ROCKINGHAM — With the wave of success of the Richmond Senior High School boys’ and girls’ basketball teams the last couple of years, interest in sport has spread to younger audiences in Richmond County.
As a result, the Richmond basketball programs announced this week that they will hold a four-day skills and development camp toward the end of summer break.
Making its return after several years off, this year’s camp will be held from Monday, July 31, through Thursday, Aug. 3, in Richmond’s gymnasium.
Registration is now open and will run through July 27, with the camp open to boys and girls who are 6-15 years old.
The cost per camper is $60 and the cost for two campers from the same family is $110, which both include a camp t-shirt.
Spearheaded by head coaches Donald Pettigrew (boys) and Teddy Moseley (girls), planning the camp came to fruition in a short amount of time at the community’s request.
“We had talked about it in the past, but it had been hard to schedule around our summer ball schedules and the dead periods,” Moseley explained. “Our community has really been into it and asking about it, so we made it happen.
“We’ve seen the success that the volleyball, soccer and cheerleading camps have had, and the demand for basketball camp has been there,” he added. “A lot of that has to do with the boys’ state championship run this year and the girls having success two years ago.”
Each day, campers can expect to learn and put to practice a variety of basketball skills that range from basic fundamentals to strengthening their understanding of the game.
Set to run from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., the first 90 minutes will be spent on developing those specific skills. Following a snack break, tournament play will run from 3 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. The final 15 minutes will be used to recap the day’s instruction.
Moseley and Pettigrew will help coach the sessions with the assistance of both coaching staffs, including Taneika Reader and Josh Calhoun.
Players like N.C. State commit Paul McNeil Jr., Javian Drake, Jullien Cole, Jamyia Lindsey and others will be on hand to help campers.
Both head coaches emphasized the opportunity for the community’s youth to get to interact and learn from Richmond’s student-athletes.
“It’s short notice, but we wanted to get camp together and give the kids a chance to learn,” Moseley explained. “We want to continue the tradition of the camps we used to have, and we’re looking long term to grow Richmond basketball for many more years.
“The main thing is we want to teach the kids the necessary skills to be able to play basketball, like fundamentals and basketball IQ at all ages,” he added. “We’re going to teach a different skill each day and emphasize those skills learned at the end of each session. Hopefully this gives each camper a solid foundation for the future.”
Campers will work on passing, shooting, rebounding, free throws, boxing out, ball handling, how to set and read screens and how to run set plays on offense and defense.
The camp staff is asking for campers to pre-register in order to make accommodations for the four-day experience.
Click here to pre-register. Payments will be made on the first day of camp.
