Notice: Due to recent changes in the order of events for the Pan-American Games, Kevin Jackson's camp dates have been changed from July (22-27) to July (15-20) and Jason Kelber's camp to July (22-27)!

You also might want to look into the camps below. They offer a Youth Development camp specifically designed for youth wrestlers. It is also a very unique camp in the respect that it offers not only a great camp atmosphere but many Outdoor Challenges that work in; fun,team building activities and mental and physical challenges.

You might ask for some feedback from Larry Perez, a UNK Loper wrestler and author of an above post. They had their team retreat at this camp last fall. Some of his teammates as well as Jason Kelber will be running the clinician portion of the Youth Development Camp.

OUTDOOR CHALLENGE CAMPS located near Valentine, NE has announced its summer camp schedule.
Featured clinicians are as follows:
Kevin Jackson - In pursuit of Gold training camp. July 15-20. US Olympic Team Freestyle Coach, Olympic Gold Medalist, 2X World Champion, 3X World Cup Champion, 2X Pan-American Champion, 4X NCAA Div. 1 All-American
Jason Kelber -Competitive Edge training camps. June 16-22 and July 22-27. NCAA Div. 1 National Champion UNL, 3X Div.1 All-American, 3X Iowa State HS champion, 9 yrs. college coaching experience.
Marty McCurdy - Granby Style training camp. June 28- July 3. Nebraska Wrestling Hall of Fame, Kansas 3-2-1A Coach of Year, 3X Nebraska Class A Coach of Year, 4 State Team Championships, 184 Career Dual Wins, 19 State Champions, 91 State Medalists
(NEW) Youth Development Camp - July 29 - August 2 - This camp will be led by members of the Univ. of Nebraska Kearney,2007 NCAA Div. II national runners up and Clifff Keen Nationals Duals Champions with special guest clinician Jason Kelber. This camp will have the same format as our other Outdoor Challenge Camps but will be geared towards Youth Development 3rd through 8th grade. Our web site will be updated with this information soon.

These camps are all intensive camps. Our small camp size ensures you get lots of individual attention. They all incorporate excellent technique sessions as well as live wrestling and Outdoor Challenge Activities including; an obstacle course, paintball tournament, orienteering course and a float trip down a "Wild and Scenic River". To see the many other planned activities visit our web site.

Also in the planning stages is a Father/Son camp. We are looking at dates in late July or early August. Same camp format and activities just scaled down a bit for younger wrestlers and time constraints.

We will also have up to 8 “need based” $200/wrestler scholarships available to attend our camps this summer. This information will be posted on the web site soon.

For more information click on the following web site link:
www.outdoorchallengecamps.com
or call: Steve Hansen, Camp Director 402-376-2679

You can download a printable version of our camp brochure from the menu on our web site.

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