Summer youth basketball camps

August 06, 2012 09:00 AM - 01:00 PM

 

Grossmont and Cuyamaca colleges are hosting youth basketball camps this summer at their campus gymnasiums. The camps, each lead by the coaches of the college basketball teams, emphasize the fundamentals in a positive and enthusiastic way, stressing teamwork, sportsmanship, communication, goal-setting and more.

 At Grossmont College, women’s basketball coach Karen Caires heads CAMP (Caring About Motivating People) for boys and girls, grades 1 through 8, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., June 25 to 28, and men’s  basketball coach Doug Weber will offer his annual youth camp for boys and girls, grades 3-9 from 8 a.m. to noon Aug. 6-9. The cost to attend CAMP is $150 per child; for Coach Weber’s camp, $75. All kids receive a T-shirt, contest prizes and giveaways. Players for CAMP should bring their own lunch and water bottle. For information and registration forms, visit www.grossmont.edu/athletics , or contact Caires at (619) 644-7461; Weber at (619) 644-7878.

 At Cuyamaca College, head  basketball coach Rob Wotjkowski  will direct Camp 1 for 7^th-9^th graders July 9-12; Camp 2 for 4^th-6^th graders from July 16-19; and Camp 3, also for 4^th-6^th graders from Aug. 6-9. Each camp runs from 9 a.m. to noon. The cost is $79, which includes a T-shirt and evaluation. Areas covered include ball handling, dribbling moves, shooting drills, 3-3 competition, team games and shooting games. For more information, call (619) 660-4506 or go to www.cuyamaca.edu/basketball or email rob.wojtkowski@gcccd.edu .