Stephen F Austin - Best Kept Secret in soccer
George VanLinder's SFA 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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George VanLinder's SFA Soccer Camps ... much more than just training ...
“SFA is the best-kept secret in women's collegiate soccer, and I want to help spread the word."
Coach George VanLinder
Van Linder is a veteran who has compiled 13 years as a head coach at the NCAA Division I level. He most recently spent five seasons as the head coach at Baylor.
In three head coaching stops, Van Linder has compiled a career record of 124-99-20 (.551). In his time at Baylor, he led the Bears to a 31-52-9 record. His tenure included a 2006 trip to the Big 12 Tournament -- Baylor's first in five years -- two all-conference honorees and 41 Academic All-Big 12 selections. Under Van Linder, goalkeeper Ashley Noah was chosen for the U-20 U.S. National Team, and the squad recorded victories against nationally ranked teams Texas, Nebraska and Missouri.
Prior to taking over at Baylor, Van Linder logged four seasons as the head coach at SMU. His record there was 59-21-10, and he guided the Mustangs to four straight Western Athletic Conference regular-season championships. SMU reached the NCAA Tournament in three of Van Linder's four years in charge, winning at least its first-round game all three times and reaching the Sweet 16 in 1999. The Mustangs finished the season ranked in the national polls in three of their four years under Van Linder. The coach was named WAC Coach of the Year in 2000 and earned the Dallas Morning News Coach of the Year award in '99.
In addition to being a founder of the Student Athlete magazine in 1991, he was one of our two daughters’ first coaches (with Jim Blankenship FGCU below). George is now recruiting and training players to win conference championships and play at the coveted NCAA Tournament. He knows the way. If you want to play for a truly gifted tactician, enjoy being part of a team that has a sense of humor, get to know George by attending his camp.
Information and registration: http://www.sfajacks.cstv.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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