Home Grown Lacrosse Announces New Dates for Academy Teams

Home Grown Lacrosse, (www.homegrownlacrosse.com), one of the region’s leading providers of lacrosse lessons, camps, academy teams, leagues and more, announces the tryout dates for its Academy Teams.

Boys team tryouts will take place on Feb.21 and Feb. 28, 2012, from 8 to 10 p.m.

Girls team tryouts will be held on March 6, 2012, also from 8 to 10 p.m.

The tryouts will be held at the Home Grown Lacrosse indoor facility, located at 400 Osgood Street in North Andover.  Based on their performance in the tryouts, participants will be slotted into one of three teams. Those who make a team will:

• Participate in summer, fall and winter elite-level tournaments
• Receive custom Home Grown uniforms, helmets, gloves and bags
• Enjoy year-round league play at the team-owned indoor field turf facility
• Take part in weekly practices
• Receive year-round indoor lessons from Home Grown staff
• Receive personal training from Dan Booth, Northeastern University director of strength and conditioning
• Get collegiate recruiting guidance
• Receive advanced coaching during the offseason

            Cost for participation on the Academy Teams is $2,500 for the year. 

            Home Grown Lacrosse created its Academy teams for the competitive high school lacrosse player who is on a path to college lacrosse.  Players are immersed in the game at an intensity comparable to college lacrosse, with a curriculum and schedule that includes both training and tournament play.  Each year, Home Grown Lacrosse helps a significant percentage of its Academy players, both boys and girls, to enter nationally recognized college lacrosse programs based on their performances in the tournaments.

            All players must pre-register for the tryouts at www.homegrownlacrosse.com.  For more information about Academy Team tryouts or other Home Grown Lacrosse programs, visit the Web site or call (978) 208-2300.