Sports Done Right
One of the most profound lessons I learned (or at least had reinforced) at our 100 year celebrations was how impactful. BLC has been to so many people.
I have never used the term thick for describing the BLC experience, but I think it is an apt categorization given the context in Brook’s article.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/18/opinion/how-to-leave-a-mark-on-people.html?emc=eta1
Wishing you the best
Richie G
PS. Annual Alumni Basketball Game at Dalton School gym will be May 25
Art Chansky, writer of many books on the UNC versus Duke sports rivalry, and long-time friend of mine, came to the BLC Centennial Celebration at camp recently and wrote this in depth article. Hope you enjoy it. – Richie G.
https://medium.com/@richieg_8815/by-art-chansky-ff739665782b#.ds712hxlo
We thought you would all like to see the recent article in ‘Town and Country’ magazine on today’s best summer camps– which we are proud to say included Brant Lake Camp, as well as our sister camp, Point O’Pines.
www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/sporting/news/g2334/best-summer-camps/
The list of 19 camps, noted as the “Ivy League” of summer camps, also provides a short synopsis of all the top programs. Several years ago, we were noted by the same publication as the camp with the “Best Traditions”—largely driven by our ever-popular “Green and Gray” color war competition.
We very much look forward to BLC springing back to life with the arrival of all our campers in just a couple of short weeks– and we wish you all the best.
BLC has a credo: “Where Sports Are Done Right” – – and it drives so much of what we are about.
As you know, youth sports today in the USA has come under much scrutiny of late with many recent trends and practices being challenged and debated. It certainly is not a straightforward or simple subject.
The following article, from the Washington Post, is a very thought-provoking view on the emerging issues and is in concert with much of the BLC viewpoint. (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/parenting/wp/2016/06/01/why-70-percent-of-kids-quit-sports-by-age-13/) We hope that you will take the time to read it and, as always, we welcome your thoughts.
The value of sports is neither black nor white, (all good or all bad)– but usually involves shades of gray; not versus green! At BLC, we spend much time in thinking through and then enacting an appropriate sports philosophy in which the intensity of instruction and competition are based on many factors– age being a significant one.
We are always conscious of making our instruction of high quality by not having big differences in ability levels within each teaching group. We are also careful not to “label” our campers with a certain skill level, form permanent varsity teams or limit opportunities for any boys to participate in a sport until the Senior Camp. Even then, we do so infrequently and with care as well as sensitivity.