Comments on: Camp: The best two weeks of the year http://www.coachjayjohnson.com/2009/07/camp-the-best-two-weeks-of-the-year/ A running resource for coaches and athletes Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: CoachJay http://www.coachjayjohnson.com/2009/07/camp-the-best-two-weeks-of-the-year/#comment-537 CoachJay Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:29:04 +0000 http://www.coachjayjohnson.com/?p=640#comment-537 The individual camp had roughly a 60/40 male to female camper ratio - the highest we have ever had. But the team camp had 10 girls and 76 boys, which was the most lopsided ratio we've ever had. <br><br>On interesting thing from camp was that on the days I ran between the various training groups, you could tell that Oscar Ponce's Lincoln HS team does a lot of GS. Why? They just move more efficiently and they don't have arms and legs going all over the place. Most of the campers, even the faster kids, have biomechanics that leave a lot to be desired, yet when I watched the Lincoln HS kids it made me smile to see how symmetrical they were.<br><br>Thanks for the question...more to come. The individual camp had roughly a 60/40 male to female camper ratio – the highest we have ever had. But the team camp had 10 girls and 76 boys, which was the most lopsided ratio we've ever had.

On interesting thing from camp was that on the days I ran between the various training groups, you could tell that Oscar Ponce's Lincoln HS team does a lot of GS. Why? They just move more efficiently and they don't have arms and legs going all over the place. Most of the campers, even the faster kids, have biomechanics that leave a lot to be desired, yet when I watched the Lincoln HS kids it made me smile to see how symmetrical they were.

Thanks for the question…more to come.

]]> By: VeganAZ http://www.coachjayjohnson.com/2009/07/camp-the-best-two-weeks-of-the-year/#comment-536 VeganAZ Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:05:32 +0000 http://www.coachjayjohnson.com/?p=640#comment-536 Congratulations, Coach! Would love to hear more stories from camp. (What the kids liked best, worst, how things have changed over the years, etc.)<br>From the pics, looks like significantly more boys than girls -- is that right? Congratulations, Coach! Would love to hear more stories from camp. (What the kids liked best, worst, how things have changed over the years, etc.)
From the pics, looks like significantly more boys than girls — is that right?

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