Unt Football camp

GMG24 · July 30, 2016

A few thoughts, as I brought 7 kids from the HS I coach at.

1. The initial set up was WAY better than years past. Kids walked up registered got height and weight done, then were sent up stairs to club level. (Previous years they sat in bleachers waiting on Mac) Once in the club level they had all the Mic'd up sessions and highlight reels going, even a quick virtual tour of campus.

2. Had a HUGE set up of all the football gear for kids to see, and a section where they could try jerseys on.

3. President Smastrek, AD Baker, and Littrell all talked to the kids, which started about 20 minutes late, and took 30 minutes. They introduced every position coach. The. Took kids to grass practice fields by position groups.

4. Stretched and warmed kids up, they do a cool intro Womack yells One Heart Beat and the kids do a clap simultaneously.

5. They ran a few 60-70% 40s then did one timed 40. They then did county fair where they did an assortment of agility drills where coaches could see kids movements and flexibility.

6. They then broke out into position groups and go to work.

7. One on Ones came and it was a blast.

8. Probably my only and biggest complaint they ended it 50 minutes early, no 7 on 7 and no option to tour the athletic facility. (Pretty standard at camps now)

All in all it was a really good camp TONS of energy and passion from coaches which obviously overflowed to the kids. Hopefully they refine this process over time and maybe have only JR/SR type camp or invite camp. The freshman and sophomores were sent to one practice field while older kids stayed on another.

Edited July 30, 2016 by GMG24

Harry · July 30, 2016

15 minutes ago, GMG24 said:

A few thoughts, as I brought 7 kids from the HS I coach at.

1. The initial set up was WAY better than years past. Kids walked up registered got height and weight done, then were sent up stairs to club level. (Previous years they sat in bleachers waiting on Mac) Once in the club level they had all the Mic'd up sessions and highlight reels going, even a quick virtual tour of campus.

2. Had a HUGE set up of all the football gear for kids to see, and a section where they could try jerseys on.

3. President Smastrek, AD Baker, and Littrell all talked to the kids, which started about 20 minutes late, and took 30 minutes. They introduced every position coach. The. Took kids to grass practice fields by position groups.

4. Stretched and warmed kids up, they do a cool intro Womack yells One Heart Beat and the kids do a clap simultaneously.

5. They ran a few 60-70% 40s then did one timed 40. They then did county fair where they did an assortment of agility drills where coaches could see kids movements and flexibility.

6. They then broke out into position groups and go to work.

7. One on Ones came and it was a blast.

8. Probably my only and biggest complaint they ended it 50 minutes early, no 7 on 7 and no option to tour the athletic facility. (Pretty standard at camps now)

All in all it was a really good camp TONS of energy and passion from coaches which obviously overflowed to the kids. Hopefully they refine this process over time and maybe have only JR/SR type camp or invite camp. The freshman and sophomores were sent to one practice field while older kids stayed on another.

Very encouraging. Thanks for the update!

GMG24 · July 30, 2016

2 minutes ago, Harry said:

Very encouraging. Thanks for the update!

Edited July 30, 2016 by GMG24

NorthTexan95 · July 30, 2016

Great stuff.

Maybe construction prevented them from touring the locker rooms. .

GMG24 · July 30, 2016

2 minutes ago, NorthTexan95 said:

Great stuff.

Maybe construction prevented them from touring the locker rooms. .

I did think of that, but they allowed us into athletic facilities for restrooms, still could have toured weight room dorm cafeteria etc. Just thinking out loud especially since it ended early.

FirefightnRick · July 30, 2016

Good stuff.

Thats a lot of kids. Do they learn much when there's that many?

Rick

GMG24 · July 30, 2016

5 minutes ago, FirefightnRick said:

Good stuff.

Thats a lot of kids. Do they learn much when there's that many?

Rick

Yeah it was a TON. Too many IMO, but it was the last of the summer those are always packed. They had MOST position groups split into 4 groups so the reps were higher, and there was a ton of teaching going on.

Just from my observation, and I'm biased I spent more time at QB/WR Harrell, Reffett, and Brown taught the most technique of any coach there. Now I didn't spend a ton of time around the other position groups but each one constantly had kids pulled aside and teaching 1 on 1 it was excellent. Made me happy to see.