Girls Field Hockey Camp at Lake Forest Academy

CAMP DATES

July 7 – July 10, 2025 – Overnight & Extended Day Only

Site Director – Jill Dixon, Former DI Central Michigan University Coach 

AGE GROUP

Revolution Field Hockey Camp is open to kids & teens ages 9 to 18.

CAMP FEES

Overnight Camp: $759
Extended Day: $599

* Team Discounts Available:
For team discounts, please email [email protected].

OVERVIEW

Lake Forest Academy, located in the heart of Lake Forest, IL boasts exceptional facilities for field hockey training. This summer, join us for an exciting camp experience where you’ll enhance your skills, receive expert coaching, and grow as an athlete. Whether you’re refining your technique or pushing your limits, Lake Forest Academy offers the ideal environment to elevate your game.

The camp is open to all ages and ability levels. Each participant will be assessed and grouped with others of a similar age and skill level. Adjustments to groups may be made throughout the week to ensure campers have the opportunity to train with and compete against different players. Through a mix of drills, games, and scrimmages, each camper will have the chance to learn, improve, and enjoy field hockey in a supportive and dynamic environment.

Camp Director

Coach Jill, most recently the associate head coach and recruiting coordinator at Wesley College in Dover, Del., enters year 3 as the head coach at The College of Wooster in 2020.

Coach Jill’s impact on the program was felt immediately, as Wooster won six more games than the season prior, and advanced to the championship game of the North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament for the first time since 2010. Three Scots were named to the National Field Hockey Coaches Association All-Great Lakes Region Team, while five garnered All-NCAC honors.

Coach Jill started at Wesley as an assistant coach in 2014, and was elevated to the program’s associate head coach and recruiting coordinator for the 2017 season. While with the Wolverines, her student-athletes earned seven All-Capital Athletic Conference certificates, and competed in a league consistently in the upper echelon of Div. III field hockey conferences. CAC institutions have captured four national championships in the 2000s, and have had three teams ranked, or a combination of ranked and those receiving votes, in the year-end NFHCA poll in four of Dixon’s five years in Dover.

Coach Jill is familiar with the NCAC, and in fact, squared off against Wooster four times during a two-year stint as the lead assistant at Oberlin College. While with the Yeowomen, she tutored a quintet of All-NCAC honorees, one of which went on to earn all-region honors from the NFHCA.

Coach Jill’s coaching career started at Smith College, where she spent two years. A trio of Pioneers earned All-New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference certificates during her stint in Northampton, Mass.

Outside of the collegiate ranks, Coach Jill has coaching experience with USA Field Hockey’s Futures Program. Originally a selector, Dixon has climbed the ladder and most recently served as the head coach for the Delaware region. Dixon holds a USA Field Hockey Level II coaching certification. She now works as the Nexus Regional Manager for Regions 9 and 10.

As a student-athlete, she was a two-sport standout at Randolph-Macon College. In field hockey, Coach Jill was a four-year starter and earned a trio of All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference certificates. She played both forward and midfielder, and led the Yellow Jackets in points as a junior with 18, and logged 30 career goals. Dixon was also a two-year starter on the women’s lacrosse team.

CAMP HIGHLIGHTS & TAKEAWAYS

Each camper will:

• Develop their technical skills & tactical knowledge
• Participate in camp games with a chance to win prizes
• Compete amongst their peers in small games & camp matches
• Be given the opportunity to work with college &/or high school coaches & college players all week long

…and most importantly: HAVE FUN!

DAILY SKILLS BREAKDOWN

Individual Skill Training

• Dynamic warm up
• Ball control

Technical Skills Training

• Passing & receiving, shooting, eliminating, tackling, shot-stopping

Tactical Skill Training

• Reading the play or situation
• Application of new skills and when to use

Game-Based Learning

• Competition & inter-camp scrimmages

CHECK IN & CHECK OUT

Overnight Campers: Check in at 12PM-1PM Monday. Campers should be picked up at Noon Thursday.

Extended Day Campers: Check in at 12PM-1PM Monday (8:45AM every other day). Campers should be picked up at 8:30PM Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and at Noon Thursday. (Lunch and dinner are included)

Turf Field Address: Warner Lot, 1500 West Kennedy Road, Lake Forest, IL 60045