Opinions of knowledge of the SMU camp?

We are contemplating sending my 03 to the SMU camp for goal keepers next week? Its 5 days, 3 hrs a day. Anyone have any knowledge or experience of this camp?

Joe Waggoner runs the keeper camp and it is great. Imo for younger players the regular field player camp is okay but can be more a fun time. My dd has been to keeper camp last several years and looks forward to going.

The gk on my team went to the regular camp (residential, June 24-28) and she really liked the gk training. She improved her technique and confidence. Supervision during non soccer time was good. Opening and closing meetings were unnecessarily long, so plan accordingly.

Thanks. She is only 9, therefore can not do the residential camp. Only the day camp is offered at that age.

My 01 daughter did the resident camp with a friend just a few weeks ago. Her assessments were like this:

* It was fun but very challenging, especially given the hot weather,
* She didn't necessarily learn a lot of new skills but was able to improve on the skills she already knew (when to use them, speed-of-play in 1v1 situations, etc.),
* She especially liked the constant variations in the small sessions - going from one station to another and working on a particular skill or tactic.

I went out to watch the 01G's scrimmaging one evening. It was a large group of perhaps 60+ players broken down into three sub-groups. The trainers seem to use the evening scrimmages as a bit of breather since the girls spend so much time during the rest of the day in training. So if you attend, keep in mind that they are tired at that point. I got to listen to a few select soccer parents yell at their daughters to hustle, focus, get back, and so forth. I would just shake my head and laugh.

JustaSport wrote:I got to listen to a few select soccer parents yell at their daughters to hustle, focus, get back, and so forth.

At a camp, no less. Unbelievable.