Basketball camps for intermediate players

[Anonymous]

We are seeking a few good basketball summer day camps for DS, age 10, who plays on AAU team. He’s attended various County basketball camps but they are geared to beginners. He’s also taken skills and shooting classes so he doesn’t need to learn how to dribble.

Can anyone recommend an intermediate/ advanced skills camp (that divides the kids by skill with scrimmages in vicinity of DC, Arlington, Vienna, or Bethesda?

Any good or bad feedback on these camps: Coach Wooten, One-on-one, Tru2form, Marymount, St John’s? Thanks!

[Anonymous]

My kids loved the Wootten camp each summer. I would recommend it. Both kids play or did play AAU.

[Anonymous]

Not Tru2Form. It's for beginners. They make a lot of money by ripping off Bethesda parents.

[Anonymous]

The basketball camps my son has attended in past summers were run by one head coach, maybe an assistant, but staffed by high school students who weren’t giving feedback rather just keeping the kids in line or giving everyone a turn. That’s fine if we’re looking for affordable childcare with added bonus of sports fun, but not okay if we drop over $400 a week for 5 hours tops of “skills training” (minimally supervised drills).

But it’s hard to know what to expect despite marketing hype of camp descriptions. Am I right?

[Anonymous]

Pro Fit in Rockville.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids loved the Wootten camp each summer. I would recommend it. Both kids play or did play AAU.

The Wootten camps are a zoo. 200 kids stuffed into a gym and a few outdoor courts. Instruction by high school? college? kids. It's a large, impersonal factory. My Son has done many basketball camps. Wootten is among the worst.

[Anonymous]

I'm looking for camps in DC and feedback on St John's or other local high schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm looking for camps in DC and feedback on St John's or other local high schools.

My kid plays a different sport, but St. John's was one of the best camps we've done.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids loved the Wootten camp each summer. I would recommend it. Both kids play or did play AAU.

Sent DS twice and he loved this camp at Frostburg. DS played HS basketball all 4 years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm looking for camps in DC and feedback on St John's or other local high schools.

My kid plays a different sport, but St. John's was one of the best camps we've done.

I've actually heard pretty negative feedback about that one, aside from girls who the coach was considering for his HS team. I have no direct experience, but our friends all know that my kid played in HS and coached at lots of basketball camps, so they would talk to me about their experiences.

I've heard good stuff about the Wooten camp.

[Anonymous]

Wow, I would like to go to a basketball camp right now, but I probably won't be allowed there, and who will organize a camp when the pandemic has not yet passed? So much is happening in the world. I'm glad that I can know about it through the news https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/295128 . I don't know why, but I like reading an article on the Internet than watching the news on TV because I can comment on my thoughts. Other people can also answer me, and we can talk about it. Isn't it wonderful?

[Anonymous]

Wow, I would like to go to a basketball camp right now, but I probably won't be allowed there, and who will organize a camp when the pandemic has not yet passed? So much is happening in the world. I'm glad that I can know about it through the news https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/295123 . I don't know why, but I like reading an article on the Internet than watching the news on TV because I can comment on my thoughts. Other people can also answer me, and we can talk about it. Isn't it wonderful?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The basketball camps my son has attended in past summers were run by one head coach, maybe an assistant, but staffed by high school students who weren’t giving feedback rather just keeping the kids in line or giving everyone a turn. That’s fine if we’re looking for affordable childcare with added bonus of sports fun, but not okay if we drop over $400 a week for 5 hours tops of “skills training” (minimally supervised drills).

But it’s hard to know what to expect despite marketing hype of camp descriptions. Am I right?

BUMP -- DS, age 11, does not want to attend a beginner basketball camp teaching the "fundamentals" but wants to scrimmage with other experienced players. Can anyone recommend one of the smaller programs run by HS coaches? NoVA close in, DC or Bethesda all ok. TIA!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The basketball camps my son has attended in past summers were run by one head coach, maybe an assistant, but staffed by high school students who weren’t giving feedback rather just keeping the kids in line or giving everyone a turn. That’s fine if we’re looking for affordable childcare with added bonus of sports fun, but not okay if we drop over $400 a week for 5 hours tops of “skills training” (minimally supervised drills).

But it’s hard to know what to expect despite marketing hype of camp descriptions. Am I right?

BUMP -- DS, age 11, does not want to attend a beginner basketball camp teaching the "fundamentals" but wants to scrimmage with other experienced players. Can anyone recommend one of the smaller programs run by HS coaches? NoVA close in, DC or Bethesda all ok. TIA!

Scrimmaging is fun but a camp is much longer than the length of a "scrimmage" so they need to work on other skills. Fundamentals are key and I can guarantee that at age 11, your DS could benefit. That said, I am also interested in more intermediate camps that aren't just a cover for babysitting.

[Anonymous]

Junior Wizards runs weeks in a few different locations. My son really enjoyed that camp before the pandemic.