Girls Soccer Camps - Cornell University

The Cornell Girl’s Advanced Soccer Camp is designed for the serious player who has an interest in playing soccer at the next level. This camp is provides players with the type of coaching and experience they can expect to find at the collegiate level.

Precise technique will be emphasized in terms of fine tuning basic skills to apply to a tactical minded game under increased speed of play. Small group and team tactical ideas will be taught with a mind towards constructive and deliberate play. Goalkeeping specialists will be on hand to rigorously coach interested individuals, both technically and tactically.

	Resident Campers	Commuter Campers
Early enrollment price	$439	$329
Late enrollment price	$469	$359

Early enrollment postmark deadline is July 11
Click HERE for early enrollment requirements.

2008 Resident Camp
July 27-31
Ages 10 and up
2008 camp itinerary

The Cornell Girl’s Overnight Camp is for the beginning, intermediate, and advanced player who wants an immersion into soccer skills, tactics, and games. The camp is held on the Cornell University campus in Ithaca, New York. A typical day includes a morning session devoted to developing technical skills, and afternoon session to apply skills to concepts used in games, and an evening session devoted solely to competitive matches. Players will be put in age appropriate and ability appropriate groups for training. Skills include passing, receiving, heading, shooting, and goalkeeping. Tactics will focus on individual decisions, group dynamics, and team systems of play.

All campers receive a FREE camp T-shirt and soccer ball.

	Resident Campers	Commuter Campers
Early enrollment price	$439	$329
Late enrollment price	$469	$359

Early enrollment postmark deadline is July 11
Click HERE for early enrollment requirements.

Team Discount: Teams of ten or more sending applications in together will receive a $10 discount per camper.

Coed Soccer Day Camp
August 4-8
9-2 p.m.
2008 camp itinerary

The Cornell Soccer Day camp provides and opportunity for young players (ages 7-13) to learn soccer skills in an instructional environment that is challenging and fun. Young players with some playing experience will sharpen their techniques and improve their understanding of the tactical aspects of the game. Beginning players can develop new skills and learn how to use them in the game. The morning session will focus on enhancing technical skills, and the afternoon session will be devoted to game related ideas and actual soccer games.

Skills and concepts taught will include passing, receiving, shooting, heading, defending, attacking, and goalkeeping. All campers receive a FREE camp T-shirt and soccer ball.

Early enrollment price	$189
Late enrollment price	$209

Early enrollment postmark deadline is July 11
Click HERE for early enrollment requirements.

We offer before and after camp care Mon-Fri, 7:40 am-5:00 p.m. Aftercare includes swimming at Teagle Pool. Cost is $50

FEATURING ONE OF THE FINEST
COACHING STAFFS IN THE COUNTRY

Danielle LaRoche
Cornell Head Coach

La Roche comes to Cornell after spending the 2006 season as an assistant coach with the women’s soccer program at George Mason University. She is a 13-year coaching veteran, with previous collegiate assistant coaching stops at Binghamton Univeristy and Howard University. She takes over a program that went 3-13-1 overall and 1-6 in the Ivy League a year ago, but returns both of its All-Ivy League players in senior defender Leslie Campbell and sophomore forward Eva Dixon.

While at George Mason, La Roche helped the Patriots to an 8-9-2 overall record and a 5-5-1 mark in the Colonial Athletic Association. She also served as recruiting coordinator and was responsible for bringing in a highly-decorated six-member class for the upcoming 2007 season.

Prior to her stint with the Patriots, she was an assistant coach at Binghamton University for two seasons, helping the Bearcats to a 24-12-5 record over that span. The Bearcats went to the NCAA tournament as the America East champion in 2004 and finished the season ranked fourth in the Northeast Region by the NSCAA and by Soccer Buzz. La Roche also served for three years as the assistant coach at Howard University, where she helped in the development and creation of a new program. At each of her stops, she also was a coach within the U.S. Soccer Olympic Development Program.

In addition to her collegiate coaching experience, La Roche spent four years as the director at One Touch Soccer Academy, organizing the coaching efforts for 28 adult and youth programs while also running 35 camps per year.

La Roche received a Bachelor of Arts in Afro-American Studies from the University of Maryland, where she was a member of the women’s soccer team under April Heinrichs, who would later go on to serve as head coach of the U.S. Women’s National Team. She also holds numerous national coaching licenses and certificates, including a USSF National A License.

contact coach La Roche by phone 607-255-2652

Cornell's outstanding college players assist with instructing
and counseling on and off of the fields!

Camp Information

Schedules
See detailed itineraries (above) for specific information.

Facilities
Our facilities include: Jesup and Alumni practice fields, Berman Field (manacured natural turf soccer facility), Schoellkopf Stadium (artifical turf stadium), Ramin Room (indoor turf practice facility),world class dining halls, swimming pool, and modern athletic training facilities. Cornell also boasts the Friedman Center, a state-of-the art strength and conditioning facility.

Counselors
Our counselors are current college soccer players from Cornell and other universities. They will spend time with campers on and off the fields.

What to Bring
Campers should bring their own workout gear, shin guards, cleates, turf shoes and a water bottle. All resident campers need an alarm clock, towels, a swimsuit, and beddings including a pillow.

Transportation
We will pick up campers at the Ithaca Airport or bus station. You MUST contact us in writing, with arrival mode, date and time, by June 1. There is a $20 round trip fee for this service. Sorry, we do not offer pick up from the Syracuse or Binghamton airports.

You can request more information from the Cornell Summer Sports School by phone at:

607.255.1200

by e-mail: camps@cornell.edu

or by writing to:

Cornell Sports School
103 Bartels Hall, Campus Rd.
Ithaca, NY 14853

To learn more about the
Cornell University Women's Soccer Team click HERE.