Any experience with UM kids' basketball camps?
They wouldn't let me attend. Might have something to do with being an overweight 30 year old.
It's U of M's fault that I'm not playing in the NBA.
I'm also an overweight 30 year old. Showed up last year even though they told me I couldn't come, had a few hard fouls in the pick-up game session, and of course they freaked out and called security. Pretty sure that the police were called by the parents of the ten year old that I went Laimbeer on, but I'm still not sure. I plan on going back this year to see if they come back again.
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I went to the Fisher Camp as well and had a blast. I think it might have been the same year as you, and I too was going into 9th grade. I believe the camp was a week long, we stayed at South Quad (I think). A good amount of instruction and drills, and we played a lot at the IM building and then a few games in Crisler. I imagine a lot has changed since then, though, but I bet it would still be a great experience.
Yeah summer of 93, I went back and figured it out. I went during the July 4th week b/c it was cheaper. Unfortunately I missed the Fab 5 guys coming around, I think they were there the other weeks doing impromptu dunk contests and stuff. I also remember my team was not supposed to be good but we came up through the "loser's" bracket and ended up in the championship game. That was probably the highlight of my shitty basketball existence. But the camp was fun as hell, I remember South Quad as well, and the cafeteria, and hanging out with my friends at night. Good times...
I went to the Brian Ellerbe camp. Twice. Had a great time. Pete Vignier taught me the finer points of boxing out, and I got to shoot around with LaVell Blanchard and Josh Asselin.
That's an awesome story, hahahaha.... The basketball training was really intense during the Fisher camp I went too but I loved it.
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Hopefully they teach kids how to not travel while playing the game and what a legal screen/pick is.
I attended the Father/Son Camp last year with my then 8 year old. It was an awesome experience. A little light on the basketball skills development. It was skewed more towards fun and games and fostering a love of the game. And a love of Michigan Basketball of course. Very well run, very well organized. Beilein was there every day. Tremendous access to the players and facility. Highly recommend it. I would do it again this year if the dates had worked out.
As for the 1/2 day camp which my son did last year as well. The same critique applies. The camp was a little light on the skills development and more skewed towards fostering a love of the game.
If you and your son are Michigan basketball fans I cannot think of a cooler thing to do than the Father / Son camp.
So my suggestion is get your son in the camp and also AAU ball. If he has the passion to play like my son has he will have to play against better players to get better. Good luck.
Summer before Sophomore year. I was originally put in the younger group and was gloriously dominating due to essentially being the absolute oldest there and taller than everyone else. All my buddies were in the older group though so I switched and got dunked on repeatedly by a ridiculous number of 6'9"+ college bball hopefuls. Perhaps most memorable for me was scoring on the wrong basket. Also memorable, listening to Warren G and Nas' Illmatic on infinite repeat. Also also, Charlie Bell was at the camp and stayed across the hall from us. I think they were recruiting him pretty hard. Had him doing dunks for the whole camp and playing with current and former players in pick-up games. I asked him what the secret behind his hops was and he said the Stairmaster. Overall, I would say it was a great, if humbling, experience.