Recommend Residential Summer Camps for Strong U13/Rising 8th Grade Boy?

[Anonymous]

We're hoping that summer 2022 will be basically "normal" and are starting to think about camps and whatnot. We have a 12-year-old boy who is a strong player (one of the strongest on his top-level team at his mid-tier club), whose foot skills and power trail his athleticism and soccer IQ. He'd love to spend a couple of weeks this summer at a camp with other strong players where there would be a lot of focus on individual skill development (getting from good to excellent, not the basics), but also some games/scrimmages. Any recommendations? Bonus points for locations less brutally hot than DC, ideally New England and/or at altitude. TIA!

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

This is closer to home, but UMD's residential camp is excellent.

[Anonymous]

Dutch Soccer School usually does some overnights. Last year they were in Hagerstown and near Milwaukee - neither a great destination. They tend to have a mix of skills and do a good job of grouping kids with similar skills together. The year my son did it there was a group of DA boys in the top tier, down to lower tier travel boys.

Plenty of games and scrimmages. Most coaches are from the Netherlands.

It helps a lot if a friend or two does it as well - the overnight camps seem to have friend groups/teammates sign up so a solo might feel out of place.