Duke Basketball Camp
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Sent my son three times and it was a great experience. It is not a vacation. K treats it like real working bb learning experience. My son is now a high school coach and iscs counselor each summer. When I picked him up the first year he fell asleep before we got to Chapel hill and slept for the entire four hour trip home
Good to know. I was going to send my son last year but our beach trip got in the way. My son has went off his last two games and turned into mini-me of Grayson Allen. He's diving after loose balls, sacrificing himself to make steals and driving hard to the hoop. Even though it's rec league, he's scored 20 points, 7/8 blocks, 16 steals, 18 rebounds in two games all while running the point.
I hope he can learn more before playing middle school ball. Thanks for the input.
I went to Duke Basketball camp and coached at the camp from the time I was a senior in high school until my third year of law school. Its a great week of basketball for kids and K takes camp very seriously and is hands on.
Thanks. Coach seems like he would and I'm glad to hear he is hard on the kids. I think you guys have made my mind up.
Tell him to jump higher and he will get that 1/8 of a block so he can have a whole block ....just kidding I don't know where he gets it from cause it sure ain't his dad's game
I will offer a different take -- hope it does not offend anyone.
Our whole family flew back to Duke for about 10 days for the basketball camp and also to tour the area. It was my first time back after graduation and my wife and son had never seen Duke before. We stayed at the Inn, lingered in the Museum, strolled the Garden, gazed at the Chapel, ran in the Forest and so forth (also inspected the Franklin). That was fun.
But the basketball aspect was rather mixed. It was great to be back in CIS, see/hear K and meet players. But, two big complaints: 1) Too many kids for the number of courts available. So the kids only got about two 10-15 minute scrimmages per half day. Most of time they were sitting, watching the paint dry. 2) The player quality was uneven but overall unimpressive. (The second issue was beyond the program's control so not their fault.)
My son plays AAU basketball but he is certainly no D1 material. He gained nothing basketball skill wise at the camp. So if your child is at the level of easily making an average suburban HS varsity team down the road, then he is too advanced for the camp and would be better served by playing in a summer league with a good AAU program, if your main goal is get him better in basketball.
Our whole family flew back to Duke for about 10 days for the basketball camp and also to tour the area. It was my first time back after graduation and my wife and son had never seen Duke before. We stayed at the Inn, lingered in the Museum, strolled the Garden, gazed at the Chapel, ran in the Forest and so forth (also inspected the Franklin). That was fun.
But the basketball aspect was rather mixed. It was great to be back in CIS, see/hear K and meet players. But, two big complaints: 1) Too many kids for the number of courts available. So the kids only got about two 10-15 minute scrimmages per half day. Most of time they were sitting, watching the paint dry. 2) The player quality was uneven but overall unimpressive. (The second issue was beyond the program's control so not their fault.)
My son plays AAU basketball but he is certainly no D1 material. He gained nothing basketball skill wise at the camp. So if your child is at the level of easily making an average suburban HS varsity team down the road, then he is too advanced for the camp and would be better served by playing in a summer league with a good AAU program, if your main goal is get him better in basketball.
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