"The Team, The Team, The Team"

Bo Schembechler


It was a gorgeous day at The Forest. The skies were blue and the mountains were in clear view all day. It was rise and shine and then off to breakfast at 8am. The morning meeting was brief and the campers were down the hill and practicing by 9.

Today was the first full day of camp and what a success! The teams are really shaping up and are looking forward to their first competitions on Tuesday.There was also individual instruction by age group during mid morning. The groups were either working on their swimming, golf, softball, football, basketball, tennis or lacrosse skills. Soon it was lunch time and then rest period.

After resting, a few groups were able to enjoy the outdoor pool, while the other teams began practicing their choice of sport. Team clinics were offered throughout the rest of the afternoon.

After dinner and another session of team clinics, the campers descended upon The Fir Tree where they enjoyed, WFS's famous milkshakes and cheeseburgers. There was a lot of excitement tonight as many of them enjoyed the College World Series on the Fir Tree television.

By 9:30pm it was off to the dorms for their team values meetings and then lights out. Tomorrow promises to be another gorgeous day. We're looking forward to seeing how the competitions unfold!

Opening Day

Welcome to Woodberry Forest Sports Camp Blog. Sunday was opening day. We welcomed 136campers yesterday. Veteran campers looked for old friends and new campers eagerly met new friends. There were smiling faces all over as the boys met their coaches and found out the name of their team. Checking into their dorms, the campers were able to meet some of their fellow teammates. At the same time, they checked each other out to see how good their team might be!

After having lunch parents left and it was meeting time at Johnson Stadium. Coach Alexander went over camp expectations and then each team was photographed. Some time was spent going over more specifics in smaller groups and then it was off to the first activity. By 4:30pm the campers were divided up into their age groups for individual instruction such as wrestling skills, football skills, baseball skills, golf, strength training, lacrosse and basketball skills.

The campers showered and headed up the hill for dinner by 6pm. At 7pm each conference took part in one of the following clinics; football, lacrosse, softball and basketball. Then it was off to the showers again along with canteen.

Last night the whole camp met for a "values" meeting. Coach Alexander discussed the intent of "team meetings" and what he hopes each camper and coach will achieve through their team discussions. Every night each team will spend time in their own "value" meetings.

Please check out the slide show of opening day. Click on it to view the photos larger.

Enjoy!