ACES TRAINING ACADEMY
ACES Academy is the Sacramento Valley’s premier lacrosse training organization. ACES Academy consists of bi-weekly training sessions designed to enhance skill, athletic ability, and lacrosse acumen. No detail is too small when it comes to developing a player’s game. ACES Academy features the most experienced coaching staff in the region; ACES Academy staff consists of college coaches, current and former professional and NCAA players, and some of the top area high school coaches and has over 500 years of combined coaching and playing experience.
ACES Academy members are coached in bi-weekly training sessions, they participate in local games, and they have the potential to play in local tournaments. Academy members have the opportunity to be selected for ACES Elite teams which participate in regional west coast tournaments. The highest performing members of the Academy may be selected for the Pinnacle team which attends the top recruiting events in the country.
Are you interested in joining the ACES ACADEMY for training in the Summer 2023 but can't make out tryout?
Please register for a group assessment and we'll coordinate a time for evaluation.
ACADEMY 2023 SUMMER SCHEDULE
Weekly Practice
Tuesdays & Thursdays: 6pm-8pm
Stone Creek Fields, Rancho Cordova
Summer Tournaments
2024s
Battle of the Bay
Hot Shots
West Coast Showcase
25/26
Battle of the Bay
Pacific Lacrosse Festival
JV
Battle of the Bay
Hot Shots
Grapevine
HS Academy
Grapevine
Figure out some playdays
U14
Grapevine
Robin Hood Skirmish
Tahoe Climb
2029
Battle of the Bay
Hot Shots
West Coast Showcase
U12
Grapevine
Robin Hood
Tahoe Climb
U10
Battle of the Bay
Tahoe Summit Classic
U10
Grapevine
Robin Hood
TEAM
Small sided team concepts to maximize repetitions
6v6 Samurai style games
Settled and Transition team play dynamics
High repetition play to ingrain concepts at game speed
OFFENSE
Teaching the fundamentals of passing with correct form from various release points
Catching the ball with appropriate grips in tight, mid range shallow cuts, coming up field below goal line extended and posting
up top. Catch the balls with soft hands and deep or catching in front and keeping in front to avoid a trailing defender.
Dodging approaches & options coming coming out of the dodge as well as dodging off the pass with an approaching defender.
Swing passes or one more feeds
Taking off ball inventory
Finding cutting lanes or skip passing lanes.
Offensive communication.
Shooting techniques from different release points.
Odd man situations to identify the 2 on 1
Man up offense-Small sided games.
Riding affectively.
Ground Balls
Creating slickness via multiple stick handling progressions
Learning to utilize stick fakes to freeze slides, shift defenses and misdirect sticks in passing lanes
DEFENSE
Defensive positioning, footwork and approaches.
Off ball positioning.
Defensive toolbox checks and bumps.
Man down defense
Getting sticks up in passing lanes.
Sliding the correct way and teaching how to make contact the correct way
Being a threat to pass, feed and shoot.
Creating slickness via multiple stick handling progressions
Defensive communication.
Ground Balls
Small sided games.
Odd man situations and reads.
GOALIES
Goalies will work on positioning, baiting, stance, not giving up rebounds, communication, outlets, playing small sides games to work on stick skills and footwork.
FACE OFF AND WING PLAY
Stance, reads, outs, wingmen adjustments, listening for calls from sideline, shooting, feeding, passing, defensive toolbox building to be confident if they get stuck on defense. We will also cover the cat and mouse game of substitution.