I had my grandsons in camp this week and I was in the Convo every day. I got positive vibes from the coaching staff and players.
Brings up a good point. Back "in the day" coaches had recruiting wrapped up in the spring for the next season. Summer was about vacation/rest/relaxing, getting guys individual work in the gym and weight room, and therefore coaches had enough "free time" to devote a couple weeks to the younger kids for youth individual and team camps.
Now I feel it almost has to feel like a burden. They're in the middle of juggling NIL transfer battles and cobbling together schedules and they have to hit pause to teach 7th graders how to play help-side defense.
It used to be part of a coaches salary, that they would offer, attend and teach at these camps, as it helps bring in some $$ and likely even helps future college admissions to some extent, but I wonder for how much longer coaches will be willing to do it.
Let alone getting pulled into some of the bigger premier camps like Five Star or Nike.