Friday, July 6, 2012

Camps and Fun!!


Hope everyone had a great fourth of July!!

While this month we are celebrating our nation’s independence, last month our program got to celebrate a little with our basketball camp.  The camp always seems to be a lot of fun to the campers and they enjoy getting better at the game of basketball.

Everyday we would start with our ballhandling drills which should be done how often campers…….every day, that’s right! Haha  Then we would do some shooting and lead into our competitions and games.  One of the competitions we do is Basketball Golf.  It’s something I’ve done since I was attending my own high school camp back in Rochester, NY.  Basically what it is, is a glorified game of Horse.  And the kids LOVE it!!!



Our main goal is that the campers have fun so that they enjoy the game enough to practice the drills at home on their own.  Because the players that practice hard on their own are always the ones that have the most success later in life.  That’s why our goal is to get them having fun doing the drills because if they are having fun they don’t even realize how hard they are working.



Hopefully we will continue to get back some of the same campers as they are AWESOME to be around!!  While I’m trying to make it fun for them, they are making it fun for me.  There’s nothing better than having a camp with good kids who come with a positive attitude and want to get better.  So I wanted to say thank you to the campers that came this year and I hope to see you again next year!  Plus bring a friend or two with you for even more fun :-)



Hope everyone is enjoying their summer and if you are a baller I hope you are working hard at your game!

Yours in Hoops,
Coach Strick