SOCCER HOCKEY LACROSSE

WHO: All youth multisport players that play ice hockey or want to play ice hockey. No minimum age, but

players will have to make it through a tough active morning of sports!

WHAT: Half day camp.

WHEN: Monday July 21th through Friday July 25th. Drop off between 8:00 – 8:30 am at Cabin John Soccer

Fields. Pick-up at 1:00 – 1:30 pm when we get off the ice.

WHERE: Cabin John Regional Park Soccer Fields and Cabin John Ice Rink

WHY: Motor skills and fitness for hockey and other sports, fun, on-ice in the heat mid-day!

HOW: Register through www.rlacmetros.com > Login/Register

COST: $335.00/Week, $85.00 off for sibling,

BRING: Soccer shoes/running shoes, Lacrosse Stick (lax pads or use hockey pads), hockey gear.

DAILY SCHEDULE:

** In the case of rain or lightning we will go inside for other exercises and chalk talk

8:00 – 8:30 AM Dropoff at Cabin John Soccer Field

8:30 – 9:30 AM Lacrosse Skills, Small Games and Skills

9:30 - 9:45 AM Break

9:45 -10:45 AM Soccer Skills, Small Games and Skills

10:45 AM – 11:45 AM Lunch, Break and Put Hockey gear on

11:45 AM – 1:00 PM On-Ice Skating, Stickhandling, Passing Shooting, Small Games

1:00 – 1:30 PM Gear off and pick-up

DIII CAMP DIRECTOR & RLAC FOUNDER/PRESIDENT

BOB DEGEMMIS

Bob is the Founder and President of the Red Line Athletic Club, which fields

seasonal programs for youth through senior amateur athletes in hockey, soccer and

lacrosse. Essentially, the RLAC is like an Athletic Department not affiliated with a

school. All of the RLAC Youth Sports are Amateur Athletic Union Members.

The DIII Summer Camp is a Red Line Athletic Club event open to all comers of

youth playing age, with the purpose of highlighting the benefits of playing multiple

sports, playing some sports outdoors and playing on a seasonal basis.

RED LINE ATHLETIC CLUB

CONTACT: Bob DeGemmis

PHONE: 703/244-19

EMAIL: rlacmetros@gmail.com

WEB: www.rlacmetros.com

AS A YOUTH, SCHOLASTIC & COLLEGIATE ATHLETE –

Bob grew up in Glastonbury, CT, outside of Hartford. He was introduced to numerous sports as a child

including gymnastics, swimming, golf, running, basketball, baseball and football. Eventually, he gravitated

towards “goal sports” and from 6th grade through high school, Bob focused on hockey and soccer. After high

school Bob walked onto the Big East Villanova (NCAA DI) soccer squad as the 3rd goalkeeper. The following

year, he traded the boots to go back to hockey, and played 2 years of NCAA Hockey in the old ECAC South

and 1 year in the ACHA.

College athletics at an NCAA DI Institution was the first point at which Bob had to choose one

scholastic sport over the other. NCAA DIII athletes and non-NCAA athletes do not necessarily have to make

this choice.

Because of his experience as a scholastic athlete in Southern New England, and then in college, Bob is

an advocate of players continuing to play multiple sports on a seasonal basis if they prefer do so. He knows that

there are opportunities for those that seek them out at the NCAA DIII level or non-NCAA levels. Through

RLAC and its programs, Bob hopes to create more of these opportunities for amateur athletes of all ages.

As an adult, after college, Bob continues to play competitive and meaningful senior hockey and soccer

and also picked-up playing lacrosse as an adult.

ABOUT RED LINE ATHLETIC CLUB

The Red Line Athletic Club is an AAU Club that has a few distinguishing characteristics, many of

which replicate those of the schools and organizations that Bob played within as a student. Much of the Red

Line model and philosophy is based upon the New England Small College Athletic Conference Mission, Core

Values & Operating Principles.

1. RLAC focuses on 3 “goal” sports – hockey, soccer, lacrosse;

2. RLAC works hard to create opportunities for players entering these sports at varying ages;

3. RLAC adheres to a strict seasonal athletic calendar in order to maximize opportunities for students to

participate in more than one sport, to be involved in non-athletic activities, and to encourage proper

perspective on the role of athletics;

4. RLAC’s mission is social educational, physical education and personal betterment;

5. RLAC creates programming with the best uses of time and resources in mind;

6. RLAC programs are for amateur athletes cradle-to-grave;

7. RLAC is committed to competition, effort, teamwork, team accomplishments and playing with dignity

regardless of outcomes.

ABOUT THE DIII NAME

DIII refers to “NCAA DIII” which is for non-scholarship athletes and adheres to seasonal play. DIII also refers

to the “DeGemmis 3” or the 3 sports we focus on – hockey, soccer & lacrosse.

MESSAGE: SUPPORT ANY AND ALL EFFORTS TO SEPARATE “CLUB” ATHLETIC SEASONS

FROM “SCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC” SEASONS. THIS GOES FOR ALL SPORTS INCLUDING

HOCKEY, SOCCER & LACROSSE!

PLAYERS IN HIGH SCHOOL CHOOSING 1 TEAM IN 1 SPORT PER SEASON KEEPS THE

INTERGITY OF THE “CLUB/JUNIOR/MIDGET/ACADEMY” LEVEL OF PLAY AS WELL AS THE

INTEGRITY OF SCHOLASTIC PROGRAMS!

NEW ENGLAND HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS DO IT, MINNESOTA HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY DO IT,

THE NCAA DOES IT!

WHERE CAN ONE CONTINUE TO FIND OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY 1-2 SPORTS IN COLLEGE? A

LOOK AT NCAA DIII AND NON-NCAA (CLUB / NON-VARSITY) PROGRAMS…

**NCAA programs noted

HOCKEY

BATES VILLANOVA

SYRACUSE U

SYRACUSE U

VILLANOVA U

US NAVAL ACADEMY

NAVY

U of OREGON

UPENN

U of RHODE ISLAND

U of VIRGINIA

U NORTH CAROLINA VILLANOVA

U VIRGINIA

VILLANOVA

U VIRGINIA WOMEN

UPENN

TUFTS – NCAA DIII

U RHODE ISLAND

U VIRGINIA

LACROSSE

U.S. COAST GUARD ACADEMY

BOSTON COLLEGE

U MAINE

NORTHEASTERN U

U MAINE

BOSTON COLLEGE

STANFORD UCONN

U RHODE ISLAND

MIT

ST ANSELM – NCAA DII

SOCCER

MESSIAH – NCAA DIII

U of FLORIDA

JOHNS HOPKINS – NCAA DIII VANDERBILT

MIT – NCAA DIII

U of TEXAS

HIGHLIGHTED NON-NCAA TEAMS…

HOCKEY

Navy, UPenn, Villanova, Oregon, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgetown, Syracuse, Bates

Others worth checking out: U Illinois, Lehigh, Duke, Northwestern, Ithaca, U Buffalo. U Washington

LACROSSE

U Maine, Coast Guard, Rhode Island, Northeastern, UConn, Stanford, Boston College

Others worth checking out: Oregon, Michigan State

SOCCER

Texas, Vanderbilt, Florida

Others worth checking out: Tennessee, Miami, Illinois, Tulane

HIGHLIGHTED NCAA DIII TEAMS…

HOCKEY

Tufts

LACROSSE

St Anselm

SOCCER

MIT, Johns Hopkins