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**Unregistered** · 03-03-2014, 11:44 AM

Originally posted by Unregistered View Post

Son did this camp last year. It also attracts players from all over the world, as well as the US. The camp is for serious players and is definitely not a baby sitting service. They are on the field for 40+ hours during the week. Coaching is excellent and food was good.

The international players are all in the academy or mini-academy so if you want your child to play with them then you need to do either the 2 or 3 week session. 1 week participants are separated into a separate group, although they do occasionally play against the 2/3 week group in the evening games.

I would compare Vogelsinger to a "traditional" sleep away camp ($1,000 per week). The camp starts Sunday afternoon and end on Saturday morning.

It is expensive but my son has done this camp twice and other local day soccer camps.

Some things that come to mind
1. There are lots of older kids (teenager) (plenty of 10-12 year old too)
2. Boys and Girls (both groups have good players)
3. International kids (they are in the 2 and 3 week programs and do their scrimmaging in their own groups)
4. The day is fully scheduled (with mandatory breaks)
5. Discipline is a focus (fooling around and being late is not tolerated)
6. They want the kids to be more self-sufficient (kids should do their own laundry, but you can just buy more socks and an extra shirt).
7. Food is good
8. Since it is expensive, only kids with that interest level are there (which makes it more enjoyable for the kids)
9. The Brooks School Facilities are very nice.

**Unregistered** · 03-03-2014, 11:53 AM

Cape Cod Sea Camps were a lot of fun for my kids....

**Unregistered** · 03-03-2014, 12:45 PM

Originally posted by DBackham View Post

Can anyone who has done Revs Residential camp in the past share their impression? U11-U12 in particular? How beneficial you think it is and how much of exposure players get.

Son had fun at this Revs Residential Camp. Good way for Revs coaches to have another look at your kid, if that's your goal. Only complaint is that it was disorganized and there was poor communication with the parents. We were told we could come watch our kids play in scrimmages at a certain time and place, and we showed up but no scrimmages. Also, son and everyone in his group never got the promised t-shirt. Not a huge deal but just another thing that didn't seem to go as expected here. This was couple summers ago. Maybe they've improved since then.

**DBackham** · 03-03-2014, 02:43 PM

Originally posted by Unregistered View Post

Son did this camp last year. It also attracts players from all over the world, as well as the US. The camp is for serious players and is definitely not a baby sitting service. They are on the field for 40+ hours during the week. Coaching is excellent and food was good.

The international players are all in the academy or mini-academy so if you want your child to play with them then you need to do either the 2 or 3 week session. 1 week participants are separated into a separate group, although they do occasionally play against the 2/3 week group in the evening games.

should I want my son to stay with international players? Considering that my son does not speak spanish and also that ESL class embedded in their program would be a waste of time for him. Who and what age are the " international players" at Vogelsinger anyway?

**Unregistered** · 03-03-2014, 04:59 PM

Originally posted by DBackham View Post

should I want my son to stay with international players? Considering that my son does not speak spanish and also that ESL class embedded in their program would be a waste of time for him. Who and what age are the " international players" at Vogelsinger anyway?

I bet the speak English. International does not always mean Spanish speaking. I bet they have some blacks, Jews and Muslims too. Is that ok?