High school athletes should avoid three types of ID camps: Exact ID camps that falsely claim video-attending schools, Nike and IMG Academy camps unless coaches confirm attendance, and international camps like Real Madrid or Barcelona unless you already have genuine interest from those programs.
3 ID camps I would never go to. Number 1 is an Exact ID camp. If you go to their website, you will see a section that says, these are the schools attending via video. There are no schools attending via video. That is a complete lie. Number 2, Nike and IMG Academy. Those camps are only good if you are trying out for IMG Academy or if you want to go for fun, but they're not good for college recruiting. Number 3, anything that is abroad. So if Exact ID camp invites you to London or if some other camp invites you to go somewhere else, or if Real Madrid or Barcelona have a camp in the United States and they're like, we're going to help you, Do not go to those camps. Now I want to preface this and say, if you have genuine interest from Exact ID Camp, then it's a great camp. If the schools you're interested are at the Exact ID Camp, then it's also a fantastic camp. If the Nike or the IMG camps specify that college coaches are going to be there, then it's also a great camp. If you're going to use Tero Sports, which is an international ID camp, then that can be fine as long as you've gotten genuine interest first. If you want a list of ID camps that I recommend, comment camps and I'll send you a list.
