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Dr. Jay Martin's Super Soccer Camp
Dr. Jay Martin's Super Soccer Camp ... much more than just training ...
College Opportunities for Student Athletes magazine, since 1991, written with several hundred college coaches, specifically to help subscribers get to college and on the team ... often with full scholarships.
Summer camps are, in our opinion, the best way to get to know the college coach you may some day play for. Coaches use camps to train and evaluate future members of their teams. Summer camps provide an ideal environment for both student athlete and coach to thoroughly prepare and improve the quality of the recruiting decision.
For these important reasons we publish our book, The Best Soccer Camps and dedicate the Spring Edition of our magazine, College Opportunities for Student Athletes to detailed reviews of only 100 summer camp operators, nationwide.
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Dr. Jay Martin's Super Soccer Camp ... much more than just training ...
Jay Martin calls having fun the key. “Of course, to have fun you have to do your best,” he adds, “and it helps to do so against the best competition.”
The really talented people always make their achievements seem effortless. Jay, a founder of soccer in America, is one of the truly great mentors whose contributions and accomplishments create opportunities for student athletes and give substance to our publications.
Ohio Wesleyan’s Dr. Martin has guided his 29 teams to a 500-97-36 record; last year his Battling Bishops finished 16-2-2 sharing the conference championship ... winning 16 in 22 years.
His teams have reached the DIII semifinals six times, finished runner-up twice ... winning the NCAA D-III National Championship in 1998.
Jay has been named Regional Coach of The Year 13 times in his 29 years and National Coach of The Year in 1991 and 1998. The Bishops have ambitious schedules liberally sprinkled with nationally-ranked opponents. He favors a skillful, ball-control game and rates his players as “first-class athletes and as men.”
Dr. Martin also has served as President of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America and editor of it’s excellent Journal magazine ... always making it look easy!
Information and Registration:
www.supersoccercamp.com
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Summer Camps: Much More Than Training
Every camp here has been selected in our Best Soccer Camps book. The current edition of our Best Soccer Camps book contains only 100 selected camps from the more than 500 summer soccer camps.
Is this approach working? When have you seen so many camp ads and articles, anywhere, ever? Think about this. We talk to more serious soccer families and more truly dedicated college coaches, in one year, than anyone. And we help readers find the good camps that can affect their college futures, and their lives.
Now, consider what serious players do for top camps. Competitive players make the camp a success, elevate the level of play, and challenge other players. They stimulate the coaching staff. Everyone learns more and has more fun. And sometimes, a player catches the eye of a coach because, "Those campers were working so hard they looked like college players." ... the rest ... perhaps, is history!
Readers refer to our Student Athlete magazine as the "Consumer Reports" of College-Bound sports. We are proud to have earned your respect. When we compile our Special Campers Issues we invite only camps recommended in our Best Camps book to advertise. We've done our homework. All of these camps are good!
As parents of serious student athletes, we know how expensive, yet important, good camp selection is. Add the camp's cost, airfare, new clothes, new equipment, spending money, telephone, ground transportation and family gifts ... a residential camp’s cost can total $1000!
What are the alternatives, once you've learned how to how play, for getting noticed by the college coaches?
The three most important things to do, to increase your chances of playing sports in college are:
1. Participate in the ODP
2. Win state cup with your club team
3. Attend camp at the college where you hope to play
Camp selection is the only event YOU can control. By the end of the camp, both you and the coach will know if his college is in your future. If the news is not good, ask him to recommend colleges where you can play, and to use him as a reference.
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Bob Collins, Editor
Student Athlete Scholarships Foundation
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(561) 498-1546
http://www.student-athlete.net/
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