PerformanceLAX is dedicated to the education and training of athletes on how to play and condition for the sport of lacrosse.  Our goal is to support the growth of the sport in the community by improving awareness and providing the tools to not only get started in the game, but to excel!

Our experienced, qualified staff provides a positive learning environment. Promoting fun, sportsmanship, responsibility and community.

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Clayton Wight is a local lacrosse coach and personal trainer in the Sarasota / Bradenton area. Clayton, along with a few other passionate, former lacrosse players-turned-coach, established lacrosse in the area with it’s first team in 2004.

Professional Credentials and Experience:

• Bachelor of Science – Physical Education/Exercise Science
• 1999 – Present – Fitness Director Bath & Racquet Club of Sarasota
• 1993 – Present – ACE Certified Personal Trainer
• 1990 – 1994 – Bridgewater State College Lacrosse – Team Captain 1994
• 1994-2008 Post Collegiate Club Lacrosse participant Boston, Atlanta, Orlando & Tampa
• Co-Founder of Lakewood Ranch Lacrosse Club in 2004
• Co-Coach Lakewood Ranch Lacrosse Club High School Boys 2004, 2006, 2007
• Co-Coach LRLC Highschool boys WFLL Division B champions 2007
• Founder Manasota Summer Lacrosse League 2007
• Head Coach Sarasota Military Academy Middle School Boys 2008
• Head Coach Cardinal Mooney High School Boys 2008-Present
• Coached CMHS to the semi finals in inagural season 2009
• 2009 WFLL Division B Coach of the Year

Jamie Carver

Coach Carver attributes much of his success in life to the guidance he has received from his High School and College Coaches. One of Coach Carver’s personal goals is to give back to the Lacrosse Community by sharing what he has learned as a student/athlete over the past two decades. Here’s a look at what he brings…

AS PLAYER

• 1989 USA Under 18 Team

• 1990 Team Captain of the Varsity Lacrosse Team at Calvert Hall High School – Towson Maryland

• 1991 National Champion- Community College of Baltimore County Essex

• 1992 Essex Knight’s Team Captain – Final Four appearance

• 1993-94 NCAA Division I Lacrosse – University of Maryland at College Park

• Coached by former UMCP Head Lacrosse Coach and National Lacrosse Hall of Fame Coach Dick “Big Man” Edell.

• 1994 NCAA Play-off birth

AS COACH

• 1998-1999 Assistant Varsity Lacrosse Coach, Torrey Pines High School, San Diego California (California State Finals)

• 1998-1999 Camp Councilor - Nike Lacrosse Camps

• 2004-2007 Head Varsity Lacrosse Coach – Cardinal Gibbons School – Baltimore Maryland

• 2004-2005 Coached the Cardinal Gibbons Varsity Lacrosse Team to consecutive MIAA C Conference Playoff births

• 2004 Implemented a JV Lacrosse Team, moving them into the Maryland Inter-Scholastic Athletic Association B Conference (Playoff birth 2007)

• 2006 Coached the Cardinal Gibbons School Varsity Lacrosse Team to MIAA C Conference Championship appearance (Final record of 14 – 1)

• 2006 Earned the Baltimore Sun’s Baltimore City Lacrosse Coach of the Year Award

• 2007 Coached the Cardinal Gibbons School Varsity Lacrosse Team to MIAA C Conference Championship appearance (Final record of 12-3)

• 2007 Implemented the first Cardinal Gibbons School Middle School Lacrosse Team

• 2008 Assistant Coach Lakewood Ranch Lacrosse Club, High School Boys

• 2009 Head Coach Lakewood Ranch Lacrosse Club, High School Boys

“Your son’s lacrosse specific instruction will include a brief history of the game, the fundamentals including: cradling, scooping, passing, catching, shooting, dodging, position defense, team concepts, rules/strategy, equipment, communication, and safety. Hard work, leadership, team building, and sportsmanship are the primary focuses of my coaching philosophy.” - Coach Carver