Sunday, January 5th 9:30AM

24 degrees - real feel 18 degrees

This is what dedication looks like

Levi Hinton

7th grade Haverford School

Team 10 - class of 2030

CB East Wins the BTL Fall League

CB East repeats as the Basic Training Lacrosse Fall League champs, taking home the Pete Ortale Memorial Trophy.  East beat a very good Boyertown team in their semifinal game.  In the finals, East outlasted a tough Penncrest team who upset Bishop Shanahan in their semifinal game.  Game recap notes coming soon.              

Peter K. Ortale Trophy

The PKO Memorial Trophy is awarded each year to the BTL Fall League champion.  Pete was tragically taken on September 11th, 2001.  A warrior poet in the truest sense.  He was a 2 time High School All American midfielder who captained Penn Charter's 1983 state championship team.  He was also the captain of Duke University's lacrosse team when you could count on one hand the number of lacrosse players from PA playing Division 1 lacrosse.  He was the ultimate team player before there were travel teams and Inside Lacrosse player ranking lists and Instagram recruiting profiles.  He embodied what this league's mission seeks to reinforce; commitment to your high school team and teammates. 

BTL Fall League  Previous Winners     

2023 Central Bucks East

2022 West Chester Rustin

2021 Owen J Roberts

2019 Downingtown East

2018 Shipley

2017 Central Bucks East

2016 Central Bucks East

2015 Great Valley

2014 Great Valley

2013 Episcopal Academy

2012 Malvern Prep

2011 Episcopal Academy

2010 Malvern Prep

2009 Abington HS

2008 Malvern Prep

1 on 1 Goalie Training

Need to develop or retune your goalie play for recruiting events.  Whether a boy or girl goalie, a beginner or someone with experience looking to elevate their play,  BTL focuses on building and/or maintaining a strong foundation of core skill sets.  Foundation is everything.  Without it, goalies inevitably develop habits that can get more and more difficult to overcome as competetion gets better, faster and stronger.  With it, goalies can evolve and develop each season.  A strong foundation followed by consistent repetitions and commitment are the keys to success.

                          Will Pettit - Malvern / Univ. Of North Carolina                 Grace Donnelly - Shipley / Univ. of Colorado-Boulder

If you would like to schedule training please click the Registration/Waiver tab above followed by the Goalie Training Request tab where you can review our different training packages.  If you have any questions please email basictraininglax@comcast.net and we will set up an individual consult call to discuss the best training option.

2024 WINTER INDOOR GOALIE TRAINING   

If you wish to participate in the 2024 winter goalie training camp and have registered, please send an email to basictraininglax@comcast.net to coordinate time slots.

Training dates and times at The Phelps School indoor field house are TBD.    We do not do high volume training and have a limited number of spots.  If you'd like to secure a spot, early registration is available on this site.

Training is forecast to commence the second weekend of January, either 1/15 or 1/16, and run on the following weekends in January and February with the exception of the two holiday weekends (Prez and MLK).  Training will conclude with an all goalies outdoor session and tailgater the first weekend of March.

The 7 winter training sessions focus on preparing for the upcoming spring season by either introducing or refreshing sound fundamentals based on experience level.  Key areas of focus are as follows:

• proper stance
• proper positioning along the arc
• feet attacking the shot line - "we explode to the shot...not step"
• repetitive drilling of the above to foster muscle memory reflex 
• teaching of differing save techniques for inside shots vs outside shots
• shots on the run
• proper passing technique
• talking from the goal as it pertains to being a "field general"
  • This skill set is the critical point of emphasis for BTL goalie training.  BTL's core lacrosse goalie philosophy is that a goalie with a high lacrosse IQ, that talks well and leads their defense can make more saves through excellent communication than with the stick.

Any questions or for additonal info contact us at  basictraininglax@comcast.net

(cell # has changed - email contact is best option)

Personal Girl's Goalie Training Available in Denver   

Recent graduate of CU Boulder, Grace Donnelly is now offering private goalie lessons to young girl goalies in the Denver, CO area.

A 2 year starting goalie for the Buffs, Grace had a career save percentage of .445 and was a 2 time Pac-12 Defender of the Week, 2023 Pac 12 All Tournament goalie and had a career record of 3-1 versus Pac-12 rival Stanford.  She was also 1-1 versus cross town rival the University of Denver, with both games coming down to one goal margins.

https://cubuffs.com/sports/womens-lacrosse/roster/grace-donnelly/16093

Training will consist of:

• proper stance
• proper positioning along the arc
• feet attacking the shot line - "we explode to the shot...not step"
• repetitive drilling of the above to foster muscle memory reflex 
• teaching of differing save techniques for free position shots
• shots on the run
• proper passing technique
• talking from the goal as it pertains to being a "field general"
  • This skill set is the critical point of emphasis for BTL goalie training.  BTL's core lacrosse goalie philosophy is that a goalie with a high lacrosse IQ, that talks well and leads their defense can make more saves through excellent communication than with the stick

Grace has a rage cage (portable lax net) and is available to conduct training for girl goalies, grades 4 through 12, within the Denver/Boulder metro area.  Personal lessons are $75/hr plus $0.75/mile for travel.  Also available for multi-goalie training sessions and club teams looking for goalie training for their goalie corps.  To inquire about scheduling training, please email  BTLgoalietrainingCO@gmail.com

Forfeits
·Teams that do not have a full team, ready to play at game time will automatically forfeit, regardless of the final score of the game.
·Teams that are not able to field a complete team throughout the entire game will automatically forfeit, regardless of the final score of the game.
·The need to use players from other teams participating in the tournament will also result in a forfeit.
·The posted score will reflect the forfeiting team's loss rather than the actual score if appropriate.