COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- Have a young athlete in the family? Tennessee
Tech will host several camps this summer for youngsters. Listed
below is information on the 2014 camps.
Football:
The Watson Brown Football Camp is back for another summer, with
four different sessions for high school athletes to participate in.
The Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) camp takes place from
July 15-19. A one-day high school mini camp is set for the
afternoon of July 19th, while a pair of team camps are
scheduled for July 26-29 and July 30-August 2. The camp is open to
all young men in grades 9 through 12 and takes place on the
Tennessee Tech Football Game Field. The sessions will consist of
agility and speed instruction, and will also focus on
position-specific football drills, instructed by the Tennessee Tech
coaching staff. For more information contact camp director Steven
Brown at (931) 372-3932 or sabrown@tntech.edu.
Men’s Basketball:
The 2014 Steve Payne Golden Eagle Basketball Camp for individuals
is scheduled for June 22-25, and the Golden Eagle Boys’
Basketball Team Camp has three different sessions, scheduled for
June 2-4, June 9-11, and June 18-20. The individual camp is open to
boys from the ages eight to 18 and features personal instruction
with Coach Payne and his staff as well as individual and group
instruction in the fundamentals of shooting, position play, team
offense ball handling, rebounding, team defense, dribbling,
passing, and teamwork and sportsmanship. The Golden Eagle Team Camp
is open to high school and junior high teams for sessions one and
three, while session two is just for high school teams. The camp
will have daily individual instruction from the Tech staff,
hospitality room for coaches, use of meeting rooms for your team to
meet, free camp T-shirts for players and coaches, and much more.
For more information contact the Men’s Basketball Office at
(931) 372-3956.
Women’s Basketball:
The 2014 Jim Davis Team Camp has two sessions this summer, June
6-8 and June 15-17, is open to Middle School, Freshmen, J.V., and
Varsity teams, while the 2014 Lil’ Eagle Camp is scheduled
for June 12-14 and is available for girls in kindergarten through
8th grade. Teams boarding and commuting in the team camp
are guaranteed to play six games, while teams coming for one day
will be guaranteed to play three games. Every camper will be given
a free t-shirt. For more information on both camps, contact the
women’s basketball office at (931) 372-3921.
Baseball:
The Golden Eagle Baseball Camp for ages 6-14 on June 9-12 is a
four-day event that is designed to help with the fundamentals of
the game. Campers will be placed on a team based on age and
each team will have a coach that will focus on numerous aspects of
the game of baseball, including hitting, throwing, fielding, base
running, and much more. Registration and more details are available
at www.goldeneaglebaseballschool.com.
Volleyball:
The Dave Zelenock Volleyball Camp features a number of different
specialized camps throughout mid-July. Dave Zelenock’s
Individual Camp is a three-day skills camp from July 11-13 that
teaches attacking and blocking footwork, arm-swing mechanics,
setting tempo along with hand and body positioning, and passing
techniques. The Hitters Camp on July 14th teaches young
players precise skills to become an elite attacker. This camp will
cover footwork and arm mechanics as well as block training to make
all players in attendance a well-rounded attacker. The Setters Camp
on July 14th is designed to focus on only the aspects
pertaining to setters and will cover intricate footwork patterns,
set location, setter defense, play sets and finally instill the
knowledge of running an effective offense. The Ball Control Camp on
July 15th is designed to guide players to improve their
backcourt skill set, training techniques for, but not limited to,
individual defense, team defense, and serve receive passing. For
more information contact assistant coach Lola Oladinni at ooladinni@tntech.edu or call
(931) 372-3993.
Softball:
The Tennessee Tech softball program will host its Summer Mini-Camp
on June 9-10, before hosting its Pitching and Catching Clinic on
June 11. The Golden Eagles will also hold a College Prep Seminar on
June 10 at 6 p.m. in the Eagles Nest in the Hooper Eblen Center,
where high school players will have a chance to learn all they need
to know about the recruiting process from a coach’s and
player’s point of view. The Mini-Camp, which will feature
instruction from Tennessee Tech Head Softball Coach Bonnie Bynum
and Kennesaw State Assistant and former Head Coach Tory Acheson,
will go over the fundamentals of hitting, bunting, base running,
fielding, slapping, throwing, strength and conditioning, and much
more. The Pitching Clinic on June 11 will cover in depth
instruction in mechanics, pitches, and the mental aspects of the
game, while the Catching Clinic will go into depth on throwing,
blocking, framing, pitching calling, and how to work with the
pitcher and umpire. For more information contact head coach Bonnie
Bynum at bbynum@tntech.edu
or call (931) 372-6552.
Note: Although the camps and clinics are run by TTU
coaches and use of the facilities is warranted, this event is run
independently of Tennessee Tech University.
