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Middle States Soccer Camps
Middle States Soccer Camps ... 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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Middle States Soccer Camps ... much more than just training ...
In 2007 Middle States boarding camp for boys and girls ages 6-18, begins its 34th consecutive season with eight weeks in June, July, and August under the direction of Richard Broad, U. S. S. F. “A” license coach, former head coach at George Mason University, and W.T. Woodson High School in Fairfax, Virginia, 2000 Virginia State Champions.
Features include a 7:1 players to coach ratio, special training for advanced players and a separate program for goalkeepers. In summer 2007 Middle States will provide several special camps including a Personal Skill and Conditioning Camp in June, a Goalscoring/Specialized Goalkeeping Camp in July, and a Pre-Season Training Camp in August. The Boys Elite Camp in July and the Premier Player/Goalkeeper Camp for both boys and girls in July are particularly well-suited for players with college aspirations. These two weeks not only offer an especially high level of training and competition but also feature numerous college coaches and include seminars and presentations on college selection.
Sessions will be held at Westtown School in Westtown, Pennsylvania; Eastern University in St. David’s, Pennsylvania; Goucher College in Towson, Maryland; and St. Andrew’s School in Middletown, Delaware. The cost includes room and board and an Errea T-shirt and leather soccer ball for every player.
Discounts are available for teams of ten or more and for each additional child in a family.
For further information, call (703) 455-5772 or (703) 455-5775 or visit http://www.middlestatessoccercamp.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
theinstep@aol.com
(561) 498-1546
http://www.student-athlete.net/
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