Soccer

During the holiday week for the primary schools in Sydney, there were a lot of camps being held at the University of Sydney. During a break I had one afternoon, I sat and observed a soccer camp. I was immediately brought back to my childhood soccer camps. The whole field was set up with stations of different drills for the kids to participate in. I was surprised by the amount of children that were at the camp because camp is not something many people would do in the US with only a week break. After the camp was over, I went over and talked to a few of the parents. One of the mothers told me that going to a sport camp over break is very popular. She said that her children had to chose between soccer and tennis camp because they really wanted to do both. She also told me that many of the children's friends were also in the camp so they were very excited to be there and it made her life easier while they had time off of school. When the kids came to her, they had big smiles on their faces and said they had a great time. Where many of the sporting experiences I have had have been very different than my experiences in the US, this youth soccer camp was very similar to any camp in the US.