1. Are there any local (NKY or Cinci) football camps you recommend if a player wants to become a better football player (not necessarily be noticed by college recruiters)?

 

2. How can this type of camp complement the training a player receives in his own football program?

Only camp I ever went to was at the University of Tennessee, and it was just this type...a strength and conditioning camp when I was a freshman in high school. Very beneficial. It was for coaches and/or players.

I took my son, a Linebacker, to camps at UK (Chuck Smith), Tennessee (Sal Sunseri), & Notre Dame (Bob Diaco). All 3 camps were 3-day camps and they were work camps. Those 3 guys worked his tail off.

 

At Tennessee, he had to compete against really fast guys that thought they were too slow to play DB in college. At Notre Dame, he had to compete against guys that thought they were too small to play DL in college. Very different experiences. All 3 camps pushed him, but I think having to run with the fast guys at Tennessee in that heat/humidity was the toughest. The instruction in all 3 was very good.

 

His camp experience was to get better as a player. He was not trying to get recruited. But, we enjoyed the trips to Knoxville & South Bend. Being a coaches' son, I wanted him to be somewhere that they did not know him and he would have an experience like any other player. Chuck was probably a little tougher on him because he knew that is what I wanted. Sunseri & Diaco got after him just because that was how they were.

 

It was a great experience for both of us and it helped him as a player.

 

I have had alot of guys go to the Georgetown 3-day camp and say it was really good. We have some of our guys going there this year.

Thanks for the answers.

@ChiefSmoke, are you referring to Georgetown, KY camp?

Thanks for the answers.

@ChiefSmoke, are you referring to Georgetown, KY camp?

 

Yes