Jake’s Take: You are not too good for Next Level Basketball 419 Camp, I promise

NEW WASHINGTON — If it is good enough for Mason Studer and Max Dawson, it is good enough for anyone.

If it is worth Mason Studer’s and Max Dawson’s time, it is worth yours, too.

On Thursday morning, 130 campers finished up the third and final day of the Next Level Basketball 419 Camp at Buckeye Central High School, the 14th year of one of the best youth camps in the state and I’ll forever stand by that statement.

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Campers gather together for a group photo after the final day of the Next Level Basketball 419 Camp on Thursday at Buckeye Central High School.

Campers were put through 10 stations running 10 minutes apiece and were given drills to sharpen fundamental skills that can be done anywhere. From footwork drills that are easily done on a bedroom floor to drop-step post moves that don’t even need to be worked on with a basketball hoop. It is those fundamentals that built 130 better basketball players this week.

But it is also those fundamental drills that seem to be making the seasoned player shy away from attending. Only nine male high school players signed up. They couldn’t even do a full 5-on-5 game.

My sound word of advice, you are never too good to work on your fundamentals.

Max Dawson signed to play college basketball at Ashland University where he will see time as a point guard and a 2-guard. His education is paid for and he has every opportunity out there to make Name, Image and Likeness money during his time as a college athlete. He went to the Next Level Basketball 419 Camp every year he was eligible. And the first year he wasn’t, he returned as a…

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Author : Mansfield News Journal

Publish date : 2024-07-11 18:00:04

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