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NIKE SPORTS CAMPS

CROSS COUNTRY - July 13-17, 2008
Ages:  12-18 (Co-Ed) - $495
Camp Details

FIELD HOCKEY - July 27-31, 2008
Ages:  10-18 (Females) - $510 Overnight or $410 Extended Day
Camp Details

All skill levels and abilities are invited to become smarter, faster, and stronger athletes.
At NIKE Sports Camps, our goal is to stimulate a love for the sport in young athletes by showing them how to accelerate their own progress and success.  With the country's best coaches, we are able to offer an unforgettable growth experience, no matter what your age or skill level.  We promise that you will leave any NIKE camp with renewed energy, enthusiasm for the sport, and improved self-confidence and, if you are like any of the other NIKE campers who have come before you, you'll have a ball!

CROSS COUNTRY - Download Camp Brochure
Athletes utilize miles of soft running trails right from camp and learn the latest in racing strategy, running psychology, injury prevention, and weight lifting. The training schedule is adjusted daily to fit specific needs and workout videotaping is analyzed to help correct and improve stride, form, and agility.

Campers eat in the dining hall overlooking the fields, trails and lake, and sleep in bunk style dormitory housing.

Camp Director Ron Warhurst
• University of Michigan head cross country coach, 34th season
• Most successful XC coach in Michigan history
• Four time Big 10 Coach of the Year
• Great Lakes Regional Coach of the Year, 2007, 1998, 1997
• 2007 team tied for first place at the Great Lakes Regional
• Seven Big 10 championships, two regional championships
• Two Central Collegiate Titles
• Coached 21 cross country NCAA All-Americans
• Coached Olympic medalist Brian Diemer

FIELD HOCKEY - Download Camp Brochure
Nike Field Hockey Camp at Sauk Valley Sports Resort offers excellent coaching in a quiet, natural setting. On 500 rolling, wooded acres, campers will come together and excel on the field. Staying in bunk style dorms, swimming between sessions and eating in the dining hall gives campers the full camp experience. The staff will be comprised of both outstanding American and European coaches.

Players practice on beautifully groomed fields while developing their stickwork technique, their strategic game play and further developing their love of the game. Campers will be trained individually in all of the major fundamental areas of the game: hitting, 1v1 elimination skills, passing, scoring and defensive skills. The focus of camp is on sport fundamentals, teamwork skills and game play. The NIKE Sauk Valley camp also offers opportunities to try-out for the USFHA National Futures program.

DeLorenzo’s unique approach to the game has produced a fast-paced style that is exciting to watch and even more fun to play. Coach DeLorenzo was named the 2003 NCAA National Coach of the Year and she is widely known for her expertise in conducting top-level, inspirational camp experiences for individual players and high school teams.

The Sauk Valley Sports Resort session is a technical skills camp that focuses on skill development for teams and individuals. Our trademark at Sauk Valley has always been an international coaching staff and we are proud to continue this tradition that began over 50 years ago in the Irish Hills of Michigan. Teams train together and compete in the tournament at this NIKE camp. Campers eat in the dining hall overlooking the fields and lake, and sleep in bunk style dormitory housing.

Camp Director Katharine DeLorenzo
• Middlebury College head field hockey coach
• 2004 Dita/NFHCA Division III New England West Region Coach of the Year
• 2003 Division III National Coach of the Year
• In the past six years, her teams have compiled a 96-29 record
• 2001, 2003, 2004 won the regular season NESCAC
• 2001 - 2004 led the conference in scoring offense in all categories
• 2003, 2004 Final Four and National Championship game appearances

Special international and collegiate goalkeeping instruction is available to campers.

REGISTERING for your camp is easy, secure, and you'll get immediate confirmation!

CROSS COUNTRY → To register or to learn more, click here.
FIELD HOCKEY → To register or to learn more, click here.

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JOE MACHNIK'S NO. 1 SOCCER CAMP

No.1 Goalkeeper Camp... where EVERY save counts!
No.1 Striker Camp... where finishing IS the goal!!!

June 22-27, 2008 (6 Days/5 Nights)
Goalkeeper Camp Details
Striker Camp Details

No 1. Goalkeeper Camp
No other position in sport requires such a combination of consistency, excellence and leadership.
Courage, confidence, leadership, consistency and sometimes even crazy. These are all are words used to describe a soccer goalkeeper. This is without a doubt one of the most demanding and mentally challenging positions in all of sports.

Saving goals- from shot stopping to dealing with crosses, distribution to organizing the defense. The responsibilities of the goalkeeper extend far beyond just standing between the posts. To be effective, they must participate in the prevention of the development of goal scoring chances inside and outside of the penalty area. Having to be mentally and tactically involved during the entire game no matter what the involvement.

At the No.1 Goalkeeper Camp, goalkeepers will learn not only the technical skills needed to be successful but also tactical knowledge learned from playing in the goal in game like situations. All under the guidance of a goalkeeper coach, with the emphases on coaching the player from in the goal and not from the sideline.

A goalkeeper camp without the ability to create realistic game situations involving real strikers can produce practice goalkeepers. They may be able to put on a show, but could buckle when confronted with decision making during a live game. The ability to make the proper decision, then apply the tactical knowledge along with automatic technical ability means the difference between success and picking the ball out of the back of the net.

That is why the No.1 Goalkeeper Camp has no equal. Each camp lesson finishes with game like situations combining the strikers and goalkeepers. Using small sided games in front of full size goals keeps the goalkeeper involved the entire time. Forcing them to make decision after decision in quick succession. Constantly having to make adjustments not only for themselves but for the players in front of them as well.

No. 1 Goalkeepers are encouraged to experiment in practice to increase their range and test their limits. Goalkeepers who know their strengths and weaknesses will not foolishly place their team at risk, and will become consistent, safe and dependable. What more can you ask? At the No. 1 Goalkeeper Camp each goalkeeper is faced with thousands of decisions and hundreds of shots. Each learns how to take pleasure in the most difficult practices, how to concentrate in the loneliness of the position and most of all, how to become a success at the most demanding position in team sport.

No. 1 Striker Camp
Learn what it takes to become soccer's most precious commodity - a goal scorer!
Killer instinct, responsibility, technical, commitment, these are all words used to describe a goal scorer. These are all attributes of the most desired player in soccer, someone that can score goals consistently. At the No.1 Striker Camp you will learn what these words mean and how to apply them to your game. This camp is about scoring goals! Learning the attacking skills necessary to give your team the edge.

We encourage shooting at every opportunity so the player understands it's okay to miss. The key is to keep shooting. Allowing the player to learn from mistakes by giving positive feedback and instilling confidence in ability. Teaching players that shooting is good!

Scoring goals can come from any position on the field. The ability to finish regardless of your position is soccer's most sought after commodity at every level. And indeed some of the most famous goals in history have come from Midfielders and Defenders.

We will give you the opportunity to take 1000 shots. The Striker camp is focused on finishing of all types. Power & placement shooting, headers, volleys, toe pokes, combination play to create space, penalty kicks, corner kicks, bicycle kicks and more! If you can imagine it, we will cover it.

At the No.1 Striker Camp we try to create a complete goal scorer so they are prepared for every situation. We focus on technical preparation and then apply it to a tactical situation. Creating a functional training environment that recreates the pressure of the game. Placing the camper in small groups forces the player to get involved and take responsibility in finishing. We do not let players hide and just watch the game. We teach them to be composed on the ball in tight situations so they do not panic.

Scoring goals is the final element to a game with many elements. Chances are rare and it is the player that can take those precious chances and put the ball in the net that can make a difference in a game. No matter what has happened during a game it all comes down to who scores the most.

A week at the No. 1 Striker Camp is a week of realization and success. Every player can score hundreds of goals. Every player gains a new sense of what is possible. Every player begins to learn what it takes to become soccer's most precious commodity - a goal scorer!

The No. 1 Camps session at Sauk Valley Sports Resort is generally 100 campers strong. Sauk Valley Sports Center is a rustic, lakeside campsite set in the wooded, rolling hills of Brooklyn, Michigan. Dirt roads included! Campers are housed in cabins of 6-8 campers along with a staff coach and/or a facility in which 18 or more campers stay in one large room along with 2 or more staff coaches. Assignments are made according to total male/female enrollment. The facilities are not air-conditioned. Temperatures remain cool in the evening and we recommend campers bring a blanket. → To register or to learn more, click here.

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Andy Wagstaff Soccer Academy (AWSA) - July 9-13, 2008
Boys & Girls Ages: 9-18

$495 (Early registration thru May 25, 2008)
$525 (Late registration May 26 thru June 25, 2008)

The Sauk Valley Residential Camp takes you to the top…with the best…technical & tactical skills, conditioning, team building and just plain summer fun. This camp is designed with the premier level player in mind. Sauk Valley offers Bunk style housing, dining hall, 5 beautifully groomed fields, lake swimming all under constant supervision with on site security and physical trainer.

And what is summer camp without some fun! Our campers relax from training by taking a swim in the lake, planning legendary talent shows or hanging around the nightly campfires with old friends and new.

Teams are invited to participate and training can be customized to meet your special requirements. Team discount available.

Typical Camp Details: • Check in Wednesday afternoon • 3 Training sessions per day • 3 Meals per day…extensive buffet. • Down time for swimming and plain fun! • Organized evening activities • Camp Awards Ceremony…head for home Sunday. • Chaperones and Security on campus nightly • Full time physical trainer on staff

JOIN ANDY AND HIS COACHES THIS SUMMER
FOR THE BEST SOCCER CAMP EVER!

→ To register or to learn more, click here.

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USE OUR FACILITY - For Your Camp or Retreat
• Football Team Training Camp
• Marching Band Camp
• Hungarian Dancing Retreat

Current dates available:
July 31 - August 3, 2008

We invite your camp to enjoy our facility which includes eight hundred rolling, wooded acres bordering private Pickerel Lake.  It is the perfect place to hold YOUR camp.

Please call us at 1-800-252-SAUK and reserve YOUR camp day(s) today!

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