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34 economist sunsuntribune youth saturday june 18 2005 sports camps allow serious athletes to hone skills traditional camps branching out into sport specific areas byjohncudmore staff writer summer camp has tradi tionally been an outlet for fun and activity summer sports camps have evolved to embrace the sportspecific notion for the serious athlete to comple ment a traditional blend of activities catering to fast- paced lives of children it is still possible to spend a week or two at hockey camp or chasing soccer balls at the many elite camps and academies sprouting up horseback riding volley ball inline skating its all out there in fact or kids can come up with a combination of all of the above in york region the two main players when it comes to offering sports camps are camp robin hood and camp green acres both of which offer traditional camp situations they also provide access to specialty packages the latter through its allstar sports camps that now in its fourth year offers up to 11 sports activities backed by a combined 100 years of experience in the camping industry the two big players in sports and day camping are not merely play- ing games with children signing up for sessions rang ing from one to four or more weeks per summer its year- round big business you have to be a little dif ferent and we chose from day 1 to offer as many sports as possible said darren greenspoon a former york region high school teacher who started as green acres swim director five years ago and is now sports camp co ordinator camp planners recog nize the necessity to stay current with the latest trends they also work closely with the ontario camping association yes were going in for sportspecific camps but also going for so many other things to allow kids to branch out said richmond hill resi dent howard grossinger a former york region high school teacher who is a direc tor for camp robin hood were finding in our busi ness that more specialized camps are cropping up and weve added sport specialty camps too if the public trusts us in one program why not in another we dont see it as empire building but as good opportunities to give families choices in recent years programs offering a dabble in several sports have adapted to a changing society and offer a chance to introduce a child to sport or develop those serious about their game with an intensified week of instruction robin hood camps now in its 60th year of operation includes the roger neilson hockey camp st andrews college day camp robin hood sports academy day camp and camp madawas- ka a highly regarded volley ball camp near bancroft in all the familyowned busi ness includes six camps and a leadership centre green acres operates spe cialty camps in several sports ranging from basketball and baseball to horseback riding and inline skating one important aspect of the camp experience that never goes away is the time spent away from their sports by campers parents who get their kids involved in camp are not so concerned with sport instruction as with what their kids are doing when not at a sport grossinger said thats especially so in this day of bullying at the schools at st andrews sports is only part of the package because not all kids are into sports all the time the trick is to balance sport and non- sport elements to provide si 1- r- staff photosjoerd witteveen camp administrator howie grossinger at robin hood camps on reesor road in northern markham just south of stouffvilie sportspecific camps are becoming more popular he said campers with the ultimate experience we know all kids dont enjoy doing sports all day so we offer halfday sports and the other half whatever they are interested in whether its drama or arts founded 40 years ago in montreal and moved to the markhamstouffville area in 1986 the green acres pro gram is based on 70 acres of former farmland a setting that provides program flexi bility experience according to cofounder eddy bogo- molny is a great teacher what kids like 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