Summer FOotball Camps

**xKKx7** · 03-28-2007, 10:15 AM

Anyone got invited to Ivy League football camps and some other ones? How are they, I'm thinking of going if its beneficial to me.

**FB40RCK** · 03-28-2007, 10:38 AM

Camps will definetly be beneficial. I would say go to at least one this summer maybe a few if youd like, but during the summer before your senior year you should go to as many as possible. These camps are the best way for college coaches to see you in person before your senior year, which makes them great for getting noticed. At the very least attending a camp or two this summer will get you on some mailing lists and youl start receiving recruiting materials from some schools.

**nhhack** · 03-28-2007, 11:54 AM

Does syracuse count as ivy league?

**kevn594** · 03-28-2007, 04:04 PM

Originally Posted by nhhack

Does syracuse count as ivy league?

ummm ...no it doesnt

2nd of all id say it is definitely beneficial to go to those camps....they send those packets out to EVERYONE (they are planning on the kids that want to go there to show up and perform!) and if you are interested than you should go....itll let them know you are interested and if you perform well, they will keep pushing after you

**apipedream0750** · 03-28-2007, 06:13 PM

piece of advice: form a personal relationship with the coaches or have them go to know u more then just yur name so they can take a good close look at you

**HenryHill** · 03-28-2007, 07:34 PM

I was invited to Princeton's but it's just too far for me to travel. I plan on going to a couple this summer. It's definitely a great way to make an impression on coaches, and I wish I would have taken advantage of it last summer. Pay attention closely, look coaches in the eye if you're talking to them, bust your ass, and try to stand out. I remember at one camp I went to last summer we were doing 7 on 7 with just shoulder pads and helmets and the first play this LB absolutely drills the WR and tackles the guy. The coaches of course said STAY OFF THE GROUND but you could tell they loved it. He definitely got some attention from that.

**xKKx7** · 03-28-2007, 08:31 PM

What if I feel that I might make a bad impression by going. I don't feel like I'm strong or fast enough to compete yet and as some of you know, I really wanna go to Stanford or an Ivy League for college. However, I think if I don't perform, then that'll be negative to my overall chances.

**HenryHill** · 03-28-2007, 08:52 PM

Originally Posted by xKKx7

What if I feel that I might make a bad impression by going. I don't feel like I'm strong or fast enough to compete yet and as some of you know, I really wanna go to Stanford or an Ivy League for college. However, I think if I don't perform, then that'll be negative to my overall chances.

Chances are, if you don't perform well then it won't negatively affect you because they just won't notice you. You're only 15. You have plent of time to improve. The majority of guys get offered after their junior or senior football season. You have a lot of time from now until then. By going to the camps you'll learn some of the drills that they do every practice and possibly see what it takes to be on a D1 team. IMO it can only help you.

**xKKx7** · 03-30-2007, 08:56 PM

Okay, has anyone been to any camps and what's ur opinion of them. Did it help you?

**nhhack** · 03-31-2007, 12:08 PM

Dont go to a d-1 camp to get attention from that school unless they have contacted you. That would be a waste of money. If you wanna go for fun then y not? Dont exspect to get recurtied just because you went to a camp. Its a big money maker for the schools...

**xKKx7** · 03-31-2007, 04:39 PM

I'm less interested in getting recruited. I'm just wondering what kind of drills and stuff they do and I'm wondering if this will seriously help me out in football.

**nhhack** · 03-31-2007, 05:55 PM

the drills wont help you that much....its more for them to take a look at what u got. Thats the way i thought of it.

**Bearsfb73** · 03-31-2007, 06:45 PM

I am not to sure why you would want to go to an Ivy League camp, i would think more big 10 or 12 or SEC, but besides that summer before your junior year go to 1 or 2 but the summer before your senior season go to as many as your highschool coach will allow.

**xKKx7** · 03-31-2007, 08:23 PM

I'm aiming for a ivy league school or Stanford, thats why. Big 10 Schools aren't that great educationally. If you go to an Ivy, you're pretty much set for like the next 20 years of your life.

**xKKx7** · 03-31-2007, 09:26 PM

I'm def going to CAL camp tho, that place is beastly and it really helps you get in shape and everything.

**watchandsee23** · 04-01-2007, 07:41 PM

Of course you would ahve to do good to get attention. I personally know a guy that got attention from clemson by going to a camp when he was 16 and they split up into class and they had him with seniors on accident and he dominated. they then started recruiting him pretty hard. Unfortunately he isn't really chasing a football career. More of a basketball guy on the account he was all-state SG as a junior.

**nightrain36** · 04-01-2007, 09:48 PM

if you want to be a defensive lineman go to the OLE MISS football camp. COach ogeron is the best d-line in football. He's coached warren sapp, kenechi udeze, mike patterson, lajuan ramsey, and about a thousand other lineman taken in the draft.

**xKKx7** · 04-02-2007, 10:46 AM

does he coach you every single guy, no way he'll have time for everyone.

**kevn594** · 04-02-2007, 01:21 PM

Originally Posted by nightrain36

if you want to be a defensive lineman go to the OLE MISS football camp. COach ogeron is the best d-line in football. He's coached warren sapp, kenechi udeze, mike patterson, lajuan ramsey, and about a thousand other lineman taken in the draft.

Cacoh Orgeron is an amazing coach...i went to the USC lineman camp and did very well and he came to my hs to recruit me.....INSANELY HYPED UP GUY!!! hahahaha he goes craaaazzzy on the field! OLE MISS's camp is probably crazy hard though with good ass players lol

id say check out as many camps as you can (within a reasonable budget)

**xKKx7** · 04-02-2007, 06:45 PM

Originally Posted by kevn594

Cacoh Orgeron is an amazing coach...i went to the USC lineman camp and did very well and he came to my hs to recruit me.....INSANELY HYPED UP GUY!!! hahahaha he goes craaaazzzy on the field! OLE MISS's camp is probably crazy hard though with good ass players lol

id say check out as many camps as you can (within a reasonable budget)

damn its cuz ur so freaking big, u play O-line rite? I'm too small to play d-line, id have to beef up at like 60 pounds. How'd you get so big?

**watchandsee23** · 04-02-2007, 07:08 PM

anyone got any experiences with camps on here?

**kevn594** · 04-02-2007, 07:14 PM

i eat thats how i got big lol....i was like 260 in high school and just worked hard to bulk up after.

i went to 2 major mult-day camps and 2 one-day camps the summer before my senior year. they were alot of fun and you really get to see other good players around the nation.

**watchandsee23** · 04-02-2007, 07:17 PM

was one of them LSU and if it was did it help you get the offer?(you are at LSU right?)

Did you go to any the summer before junior year...?

**xKKx7** · 04-02-2007, 09:16 PM

Originally Posted by kevn594

i eat thats how i got big lol....i was like 260 in high school and just worked hard to bulk up after.

i went to 2 major mult-day camps and 2 one-day camps the summer before my senior year. they were alot of fun and you really get to see other good players around the nation.

WHat school u going to now?

**kevn594** · 04-02-2007, 09:36 PM

i dont tell people where i go to school....i do play d1 football for im just paranoid about givin out personal info online (a buddy of mine got his identity stolen 2 years ago)

but im tellin both of you guys, go to the camps of the colleges that are talkin to you....if you show them wasup and that you are interested in them as well, they will keep workin it with you. the only camps i wouldnt go to are the ones that have like 1000s of kids.....i remember Oregon sent me their 2 camp brochures when they came to my h.s. One was their 1 day camp (1 on 1 with your position coaches) and their padded camp (which had like 800 kids and like 15 teams, impossssssible to work with your coach and show him wasup)

id personally go to a big school where you know its gona be hard to compete and choose a school where you think you have a good chance of gettin looked at ....whether it be a DIAA or a MAC or WAC school

**xKKx7** · 04-02-2007, 09:44 PM

Originally Posted by kevn594

i dont tell people where i go to school....i do play d1 football for im just paranoid about givin out personal info online (a buddy of mine got his identity stolen 2 years ago)

but im tellin both of you guys, go to the camps of the colleges that are talkin to you....if you show them wasup and that you are interested in them as well, they will keep workin it with you. the only camps i wouldnt go to are the ones that have like 1000s of kids.....i remember Oregon sent me their 2 camp brochures when they came to my h.s. One was their 1 day camp (1 on 1 with your position coaches) and their padded camp (which had like 800 kids and like 15 teams, impossssssible to work with your coach and show him wasup)

id personally go to a big school where you know its gona be hard to compete and choose a school where you think you have a good chance of gettin looked at ....whether it be a DIAA or a MAC or WAC school

so how much did u bench and squat by your senior school

**kevn594** · 04-02-2007, 10:05 PM

senior year i was squatting 505 and benching only 325 at around 260.....

nothin spectacular but i dont bank on having the best physical skills and being the perfect size, i work with what i have and work my ass off to make it the best

**xKKx7** · 04-03-2007, 07:17 PM

Originally Posted by kevn594

senior year i was squatting 505 and benching only 325 at around 260.....

nothin spectacular but i dont bank on having the best physical skills and being the perfect size, i work with what i have and work my ass off to make it the best

jesus, thats still pretty beastly man. you think i could squat around 450 if I'm squatting like 215 now? Also, for bench I'm repping like 155, you think I can get to 250ish by senior year?

**watchandsee23** · 04-03-2007, 08:20 PM

Originally Posted by xKKx7

jesus, thats still pretty beastly man. you think i could squat around 450 if I'm squatting like 215 now? Also, for bench I'm repping like 155, you think I can get to 250ish by senior year?

That all depends on you genetics, how much you lift, how you eat, how much you rest, and how smart you train.....

**xKKx7** · 04-04-2007, 04:47 PM

Aiite, how much doing watchandsee23?

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