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[QUOTE="PhatOrange, post: 1742982, member: 229"]
As a kid I always thought the best camp was West Point.  I sent my 12 year old to Cornell last year.  He loved it but I have no idea how the camp was from an instructional standpoint.  There was maybe 150 campers.  I've heard the Syracuse camp is ginormous.  To me the bigger the camps the least amount of quality instruction.  I'd want to know who are the coaches/counselors and camper to coaches ratio.

Back in the day big coaches helped out at other camps.  Like Mike Pressler coaching at the West Point etc.  Today I think it's heavily the student athlete players doing the coaching.

Being that your in CT you might look up Yale.  That's my buddy Andy Shay who went to LeMoyne

Also, I think bang for the buck, might be Hamilton College's summer camp near Utica.  It's run by Mike Barnard Hamilton HC, Cortland, Herk CC, Delaware.  All American.  Co-Run by Mike Vorgang - Niskaunya HC and 2015 NYS Class A State Championship.  The counselor coaches are Mike Longa Cazenovia HC (2 time NYS champs), another friend of mind Scott Petrie was a national champ and All America at Herk CC and Salisbury.  Plus other coaches are Albany Power coaches and high school coaches.  It really organized camp and heavy on the skill training and instruction which i think its hard to find good skill camps these days.  I attended last year as an observer and came away impressed.  (i'd send my own kid there.)

I also find the best players just dont do camps anymore because there is so much club ball; but imho, if you want to go to say Cornell to play ball, obviously getting in front of them at their camp is a good idea.
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