Thursday, July 25, 2013

Summer Time = SOCCER CAMP TIME

Youth Camp and High School Girls Camp: Everyone Loves Soccer Camp!


Gustavus Women's Soccer put on two successful weeks of summer soccer camps with the Youth Camp running June 23rd-27th and the High School Girls Camp running July 7th-10th.  With college athletes, college level coaching and gorgeous weather, it was two perfect weeks of soccer, games, technique, scrimmages and FUN!  Both camps had an overall theme of "World Cup" with all the World Cup Qualifying games going on this summer.  Campers were quizzed daily on their World Cup knowledge with the chance to win prizes.  There was also an ongoing theme of Rooball for both camps; the Women's Soccer teams favorite individual point game, where you can accumulate points in game for goals, wins, ties and shutouts was run with different size games going every night.


For the Youth Camp technical sessions with a good amount of fun soccer games thrown in were run twice a day with full field scrimmages going at night.  Capture the flag, Gustavus Campus Scavenger Hunt and a Campfire with s'mores were some of the night time activities after all the soccer was done.  At the end of camp and a morning of Rooball games, the Rooball points were tallied and the prizes handed out.

Prize winners!
The High School Girls Camp ran two daily technical sessions, with larger sided games in the evenings.  The camp focused on bringing the girls' play and skills to the next level, whether that be high school JV, Varsity or playing at the college level.  It featured daily talks about Nutrition, Strength and Conditioning and the college recruiting process.

Prize winners!
All Camp Theme Day Winners






Enough words, we'll let the pictures speak for themselves! Coed Youth Camp photos followed by High School Girls Camp photos:












Boys group

Girls 8-12
















S'mores!


Opening session header wars on the campus lawn!

Header wars!

Header wars!

Prize winners with attitude!

Lots of personality at camp!

More prize winners

Prize winners photo-bombed by Women's Soccer players
Leah Brossoit and Anna Basil


















We hope to see you there next summer!!