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Jun 19, 2018
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bluelands
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From our experience and talking with others, tennis & soccer camps are the worst
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BYU's sports camp are not run well
HRCougar
6/19/18 9:53am
I was looking into tennis camp this year for my 13-year old, but we opted to
Iron Coug
6/19/18 9:55am
This week it would be a Brad Pearce camp. Jones-Spencer's would not have been any better.
Brisco
6/20/18 10:39am
Not unique to either Tennis or BYU. Summer camps are revenue generators, pure and simple.
kccougar
6/19/18 9:57am
In 2016, camps generated more revenue than TV & Radio,
Everyman
6/19/18 10:09am
Most sports use the camps to help pay coaches and to boost their budget
1984coug
6/19/18 11:22am
We were not impressed
bluelands
6/19/18 9:57am
Large chunks of the camps are run by BYU athletes. They're not being micro
BYUMizzou
6/19/18 10:03am
Right. I think part of the OP's complaint is a lot of people want a skill
gwalker
6/19/18 10:06am
Somewhat true
HRCougar
6/19/18 10:12am
Really teaching a skill correctly takes a lot more time than a 1 week camp with
palangi
6/19/18 2:26pm
Has anyone had their kid go to a sports camp that was run well? What was different?
Zedhead
6/19/18 10:03am
I've observed FB, Baseball and VB camps - football was the best run camp, mostly
BYUMizzou
6/19/18 10:08am
I thought the summer baseball camps were very well run
Bob Vance
6/19/18 11:40am
One of my roommates attended a wrestling camp at the University of Iowa.
Oranje
6/20/18 7:57am
Perhaps true of tennis but our experience with football, basketball, and soccer
PortlandBlue
6/19/18 10:11am
There is enormous demand for these camps without regard for quality
Run-DMT
6/19/18 10:11am
The only reason I'll send my kids is so they can get the "BYU experience" and
Odysseus
6/19/18 10:15am
Obviously depends on the sport but camps are still your best shot if you’re
cougfanz
6/19/18 10:20am
They’re absolutely horrible imo.. at least the soccer ones
cougfanz
6/19/18 10:18am
From our experience and talking with others, tennis & soccer camps are the worst
bluelands
6/19/18 10:24am
Looks like another case of they probably hear the complaints but since parents
RC Vikings
6/19/18 10:32am
Imo they are looking for the first thing $. It's about the$.
baishel44
6/19/18 10:35am
We are there next week for Basketball and Cross Country...fingers crossed
Fdnman
6/19/18 10:43am
What age in basketball?
LCcoug
6/19/18 5:09pm
He just turned 14
Fdnman
6/20/18 5:31am
Just curious
LCcoug
6/20/18 1:39pm
Cross Country camp
byurunningfan
8/2/20 12:25pm
Agree with this. Been sending my boys to football camp for past few years
dccoug
6/19/18 10:45am
Yep. You're right
reddead
6/19/18 10:55am
Like every other school in the country, they are for making money.
sidsie716
6/19/18 11:02am
Translation: Not run well = I'm mad because my kid wasn't discovered
Roko's Basilisk
6/19/18 11:24am
BYU Camps have three main purposes. 1) Income generator. 2) BYU experience.
BYU I Bleed Blue
6/19/18 11:25am
The BYU Junior Football camp only filled #1
crm48
6/18/19 7:41pm
My nephew is coming up next month for the elite 🏐
UNHuskerCoug
6/19/18 11:45am
Frankly, this is a far broader problem than sports camps
A Man in Full
6/19/18 11:47am
As a parent do you watch the camps? I was planning on dropping both my boys off
Fdnman
6/19/18 11:49am
You can watch most of the BBall games
mcnasty
6/19/18 2:46pm
What are you looking for that you're not getting?
fattycoug
6/19/18 11:56am
Agree. Could be so much better.
playbook
6/19/18 12:10pm
The overnight soccer camps are not used to evaluate talent
conflictedcoug
6/19/18 12:22pm
Having attended several as a shy athletic kid...
BringYourUltimate
6/19/18 12:34pm
Most of the major sports have a invite one or two day camp that are more
ProvoSoprano
6/19/18 12:34pm
Varies from camp to camp. My buddy who's a Crimson Club member sent son to golf
jkccoug
6/19/18 12:35pm
My sons have done football and baseball over the last 6 years
SJS
6/19/18 1:11pm
My summary: Great experience, marginal skill improvement. As it should be.
Gorum the Old
6/19/18 1:26pm
I've always assumed camps is where you work on skills. Coaches have teams
Almaden Cougar
6/19/18 4:35pm
Almost all of practice is skill development.
Gorum the Old
7/6/18 11:07am
I'm hearing most evaluations for recruiting are at brand sponsored camps
byukarl
6/19/18 1:56pm
My daughter did gymnastic camp and my son did a swim camp a few years ago
Don_Juan_El_Guapo
6/19/18 2:00pm
There are 2 reasons for kids to go to camps imo:
palangi
6/19/18 2:32pm
Please expound on how they're not run well. I attended tennis camp at BYU 2 or 3
DB Cooper
6/19/18 2:57pm
I was wondering the same thing. I attended in '96, '97, '98
tknight
6/19/18 4:16pm
Money money money.
slowhiteguy
6/19/18 3:12pm
Um, have you been to ALL of the BYU sports camps? UU trolling?
Benfica1
6/19/18 4:21pm
Friend of mine took his kid to byu football camps
Idahofallsblue
6/19/18 4:46pm
My daughter is 21 now, but she loved the soccer camp when she was 14.
Wear Blue
6/19/18 4:48pm
My kids loved the tennis camps
AlexKnight
6/19/18 5:41pm
I've loved my BYU sports camp experiences. I'm sorry your experience has been poor
MaxxPower
6/19/18 6:15pm
I think it depends on what you're trying to get out of it.
cosmohio
6/19/18 6:56pm
Ask the parents who's child was offered a spot on a team at BYU after camp
coot20
6/20/18 12:00am
BYU Tennis camps are not used as a tool for evaluating talent
franklyvulgar
6/20/18 12:05am
You're largely correct. The only thing I would argue is that...
Brisco
6/20/18 10:50am
Not sure how you make the leap from tennis camp all the way to all BYU Athletics
Adrielle
6/20/18 12:21am
They have other invite only camps...
CoachSpeak
6/20/18 9:59am
My son went to 2 years of XC camp.
fredy
6/20/18 12:41pm
Totally agree...
crm48
6/18/19 7:36pm
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