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Top Five Benefits of Sports Summer Camps

Summer camps foster independence. They teach children to do things on their own and help them gain self confidence and autonomy. Not only do sports summer camps do this, they also help children develop socially, intellectually, and athletically. Here are the top five benefits of sports summer camps:

  1. Sports summer camps teach kids to exercise and stay active. With childhood obesity at an all-time high, it’s essential to give kids an alternative to spending long hours online or in front of electronic devices. It’s important to their overall development, growth and health that they remain active.
  2. Sports summer camps foster self discipline. In the future children will be faced with challenges that seem insurmountable. Through the lessons sports present, children learn perseverance and problem solving skills that provide the confidence and strength of mind to help them deal with any challenge.
  3. Sports summer camps help kids dream and set goals. Many sports summer camps have superior programs and top notch facilities. Exposing children to balanced, well-rounded programs with excellent facilities helps them dream and set goals.
  4. Sports summer camps offers valuable mentorship. The coaching staff is often the most advanced with the latest techniques and training styles. Exposing athletes to this caliber of coaching helps children develop trust, self esteem and a possible leg up to be recruited into a college sports program.
  5. Sports summer camps are fun. The learning experiences at summer camp are positive, which create powerful opportunities for acquiring and retaining knowledge and developing teamwork and the value of hard work.

There are a number of different activities and sports summer camps for kids to choose from. To name a few:

The perfect sports camp can be found at CampPage.com, a comprehensive listing of summer programs in the United States and Canada.

Karen Mazza works with the CampPage, one of the nation's best resources for information about summer camps in the United States and Canada.

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