Values Affirmation
Sometimes a technique to achieve success can be so simple that it’s tempting to think “that it is just too good to be true.” But before dismissing something that appears to be simple and wondering why isn’t everyone doing it, you might ask, “Is there any research to support that it works?”
Making Valuable Connections
Cultivating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) at camp is an investment that pays great dividends in meeting campers’ and staff members’ challenges, helping everyone earn a sense of accomplishment and building a community where everyone feels valued.
Flooded With Positive Energy
Teaching a new skill to campers, especially in a sport with a complex motor skill like the golf swing, can be challenging. But it also can be the most satisfying and meaningful camp experience for both campers and the instructor, using a strength-based approach.
Appreciative Staff Training
Many campers credit a lifelong friendship that began with a new friend at camp. The strongest bonds can develop while spending lots of time together negotiating the challenges of communal living with a dozen new people, overcoming homesickness, or even feeling the support from another camper during a first horseback-riding lesson.
Teaching Mental Imagery
Mental imagery is a tool that is best known when athletes close their eyes to rehearse a complex movement, often just before they perform a high dive, a soccer penalty kick, or a foul shot. But mental imagery can also be used to help campers and staff members build resilience, manage their stress, and have much more fun at camp—especially when they master a challenging skill.
I Know I Can
Is there something you can do really well? Would your friends say you have an excellent memory, make great pancakes, or always know the best movies to see? Do you know why you do this so well?
Sport Psyching
Think back to a time in your life when you made an embarrassing mistake… Locking your keys in the car while it was still running, racing to a staff meeting to be on time, only to find out that the meeting was
Surveys, Step by Step
Staying on the cutting edge of the camp business is more than just staying in touch with current trends in the industry.
Get Your Motors Running
Have you ever experienced the exhilaration of trying a new sport skill and getting it right on your first try? Maybe it was your first attempt at springing a handstand in gymnastics, a forward-pike dive from the