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ALL AMERICAN MIDWEST COMBINE
The All American Midwest Combine is an opportunity for the best players in the Midwest to measure themselves athletically in front of college coaches. Players will demonstrate and be measured on specific lacrosse skills, speed, agility and strength. Coaching staffs from over 30 colleges will be present, and player information will be sent to over 300 NCAA and MCLA college programs.
The combine is appropriate for outstanding high
school players who are currently in their junior or senior year.
Some exceptions can be made for exceptional sophomores. Players
must have a recommendation from their high school head coach in order to
attend.
Quick Facts
Date: Saturday, January 12, 2008 Time:
8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Level/Ages: Very Experienced / HS
Seniors & Juniors (coach's recommendation required)
Cost: $85 (Registrations
received after 12/31/07 are subject to a $20 late fee) Discount:
Save $20 if registered for the Winter Player Clinic on Sunday, January
13 Location: Oosterbaan Fieldhouse, Ann Arbor (Directions)
Maximum enrollment:
100
Schedule of Tests Players will be measured and observed in the following areas:
Reports A full report that includes all testing results (including highs, lows and averages for each test as benchmarks), plus contact information, high school and club team information and academic information, will go out to over 300 college programs one week after the combine.
Age & Eligibility Outstanding high School juniors and seniors (and exceptional sophomores) will be invited. A recommendation from your high school head coach is required. Recommendations should be sent to Ed Chima at All American Lacrosse (ed@all-americanlacrosse.com) or John Paul at Michigan (modo@umich.edu).
Payment & Registration
Space is limited to 100 of the best players in the
Midwest. Payment is accepted by credit card or online check
through the link below. You MAY NOT register until you have r
Discount If you register for either or both sessions of the Michigan Winter Player Clinic on Sunday, January 13, receive a $20 discount off the cost of the combine.
Accessing Your Account You may click the link to below to access your clinic account at any time in order to view details of your registration or update information:
All registrations are handled by the Thriva Online Camp Register service. If you have any customer service issues regarding your registration process, please use the link below:
Forms If you need to download copies of the medical and liability forms, you can get them here. You'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader (get it here).
Refund Policy Full refunds, minus a $10 processing fee, will be granted for cancellation notifications received before 12/15/07. After that, refunds can only be provided for certified medical reasons.
What to Bring Stick, helmet, gloves, pads, mouthguard, cleats. While Oosterbaan Fieldhouse has a FieldTurf surface that is optimized for any type of athletic shoe, cleats or turf shoes are recommended as the agility tests performed at the combine will include hard cuts and slips will impact timing. The combine will supply a custom, numbered jersey.
Combine Schedule
Health & Safety
A trainer will be present to help ensure the safety and well-being of all
participants. Facility & Directions
Oosterbaan
Fieldhouse is the home of the University of Michigan men's lacrosse
team, and is also used by Michigan Football and other varsity teams.
It is 125 yards long x 65 yards wide. The FieldTurf
surface was installed in 2001 to provide the best possible surface
for playability and safety. For more information and directions,
click here.
Staff
All Michigan lacrosse camps are run by University of Michigan Men's
Lacrosse Head Coach John Paul. In his first ten seasons at Michigan's helm he has led the
Schools Attending (schools added as they confirm) Adrian Army Bellarmine Central Michigan Detroit Illinois Johns Hopkins Kenyon Lees-McRae Maryland Michigan Michigan State New York Institute of Technology Oakland Ohio Wesleyan Robert Morris Tri State Wittenberg Wooster
Questions can be emailed to Coach Paul at
modo@umich.edu,
or call the UM lacrosse office at (734)
622-9942. See you in January! |
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an official invitation email from the combine.
Wolverines to a
165 - 42 record, seven CCLA championships and a consistent top-5 national ranking in
the MCLA. He was on the coaching staff of two USA West teams:
including the 2002 team that
won the International Open Division at the 2002 World Championships in
Perth, Australia and the 2005 team that won the Asia-Pacific Games and
the Friendship Games in Osaka, Japan. He travels to Japan every
summer to consult for the University of
Tokyo men's lacrosse team, the 2005 Japanese college national champions. Paul played his college lacrosse at Michigan and was
drafted by the Detroit Turbos of the Major Indoor Lacrosse League in
1989. He is the current president of the Men's Collegiate Lacrosse
Association and also serves on the Executive Board of the US Lacrosse Coaches Council and
the Board of Directors of the Michigan Chapter of US Lacrosse. He
is a former member of the Board of Directors of US Lacrosse.