Future Stars Camps Blog – Sports, Kids, Camp!

Future Stars Basketball Camp at Purchase College runs from June 17 through August 23rd and is for kids aged 6 to 16. Camp includes a full day of activity with breaks for lunch, swimming, and a snack.

School is almost over and summer offers opportunities to play basketball inside and outside.  Whether you are lofting balls at home, in the park, or at more serious practice sessions, the ball you use plays an important role.  Basketball Phantom shares a complete guide for basketballs.  Here are some things that you should think about:

Jonathan Siegrist, shared in Climbing that the best way to improve your climbing is just to climb.  Jonathan is 32 and has been climbing for 13 years.  More recently, he notes that there is a lot of interest in training and climbers almost always ask him for training tips.  Jonathan has a very simple response, "Go climbing often, try hard, and take the long view."

It’s nearly time for another fun summer at Future Stars with our popular Adventure Camp at Purchase College. The camp runs weekly from July 8th to August 2nd and is for boys and girls in grades 5 through 10. We’re pleased to have seasoned Camp Director, Jamie Tranchida running the program again in 2019.

Suddenly, while surfing you are caught in a bigger wave than you had expected, you know you need to count on your breath-hold to carry you through.  Learning to improve lung capacity is something that you can train yourself to do.  Keeping muscles ultra-relaxed and quiet so that they don't waste oxygen is key.  It is best to start working on breathing exercises on land before you test your abilities in the water.  Surfer Today, shares a breath-hold exercise to work on:

STEAM Powered Family shares a thorough guide to STEM/STEAM activities that will help encourage children's interest in inquiry-based learning through hands-on discovery and meeting children at their ability level.  The guide shares:

From June 17th through August 16th, Future Stars will once again be partnering with MacInspires, a groundbreaking STEAM Education program for kids aged 7-16.

STEAM Craft Edu shares some interesting thoughts on how to keep girls connected with STEAM.  The current reality is that STEAM is of interest to all youngsters until girls get older.  So what are some ways to keep girls connected and interested:

Ken Krause of Life in the Fast Pitch Lane shares that the overhand pitch is an under-taught skill.  Ken shares his observation that many throwing motions whether seen in middle school, high school, or even college softball games are questionable.

Softball for Girls shares some advice and wisdom from softball veterans for the neophytes.  It's an opportunity to hear what the "tried and true" players and parents have gathered through their softball years of experience: