Has anyone had a child participate in the summer camps put on by the Athletics program? If so, how was it?

I'm looking at the Youth Day Camp for my 11 yr old who will be going into 6th grade.

Is it open for all skill levels? He's athletic, but he's never played tackle football, so I don't want him being completely lost. Just looking for something fun for him to do and potentially meet some Aggie players.

My son went about 10 years ago, so probably different. But I just recall it was basically Flag Football 7 on 7 type skills.

Bump for the morning crowd or anyone else with past experience or opinions.

My son went to one when he was in the 5th grade many years ago. The RB coach talks to you about being a RB, then you go through some drills with the RB's from the team. Then same for other position groups. Catch a few passes from the QB's, run a few routes with the WR's. While being encouraged and high fived by the players along the way. He had a blast.

That being said it was like 4 coaches ago, but I can't imagine it would be too different.

My kids have gone to the football camp several times and we have gone to the Father and son basketball camp twice. Last time we went, m youngest was in 6th grade. Plan on lots of no contact drills run by players, coaches and graduate assistants. Your kid will be coached by the actual coaches and I did see Terry Price make a couple of kids cry when he yelled at them. They use the practice fields, indoor field and Kyle Field. The kids rotate between them and all of the boys get to play a couple of games on Kyle Field. A portion of the camp is devoted to Aggie ball which is a touch football tournament. My kids had a good time, stayed in the Commons and ate in Duncan Hall. Parents can watch from the sidelines and in designated areas. My kids were exhausted by the end of the weekend.

It's a good camp as long as you know what you're getting. You'll be frustrated if your expectations are wrong.

If you pick a popular position, you won't get lots of reps or skill development. My son is a QB, and we learned early on to rush to the front of the line for each rotation because there isn't enough time to get everyone a rep. If you pick a less popular spot, it's different. A friend's kid went o-line and had a completely different experience. Tons of reps and attention.

Most of the camp is Aggie Ball. Depending on your kid's personality, it could be a lot of fun or really boring.

Even after all the things that could be better, my kid had so much fun meeting players and coaches. One of our favorite memories was the year Max Johnson was my kid's coach. Max had great conversations with him about his dreams and what it takes to achieve them. And getting to play on the practice field and kyle field was so much fun. Great memories!

I went in 92 & 93. Got my pic taken with RC for $5. It obviously helped me become an awesome TE / DE
Since I never played those positions in HS. Cost was probably $200-300. I remember watching Bevis and Butthead in the football dorm lobby for the first time. My counselor was Tim Cassidy and I remember Mike Sherman yelling at me for not doing a drill right and Sean Slocum yelling at me for net being in shape to do the TE drills.

I was looking at sending my hs aged son to an engineering camp and that is $1700 for a week.