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Post by centercoach on Feb 23, 2016 10:59:13 GMT -6
I coach at a small private school( less that 49 boys in the high school), one of the biggest blessings is when we can get 16 kids on the team so we can go full team in practice. So as you can imagine funding is tight and honestly when we get money, we are really careful about putting it to great use. I talked to our athletic director this week about some fundraiser's the football team could do to bring in more money and he agreed we could do a 1 day football camp for the younger kids( elementary kids).
Does anyone have experience doing a football "camp" and have ideas on what activities to do or how to set it up?
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Post by barlow on Feb 23, 2016 11:25:10 GMT -6
Coach,
The way we have done this in the past is to have the entire group go through warmups together, have them do the jumping jacks and all. If it is a one day deal then you can let the kids choose positions, go thru the "fun" drills with the kids, things with bags and pads they get to hit. To close the day you can do contests like farthest throws, footrace, car tire flips in pairs, farthest punts, field goals. It's good to get solid fundamentals in but definitely sell the fun side of it to have kids come back and eventually come to the school. With middle school it could be more fundamental focused and still close with 7on7/ big man competition.
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Post by brophy on Feb 23, 2016 11:39:17 GMT -6
yes.
this is a GREAT way to recruit the community and get some cash.
We've done this where we first solicit sponsors for the event (2 or 3 will be enough) to cover the cost of camper T-shirts. Put the sponsor's logo on the back of the shirt with a football design on the front with "Little/Junior ___(insert program name) Football Camp"
Get all your coaches and players to run intake, warmup, drills.
TESTING: 3-cone, W-drill, agility bags, big ring, 4-corner, settle & noose.....mark the scores/times on an index card given to each kid.
DRILLS: break up the kids based on position groups and teach rudimentary skills (throwing pass, doing DB backpedal, linemen blocking bags, etc)
Finish the drills with a big game of "Ultimate" which is just playing the field width, 2 teams advancing the ball to each sideline. Everyone is an eligible receiver - once you catch the ball you only get 3 steps then you have to pass it. First one to 10 wins. Every kid participates and it tires the beejeezus out of them.
At the end, hand out popsicles or have cutup watermelon for the kids...everyone goes home happy.
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Post by runitupthemiddle on Feb 23, 2016 13:49:22 GMT -6
That's how we have done it^
And u can get your hs players to run and demonstrate the drills, see if They really know what's going on too
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Post by John Knight on Feb 24, 2016 8:01:25 GMT -6
Easy Money right there Brophy and parents call it CHEAP babysitting.
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Post by coachwoodall on Feb 24, 2016 9:32:54 GMT -6
yes. this is a GREAT way to recruit the community and get some cash. We've done this where we first solicit sponsors for the event (2 or 3 will be enough) to cover the cost of camper T-shirts. Put the sponsor's logo on the back of the shirt with a football design on the front with "Little/Junior ___(insert program name) Football Camp" Get all your coaches and players to run intake, warmup, drills. TESTING: 3-cone, W-drill, agility bags, big ring, 4-corner, settle & noose.....mark the scores/times on an index card given to each kid. DRILLS: break up the kids based on position groups and teach rudimentary skills (throwing pass, doing DB backpedal, linemen blocking bags, etc) Finish the drills with a big game of "Ultimate" which is just playing the field width, 2 teams advancing the ball to each sideline. Everyone is an eligible receiver - once you catch the ball you only get 3 steps then you have to pass it. First one to 10 wins. Every kid participates and it tires the beejeezus out of them. Call this <insert mascot> Ball |
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Post by CoachMikeJudy on Feb 24, 2016 9:57:12 GMT -6
yes. this is a GREAT way to recruit the community and get some cash. We've done this where we first solicit sponsors for the event (2 or 3 will be enough) to cover the cost of camper T-shirts. Put the sponsor's logo on the back of the shirt with a football design on the front with "Little/Junior ___(insert program name) Football Camp" Get all your coaches and players to run intake, warmup, drills. TESTING: 3-cone, W-drill, agility bags, big ring, 4-corner, settle & noose.....mark the scores/times on an index card given to each kid. DRILLS: break up the kids based on position groups and teach rudimentary skills (throwing pass, doing DB backpedal, linemen blocking bags, etc) Finish the drills with a big game of "Ultimate" which is just playing the field width, 2 teams advancing the ball to each sideline. Everyone is an eligible receiver - once you catch the ball you only get 3 steps then you have to pass it. First one to 10 wins. Every kid participates and it tires the beejeezus out of them. At the end, hand out popsicles or have cutup watermelon for the kids...everyone goes home happy. What's the $$$$ charge per player? |
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Post by fcboiler87 on Feb 24, 2016 10:00:16 GMT -6
We do much like brophy. We do ours over 3 nights, 1.5 hours each. The first two nights are skill based. Kids do the warm up led by our high school guys.
They will then go through 8 8 minute stations. 4 offense - throwing, handoff drill, catching, and blocking vs bags as well as 4 defense - tackling bags, pursuit, ball drills and d-line hands on, rip drills. The last 15 minutes is a game much like brophy described.
We invite K-8. $20 per kid, $15 for second, etc if there are multiple siblings. Those are pre-register prices. $25 day of, $20 for second, etc. Kids get a t-shirt at the end. We have the high school guys lead the break down when we're all done.
The last night is a competition night. Punt, pass, kick. Then we play some more air ball like they did the first couple nights. We reserved the last 15 minutes for awards. I had our shop department create us some wood plaques. Each grade group had a winner for each competition. K-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 for punt, pass and kick. Kids love getting awards so it works well.
It's quite a bit of work on the front end but it's fantastic PR and made us over 2k at a mid sized school. This will be our second year so I am hopeful it will be better now that it is established.
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Post by John Knight on Feb 24, 2016 10:44:52 GMT -6
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Post by brophy on Feb 24, 2016 11:12:37 GMT -6
yes. this is a GREAT way to recruit the community and get some cash. We've done this where we first solicit sponsors for the event (2 or 3 will be enough) to cover the cost of camper T-shirts. Put the sponsor's logo on the back of the shirt with a football design on the front with "Little/Junior ___(insert program name) Football Camp" Get all your coaches and players to run intake, warmup, drills. TESTING: 3-cone, W-drill, agility bags, big ring, 4-corner, settle & noose.....mark the scores/times on an index card given to each kid. DRILLS: break up the kids based on position groups and teach rudimentary skills (throwing pass, doing DB backpedal, linemen blocking bags, etc) Finish the drills with a big game of "Ultimate" which is just playing the field width, 2 teams advancing the ball to each sideline. Everyone is an eligible receiver - once you catch the ball you only get 3 steps then you have to pass it. First one to 10 wins. Every kid participates and it tires the beejeezus out of them. At the end, hand out popsicles or have cutup watermelon for the kids...everyone goes home happy. What's the $$$$ charge per player? Done it at $20 -50 a kid. The more expensive ones were based on having former NFL / college players as a draw |
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Post by CoachMikeJudy on Feb 24, 2016 11:33:24 GMT -6
What's the $$$$ charge per player? Done it at $20 -50 a kid. The more expensive ones were based on having former NFL / college players as a draw Thanks Brophy |
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Post by hsrose on Feb 24, 2016 12:21:15 GMT -6
Ok, I'll be hosting our first youth camp/clinic this summer. I've got the on-field/operational details pretty well down, but I need some guidance on the admin side. How do you manage the financial side - registration, distribution/payments, insurance, that kind of thing. The record keeping operations.
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Post by fcboiler87 on Feb 24, 2016 13:30:15 GMT -6
Ok, I'll be hosting our first youth camp/clinic this summer. I've got the on-field/operational details pretty well down, but I need some guidance on the admin side. How do you manage the financial side - registration, distribution/payments, insurance, that kind of thing. The record keeping operations. I actually go and visit each school in our district - 5 elementaries and 1 middle school. I hand out the flyer/registration form. On it is a waiver that keeps responsibility off of us so we don't have to purchase insurance. I ask that each school gather the materials and send them through inter-school mail to me. I collect each one, take the money and deposit it as I receive it. I chart each student name, grade, t-shirt size, school and payment info in an excel file. I also keep track of totals of t-shirts as I go so I have a running total of how many of each size I will need. If kids don't get their registration to me before school is out, they can mail it in to the high school. At the camp itself I have coaches wives help out by confirming attendance, taking at the gate registration and any thing else that might come up. We waited until the last day to hand out t-shirts so we could take a group picture at the end. If you have any specific questions, feel free to PM me. |
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