Wednesday, June 24, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section B · Page 3
Jayhawks hold summer camps
Aspiring stars visit University for sports tips
Josh Dobson from Overland Park practices tackling at a summer football camp. The campers are coached in the same manner as the University's team. Photo by Joseph Griffin/KANSAN
Kansan staff writer
By Molinda Weaver
Although summer is a slow time in the collegiate athletic world, coaches keep busy by sharing their talent with younger aspiring athletes.
Camps exist for almost every sport known to the University of Kansas, including football, basketball, golf, tennis, soccer and swimming.
Most coaches have more than one camp, dividing campers into age groups. Elementary and junior high students can be taught sports basics and how to improve skills. High school students are taught more detailed aspects of the game and are observed as future University recruits.
"Camps are an important part of the evaluation process," said football assistant coach Rob Volks. "We can start recruiting based on what we see in camp, or continue the process because their work has confirmed what talent we thought they had."
While the football camp focuses on discipline and is coached much the same as the Jayhawk football team, women's soccer head coach Dan Magner takes a slightly different approach.
"The No. 1 goal is to make sure the kids are having fun," Magner said. "It is important that they enjoy the game and camp
Campers live on campus, sleep in the residence halls, eat cafeteria food and practice their sport of interest.
Roy Williams' basketball camp, which lasts four days, has participants practicing fundamentals and skills at various Lawrence gyms in the morning. At 2:30 p.m., they meet as a group to listen to coaches' tips and a guest speaker, who is typically a Kansas athlete.
In the evening, participants divide into groups and play against each other.
University athletes often are asked to assist with the camps to give young athletes tips from a player's point of view.
"College athletes help tremendously at the camps because campers can ask them about college life and playing college ball." Magner said.
Various coaches also are helping to coach Special Olympics athletes in a variety of sports.
For two days, Special Olympics participants will stay at Oliver Hall, learning about college life and training in a sport of their choice.
Sports vary from team sports
"The idea is to give athletes the chance to improve their skill in any given sport by working with the top-flight coaches that KU has," said Tim Rehder, Special Olympics representative.
Prices of the camps range from $125 to $450 depending on the length of time of the camp. Camps meet from one to five days.
For more information on camp dates and prices, contact the sports department of the camp you wish to attend.
Haase teaches youths teamwork
By Molinda Weaver Kansan staff writer
Former Kansas basketball star Jerod Haase is back in the game.
Haase has spent the summer touring Kansas, coaching basketball camps for campers ages 8 to 18.
Haase's camps work on basketball fundamentals and skills, but they also have a broader goal.
"I try to teach them how to develop as a person, how to treat people and how to be a team player," Haase said. "I also stress academics and the importance of doing well in school."
their success.
Haase said he had students write down three goals they hoped to accomplish in academics, athletics and community service. He said that he planned to send their written goals back in November so that the participants could measure
Tara Stewart, a sixth grader from Arlington, attended Haase's camp in Emporia, and said that she was impressed.
"All I think about is basketball, and I think he helped me improve my skills and gave me ideas on how to further improve them." Stewart said. "We worked mostly on ball-handling and teamwork, and he gave us booklets to record all the drills for practicing."
To go along with his camp, Haase has produced a video, Working Toward the Next Level, to help future athletes workout in the off-season. The 30-minute video is divided into five sections of drills emphasizing ball-handling, defense and different aspects of shooting. Haase demonstrates different drills to help improve each area.
"I try to teach them how to develop as a person, how to treat people and how to be a team player. I also stress academics and the importance of doing well in school."
Jerod Haase Former Kansas basketball player
The video also contains quotes from famous figures, such as Abraham Lincoln, urging camp participants never to give up on their dreams.
"I'm really glad I went to the camp," Stewart said. "Jerod was so nice. He said if I needed anything I could write him, and he would write me back."
Haase's camp will
make an appearance in Lawrence June 24 at Sport 2 Sport, 5200 Clinton Parkway. Haase is scheduled to work with younger children in the morning and older campers in the afternoon.
The camp costs $40 for each session. Haase's video is available at area stores in Lawrence.
Kansan sports editor shares his wish list for Memorial Stadium
An open letter to Bob Frederick, Kansas Athletics Director: Dear Dr. Frederick
I'm excited about the fall sports schedule at the University of Kansas.
I'm a football fan, and as The Kansan sports editor, my job will be to attend football games, read about football games, write about football games, look at pictures of football games and watch football games on television.
I'm the envy of all my friends — even the ones who went to K-State and think that they have a better team.
I was visiting Lawrence a couple of weekends ago, and I decided to check on the Memorial Stadium renovations.
From the chain-link fence around the stadium, I could tell that workers still must pour concrete under the west stands and part of the north stands. However, of the work that has been completed including new floors on the east side, new concessions stands, new bathrooms (I couldn't tell whether the fixtures had been installed), the stadium looked wonderful.
Black-iron gates, replacing worn, blue wooden doors, also look beautiful.
When renovations are complete, we will have one of the premier football stadiums in America.
After the season, I understand that you will be replacing the existing press box with a large, new structure on the west side that would accommodate not only the press and coaches, but also have luxury boxes for alumni and companies.
The improvements will enhance the fans' enjoyment of Kansas football, and if Coach Terry Allen and the team respond as well, we are in for years of exciting college football on Saturdavs.
But there are some additional improvements you should consider.
First, tear down the ugly bleachers in the South end zone and move the scoreboard to one of the corners or the end zone.
I realize more seats mean more ticket revenue, but you don't sell out most of the games anyway. The pending luxury boxes will give those with the means to contribute to the program even better seating.
With the increasing cost of tickets to both professional and college sporting events, and with Kansas basketball games inaccessible for many fans, you
have the opportunity to open the Hill — and the game of football — to those families who cannot afford tickets, or whose children might be too young to sit still in the stadium.
One of my fondest memories is attending a University football game against K-State in 1992 when as many as 70,000 people filled the stadium and filled the Hill to watch Dana Stubblefield and Gilbert Brown lead the Jayhawks to a lopsided win against the Wildcats.
If plans still call for a large replay screen, install it in one corner and the scoreboard in the other. Someday, if we have a year or two of sold-out games, reinstall bleachers in the end zone.
But for now, leave the view from the H i i I unblocked
— it will not hurt revenues in the long run, and it would only build support for the program.
Matthew Friedrichs sports@kansan.com
Last season, Terry Allen began a tradition of having his team walk down the hill into the stadium before games. Allow young fans and their parents to start on the Hill, and maybe, someday, they too will walk down the Hill and into the stadium with a paid ticket, or as a KU student or alumnus.
My second suggestion, tear out the turf and give us grass.
The field in Memorial Stadium has to be almost worn out. One only has to take a trip to Kansas City to see the grass in Kauffman Stadium or at Arrowhead Stadium to see what a difference it makes in the game's atmosphere.
Many of your fans played or watched high school football on grass Friday nights.
They remember the smell of cleat-churned turf, the mud smeared on jerseys and the glistening white lines painted on bright green grass.
Mount Oread is rich with other traditions. Bring that Friday night smell back to Saturday afternoons.
Two simple suggestions. Maybe you have already considered them. I think they will add to the improvements you have already made.
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