National Sports Center | Blaine, Minnesota

Come get your off-season going with the NSC Lacrosse Clinics. We offer clinics to stay sharp on offense, defense and everywhere in between! 

The clinics take place in the NSC Sports Hall on artificial turf and are offered based on age level and gender.

• Dates: November - December 2013
• Fee: 2013 fee to be determined
• Location: NSC Sports Hall
• Clinic coach: Josh Swart

• Dates: January 2014
• Fee: 2014 fee to be determined
• Location: NSC Sport Expo Center
• Clinic coach: Josh Swart

•  Introduction to lacrosse for beginning players
• Full game equipment and mouth guard required
• Instruction will focus on lacrosse fundamentals and skills development
• Clinic time: 6 - 7 p.m.

• No previous experience necessary
• Full game equipment required
• Instruction on individual skills and position development in drills and scrimmages
• Clinic time: 7 -8 p.m.

• Previous team experience and full game equipment required
• Instruction on individual skills and position development in drills and scrimmages
• Clinic time: 8 - 9 p.m.

Clinic Coach
Coach Josh Swart is currently the head boys lacrosse coach at Blaine High School. Coach Swart's first exposure to the sport of lacrosse was at Edina High School where he helped begin the program, and played in the early 1990's. From there, he played lacrosse at the University of Minnesota-Duluth at the MCLA Division I level under head coach Rob Graff (ex-Harvard Division I All-American). While at UMD, Coach Swart earned second team all-conference, first team all-conference, team MVP, the league scoring title, and was named captain his senior year. While at UMD he started on three teams that won the MCLA Division I Championship, earning an invite to the National Championship MCLA Division I tournament twice. Following college, he was invited to play for the Minnesota Chill (now the Minnesota Lakers) men's all-star team where he participated for three more seasons. Coach Swart currently is in his 10th year as an English teacher.