Posted on 04 September 2011.
Over the course of the summer 1,075 individuals and 106 teams participated in summer camps hosted by SCSU.
Each of the 106 teams had an average of 10 players, according to Ron Seibring.
Seibring is the director of sports facilities and campus recreation.
?This creates a total of about 2,500 kids involved in our camps,? Seibring said.
There were 13 individual sports camps and two summer leagues hosted at the sports facilities at SCSU Robert Sumner said.
Sumner is the graduate assistant of sports camps and facilities.
The two summer leagues were six weeks long, one for girls and the other for boys.
There were also four basketball camps: two girls camps and two boys camps each, with a day camp and an overnight option.
The players who chose the overnight option stayed in the dorms.
Team camps were also available: three for boys and one for girls.
These camps center around tournaments. There was also a volleyball camp, a hockey camp and four different football camps?from which?to choose.
?These camps are hosted by SCSU. There are renters that come in and use the facilities too,? Seibring said.
In the camps hosted by SCSU there is a heavy emphasis on skill development, Seibring said, but the main focus is to expose the school to potential students.
The camps not only offer skill development but also offers off skill activities that the children can participate in.
Some of these activities include rock climbing, swimming and off-time spent in the dorms.
The coaches also have discretion as to watching tapes and conditioning training, Seibring said.
?SCSU coaches are hired on as the camp directors and are recognized for their expertice,? Seibring said.
While coaches are hired to assist with the camps, Campus Recreation is responsible for the camp.
Area high school coaches may be hired as camp counselors while area athletes are given the opportunity to share their experience.
During the overnight camps the area athletes stay in the dorms with the children, Seibring added.
The economy has had an effect on the camps, Seibring said.
?For the most part our boys basketball is holding its own . . . and still has some growth,? Seibring said.
Sumner agreed and added that some will choose the day camp instead of the overnight option to reduce costs.
The tournament camps, however, are growing, as well as recreational camps.
?Some will call it glorified day care. We don?t, for there is educational components,? Seibring said.
Even though the participation may have decreased, the camps are still self-sufficient. Seibring said SCSU does not have a budget for the sports camps and the revenue brought in by the camps is revenue out to cover the cost.
?There were times when camps could lose money,? Seibring said, but added that is not the case here.
Sumner said his favorite part of the camps is seeing the children having fun.
?Kids get dropped off and are crying because they don?t want to stay and are asking me to call their parents,? Sumner said.
?I will ask them to give it a few hours and after an hour they are laughing and having fun . . . they don?t care where their mom is anymore.?
The children enjoy the camps and will request the same roommate every year they attend the camp Sumner said.
A memory that sticks out in his mind is of a boy whose father died just before the camp started.
A few of the campers told Sumner about it and that they would be leaving to attend the funeral.
?The second day into the camp this boy?s mom called and asked if he could still come because it meant so much to him,? Sumner said.
Sumner said yes and the boy joined the camp.
?It was less than a week after his father passed and he wanted to come to the camp,? Sumner said.
Source: http://www.universitychronicle.net/index.php/2011/09/04/scsu-summer-camps/
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