Featured Coach of the Week: Nick Mathison

Our Main Line Athletic Camps Coach of the Week is ultimate coach, Nick Mathison.

Mathison, a Main Line native, has been playing ultimate for the past five years at both the collegiate and professional levels. He began playing ultimate as a freshman at Lehigh University, later serving as captain for two years and bringing the team to a fifth place finish at D-III Nationals in 2014.

“I was hooked the moment I went to my first tournament,” he says. Now, Mathison tries to help out coaching at as many camps and clinics as he can. He describes his coaching style—which he developed during his captainship at Lehigh—as “lending itself well to individual critiques.”

“I believe talking to someone one-on-one is very important in stressing skills and learning the game,” Mathison adds.
Mathison currently plays as a defensive cutter for Philadelphia’s professional ultimate team, the Spinners.

Main Line Athletic Camps is proud to announce a new partnership with EyeBlack!

Since 2003, Maryland-based company EyeBlack has been a market leader in the development of custom-made, glare-reducing face decals. Through partnerships with Major League Baseball, USA Football, and other notable athletic organizations, EyeBlack’s customized team- and school-specific decals have allowed athletes and devoted fans to reduce sun glare while demonstrating team spirit in a fun and unique way.

“We are always excited to partner with new groups who play a very important role with our growth!,” said David Zendel, Director of Sales and Marketing at EyeBlack. “Groups like Main Line Athletic Camps (MLAC) help us share our product with a group of athletes who may otherwise not know about our Custom EyeBlack. Our product is always well received and we look forward to working with MLAC for years to come!”

“We are very fortunate to have EyeBlack as a partner this season,” said MLAC Program Director, Jacqueline Freedman. “Their well-known decals are used by the country’s top performers and we love being able to offer such a product to our athletes.”
As a result of our partnership with EyeBlack, we will have custom Main Line school-branded EyeBlack decals available for purchase during our summer sessions. Keep an eye out for more information to come.