North Shore Youth Athletic Foundation- Turtle Bay Resort, Hawaii











Today is: Home About Contact Grant Application Form Skills & Drills 2008 2007 2006	Inaugural Youth Football Skills & Drills Camp Presented by the North Shore Youth Athletic Foundation Turtle Bay Resort Scrimmage Field & Waialua District Park, July 5-28, 2006 7.31.2006 Turtle Bay Resort-- Wow camp went by so fast and after 11 days of conditioning throughout the month of July it came to an end on Friday July 28 at Turtle Bay Resort's scrimmage field. The weather was pretty sketchy on this day for all of Oahu except out at Turtle Bay where rain was light to none however, it was really windy. Since it was the last day, I decided to give the kids a little break, we worked out intensely for an hour instead of the scheduled hour and a half. Upon completion of the last camp work out all campers were seated and spoken to about the importance of working hard, never quitting, education, not getting involved with drugs and always try to keep themselves positively active. Shortly after, a raffle took place. There were many prizes up for grabs donated by Oakley Hawaii, Turtle Bay Golf and 808Golf.com. Six campers were given a prize for having perfect camp attendance; Dallas Camit, Mana Elmore, Mano Kailikea, Micah Lunasco, Kobe Lunasco and Corey Cooper, they each received an Oakley lanyard. Other lucky campers won stickers, hats, bags, umbrellas, t-shirts, chin straps and Oakley surf posters were given out to each camper as well. There were also three grand prizes; Oakley Twitch sunglasses, Oakley/Turtle Bay Golf duffel bag and an AIG Hawaii cooler bag. After the prizes were given away, the campers were treated to spaghetti, rice, buns, juice and some onolicious soft chocolate chip cookies! The inaugural camp turned out better than I had ever expected in all aspects of it. Parents came up to my assistants and myself and gave it great praise stating they are looking forward to having their kids participate next year and will also help spread the word too. To my surprise there were not only youth football kids but also soccer and others as well and we had a fair amount of young girls too doing all the youth football skills & drills the boys did. Nobody was cut any slack, all who participated from age 8 to 14 did so from the same distances. I think the kids didn't know what to expect at first but after each one's first day they soon realized that this camp was not going to be easy as us coaches were on them constantly to push harder and when it gets tougher, you got to push even harder. As the weeks went by the distances increased as well as the intensity. The kids were constantly told to also train their minds as a strong mind is equally important as a strong physic which helps them to get through tough times when they feel like giving up or quitting. Hustling, discipline, not sitting down after a drill and other were also enforced throughout, it was run just like a typical football team practice. By camp's last week, the kids were covering over 1000 total yards per camp session not including stationary exercises; sit ups, push ups, drops, etc. They were also sprinting 40 yards and back several times. Of the 11 camp days two were special ones. We were fortunate enough to have highly skilled/professional coaches, trainers and athletes came out for the kids. The first was hosted by Chad Ikei of Ikei Fitness Performance who strength trains and conditions many NFL athletes (click here for more) and the second was hosted by UH Warrior football assistant coaches Wes Suan & Mouse Davis (click here for more) along with help from Colt Brennan (2006 UH QB, preseason all-Western Athletic Conference Team), Gerald Welch (former UH receiver) and Darrick Branch (former UH receiver). Through 11 days of camp the kids looked really good and it was really amazing to see the tremendous improvement in each and everyone of them. Their agility was better, speed faster, foot speed quicker, overall stronger and the main one, they were all in really good shape/condition! Even those who didn't know how to do the more complex drills like carioca & power skipping backwards, they were doing it by camp's end. Of course a program like this can't happen without additional help and support. I was really fortunate enough to have several solid individuals who helped out on every camp day and some parents as well and would like to sincerely thank all of them. Food for last camp day; Larry & Rachael Lunasco (spaghetti) and Liana Galapia (soft chocolate chip cookies). Matt Hall, President, North Shore Youth Athletic Foundation (a non profit of the Turtle Bay Resort) for making it possible to have this camp, for the prizes, water and general help from Turtle Bay Golf's staff. In closing I wanted to thank all the parents and campers who signed up and we look forward to seeing all of you out next year! Good job as each one of them never gave up and tried their best all the time. I hope that it was truly beneficial for your children and I wish them the best of luck for the upcoming season in what ever sport they play. I am planning to do this camp again next year in July (2007) and will let you all know when and where a month or two before the initial start date. I do want some help for assistant camp coaches from Kahuku side as well and if you know any who maybe interested have them call me. If your email address or telephone number changes from now till then let me know at sean@nsyaf.com or 722-1599. Mahalo Nui Loa, Sean Lunasco, Camp Director 2006 Camp Sites- Turtle Bay Resort scrimmage field & Waialua District Park