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SPORTS
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Wednesday, June 9, 2004
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN—WEEKLY SUMMER EDITION
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Camps bring sporty kids
By Joe Burke
jburke@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Summer is upon us and it is time for some parents to ship their kids off to various camps to play sports, learn life skills and just have some fun. The University of Kansas Athletic Department will provide that opportunity to kids throughout the month of June.
Each athletic team will hold a camp during the month, giving kids from grade school to high school the chance to learn from Division I athletes and coaches.
Some camps last overnight and the participants will stay in the residence halls. Other camps last only a day and focus on specific skills.
The women's volleyball team began the month with its four-day skills camp June 1 to 4.
The team will also hold two one-day specialization camps later this week.
The first camp, on Friday, will focus on attacking and hitting, while the second camp, on Saturday, will focus on setting.
Volleyball coach Ray Bechard said the camps were an opportunity for his players to learn through teaching skills to the younger girls.
"Sometimes it is easier to work on your skills when you are demonstrating them to another person." Bechard said.
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The overnight camp for sixth- through 12th-grade girls focused on basic volleyball skills each morning and then allowed the girls to play six-on-six games in the evening.
It also gives the girls an opportunity to work with
opportunities coaches and players from the University, along with other area college coaches.
Annie Parr, a 16-year-old from Baldwin High School, hits the ball over the net. Parr attended the women's volleyball skills camp last week. Other KU sports camps this month include swimming, tennis, softball, baseball, golf, football and basketball.
Kansas players helped with all of the
extra help to campers who requested it.
demonstrations and were available camp sessions June 13 to 17 and June before and after each day to give any 20 to 24. extra help to camers who requested it.
er this week including the swim, tennis, softball and baseball teams.
The swim team began its technique camp on June 6 and it will run through June 10. The swim team's skills camp will be June 10 to 12.
Coach Clark Campbell said many campers will compete in both camps, but each camp does have its own goal.
"Our goal for our technique camp is teaching how to swim faster and longer. A couple new concepts have been developed in the sport during the last year that we want to share with our campers," Campbell said. "The skills camp aims to teach fast and efficient starts and turns."
The men's team has two different sessions beginning with the first week June 13 to 17 and the second June 20 to 24.
The men's and women's golf teams each have a camp during the month.
Senior golfer Kevin Ward said each golfer on the team would benefit from the extra time on the driving range.
Both teams' camps are small in number to allow each participant the opportunity for one-on-one instruction.
Four other teams began camps earli- Edited by Jay Senter
Other camps to be held in June include football camp June 13 to 16 and a women's basketball camp June 18 to 19 for girls in grades eight through 12.
The men's basketball team will also hold two
Jayhawks walk away from car accident
By Joe Burke jburke@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
J. R. Giddens and Darnell Jackson are lucky to be in class after a Memorial Day car accident in Oklahoma City.
They were left with only minor bumps and bruises.
Giddens told The Daily Oklahomaan that he and Jackson were riding in a Ford Explorer around 4 a.m. They were going to a 7-11 store when a woman driving a Toyota Corolla clipped the Explorer and flipped it onto its side. Bystanders where able turn the SUV over and allow each to escape. The accident occurred at the intersection of N.W. 23rd and Portland.
Giddens
"We're just bruised up real bad,"
Jackson
Giddens told the paper.
Each was taken to Intergris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City in where they were treated and released.
Giddens reportedly injured his left shoulder and Jackson hurt his right shoulder, but neither injury should keep them on the sideline too long.
"First and foremost, we're thankful they were not seriously injured. It'd go for anybody in an accident. That's the primary concern," Self said last week.
Second-year coach Bill Self did not learn of the accident until the next morning and was relieved to hear that each player was OK after the accident.
Self said that the accident should be a wake-up call to other players on the team to drive cautiously and be careful at all times.
—Edited by Amanda O'Toole
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