jamesmthomson
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Post by jamesmthomson on Jul 14, 2008 23:19:47 GMT -6
Hey guys,
So our summer camp is almost over, then we have the three week summer break which our section mandates. We are done on Thursday morning until we start double days on the 13th. Here is my question:
On Saturday, our kids had a major accomplishment as both our skill guys AND our lineman came in first place in the 35-team passing league/lineman competition we entered on Saturday. We want to reward them for a job well done during their summer camp and for what they accomplished on Saturday and we are trying to come up with some ideas. FYI our camp goes daily from 7:45 to 9:45. We wanted to set up a slip n slide but are having trouble tracking them down, then we were wanting to open up the school pool to our kids, but that is being used...any other relatively cheap, fun, simple reward type things that we could do Thursday morning for all to enjoy? Ideally, it would be something at school or nearby that all would and could partake in.
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Post by bleefb on Jul 14, 2008 23:48:45 GMT -6
Feed them as many pancakes they can eat.
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Post by eickst on Jul 15, 2008 0:21:51 GMT -6
Feed them as many pancakes they can eat. But what about the skill guys? I see you have the linemen covered.... |
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Post by cltblkhscoach on Jul 15, 2008 1:05:09 GMT -6
Skill guys love to eat too....I'd feed them and maybe hold some kind of team festival - we used to have several things they could do, we'd setup a Madden tournament in one room, basketball in the gym, and then something else like a crazy football movie or something in another room just to give them a choice. We feed our guys something small every Saturday since we've been going six days a week over the summer.
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Post by wingtol on Jul 15, 2008 5:18:37 GMT -6
Not gonna say I have any late night experience with this but a few blue tarps and a hose make a pretty good slip and slide like I said i really don't have any experience making one of those at about 3 am ..........  |
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kr7263
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Post by kr7263 on Jul 15, 2008 5:35:52 GMT -6
Get the dads to bring a grill and a pack of dogs. Moms bring a side or desert.
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Post by carson101 on Jul 15, 2008 10:32:12 GMT -6
Footballs with MVP on them providing it isn't too large a camp, we used to do this for our camp then it got to hard to pick a MVP because too many talented kids and it became unfair.
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jamesmthomson
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Post by jamesmthomson on Jul 15, 2008 14:28:44 GMT -6
That is what we ended up doing. Went to the local hardware store today and picked up two 10X25 plastic mats. I am going to duct tape them together for a 10X50 foot mat and hose it down and let them go at it. I think using our rubber bumper plates from the weight room will hold it down fine. Rumor (via half-assed Google and Youtube research) has it that using dish soap makes it super slippery--can you confirm or deny, Wingtol? Kids will love it. I am going to try to convince our head coach to cut our last day a little short and have a serious talk with all of our kids for a few minutes while we set it up and then when they go out to the field for an "inspirational athletic exhibition", my fat ass will be waiting out there with goggles and a snorkel acting like a fool and ready to begin Operation Slippery Lancer. Yeah, I made that name up on the way home from the hardware store after practice. Any other tips or suggestions would be great.
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leo818
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Post by leo818 on Jul 17, 2008 18:47:21 GMT -6
We have watermelons waiting for them after the last session. Cold, drippy, sweet, wet, and fun. Last year one of the moms went to a local sand/gravel guy and got a bunch of stones about the size of softballs. She's pretty artsy and she painted each kid's name and number on a stone. When the guys came off the field there was this pile of stones including a big one in the middle that said (Team name) FOOTBALL ROCKS! The coaches each got one too. ( I use mine for a door stop in my class room and wouldn't trade it for anything.) The kids liked them. Some stayed in lockers all year, and others went home, but every one was on display at the graduate's house at the end of the year.
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