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At Big Blue Sports Camps at Clarks Summit University, your children will improve their fundamental skills in basketball and soccer, all while having fun in an encouraging environment.
Big Blue’s fun activities help your children stay motivated to learn. Our experienced coaches help campers improve their technique as they encourage them to do their best.
Your children will benefit from:
- Coaching from experienced NCAA DIII coaches and athletes.
- Engaging activity to increase physical fitness.
- Building confidence as they receive positive feedback from coaches.
- Laying the foundation for future learning and skill development.
- Mastering fundamentals to improve performance.
Big Blue Basketball Camp
Dates: June 17–21
- Boys and Girls Grades 1-4 | 9-11:30 a.m.
- Boys and Girls Grades 5-9 | 1-4 p.m.
Early Bird Price: $130 if registered by May 15. After May 15 price: $150.
Campers will develop fundamental basketball skills like:
- Dribbling
- Shooting
- Passing
- Rebounding
- Teamwork
- Sportsmanship
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Camp Director: Brian Deschaine
Before coming to Clarks Summit University as head men’s basketball coach, Brian Deschaine spent six years leading the men’s basketball team at Grace Christian Academy in Waldorf, Maryland. Under his leadership, the Knights won numerous regular season conference and tournament championships. Coach Deschaine’s teams have fared well outside of their conference, winning the Mid-East Regional Christian Schools Tournament in 2017 and earning Runner-up in the 2015 Division I Maryland Christian State Tournament.
A father of three young boys, Coach Deschaine got his coaching start at Harmony Christian School, where he led a successful high school boy’s program for four years. He also spent a year in Bangladesh at the William Carey Academy developing both boys’ and girls’ basketball programs. For three years, Clinton Christian School saw Deschaine at the helm of their boys’ basketball program, where they were ranked in the state and were both regular season and tournament champions.
As a four-year letter winner and a three-year starter, Deschaine played college basketball at Eastern Nazarene College, where he was a member of the 1996-97 ECAC Championship Team. Coach Deschaine graduated from Eastern Nazarene College with a B.A. in Psychology and earned his B.S and M.A. in Health and Physical Education from CSU.
Deschaine has worked beyond coaching as athletic director, director of student affairs, physical education teacher and secondary principal. He also spent 2001-2005 in the United States Army Reserves.
Register Here – Big Blue Basketball Camp
Big Blue Soccer Camp
Dates: July 15–19
- Boys and Girls Grades 1-4 | 9-11:30 a.m.
- Boys and Girls Grades 5-9 | 1-4 p.m.
Early Bird Price: $130 if registered by June 15. After June 15 price: $150.
Campers will develop fundamental soccer skills like:
- Dribbling
- Passing
- Shooting
- Defending
- Teamwork
- Sportsmanship
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Camp Director: Tommy Peifer
Coach Tommy Peifer has been a part of the soccer program at CSU since 2018, first as a player, then a graduate assistant, and now as the head coach. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in health and physical education and previously worked as a camp counselor for a parks and recreation department in West Virginia. Joining Coach Peifer will be other high-level Defender athletes. Coach Peifer states, “Big Blue is something that we look forward to every year as it is a time to share our love for the game of soccer with the community and friends around us! Our goal is to see every player grow in their soccer ability while having fun!"
Register Here – Big Blue Soccer Camp
Register your children for Big Blue Sports Camps today. Help your child develop the skills they need to succeed in basketball or soccer through the gift of a week filled with fun, learning and teamwork.
