Colorado University Athletics
CU Preparing For Summer Sport Camps
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| Boys Basketball - more info | ||
| June 14-17 | Individual Day Camp | |
| June 14-17 | Shooting Camp | |
| June 14-17 | Little Dribblers Camp | |
| June 19 | Elite Camp | |
| Girls Basketball - more info | ||
| June 7-10 | Individual Camp | |
| June 11 | Shooting Camp | |
| Football - more info | ||
| June 2-4 | Youth Camp (Session I) | |
| June 8-10 | Youth Camp (Session II) | |
| June 12 | High School Passing Jamboree | |
| June 12 | High School Big Man's OL/DL Camp | |
| June 13-16 | High School Contact Camp | |
| June 17-18 | CU Kicking Camp | |
| June 19 | Father/Child Camp | |
| Golf - more info | ||
| June 4-6 | Elite Camp Session I | |
| July 30-Aug 1 | Elite Camp Session II | |
| Soccer - more info | ||
| June 14-18 | Lil' Buffs/Mini-Buffs Day Camp | |
| June 19-22 | Boys Overnight Camp | |
| June 24-27 | Girls Overnight Camp | |
| Tennis - more info | ||
| May 29-30 | Adult Weekend Clinic (Session I) | |
| June 1-4 | Adult Weekday Clinic (Session I) | |
| June 1-4 | Adult Weeknight Clinic | |
| June 5-6 | Adult Weekend Clinic (Session II) | |
| June 5-7 | Elite Summer Sectional Warm Up | |
| June 7-10 | Adult Weekday Clinic (Session II) | |
| June 7-10 | Tennis Tots (Session I) | |
| June 12-13 | Adult Weekend Clinic (Session III) | |
| June 14-17 | Junior Clinics (Session I) | |
| June 14-17 | Tennis Tots (Session II) | |
| June 21-24 | Junior Clinics (Session II) | |
| Volleyball - more info | ||
| July 12-15 | All-Skills Camp (Session I) | |
| July 12-15 | Li'l Buffs Camp (Session I) | |
| July 16-19 | High Performance | |
| July 20-21 | Setter/Hitter Camp | |
| July 22-23 | Passing/Defense Camp | |
| July 24-27 | All-Skills Camp (Session II) | |
| July 24-27 | Li'l Buffs Camp (Session II) | |
| Aug 4-7 | Team Camp (HS Teams) | |
BOULDER - Summer youth instructional camps in seven sports begin next month and run through early August on the University of Colorado campus or sites affiliated with CU athletics.
A pair of new basketball coaches - Tad Boyle on the men's side, Linda Lappe on the women's - will head their respective camps this summer.
Hired within a week of each other in mid-April, Boyle and Lappe fondly remember summer instructional camps they attended as youngsters.
"I can remember going when I was really small, through junior high, and I remember it as just an amazing experience," said Lappe, a former Buffs basketball player.
"It was so neat to be on a college campus and eating in the dorm, seeing the college players, being coached and being on teams we people you don't necessarily know. It was just a lot of fun and I have vivid memories of going to camp as a kid. That's what I want these kids to make sure they get when they come."
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On the recent 2010 Coaches' Tour of Colorado, Boyle was greeted by a former coach who instructed him on the Western Slope in an "Easy Ed" McCauley summer camp.
"I have very fond memories of it," Boyle, who grew up Greeley, said. "It can have a huge impact on young kids and fans growing up - and that's what we want to do, have an impact on youth. It's also an opportunity for our players to give back."
Both Lappe and Boyle want their first camps as CU coaches to be rewarding for campers.
"We'll do some different things . . . use all of our experiences (as coaches) and do neat things we've done or seen done in camps," Lappe said. "We want to make sure we include that this year and try to get everybody back for the following year.
"Then we'll try to really build them in the future. It's important to go 110 percent on this first camp. Yeah, we have other things we're trying to do, but at the same time, these kids want to come and get coached by our players and our staff, hang out at CU for the week. We owe it to them to really put on a great camp."
Boyle said "given the transition and the circumstances," this summer's number of camps will be lower than what he foresees in the future. He plans to follow the camp structure set by former coach Jeff Bzdelik, but added, "To me it's all about the quality (of the camp) and the kids that come to the camp. We want them coming back the next year.
"This year, we'll keep the camps in place that were planned. They're important for your program in getting the youth of your community and the state interested in Colorado basketball. I'm a big camp guy when it comes to that."
Both Lappe's and Boyle's camps will feature instruction by their current women's and men's players.
"Sometimes we have to work around class schedules," Boyle said. "They might not be there all day every day, but we'd like to have them working with the kids on somewhat of a daily basis."
For future summer camps, both basketball coaches and volleyball coach Liz Kritza eagerly await the completion of CU's new basketball/volleyball practice facility, a $10.8 million structure that is being built alongside the Coors Events Center. It is scheduled to be available by August 2011.
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"I think camps are great, and once our new practice facility is built I think they can get even bigger," Boyle said. "One thing I look forward to doing is bringing a team camp to Colorado. Team camps are big now and it's a great chance to get high school age kids on campus."
CU's largest summer camps are operated in football, where head coach Dan Hawkins said over 3,000 campers participated last summer.
"The numbers have been great," Hawkins said, noting his camps again will include the popular Friday Night Lights segment, a Passing Camp (quarterbacks/receivers), a Big Man's Camp (offensive/defensive linemen) and a High School Camp.
On the recent state coaches' tour, Kritza and soccer coach Bill Hempen both stressed the importance of summer camps as they pertain to the development of in-state talent their respective programs' growth.
In addition to boys/girls basketball, football,
volleyball and soccer, CU summer camps also will be conducted in
boys/girls golf, tennis and skiing. CU Sport Camps provide
instruction and are open to any and all campers, limited only by
the number of campers, age and gender.
For more information on a specific Colorado sport camp, click on the links above that will take to you each sport's camp page.