ROUND TABLE 66 – WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SUMMER BASKETBALL CAMP MEMORY? – EPISODE 963
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June’s Round Table question is: What is your favorite summer basketball camp memory?
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- Jerry Buckley – Bishop Kenny (FL) High School
- Erik Buehler – Arapahoe (CO) High School
- Ryan Hintz – Blue Valley West (KS) High School
- Dave Hixon – Amherst College
- Bob Krizancic – Mentor (OH) High School
- Dave McGreal – Penn State Altoona
- Dan Miller – San Marcos (TX) High School
- Don Showalter – USA Basketball
- Joe Stasyszyn – Unleashed Potential
- Kent Washington – Author of Kentomania
- Ben Witherspoon – Mercer University
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TRANSCRIPT FOR ROUND TABLE 66 – WHAT YOUR FAVORITE SUMMER BASKETBALL CAMP MEMORY? – EPISODE 963
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[00:00:21] Mike Klinzing: Hello and welcome to the 66th edition of the Coach’s Corner Round Table on the Hoop Heads Podcast. Each episode of the Coach’s Corner Round Table will feature our all-star lineup of guests answering a single basketball question. A new Coach’s Corner Round Table will drop around the 15th of each month.
June’s Round Table question is, What is your favorite summer basketball camp memory?
Our coaching lineup this month includes:
- Jerry Buckley – Bishop Kenny (FL) High School
- Erik Buehler – Arapahoe (CO) High School
- Ryan Hintz – Blue Valley West (KS) High School
- Dave Hixon – Amherst College
- Bob Krizancic – Mentor (OH) High School
- Dave McGreal – Penn State Altoona
- Dan Miller – San Marcos (TX) High School
- Don Showalter – USA Basketball
- Joe Stasyszyn – Unleashed Potential
- Kent Washington – Author of Kentomania
- Ben Witherspoon – Mercer University
Please enjoy this Round Table episode of the Hoop Heads Podcast and once you’re finished listening please give the show a five star rating and review after you subscribe on your favorite podcast app.
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Let’s hear from our panel about their favorite summer basketball camp memories.
Jerry Buckley, Bishop Kenny High School, Jacksonville, Florida.
[00:03:55] Jerry Buckley: This is Jerry Buckley from Bishop Kenny talking about summer camp. Had a lot of great experiences as a camper myself at different camps. Just a lot of fun over the years and really enjoyed those. Probably my most enjoyable and favorite camp memories were actually working camp at Duke from 99 to 2006.
Got to do that for seven summers and just really great experience being around the entire camp. Duke program getting to interact with their coaches and, and watching their players at night, play pickup and that type of thing. Also met a lot of great friends in coaching that I’m still in touch with today, 20 years later even got to interact with Coach K.
He always made it a point to just interact with all the different coaches that we probably had a hundred different coaches there working. He would make it a point to, to be around you at least four or five minutes during the course of the camp and just get to interact with him, which was obviously awesome as a legend as well.
So a lot of great memories from the Duke camp. And like I said, learned a lot of information was really important to my coaching career. And also developed some really great relationships I still have today.
[00:05:02] Mike Klinzing: Eric Buehler, Arapahoe High School, Centennial, Colorado.
[00:05:08] Erik Buehler: Hey, what’s going on Hoop Heads? This is Eric Buehler, assistant coach at Arapahoe High School.
And this month we were asked, what’s our favorite summer camp memory? I’d have to say it’s not one that I was running or we had at one of our schools, but a few years ago, I was working the Jay Bilas camp out in Charlotte, and Ray Allen’s son was a camper there, and Ray was around just kind of watching the camp.
And I don’t know if it was organic or if Jay Bilas had kind of convinced him to come down onto the court, but between sessions, I think during lunch, he just kind of came down and started talking to players about spacing and spots for shooting and, and kind of gave a little mini clinic for about 30 minutes on shooting and how to get your shot off.
And it was just organic and fun. And it started with about eight kids and it ended up being about. 25 kids and 25 coaches surrounding one of the half courts at Queens University, and just listening to Ray Allen talk about shooting, which for me is a fan of his, and someone who I kind of wanted to play like growing up, and then seeing him coach what he did, just really fun, really special moment.
So that’s my favorite moment from summer I hope everyone out there is doing well and talk to you guys next time.
[00:06:40] Mike Klinzing: Ryan Hintz from Blue Valley West High School.
[00:06:45] Ryan Hintz: This is Ryan Hintz at Blue Valley West High School in Overland Park, Kansas. This month’s round table is your favorite summer camp memory. This goes back a few years.
It was my second year going to second summer, going up to the Snow Valley, Iowa. Just got my first head coaching job at Turner high school and I was late in the process. So I was kind of scrambling to have a late July camp and all that. I sat down with Tate’s Locke, who just recently passed away.
And we talked for about an hour. I took a ton of notes. He asked a lot of questions. I asked a lot of questions, but it’s one of my favorite memories because of just how selfless he was. He didn’t know me very well but gave up his time and gave me a wealth of knowledge when I left that meeting, I kind of had a checklist of.
What I needed to do and a plan to execute. And I went home and executed that plan and we had that program’s 1st winning season in 19 years. And I don’t think that would have happened without that meeting. So just goes to show how powerful mentorship is. And a reminder to coaches to, to give back to the young guys that are coming up and I wanted to share that story and remembrance of coach Glock coach Tate’s Glock.
What a legend. Thanks.
[00:08:06] Mike Klinzing: Dave Hixon, basketball hall of famer from Amherst College.
[00:08:13] Dave Hixon: Hey guys, Dave Hixon here, a retired Amherst college. I loved my camp. We held a camp here for 42 years and it started out with 26 kids and Ended up with 200 just in one week and then ended up with two weeks of 200 and It sort of became a ritual or a rite of passage for all young boys Growing up through Amherst and so I was blessed with that But on every Thursday after Thursday morning, we’d get the camp together.
It was a five day camp and on Thursday morning we’d have this thing called the shot and all the staff would have to get around the three point arc and all the kids were sitting under the basket and kids could say and do what they wanted to do to make us miss, but everybody would take a sample shot.
And so the kids could get together after camp or the next morning and decide whether they wanted to vote for the guy to miss or to make. And so you might choose a kid who’s a great shooter and, and try to get them to make it. It might take a guy who’s a god awful shooter a better percentage and make sure he misses it.
So, on Friday morning, again, we’d gather everybody under the hoop, and the kids were all excited. Last day of camp, playoff day, and this thing we called the shot. And Everybody would take a sample shot and then by applause, we chose the final three. And then by applause, we chose the final one. Again, some kids would choose to vote that the guy would make it and some to miss.
And so anyway, my favorite camp story comes down to that day when they picked our trainer who was just God awful shooter and no way he was going to make it. And so, Probably all but four kids lined up on the side that was to miss. And of course everybody can yell and scream, they just can’t touch the guy while he’s shooting.
And place is going crazy and wouldn’t you know, the guy drains it. And the penalty for getting it wrong was you had to go outside. We got a really big hill that the kids run and they had to go out and run the hill. And so I think they’re more excited just about the outcome and the cheering and all the noise.
But they picked somebody who they knew would miss it and guess what, he made it. It was so exciting. So that’s my story.
[00:10:25] Mike Klinzing: Bob Krizancic. Mentor High School. Mentor Ohio.
[00:10:32] Bob Krizancic: Coach K, Mentor High School. Favorite summer memory slash memories. From 2001 to 2009, I worked Florida University’s camp, Billy Donovan, head coach.
It was great throwing my sons in the car, going down to Gainesville and having them get the experience. But right after Florida won two national championships, at the end of camp, all the coaches got together, all 50. And Rick Pitino showed up, who was Billy Donovan’s college coach at Providence, and Rick Pitino just absolutely roasted Billy Donovan because that was his ex player.
They were really great friends. It was one of the most entertaining nights of my life and great memory.
[00:11:23] Mike Klinzing: David McGreal from Penn State Altoona.
[00:11:29] Dave McGreal: What’s going on Hoop Heads Nation? Coach McGreal, Penn State Altoona back at you. Monthly Round Table this month. What’s your favorite camp memory or memory of camp? Great question. Being involved with camps. You know, every summer, honestly, for about the last 40 years between a participant, a player, a coach, a worker director of my own camps everything under the sun.
And I’m sure most coaches can say the same because if you’ve been in coaching a long time, you’ve been involved with camps. So I’ve had a lot of great memories and, and every one of those aspects of camp in one summer or another. My favorite personal memory of camp has to be when I was in high school.
I used to go to Duke University’s camp. Coach K, I was in the early 90s, the later years, and, and Bobby Hurley years. And I was lucky enough every day they would pick some rising seniors to play pick up with some of the counselors. So I was lucky enough to play pretty much every day while I was at camp with the counselors on Cameron Indoor Stadium’s main floor against the likes of Johnny Dawkins, Greg Kubik, Thomas Hill, Brian Davis, Quinn Snyder, Johnny Dawkins, just to name a few of the guys that I was able to play a little pick up with.
Thomas Hill put me in my place. I hit a shot in one game and said something. And the next possession he said, I got him, put the ball in my chest, checked me up. I didn’t score again for the next three games we played. And he told me not to talk in his gym. So it was a pretty cool moment to get put in my place by one of the Duke greats, Thomas Hill.
So just again, that was a great memory that I have personally, but I’ve had tons of memories throughout camp and other aspects too. But that was one that I’ll always remember. So hope you guys have a great summer. Again, Coach McGreal, Penn State Altoona. We’ll talk to you guys soon.
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Dan Miller, San Marcos High School in San Marcos, Texas.
[00:14:36] Dan Miller: I was fortunate to attend a lot of basketball camps in the 80s and early 90s. And FCA camp is one memory that I have. Just combining the basketball with the faith based camp was a real special memory. And then my other memory that really stands out as far as basketball goes, we went to Dick Bennett’s basketball camp at Wisconsin Green Bay, and Tony Bennett was a player there.
And Tony Bennett did a shooting drill while his dad talked about proper mechanics for shooting. And we sat there as young kids in amazement as Tony Bennett, I swear, did not miss a shot. He probably took a hundred threes. One of the best shooting performances I have ever seen. And Tony and Dick Bennett, both humble, great coaches.
So attending camp and seeing them was very special.
[00:15:31] Mike Klinzing: Don Showalter, USA Basketball.
[00:15:37] Don Showalter: Hi, Don Showalter here from USA Basketball. Really some important favorite summer camp memories include just hanging out with friends and your teammates. I think one of the things about a summer camp is you go and you spend a week or so with your, with your teammates. And that really helps out with bonding.
You get to know each other a little bit better. But it also helps your play on the court. Obviously instruction was good. Buzz Levy was the first, really the first coach to make Have camps in Iowa back in the late 60s, early 70s had a lot of really good players because really the only camp around at that time, no AAU basketball was even in the picture.
So you had some really good players. And I felt I really improved a lot just because the nature of the competition at Buzz Lovings Camps. Also you find new friends. I think the discipline you get at a basketball camp, you’re up and going and you know, it forces you to concentrate, focus on things that are at hand.
So those are really important things for a basketball player to understand at a young age. And as I got older, I certainly appreciated the fact that I attended camp much more than I did actually at the time. You make new friends, you get, get some bonding, you, you meet coaches that are really good that help you improve your game.
So those are some of the great memories I have. I certainly encourage all players to go spend a week, a week at a summer camp. Whether it’s basketball, football, whatever it is just to, just to really get those bonds and those great memories secured. Thank you.
[00:17:07] Mike Klinzing: Joe Stasyszyn, Unleashed Potential, Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
[00:17:15] Joe Stasyszyn: Joe Stasyszyn, Unleashed Potential. This month’s question is what is your favorite summer basketball camp memory? I’m going to give you my favorite memory really quick as a player and my favorite memory really quick as a coach. As a player, when I was in 8th grade, my high school coach drove us here from Pennsylvania up to a small D3 college called Juniata College in the mountains of Pennsylvania for a camp that was run by Press Maravich and his son Pistol Pete Maravich. And the thing that was so amazing back then was first of all, I have no idea how they ended up at Junior Outta college, a small D three college running a camp. But it was amazing because Coach Maravich would put Pete, his son Pete, threw a skill development session in front of the whole camp. I can remember as a middle school or junior high school player sitting there and watching the magic that Pete Maravich did with the ball. It was truly incredible and actually that’s where I first fell in love with player development.
Not only as a player, but later on as a coach. Just mesmerized by what he could do with the basketball. He was way before his time and he was truly a magician with the ball and watching his father put him through that is just something that I’ll never forget. I wanted to beat Pete Maravich. I actually went home and I got a pair of Pro Keds.
Talked my parents into buying me a pair of Pro Keds. That Pete was wearing. I had the floppy gray socks. That’s who I idolized as a player. Just went home and worked on my skills relentlessly trying to be Pete Maravich. So that’s, that’s one as a player that I, to this day, I still live with.
Matter of fact, I still have coach Press Maravich. wrote a handwritten evaluation of all aspects of each camper’s game and I still have that written evaluation signed by Press Maravich in my scrapbook. So that’s something that truly is a great, great memory for me. The other one as a coach is all my years of working Duke Camp with Coach K.
This would be my 27th year working Duke Camp. My second year with John Shire, but 25 with Coach K, who’s a great friend and mentor of mine. Back in the day when players The Duke players were allowed to play pickup at camp in front of the campers. We would put the campers up in the upper decks in the second level of Cameron.
And the players would play pickup in front of the whole camp. When this was allowed by Division 1 NCAA. Now it’s no longer allowed, you’re no longer allowed to do that. But I can remember as a coach at camp, being on the floor, it was like an NBA All Star game, watching JJ Redick, Carlos Boozer, Dante Jones, Chris Duhon, Jay Williams Mike Dunleavy, it was like a who’s who, all those guys ended up in the NBA.
And to watch them at a camp play pickup in Cameron, in front of the whole camp, we had five, 600 kids sitting up upstairs in Cameron and I was down on the floor watching basically an NBA all star game, watching those guys go at it. You know, very, very hard, very, very competitively.
And they would do that every night at camp. It was great, great for the kids to see that. Unfortunately, like I said, we can no longer do that today because it would be an NCAA violation. But it was just a tremendous memory as a coach working the Duke camp. And getting to see that up close and personal on the floor.
That’s a memory that I’ll never forget. And I share that a lot when I speak. Both of those memories as a, as a player participant at summer camp and as a coach at summer camp, they’re two of my best memories that I will take with me forever. Thank you very much.
[00:21:22] Mike Klinzing: Kent Washington, Author of Kentomania.
[00:21:28] Kent Washington: Kent Washington here, the author of. Kento mania, a black basketball virtuoso in the communist Poland. My favorite summer camp memory was the summer before my 12th grade high school year when I went to Dean Meminger’s basketball camp. During lunch break, I went down to the court and I was playing, just kind of practicing full court on my own.
Lo and behold, Dean comes down and asks could he play me a one on one full court. After the game, he says to me he’d like to do this every day during lunchtime. That was a great time. Dean taught me a lot of small details about playing point guard during that time and, and encouraged me to keep working on my game.
I will never forget that summer and what Dean mentored me.
[00:22:38] Mike Klinzing: Ben Witherspoon from Mercer University.
[00:22:43] Ben Witherspoon: This is Ben Witherspoon, assistant men’s basketball coach at Mercer University. My favorite summer basketball camp memory would have to be working camp at hoop group. Excellent camp. I was really focused on teaching. Staff, passionate about the game. Lots of players, talented players.
It resembled camps when I was playing. Today it’s about exposure a lot and showcase events. Hoop group is all about teaching. Lots of drills, lots of stations. Guys waking up early to get extra work in. Just love the teaching and the coaching aspect of Hoop Crew.
[00:23:24] Mike Klinzing: Thanks for checking out this month’s Hoop Heads Podcast Round Table.
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