Posted by Nancy Robinson on Thu, Dec 31, 2009 @ 09:16 AM
Everywhere my staff and I go, we seem to field the same question from parents over and over again. They ask us, "Why don't you do your camps and clinics for boys?" For years, I would respond that we had a niche' with our "all female" camps and I didn't want to change that. I still don't.
However, now that I've been coaching my twins' sons in basketball and soccer for the last couple of years, it is becoming quite obvious to me that young boys need just as much fundamental work in basketball as the girls. The boys need our camp and to learn from our coaches also.
So, starting in 2010, many of our camp locations will be accepting male campers! THE BASKETBALL WILL REMAIN GENDER SEPARATE. We have a great staff of boys' varsity coaches, male collegiate players, and dynamic women to coach these boys the fundamentals of the game. It has dawned on me that the way I shoot the ball, the way I practiced as a kid, and the way I was able to score more than 5,000 points in high school and at Boston College can help these boys just as much as our girls. Jack, Joey, and Teddy (my sons) will be first in line...I hope your son is next!
Posted by Sarah Behn on Fri, Nov 20, 2009 @ 09:02 AM
I first opened my basketball camp 17 years ago - those years have been great and they have flown by for sure! The idea for my camp originated from my understanding that girls of all ages need more fundamentals to play basketball well. I had gone to many a camp growing up but most all of them were co-ed....and the girls took a little bit of a "back seat" in that setting. I wanted my camp to be a place for girls to learn the skills, have solid competition, and gain confidence in a place of their own. My camp has achieved just that!
Over the last 17 years, my camp has grown from 2 sites with about 200 girls to over 25 locations and 2500 campers! We now operate one of the largest and most popular camps in the New England area. Our students are taught by college coaches, varsity coaches and top collegiate scholarship and non-scholarship athletes. We work hard to improve our product every year and to stay up to date with new technology on and off the court.
This Blog and our new and improved web site is an extension of our continuing efforts to improve our programs and to bring them to you. Please check out my upcoming blogs about my philosophies on fundamentals, X's and O's, topical discussions like AAU, practice routines, and other related subjects pertaining to the awesome game of basketball. Stay tuned for an exciting development to the Sarah Behn Basketball Camp for 2010....this development is going to benefit my three young sons....and hopefully your son too!