Short YouTube recruiting-advice clip (by Trenton Luera) arguing that attending summer camps is not always necessary—especially if a player has already secured college interest/offers. Uses an anecdote about a 2026 quarterback from Hawaii who can avoid expensive, time-consuming camps because he already visited and locked in several schools; notes that some schools still require in-person evaluation and social media can substitute for some exposure.
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You don't have to go to camps this summer. Now, you may already be signed up for 10, 15 camps this summer, but reality is that you don't have to go to camps this summer if you already secured offers and interests prior to these camps. Great example of this is a 2026 quarterback I'm working with now. He's from Hawaii, so having to go to camps in the US Is very expensive for him. And plus it's going to take a lot of time, a lot of energy, and he much rather just be with his team preparing for a senior year. So we sat down and talked about, does he actually have to go camp this summer? The reality is he doesn't. He already has his couple of schools locked in that he visited in the spring, so he doesn't need collect a whole bunch more interest using these camps or secure any more offers. Because the reality is in this digital age with social media, you should be able to secure most of your interest and offers without even having to go to these camps. Now, that isn't the case with all schools. A lot of schools want to see you in person, evaluate you further. But if you can get these evaluations and you can build these relationships and secure the interest and offers prior to these camps going into your senior year, you don't even have to go to them. Because the question I asked them at the end of the day is, are there any other schools that you would go to besides these three that you're pretty locked in on? They told me no. And so the.