Post by klaby on Jun 30, 2017 11:30:30 GMT -6
Here is what I tell all my players and coaches.
Camps are for fun, making friends and competing with other kids. I don’t care what any camp director, coach or owner tells you. If they rely on camps and private instruction to pay the mortgage, they are not going to turn away a kid who they know can’t play. You can go to any camp or private coach any time they work out and watch 5-10% of the kids out there don’t belong there.
Nowhere is that more evident than at a QB camp. You have kids that can’t throw more than 20 yards, and their parents are dropping tens of thousands of dollars on camps and private coaching. The whole time the coach is keeping a positive attitude, focusing on the few things the kid does well. Says the kid needs to work on______more etc. Rarely will he sit mom and dad down and say “look little Johnny is a great kid, but he needs to play with his hand on the ground” Why because that coach needs to pay his mortgage.
Are there some that are “real” elite, scouting type camps. I am sure they are out there, but the fact is the coach to player ratio is all messed up, and every kid that doesn’t come back is money lost. So you need to weigh the cost vs the return. If you can afford the cost for 3 days of fun, do it.
Camps are for fun, making friends and competing with other kids. I don’t care what any camp director, coach or owner tells you. If they rely on camps and private instruction to pay the mortgage, they are not going to turn away a kid who they know can’t play. You can go to any camp or private coach any time they work out and watch 5-10% of the kids out there don’t belong there.
Nowhere is that more evident than at a QB camp. You have kids that can’t throw more than 20 yards, and their parents are dropping tens of thousands of dollars on camps and private coaching. The whole time the coach is keeping a positive attitude, focusing on the few things the kid does well. Says the kid needs to work on______more etc. Rarely will he sit mom and dad down and say “look little Johnny is a great kid, but he needs to play with his hand on the ground” Why because that coach needs to pay his mortgage.
Are there some that are “real” elite, scouting type camps. I am sure they are out there, but the fact is the coach to player ratio is all messed up, and every kid that doesn’t come back is money lost. So you need to weigh the cost vs the return. If you can afford the cost for 3 days of fun, do it.