within each recruiting class, there needs to be an upper-tier student or two who balances out the superior lacrosse player who has grades on the lower end of the admissions continuum. Strive to be that player who is offered a slot because of excellent work in the classroom, and a history of A.P., and/or honors classes.

Remember, this whole process is about using lacrosse to get into a school where you would not otherwise be a candidate for admission. Why not dedicate extra attention to that one variable that you can control: your success in the classroom. That is in fact the real athlete’s advantage.

Greg has over five years of applied sport counseling experience with athletes and coaches ranging from youth to professional status. His clients include high school and NCAA champions, Super Bowl champions, Stanley Cup participants, and Olympic/Junior Olympic members. Greg serves as the Director of Mental Training at The Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Center, a comprehensive outpatient sports rehabilitation facility in Englewood, NJ. At the center, Greg has constructed the EXACT (Expert Athletic Counseling & Training) and Just For KIX (Kids In ‘Xercise) Programs, through which student-athletes and high-level teams work with professionals in Fitness Training, Nutrition, and Mental Training to enhance overall athletic and personal performance.

Greg has presented at regional and national conferences, and has been featured as an expert on Healthradio’s “Sports Medicine & Fitness Show”. Greg has written numerous articles on the mental game of sport and has contributed to NPR, Reuters, ESPN.com, The Wall Street Journal, CNN.com, Runner’s World Magazine, Women’s Health Magazine, Men’s Life Today, The Chicago Tribune, and Sporting Kid Magazine, among others. He is on the Editorial Board of the American College of Sports Medicine’s Fit Society Page, and has co-authored The Baseball Starter: A Handbook For Coaching Children and Teens.

He received his Master of Education in Counseling/Sport Psychology at Boston University. He earned his bachelors degree in psychology from Tufts University (MA). He currently co-owns and operates a youth summer baseball academy called Pitch by Pitch Baseball, Inc., in Congers, NY, one of the area’s larger specialty day camps that introduces both physical and mental skills training for young ballplayers. He is an Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) Certified Consultant. Contact him at greg@telos-spc.com. Follow him on Twitter @gregchertok.

Spend some time inward rather than outward next time on the field. You may be surprised what you find is going on inside.

Mission

To carry on the legacy and vision of HEADstrong founder Nicholas E. Colleluori through advocating, fundraising and supporting those affected by blood cancers and those working towards eliminating it.

Commitment

The HEADstrong Foundation is committed to being a resource for blood cancer patients and their families.  Dedicated to assist them navigate the harrowing ordeal of cancer by sharing our experience, lending guidance and providing essential services with emphasis placed on sustaining and improving quality of life during the process.

Assisting To Defeat Blood Cancer

• Through raising awareness of blood cancer within the lacrosse community
• Through the supporting of efforts focused on finding a cure and generating funding for blood cancer research
• Through the distribution of grants and services to both patients and survivors of blood cancer
• Through providing financial assistance to families struggling with the hardships experienced by caring for a family member with blood cancer
• Through providing scholarships and grants for student athletes with ambitions of entering the medical field
• Through providing programming and services focused on improving the quality of life for blood cancer patients and their families

For addional information, please contact us at info@headstrongfoundation.org.

How do my personal finances affect scholarship money?

What is the Ivy League Index? Why is it so important?

What is the significance of E.D. I in the application process?

How important is the Alumni interview process?

What about College Club Lacrosse ?

What is a P.G. year and why are so many kids choosing this option?

Will schools accept A.C.T. scores instead of S.A.T. scores?

When choosing a Prep School, can you assume that attending certain schools will increase the chances of being admitted to an IVY League or a N.E.S.C.A.C.?

Do Prep School coaches have any influence with respect to the admissions process?

Do Coaches have the option of utilizing a legacy slot ?

Do Coaches have the option of utilizing a diversity slot?

What if my son has a learning disability?

Should we make the Coach aware of this?

What is the role of the Athletic Liaison?

What is a pre-read?

What role does our High School guidance counselor play?

What role does our High School Coach play?

What role does the Coach of our Travel team play?

How many recruiting camps/tournaments does my son need to attend?

When should we consider a repeat year?

What is the difference between an Official visit and an Unofficial visit?

What is a Likely Letter? Which schools offer this?

What if my Son wants to play two sports in College? Is this an advantage?

If we have friends who are Alumni or Board members at a school our Son is considering, should we reach out to them in an effort to help our Son?

Should we send out a full game DVD or just highlights?

What is a gap year?

How do we determine the level of academic support a particular school offers to athletes?

Do we limit our search if our Son is intent upon a particular major, i.e., Business, Engineering, Medicine?

Will the recent economic downturn affect the amount of Financial Aid, or Scholarship money offered to recruited athletes?

There is no score for how many you got right and how many you got wrong. The point is that having a good working knowledge of these issues is key to getting the best setting of academic and athletic outcomes for your son or daughter.  You wouldn’t buy a house knowing nothing about it. Don’t enter this process unprepared and uninformed. Our knowledge, experience and understanding of all these variables and intangibles related to the recruiting process allow us to offer invaluable and objective insights. Analyzing each recruit individually, we work closely with your family to navigate this complex and critically important process.