While all OU students are on summer break, the OU athletic coaches will be hard at work providing camps for high school students who want to improve their skills in their respective sports.
Here are some of the camps OU will be hosting this summer:
OU Baseball
OU baseball will be holding its summer camp June 11 through July 19. Days that campers come depend upon their age and skill set. OU offers two baseball combines, which allows athletes to compete in front of major college and junior college coaches, and a father and son baseball camp. There is also the Sooner Elite Camp, which is a camp that prospects can attend and actually see what it’s like to be a baseball player at OU. They are even given an OU uniform to wear for the game. They have other camps that focus on different aspects, such as a hitting camp, and a future star showcase camp that allows players to learn the recruiting rules, and what a D1 coach actually looks for during the recruiting process.
OU Volleyball
OU volleyball camp kicks off July 5 and runs until July 24, offering both skills camps and team camps. There is a skills camp and an elite skills camp that is more tailored towards athletes who have more experience. The team camps allow coaches to sign their teams up, learn skills together, and actually make the team better as a whole.
OU Softball
Who wouldn’t want to attend a camp that is put on by a coach whose team has recently won the National Championship? The OU softball camp starts on June 8 and goes until June 18. The first camp is an advanced prospect camp that really focuses on incoming 9-12th graders and begins to prepare them for a higher level of playing, and hopefully for eventual college playing. The second camp provides a more fun environment and places the athletes with those who share the same skill level.
OU Football Camp
The OU football program provides the extremely valuable opportunity to receive instruction from the coaches that are responsible for OU having an amazing football team. The OU football camp runs from June 3 to June 10, and there is a youth skills camp, a high school camp and a separate kicking camp. As well as being taught from the OU coaching staff, campers will also have the opportunity to work with the top high school and junior college coaches from across the country.
OU Basketball
The basketball program holds a variety of camps, ranging from parent and child camps to the “Little Sooners” camp, which is specifically for children ages 4-7. The camps are held between June 6 to June 19.
OU Soccer
The OU soccer camp is so great that it even has its own special name. The Matt Potter Soccer Academy is June 2 to June 5 and July 21 to July 27. The camps teach students technical soccer skills, and they play games throughout the day in order to actually use their newly learned skills. There is also a competitive half day camp, open to boys only, that teaches them skills in a much more competitive setting.