Boys Lacrosse in Middlesex County, Old Bridge New Jersey
212 Lacrosse
- "Playing at the Extra Degree"
MISSION STATEMENT: We focus on the education of Lacrosse within a fun filled, competitive, and safe environment to enhance individual and team based skills. We encourage hardwork, discipline, and accountability for Youth and High School players, whether beginner, intermediate or advanced. Ultimately this will provide life lessons to further guide our young persons individial morals to better progress our community.
Come Join OLD BRIDGES ELITE BOYS 212 LACROSSE PROGRAM and 212 CLUB TEAM in conjunction with OLD BRIDGE RECREATIONAL Program
Men's Lacrosse Highlights | 2025 NCAA Lacrosse - Youtube
Women's Lacrosse 2025 National Championship - Highlights
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World Series of Youth Lacrosse: Best of Day One
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Why Lacrosse ?
Lacrosse is an active team sport played across a long, rectangular field. The way the game is played provides a substantial aerobic and strength-building workout, as players run up and down the field to get the lacrosse ball into the goal. The intensity of the sport provides a wide range of physical health benefits both internally and externally, and also improves your mental health.
WEIGHT LOSS & MANEGEMENT
One of the primary benefits of taking part in lacrosse is the burning of calories.The fat is broken down, resulting in weight loss.
MUSCLE STRENGTH
- Muscle strength can be gained through many aspects of playing lacrosse, including in training, practice and game play.- Warm-ups, practices, strength training and any other physical activity used to prepare yourself for the game increase the resistance on muscles, which in turn creates small areas of damage in the muscle tissue.
HEART STRENGTH
- As you run across the lacrosse field during practice and game play, you increase the amount of energy being used by your muscles.- In order to increase how quickly the components are available to the cell, your body increases your overall heart rate
MENTAL HEALTH BENEFITS
- The physical exercise provided by playing lacrosse can also provide mental health benefits.- The social interaction and confidence gained from playing the sport also contribute to improved mental health and combat the symptoms of depression.
https://healthfully.com/548486-lacrosse-health-benefits.html
GRATUATION RATES
- According to Laxcamps.com there is a rate of 88% Male Lacrosse players graduating from College and a 94% of Women.
https://laxcamps.com/the-rapid-rise-of-lacrosse-in-the-united-states/
oPEN Clinics/ Training/ Camps
-Fall Clinics will resume in September 2025 - Boys STATEN ISLAND High School Positional Clinic and College Prospect Day - Nov 11th Veterans Day 2025
pRIVATE LESSONS
- Private 1-on-1 and Small Group lessons are available upon request. Youth through High School ages. Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced Levels.
Register with your Choice of Training at Bottom of the Website.Seasonal Ball
. Help us Grow the 'FASTEST" sport in Old Bridge and Local towns. - Our Old Bridge Travel/ Club Team is now established during the 2025 Summer & Winter Season. ( see below pages for Details)
LAcrosse Drills & Knowledge
212 Lessons/ Drills
FOCUS: Stick Work, Odd man Situations 3v2, 4v3 , Man-to-Man Situations/Skills 1v1, 2v2, 4v4, Dodging/ Shooting, Defense Concepts/ Communications
Stick Drills -( More touches a player gets the better they become) Partner Passing, PP around Cone,
5- Star, Box (Hockey) Drill, Line Drills, Spoke, Alley PP, York T, Criss Cross
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Dodging - Run Full Speed past Defender, Avoid Contact, Need to Cradle, Create seperation and Free arms to Shoot.
- From X- Get to the "Island" (5x5)
- Inside Roll- if Defender is Over Playing you.
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Shooting - Free body from pressure, Raise/Extend Arms, Small "jiggle"/ cradle to feel ball in stick before shot, Shoot "Over the Top", Finish with opposite shoulder to Cage, Fall to Cage.
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Picks - Pass to "Help", Set Stationary Pick ( V- Cut inside then Behind Defender) , after Slip, Fade or Pop. "Pass Down, Pick Down"
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Man Defense - Stay infront of Offender, play the Body, Extend arms to "punch" Hip, Arm, or Chest, DON'T CHASE STICK, force the Pass, prevent a Shot.
3v2 Video
3v2 Situations
Offense - Set up in a Triangle ( One at Point & 2 at the Wings ),
- Stay Spread to keep defense Slides Long
- Move ball Quicker then Defense can move ( Need good stick Skills)
- Look to Shoot from Bottom positions
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Defense - Set up in "Stacked" formation - Communicate "I got Ball/ #1" which places Defender on man with ball, & "I got your Help/ # 2, which is first "Slide" defender
- Don not allow man with ball to shoot.
- The more passes, the less shots !!
- Force Shot from above.
- Prevent Skip pass by Defending the "heart" of Defense
4v3 Video
4v3 SituationsOffense - Set up in a BOX - Stay Spread to keep defense Slides Long - Move ball Quicker then Defense can move ( Need good stick Skills) - Look to Shoot from Bottom positions------------------------------Defense - Set up in "Triangle" formation
- Communicate "I got Ball/ #1" which places Defender on man with ball, & "I got your Help/ # 2, which is first "Slide" defender
- Slide from "Your Man" back to "heart" of the Defense. - Don not allow man with ball to shoot.
- Prevent Skip pass by Defending the "heart" of Defense and getting stick in passing lanes. - The more passes, the less shots !! - Force Shot from above.
2025 SUMMER Travel Team - PHOTO GALLARY
212 Lacrosse
works in Conjunction with Old Bridge Youth Recreational Lacrosse Organization.
For Additional Lacrosse support & Training, go to WWW.OLDBRIDGELACROSSE.COM for Skill Trainings For all Level Players.
Registration Button is Below.
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Coach Haronitis with his highschool team and local youth lacrosse players.
WE ARE 212 Lacrosse
Est. 2022- Old Bridge New Jersey
Lacrosse is the fastest growing sport in America.
Here at 212 Lacrosse we are "Playing at the Extra Degree".
We want to establish Lacrosse Training to educate young individuals about the game of lacrosse to improve their individual and team based skills preparing them for the next level. We have fast pace drills, to promote a lot of touches per event/ session.
Founder and Coach Demetrios Haronitis has a 18 year career as a high school Lacrosse Coach at Tottenville HS and has created the BEST program in NYC beginning in 2008, with 12 NYC-PSAL Championship appearances and 6 City Championship Wins, with the most recent in May 2024 Coach Haronitis has also worked with local youth leagues in New Jersey & NYC, currently in Old Bridge NJ and has created youth lacrosse clinics and travel teams in the past. 2018,2019,2024. and 2025
Founder and Coach Demetrios Haronitis has a 18 year career as a high school Lacrosse Coach at Tottenville HS and has created the BEST program in NYC beginning in 2008, with 12 NYC-PSAL Championship appearances and 6 City Championship Wins, with the most recent in May 2024 Coach Haronitis has also worked with local youth leagues in New Jersey & NYC, currently in Old Bridge NJ and has created youth lacrosse clinics and travel teams in the past. 2018,2019,2024. and 2025
212 Lax Team Practices
Address: 4209 County Rd 516, Matawan, NJ 07747
Practices Located at Old Bridge HS, behind Obsticle Tower & Tennis Courts. Follow the Paved Path to Success !
Old Bridge Rec Location
Address: 3439 County Rd 516, Old Bridge, NJ 08857
Clinics held at Fred Cole Turf Field/ Carl Sandburg Middle School, next to Lombardi Field