2025 - HORNETS FALL DEVELOPMENTAL CLINICS
Introducing Calgary Hornets Player Development Clinics
Hello Hornets Families,
The Calgary Hornets Lacrosse Organization is excited to unveil new player development clinics to allow players to continue development and keep their skills sharp during the off-season. Each floor time will have a themed focus but will also include a variety of lacrosse skills covered in other sessions. These sessions are designed to focus on skill development and will be broken down into the categories below. It is important that players sign up for the level appropriate for their skill. If you are unsure which skill level is appropriate for your player, it is advised that you sign up for Intermediate sessions and the coaches can make the determination of if a player should be moved to the Advanced sessions.
Intermediate - Intermediate clinics are designed for players that have played lacrosse before and are still developing their stick skills to be able to pass and catch, while in motion, consistently.
*Intermediate players may graduate to the Advanced group throughout the off-season.
Advanced - Advanced clinics are designed for players that can pass and catch in motion consistently, who are looking to take their game to the next level and to keep their skills sharp in the off-season. These clinics target players that have played at the ‘A’ level or who are challenging for roster spots on ‘A’ teams.
Coaches reserve the right to move players if they sign up for a clinic that is not appropriate for their skill level. Drills in the Advanced sessions will not be modified to accommodate players that do not meet the prerequisite requirements.
Clinics can be booked individually to allow families to be able to attend what works with their schedules. COST: $15 per player per session and $20 per goalie per session. When registering in RAMP, Players are registered at the level they played in 2025.
Goalies can also sign up for free to attend runner sessions. Goalies should try to target an appropriate skill group. U9, U11 and U13 goalies should target Intermediate clinics while U15 and U17 goalies should sign up for Advanced clinics. To sign up as a goalie for the runner clinics please contact the Coach Director at coachdirector@hornetslacrosse.com. This will ensure that we do not have too many goalies for any one session and that opportunities are distributed as equally as possible.
We hope this is just the beginning of a new player development strategy to help our players reach their potential. Any questions can be directed to coachdirector@hornetslacrosse.com.
Sincerely,
Hornets Board
September 14, 2025, Calgary Soccer Centre - Main Bldg - East Floor - Stick Skills and Shooting
Intermediate Camp - 4:00-5:30pm
Players will continue to develop base lacrosse skills including passing, catching, cradling, dodging and shooting.
Advanced Camp - 5:30-7:00pm
Players will enhance their basic lacrosse skills in an up tempo and dynamic environment that includes more complex multi-step drills that focus on movement, increased pace of play and quick decision making.
September 21, 2025, Calgary Soccer Centre - Annex Bldg - Delta Floor - Offensive Systems
Intermediate - 4:00-5:30pm
Players will continue to work on base lacrosse skills of passing, catching, cradling, dodging and shooting while developing an introductory understanding of movement on offense.
Advanced - 5:30pm-7:00pm
This session will work to further develop player’s understanding of on-ball and off-ball movement on offense.
September 28, 2025, Calgary Soccer Centre - Annex Bldg - Delta Floor - Goalie Clinic
Goalie coaches will be on hand to help goalies improve multiple areas of their game. This session will be split by age group. Players interested in being a dedicated goalie but are at the U9 level may register in the U11 and U13 sessions. If you do not have goalie equipment, please reach out to the Hornets Equipment Director at equipmentdirector@hornetslacrosse.com to sign some out.
U11 and U13- 4:00-5:00pm
U13 and U15- 5:00-6:00pm
September 28, 2025, Calgary Soccer Centre - Annex Bldg - Delta
Floor - Defensive Systems
No Intermediate Session this week
6:00pm-7:00pm Advanced
This session will focus on defensive movement, positioning, footwork and communication. Players will rotate through defensive and offensive positions, giving them an opportunity to continue to develop their offensive skills from previous sessions.
October 4, 2025, Calgary Soccer Centre - Stick Skills and Shooting and Defensive Positioning
4:00-5:00 pm Intermediate - Main Building - East Floor
5:15 -7:15 pm - Advanced - Annex Building - Bravo Floor
Players will continue to develop their base lacrosse skills and be introduced to introductory level defensive positioning.
October 12, 2025, Calgary Soccer Centre - Annex Building, Delta Floor - Coaches Choice
Intermediate - 4:00-5:30pm
This week’s session will be a coach’s choice session, pulling from previously covered concepts and building out from them.
Advanced - 5:30-7:00pm
This week’s session will be a coach’s choice session, pulling from previously covered concepts and building out from them.
October 19, 2025, Calgary Soccer Centre - Main Bldg, East Floor - Transition
No Intermediate Session this week
Advanced - 4:15-5:15pm
This session will be dedicated improving transition skills to quickly become a threat when transitioning from defense to offense or quickly being able to slow down the opposition from getting high danger scoring chances.
November 2, 2025, Spray Lakes (SLS Centre) - Goalie Clinic
U11 and U13- 1:30-2:15pm
U15 and U17- 2:15-3:00pm
If you have any questions, please contact me.
Jordan Boissy
Coach Director
coachdirector@hornetslacrosse.com
