Wright State?s camp was the best college camp my daughter has attended!
My daughter has attended close to a dozen college camps in the last 3 years. She is a high school sophomore interested in playing college ball, so I try to get her to as many college camps as her schedule and my wallet allow. In general, I think college camps are a great opportunity for your daughter to meet the coaches and players and for the coaches to get an upclose look at your daughter.
The cynics will tell you that the camps are just money makers for the colleges. And for the most part, it?s true, although it should be noted that such camps also help promote the sport.
Most of the camps my daughter has attended are setup to get as many attendees ($$$) as possible. They are designed to have attendees from ages 10 to 18. All the girls show up for the same 2-3 hour time slot; the girls are divided up according to age/skill level; one or two college players are assigned to supervise/instruct each group; and the pitching coach and/or head coach move from group to group (maybe occasionally offering some one-on-one attention).
How much coaching/instruction the older girls get out of these kind of camps largely rests on how comfortable the college players are giving coaching/instruction. Quite often my daughter is very bored at these camps, but she recognizes she?s there to meet the coach and to get some exposure.
Wright State?s camp, however, was not your typical college camp. My daughter got one-on-one attention from the team?s pitching coach that was tailored to my daughter?s specific skill level. And the head coach was there throughout, not only watching, but talking -- giving me and my daughter some idea of what kind of person/coach he is.
I?m sure if the Wright State coaches were only looking to make money for their program, they would have set their camp up like most colleges do. Instead, the coaches were there all day Saturday and all day Sunday working one-on-one. I for one was quite impressed!
