FUZE LACROSSE TRYOUT’s WAS A BOOM! - Continue

by Bernaldo Ormond

Collegiate Lacrosse is growing in popularity due to the rising media exposure and clubs like FUZE LACROSSE who want to produce quality Lacrosse athletes.  This is the second of three tryouts (May 2012) that www.fuzelacrosse.org will have to try and narrow down their summer teams.  As I walked around taking pictures of the High School players rotating between stations I said this would be a great chance for me to write about Lacrosse.  So, I briefly mentioned the FUZE Director (Frank Ancona) that I would like to interview Bob Waters, Executive Director\Coach of Fuze Lacrosse, when he was available.  It was obvious that my interview would probably come at the conclusion of tryouts, but I was astounded how well organized the event was handled with such a large number of elite lacrosse players.  I would like to thank Mr. Terry Kimener, MLL Denver Outlaws, and Mr. Bob Waters for allowing me to interview them for this web-article.  Enjoy the questions and answers below and if you have a child interested in joining a lacrosse club then consider FUZE LACROSSE!

VEH: I am here with Terry Kimener a member of the Denver Outlaws which is a Major League Lacrosse (MLL) team and he is now a member of the Fuze Lacrosse Coaching Staff. Terry what is your Lacrosse background in NOVA?

Terry Kimener:  I played CYA (Chantilly Youth Association) Lacrosse, as a Midfielder, all the way through High School where I attended Oakton High School and won a State Championship in 2003. Attended UMBC (University of Maryland Baltimore County) to play Division 1 Lacrosse and received two-time All-American awards. Originally drafted by the Chicago Machine in 2008 8^th round pick for the MLL and I am now with the Denver Outlaws going into my second season with the team (Fourth year in the MLL). 

VEH: Tell me a little about your company “ROGUE LACROSSE” and how do they contact you?

Terry Kimener:  It is owned by my buddy (Josh Porcell-MLL Ohio Machine) that I played with at UMBC and was started in 2008 and we conduct lacrosse group\individual training and lacrosse camps, along with Kyle Hartzell (MLL Ohio Machine-2010 MLL Chesapeake Bayhawks MVP and Champion) who is a Warrior Lacrosse representative.  I do training in VA, Kyle is in MD and Josh is in New York, and we can be reached for training by going to www.roguelacrosse.com .

VEH: Mr. Waters’s great turnouts today were you surprised by the number of entrants that had to pre-register for tryouts?

Mr. Waters:  We knew we were going to have a good turnout but it far exceeded our expectations. We had kids ranging from ages U11, U13, U15, and rising; sophomores, juniors, and seniors in High School totaling over 350 boys’ lacrosse players.

VEH:  How long has your program been established and what was your passion for starting this program?

Mr. Waters: The program was established about seven years ago out in Loudoun County, VA we were a fusion of several small Loudoun County clubs and just recently expanded to be a complete Northern VA club. I took over as Executive Director in the fall with the projection of growing the club and I have been recruiting some of the top lacrosse coaches in Northern VA; Earl Brewer-Langley H.S., Jeff Lewandowski-Woodgrove H.S., Scott Mitchell-Stonebridge H.S., Scott Settar-West Springfield H.S., Pete Lenotti (Dominion H.S.) and a whole host of just terrific and great cross section of coaches.

VEH: You announced Terry Kimener has joined your coaching staff what a great addition, how did that come about?

Mr. Waters: Terry Kimener has joined us and is someone I have known since he has been playing youth lacrosse for the Chantilly Youth Association (CYA). He was an ALL-MET and ALL-REGION player at Oakton H.S. and led them to their first state championship. He was a three-time All-American (two-time first-team All-America East Conference and All-American honoree)  at UMBC and he now plays for the Denver Outlaws a Major League Lacrosse team. I coached with his Dad at CYA and I am trying to help him with his training program called rogue lacrosse where he does personal (lacrosse) training. We brought him into the FUZE as a roving instructor with each of our teams to make sure they are getting the best instruction possible and his company which is comprised of MLL players will run our free clinic for our FUZE teams. So, being a part of the FUZE organization they will get access to MLL players and our goal as a program is to do the best job we can in developing talent in Northern Virginia.  We want to represent Northern Virginia in these tournaments, along the East Coast and all over the country, to let them know that Virginia has some great lacrosse.  If we do well as a club we will help these guys and others get exposure in order to help these kids get into college is what FUZE is really trying to do as an organization.

VEH: I know you are extremely busy so last question; Lacrosse is a growing sport what advice would you give parents considering the sport for their child?

Mr. Waters: What I think is fantastic about lacrosse is that it utilizes skills from multiple sports, so we actually like multi-sport athletes. In particular it is like a combination of football and basketball and the footwork is the same as basketball. I played basketball and lacrosse in college and the footwork is the same. You also want the aggressiveness in football the defense, cuts, and picks in basketball. The great thing about lacrosse is that I do not have to be 6’ 5” to play in college, I can be 5’ 9” or 5’10” to play college lacrosse at a high level. If you are a great athlete you can be any size and play at a high level the fastest game on two feet.