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Post by flacoach10 on Jun 6, 2011 21:16:10 GMT -6
Hey guys I'm looking for some ideas for our youth camp next week. We'll have rising 4th-9th graders probably only about 20. Last year we did half day camp 8-noon but this year were going full day 9-4 M-TH. We have done the usual indie stations, teaching basic positions etc., ultimate football/gatorball and flag games. Just looking for some more ideas to make it fun and interesting for em, thanks.
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Post by the1mitch on Jun 7, 2011 23:05:47 GMT -6
Put together two obstacle courses side by side and run a challenge by age group or position. Over under around dummies, push a sled, throw a ball over the crossbar etc, be creative. Kids love this stuff .
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Post by 19delta on Jun 7, 2011 23:12:11 GMT -6
We are doing something new this year (6th, 7th, and 8th graders).
We are doing a "skills" camp in which we have the linemen for 1 hour and then the backs for the next hour. Idea is that we can have all of our coaches coaching/learning linemen techniques and then all coaches coaching/learning backfield techniques. This way, we will have maximum supervision and we will get everyone on the same page.
Plan is to work hard for about 40 minutes and then give the kids the last 15 minutes of each session to play tag, Navy-rules football, or some other "fun" game.
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Post by Coach Vint on Jun 10, 2011 13:29:43 GMT -6
Hey guys I'm looking for some ideas for our youth camp next week. We'll have rising 4th-9th graders probably only about 20. Last year we did half day camp 8-noon but this year were going full day 9-4 M-TH. We have done the usual indie stations, teaching basic positions etc., ultimate football/gatorball and flag games. Just looking for some more ideas to make it fun and interesting for em, thanks. You are glutton for punishment!
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Post by bobgoodman on Jun 10, 2011 14:55:58 GMT -6
This one's a little risky: touch rugby. Similar to touch football, but no huddles, so they're continuously moving, which is good if they like that sort of thing and you want to wear them out. The risk is, even though you'll use an American football, they may come to like it so much that you'll lose them to rugby come fall.
The way most play touch rugby they don't allow kicking, but if you really, really want them exhausted, you'll allow it, especially with rugby/Canadian style onside rules. For the field dimensions & number of players you'll have, you may want to adjust the number of downs before turning the ball over, and especially what constitutes a touch: 1 hand anywhere, 2 hands anywhere, 1 hand below the waist plus the other anywhere, 1 hand on the back, etc.
You can choose all sorts of "odd" sides too, like one team with fewer but faster players, kids vs. counselors, etc. Or introduce odd rules like no running, skipping only, walking only, or hopping only. Of course there are games other than touch rugby that works with too.
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