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The John Calipari Basketball School
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More Details Released for Calipari Basketball School
First camp is Team Camp on June 4
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The summer is approaching and with that, so too is the second annual John Calipari Basketball School.
Come out and join Coach John Calipari and his staff in this year’s UK basketball camp circuit beginning with Team Camp on June 11-13. (NOTE: The June 4-6 Team Camp has been cancelled.)
A special team camp rate has been added for $175 that includes games only and Saturday lunch and dinner.
For the Father/Son Camp, buses have been added this year to aid in transportation.
The summer camp schedule is as follows with more details to follow.
Date Camp
June 4-6 Team Camp CANCELLED
June 11-13 Team Camp
June 18-19 Father/Son Camp
July 19-20 Lil’ Wildcat Day Camp
July 22-23 Wildcat Day Camp
July 25-28 Overnight Camp
For more information, interested parties can call 859.257.1916 or go online to www.ukathletics.com/camps. Fans can also contact UK’s Jason Walberg at jason.walberg@uky.edu.
INFORMATION ON THE 2010 JOHN CALIPARI BASKETBALL SCHOOL:
Dates Released for John Calipari Basketball School
First camp is Team Camp on June 4
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The summer is approaching and with that, so too is the second annual John Calipari Basketball School.
Come out and join Coach John Calipari and his staff in this year’s UK basketball camp circuit beginning with Team Camp on June 4-6.
The summer camp schedule is as follows with more details to follow.
Date Camp
June 4-6 Team Camp CANCELLED
June 11-13 Team Camp
June 18-19 Father/Son Camp
July 19-20 Lil’ Wildcat Day Camp
July 22-23 Wildcat Day Camp
July 25-28 Overnight Camp
For more information, interested parties can call 859.257.1916 or go online to www.ukathletics.com/camps. Fans can also contact UK’s Jason Walberg at jason.walberg@uky.edu.
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For me, one of the greatest joys in coaching is when I see a young student-athlete take some of what the coaching the staff gives him during the week and then watch the player use those techniques successfully in a game situation.
It's always been that way for me. Here's a story I relay in my book, "Bounce Back," from my early days as assistant coach at Kansas:
It was in the 1984-85 season while I was at Kansas under Coach Brown. We had landed a prized recruit out of Omaha named Cedric Hunter. Cedric was a 6-foot, 180-pound guard who was just an absolutely stupefying athlete. There was nothing he couldn’t do on the basketball court – he jumped center in high school but played guard and in his senior year he averaged 27 points per game.
When he got to campus, Coach Brown decided he wanted Cedric to be our point guard and I was entrusted with the job of working with Cedric. Every day before practice we would work on all sorts of drills and moves he could add to his already impressive skill-set. He was such a great kid and a competitor like almost no one I’d ever seen. He owned the court every time he played, and we wanted to make sure that he had plenty of moves in his arsenal.
In our individual work sessions, I was careful not to add things that might lead to unnecessary turnovers in the rough and tumble Big 8.
My greatest thrill – it gives me goose bumps just thinking about it – was during one league game when Cedric perfectly executed a play we had been working all that week in our sessions. When he turned to run back down court on defense he looked over to the bench and pointed to me as if I was the one who made the move. I almost felt like I did!
It remains one of the most fulfilling experiences in my entire coaching career. Is there anything better than someone accomplishing things which were previously out of their reach and then acknowledging your impact when they conquer the task?
I share this story with you to let you know how much pride I take in being able to offer various camps through the John Calipari Basketball School.
John Calipari
This brochure will answer all your questions or you can always call 859.257.9457 or use our online reservation system. For more information, interested parties can go online to www.ukathletics.com/camps. Fans can also contact UK's Jason Walberg at jason.walberg@uky.edu.
