Erin Hoops

Summer

Basketball Camps

all three 

Camps

To learn and expand on the basic skills of basketball.

Campers should expect to be challenged to personally play their best and work their hardest throughout the day at improving their basketball skills (naturally, while having fun at basketball).

Gallivanting, sitting out (unless feeling ill) and horsing around are all discouraged.

The camp's fun is in learning the game of basketball.

Core hours:   9:00 to 4:00 daily

Open Supervised hours: 8:30 to 6:00 daily

(The extra open supervised hours are for open shooting practice and convenience in dropping off and picking up campers.)

Typical Day

Typical Day

The  gym so has two distinct learning areas a each end of the court...

8:00 a.m. - Gym open for supervised Open Shooting - 8:30 to 9:00

Warm-ups, stretching and lay-ups to 9:45

Group A - Learning time (15 min. break in "middle") to 11:00

Note: Sometimes guest coaches do these Learning Times

Group B - Game time (15 min. break in "middle") to 11:00

Group A - Game time to 12:20

Group B - Learning time to 12:20

Lunch to 12:40 (kids eat quick when having fun, as all of us know)

Group A - Learning time to 1:45

Group B - Game to 1:45

Break to 2:00

Group A - Game to 3:00

Group B - Learning time to 3:00

Individual team time with Coaches and...

Learning to play to-day's "Dumb Game" to 3:35

"Dumb Game" to 3:50

Awards and daily wrap-up to 4:00

Open Gym for Supervised Shooting and Coaches' Game to 5:00

Most learning times are conducted by volunteer, unpaid, guest coaches.

All games are played in a non-competitive atmosphere.  No score is kept (usually).

Award certificates and wrapped candy prizes are a daily feature of the camp.

Note:  when possible, some learning activities will be conducted outside.

A sport related youth video will often be shown in this camp, either because of rain/inclement weather or youths are physically worn out and need a significant break.  Sample videos used include: Sandlot, The Big Green, Kicking and Screaming. Like Mike, A Kid In King Arthur's Court, Rebound, etc.

Articles

Articles from the Erin Advocate describing the 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2003 camps are linked to here by clicking the appropriate year below.  In inputting these article I was flooded by sweet memories (some not so sweet too) about camp people and camp events.  These article are "longish" but informative about camp events you might like to learn about.  Each articles have UP links, which if you click the UP word will bring you back to this page.

Camp Article 2003

Campers Effort 2003

2002

Untall Camp Tales -2001

2000

1999

MAIN PLACE in the old Erin Public School at 185 Main Street in the Village of Erin between Scotch and English Streets.

Guarantee

Each participant receives a certificate recognizing their participation in the camp.  Also a personalized, individual basketball report card on each camper's basketball is prepared by the camper's coach in Camps 1 and 2 only.

The ratio of campers to coaches will be roughly one coach for every seven campers.  Coaches are local Erin basketball players who are keenly interested in sharing their "love" of basketball.  (Most have previously attended earlier camps.)  It, this love, is infectious so be alerted that campers usually catch this love of ball.)

Please use longer length athletic socks (preferably two per foot) help to reduce/prevent this problem. 

No sandals or flip flops - running shoes are a must.
 

At the door Camp Fee - $70.00 for the week.

Day Camper Fee is $15 for any full day or $10 for a half day they attend as a friend or guest.
 

Registration

Camp Coaches in discussion.

Register early to avoid disappointment.

Registration is on a first come, first served basis.

Registration to date in Camp 1 - Week 7 for 6 to 10 year olds is 2 of the 44.

Registration to date in Camp 2 - Week 8 for 8 to 12 year olds is 3 of the 44.

Registration to date in Camp 3 - Week 9 for 10 to 17 year olds is 2 of the 44.

(Registration figure last updated: June 23, 2011)

Yes, you may register your "players" in more than one camps if you wish and the ages work for you and your child..

To Register in Erin Hoops Slam Dunk Basketball Camp click on Registration Form and you will find yourself on the Hoops registration page.  Fill in the form and click SUBMIT at the bottom and you're registered.

What we do in the camp is open for everyone in the community to come and see.  (Sorry, you can't participate, except for Wednesday afternoon.)

What we are doing in the camp should be as important to you as it is to your child.  We welcome adults/people watching.  Kids learn more and behave better when others are watching.  Please feel free to talk with and say hello to all camp staff when they are not busy.  

Suggestion: come early when you are picking up a camper and you can then share and feel the flavour of these camps.

Coaches

and Coaching
 

Coaches will be at least one adult per camp with remaining coaches being Erin Hoops trained university and older high school students.  These coaches bring over 20 years of camp leadership skills in our camps into the 2011 Summer Camps.

Our coaching philosophy consists of coaches using:
               high praising
                 high directing
                   high verbal
                     high encouragement
                       high interpersonal skills
                         high feedback

Information

Coaches from these camp receive a certificate indicating they have done 46 hour of volunteer community service work.

Want to know more about this Camp contact Patrick Suessmuth 519-833-2058 or send an email to helps@erinhoops.ca

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