Compare And Contrast Essay: Football Camps Vs. Basketball Camp

Football Camps VS. Basketball Camps
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
have skills camps, however, their primary object there are to just work on skills. Teams had to go through 4 hours of skills training before they were allowed to play a game over at the Chadron University football camp. During basketball camps the only time you're not on the court playing is the break you may get between games. Then you have coaching differences. Although in both set of camps coaches are involved, in football camps you are separated from your coaches for a set amount of time to learn skills and techniques from other coaches. During basketball the only people you listen to to improve yourself are teammates and coaches. You also get one on one time with other athlete or coaches at a football camp to help improve your skills.
The largest difference I found was the attitude of the players. There is an intense feeling amongst the football players the moment camp started. The trainers push people to their limits because they want the best footballs to come out of their camp. When you have a bunch of testosterone filled teenagers trying to prove who is the best in front of college coaches and athletes, emotions start to run high. There was a break out of fights every day of the Chadron Football Camp. In basketball you can start to see the making of fights before they happen. Some smack talk here and there and maybe some shoving, but it is rare for everything to get to much out of hand. The difference in feeling may also be due too that the only break given in the football camp was lunch and after the scrimmages. In basketball you normally get a few rests between games.
Then you have various differences when it comes to the scrimmages you play.
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
camp.