I have been to many basketball camps since I have entered high school. After a couple of years they become routine for players. I got my first opportunity this summer to go to a football camp at CHadron University which I figured couldn’t be too much different than a basketball camp. I figured you played a few games, went to bed, woke up sore and repeat the process like in basketball. I found out that there are actually a lot of differences between basketball and football camps then people would think.
During football camps you wake up early, much like you do in basketball. You fuel yourself with a little bit of food because of the early games. Basketball camps revolve around playing multiple games a day same as is the same in football camps. However, at football camps you work on your skills first. Basketball camps do …show more content…
In a basketball scrimmage the amount of time you play vary per school. The most common I have seen is games of two 20-minute quarters. At football camps it also varies by thee school, but normally each team get a set number of plays on offense then they switch. They do this two to as many times as they want in order to get as much practice possible. Both sports camps when it comes to scrimmages have the same type of referees. The referees are either other coaches, or people that are helping run the camp. These refs will rarely call a penalty in scrimmages in hoping for players to learn to fight through the penalty. Obviously this is one of the reasons for fights to be provoked during the games.
The games of basketball and football are obviously different so it should be expected for the camps to be different too. I honestly could live with going to more football camps because the thrill of the intensity of the camps. Both games are incredible experiences and I suggest that guys who enjoy both sports tries to experience both types of