mesa Futures GIRLS

Each age group has two teams (Orange and Blue).
​The Orange teams are reserved for the more experienced players.
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• 2022-2027

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• Positional Fundamentals
• Fall
• Winter
• Spring
• Summer

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MESA ORANGE and  MESA BLUE
IMPORTANT INFORMATION

• Wear your tryout reversible

DATES

• August 27th and September 17th

DESCRIPTION

• 1.5 hours of position specific drills – shooting, dodging, off ball offense, riding, clearing, face-offs, goalie play, numbers situations, defending the ball, off ball defense, and stick work.​

MESA ORANGE
DATES (TENTATIVE)

• ​Sundays from September 24th to December 10th

DESCRIPTION

• Box principles are taking over the outdoor game. Watch any college game these days and you will see the indoor game woven into almost every teams’ schemes. In order to compete with the Canadians, American players must learn and adopt these principles. Therefore, Fall Mesa Futures will be a combination of box training and outdoor training.​​
• The box training will be powered by the American Indoor Lacrosse Academy and taught by Johnny Mouradian. We will supply the goalie with equipment. There will be about four 1.5 hour indoor box training sessions and one indoor tournament.
• The outdoor training will be led by Mesa Future coaches. There will be about four 1.5 hour outdoor practices and two outdoor tournaments (the 2026-27 team will just have practice).

MESA BLUE
​DATES (TENTATIVE)

• ​Sundays from October 1st to October 22nd

DESCRIPTION

• Box principles are taking over the outdoor game. Watch any college game these days and you will see the indoor game woven into almost every teams’ schemes. In order to compete with the Canadians, American players must learn and adopt these principles. 
• The box training will be powered by the American Indoor Lacrosse Academy and taught by Johnny Mouradian. All players will use a short stick and we will supply the goalie with equipment. There will be about four 1.5 hour indoor box training sessions.

MESA ORANGE and  MESA BLUE
DATES (TENTATIVE)

• January 7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th
• February 4th and 11th

DESCRIPTION (GOALIES)

• These sessions will be the most technical goalie training the girls have ever received
• Stepping to the ball - with a shuffle - not just right foot, then left foot
• ​Playing the arc - not just the five spots, but how to play the alley shot to your right versus your left
• ​Getting your hands vertical versus horizontal
• Turns and jump turns from behind
• Playing versus in tight shooting
• Playing versus dodging from behind
• Playing with traffic in front of you
• ​How to find the 2 versus 1 in the clearing game
• Wall ball drills

DESCRIPTION (FIELD PLAYERS)

• These sessions will be the most intense lacrosse workouts the girls will have experienced in a camp/practice setting to date
• There will be constant reminders about form and we will stress working at full speed, so the girls can perform at full speed in games
• 1.5 hours of stick skills
• Focus will be on technique your daughter may not get from town/school coaches – both Canadian and US skills
• 300 quality touches per session
• Skills developed through repetition and full speed work
• Most drills the girls will not have seen, but they will be in game simulated settings
• Quick touch drills to develop instinct and anticipation – ball in and out of stick drills

MESA ORANGE
DATES (TENTATIVE)

• Sundays in mid-March till mid-May

DESCRIPTION

• There will be about four 1.5 hour practices and participation in a spring league that will feature about six games on three Sundays (the 2026-27 team will not play in the spring league).

MESA BLUE 

• Spring is not offered

MESA ORANGE and  MESA BLUE
DATES (TENTATIVE)

• June to the beginning of July

​DESCRIPTION

• There will be ten 1.5 hours practices and three tournaments (the 2026-27 team will have about eight 1.5 hours practices and one tournament)
• Practices usually take place on Tuesday’s and Thursday’s (either from 4:30 to 6:15 PM or 6:15 to 8:00 PM)
• Tournaments take place on weekends