Summer can A By JIM DAVIS and PAUL HELGREN e Michigan summer athletic camp gram is a lot of different things to a ot of dIfferent people. To basketball coach Bill Frieder it's a valuable recruiting tool." To baseball oach Bud Middaugh it's a "service." o softball coach Bob DeCarolis it's a 'way to boost your income a little bit." 3ut for most Michigan coaches the ummer athletic camp program is a iecessity whose importance is oming increasingly vital to their in- dual programs. "TIlE SUMMER program is very, ery important, especially for ecruiting," said Frieder. "It's a ecesgity because the competition for ids is so great. It can be the edge." Indeed, like Frieder, many Michigan coaches feel their summer athletic camp programs are a vital ingredient to successful recruiting. Coaches are not allowed to "recruit" young athletes per se.. Everyone who attends must pay their own way. But coaches can inform youngsters about their camps through the mail. Additionally, the choice of a summer camp can have a great affect on a young athlete's eventual choice of a school. For example, Eric Turner at- tended various basketball camps at Michigan for six summers. Last sum- mer, two campers at Frieder's camp were Antoine Joubert and Quincy Tur- ner. Most coaches agree becoming familiar with the university and the sports program is an important in- fluence on a youngster's choice. "IT'S AN opportunity for the kids to ips:ii see Michigan," said Fritz Seyferth, a coordinator in the summer football camp. "They get familiar with our program, our coaches, the way we run things. It's an important experience." One reason it is such an important experience is that a few weeks in the summer can make a lasting impression on a kid who may be as young as eight years old. A good experience at a Michigan summer camp might have a big influence when that same kid chooses a college. While most coaches agreed that their camps are important for recruiting purposes, a few said their camps hadn't been around long enough to gain dividends. That is not surprising because, in some respects, the program is barely out of its infancy. UNTIL TWO summers ago there The Michigan Daily-Friday, March 25, 1983-Page 11 budding enterprise wasn't a camp program at all, only a few scattered camps. Don Canham asked Gloria Soluk, who was already running a successful women's basket- ball.camp, to organize a coordinated program. She did and the Michigan athletic summer camp program was born. The program, now under the direc- tion of Don Triveline, an assistant to Don Canham, continues to grow. There are currently 17 different camps, with soccer being the latest addition. This summer, according to Triveline, 6200 youngsters will attend an athletic camp at Michigan. "The program is definitely growing," Triveline added. While the program as a whole may be growing, the individual camps are far from equal. They run the gambit from Dale Bahr's highly successful wrestling camp, which had 1450 campers in six weeks last year, to Francie Goodridge's track camp, which had 50 campers in one week last year. BASICALLY, THERE are two types of camps at Michigan; those owned by the university and those owned by the individual coaches. Five coaches, Frieder, Bahr, Middaugh, John Gior- dano, and Soluk, own their own camps and pay a fee to the University for the use of facilities. The rest of the coaches are hired by the athletic department to run a camp. "It's definitely a different financial situation (between the two types of camps)," said Triveline. "We do all the administrative work for-the University- owned camps. The other coaches have to do that stuff themselves." Frieder, who used to run his camp exclusively from nearby Concordia College, said use of University facilities was a major expense. "RUNNING CRISLER Arena is a lot more expensive than running a gym at Concordia," Frieder said. "You don't get things cheap from Don Canham. He's got to get his share." While there is more work to owning your own summer camp, there are MARCH. SPECIALS INGLENOOK RHINE -Chablis, Burgundy, Rose -1.5 liter, $4.66 MICHELOB-$3.27/6 pk. CINCI- $8.99/case MILLER- 96$/quart 303N.Fit EBeer 996-9683 N open tiI 2 a.mn. = . Youngsters go throughi Arena. drills during a summer hockey camp at Yost Ice rewards as well. The wrestling program, for example, has greatly benefited from Bahr's summer camp. "A lot of the money we earn," Bahr said, "goes back into the wrestling program. It supplements my assistan- ts' salaries. We buy equipment, posters, schedules, all those things not provided for by the athletic depar- tment. I've found, if you want something you have to go out and earn the money yourself." BAHR'S HARD-WORK ethic has helped build his program into the top wrestling camp in the country in terms of numbers. Most other camps have been less successful as far as the number of campers goes, but as Bahr said, suc- cess doesn't always have to be measured in numbers. "We look at the total camp experien- ce," the wrestling mentor said. "They're not, just here to learn wrestling, they're here to have fun, too." Based on that criteria, all the sum- mer athletic camps at Michigan might be called a success. Wildcats waste Hoosiers Say... 0MneA DISCOUNT MFFLERS -V_____ - AMERICAN AND FOREIGN CAR SPECIALIST FROM AS LOW AS-M C Installed by Sests 93SMAL CRS Installed *AT PARTICIPATING FOREIGN CARS Featuring... CUSTOM DUALS HEAVY DUTY SHOCKS One oft t am CUSTOM PIPE BENDING in automotive parts!" 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