I can't believe it but the second last week of camp has just finished. Once again so many new and exciting things have happened but the sad news is that it is now only 7 days till the summer camp part of my summer is over. On a positive note there is alot of talk about; what everyone is doing once camp finishes! It looks like a trip down to Miami and then across the border to Mexico is taking shape for me and a few other of my camp friends.
Well week 8 involved alot of water for myself, having obtain my Pennsylvania jet ski licence a few weeks ago. I was finally given the opportunity to use it and I had many a session as a Jet ski instructor this week with all the campers. It is alot of fun, whizzing around the lake, however, there are many nerve racking experiences when I felt that I was about to get thrown off the back into the water by a kid. The good news is that it was never the case.
I was back in a cabin with campers this week. It was tropical week, so alot of our camp activities were centred around the waterfront. It took me a little bit to get back into the swing of things after my soccer week. I had to get my campers excited for events, but once we got the cabin together in organising our synchronised swim, it was all hands on deck. Well I must say that 12 year old boys come up with some great ideas and although we didn't win the event there were alot of funny moments in the preparation of our routine.
So my final week is just about upon me, and I can safely say that the summer has gone too quick. I am really excited for this week as I want to do everything I haven't had the chance to do yet but I am also a little sad as I know that it is all about to end.
Still travelling plans are also keeping me entertained, who would have thought that I would be thinking about travelling with an American and Englishman around the U.S. just 9 weeks ago.
Friday, August 17, 2007
Saturday, August 11, 2007
Soccer Coaching
When you work at camp, you quickly realise that it is hard to give you an accurate job description, camp is a place where you need to be very flexible, think on your feet and be ready for a change at any time.
I have enjoyed my weeks so far, I have counseled some great kids, learnt so many great camp games and then this past week I have been involved in the soccer camp coaching soccer for 7 hours each day.
It was a great week, we had 57 kids come to soccer camp and they were all there purely to improve their skills, so it was quite intense and run very professionally.
I worked with 5 other coaches (an Irish guy, 2 English, an American girl and a New Zealand guy) so we had many varying influences and soccer backgrounds but we also had a wealth of knowledge to provide to the kids.
The hardest thing about the week, was the extreme heat and keeping all our kids motivated in the fields for each session, it was also very draining on myself but it was great to be a part of the week, and I definitely learnt a lot about coaching children.
The highlight of the camp week was the Grand Staff Hunt which was held on Thursday evening, it is an event that the kids come back for and absolutely love, all the staff are paraded around as fugitives for the week and then on Thursday are let loose and it is up to the kids to go and find them, it was real exciting to be a part of it, and a great success.
We also had a staff surprise last week that was put on for us by our camp directors, where after all our kids were put to bed, we were invited to get dressed up and come to the main meeting hall, where it was all decked out fancily and we had a chinese buffet feast, it was a little thank you from them for what we have achieved so far and it was cool to chill out with the staff, as it does become quite difficult when you are around kids 24 hours a day.
Well only a couple of weeks left, I can't believe how quick this summer is going, there is starting to be a lot of talk about post camp travel, so I think I will have to start thinking myself.
I have enjoyed my weeks so far, I have counseled some great kids, learnt so many great camp games and then this past week I have been involved in the soccer camp coaching soccer for 7 hours each day.
It was a great week, we had 57 kids come to soccer camp and they were all there purely to improve their skills, so it was quite intense and run very professionally.
I worked with 5 other coaches (an Irish guy, 2 English, an American girl and a New Zealand guy) so we had many varying influences and soccer backgrounds but we also had a wealth of knowledge to provide to the kids.
The hardest thing about the week, was the extreme heat and keeping all our kids motivated in the fields for each session, it was also very draining on myself but it was great to be a part of the week, and I definitely learnt a lot about coaching children.
The highlight of the camp week was the Grand Staff Hunt which was held on Thursday evening, it is an event that the kids come back for and absolutely love, all the staff are paraded around as fugitives for the week and then on Thursday are let loose and it is up to the kids to go and find them, it was real exciting to be a part of it, and a great success.
We also had a staff surprise last week that was put on for us by our camp directors, where after all our kids were put to bed, we were invited to get dressed up and come to the main meeting hall, where it was all decked out fancily and we had a chinese buffet feast, it was a little thank you from them for what we have achieved so far and it was cool to chill out with the staff, as it does become quite difficult when you are around kids 24 hours a day.
Well only a couple of weeks left, I can't believe how quick this summer is going, there is starting to be a lot of talk about post camp travel, so I think I will have to start thinking myself.
Musikfest
Had a pretty amazing day off recently, a group of us decided on our day off that we would hire a car, and rent a motel room and go to Bethlehem, PA which is about 45 minutes from camp, as they were holding their annual musikfest. It was a great day, they closed all the streets in the town, and had 12 live stages where the music varied from old school, multi cultural and folk. It was a great laugh, there was plenty of dancing, food and beverages and a night away from the camp bubble really freshened everyone for the final weeks of camp.
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