Thursday, August 07, 2008

Lance's Summer Skillz Camp

Lance put on his second "Skillz Basketball Camp". Again, it was a private camp consisting mostly of his current players, their older brothers and one of Joshua's good friends from school. Like his first camp, it was a complete SUCCESS! It was a 4 day camp from 9-noon. It was very well organized from start to finish. He had daily drills, skills, fundamentals, contests, and so on. On the first day, he handed each camper a 4 page homework assignment. All pertaining to basketball of course. The kids had fun learning new things and finding out the answers to the trivia questions. Lance also had very cool tshirts made, passed out prizes, certificates, did a lot of personal and team recognition and at the end of the camp did a 2 page personalized evaluation for each camper.

The kids raved about Lance's camp and fully enjoyed each and every day of it even though they were sweating, sore, and tired. Bryson even said that he wished Lance's camp was longer, from 9-5! The parents also were very pleased with the camp and were impressed with all of the things Lance did for their kids.

A funny thing was that there was a very big youth camp going on during the same week on the other courts. I noticed that a lot of the kids and their parents were watching Lance and his small group of 12 kids. They were paying more attention to Lance's camp than their own! Some of the parents showed a lot of interest in Lance's camp and inquired about him. They wanted to know who he was and if he had flyers for more camps. One Dad from the other camp said that he was watching Lance for 2 days and said he was GREAT and said he learned some things from Lance by just observing! What can I say other than Lance is the best youth basketball coach around!

Lance receives more positive feedback from parents, players, and onlookers for his coaching style, knowledge, and ability. His passion for basketball is felt by all those around him. In addition to his passion and knowledge of basketball, Lance is very patient, positive, enthusiastic, encouraging, organized, thorough, and respectful. In return, his players respect him and take him seriously and most importantly, they learn a great deal from him. He has only good intentions for the kids he coaches. He wants to teach them and help them get to the next level. He wants them to be focused, disciplined, and always be a student.

Joshua said that of all the camps he's attended in the past, that his Dad's is by far the BEST camp! I asked some of the other campers and they too said that Lance's was the most fun and challenging.

Hmmm....this may be the start of something new for Lance (and us). Lance just may have to create and run a successful youth basketball training academy/camp! I know a ton of parents who are already ready to sign up! If any one person can do this...Lance is definitely that ONE!!





The "Big Three"....3 on 3 tournament champions...Jackson, Joshua, and Bryson

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