<p>Yes, SoccerDad. He should contact the coach or asst. coach to see if there’s any reason he shouldn’t attend in June. Last year S attended a NESCAC coach’s residential camp and though most guys there were rising juniors and seniors, there was also an admitted student who hadn’t been recruited but wanted to walk on. The coach offered that guy a spot on the roster at the end of the camp. My S himself hadn’t been seen by the coach before this 4-day camp and it turned out great for him as coach supported his application, he was admitted, and now he’ll be on the team come September.</p>
<p>These camps are a way for the coaches to make $ over and above what the college pays them as the camp is not sponsored by the college. I would be surprised if the coach would turn S away from the June camp. It’s a nice setting for the coach to see your boy play and check his level of fitness over the course of a few days. At the camp S went to, he was picked as an all-star and played in game against the college’s players, who were working at the camp. Coach got to see how S performed at that level and how he interacted with his potential future team mates. I think the more interest S shows, the better, too. Can’t hurt.</p>
<p>Whatever the coach’s answer on the early camp, S might want to ask if coach would give him a copy of the team’s summer conditioning program so he could try to be as fit as the guys on the team when he gets to school to try to walk on. If coach won’t release his own, S can find a lot of other college’s summer regimens by searching around on the Internet. They’re quite rigorous.</p>
<p>Good luck to S!</p>