Welcome to Gator Camp at SF State
Graduate student from the Chemistry department demonstrating chemistry experiments
SF Fire Department educating our kids about fire safety
Our girls showing off their drawings
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Jounral time
Gator camp counselors initiating bottle rockets
Our gator camp counselor and kids work together to create bottle rockets
Our egg drop contest winners!
Showing off her purple diy slime
Gator Start Camp
Gator Start (our morning camp) will focus on teaching children life skills and how to become balanced, well-rounded healthy individuals. Through a variety of engaging games and activities, our campers will learn to develop critical skills that can help them throughout their lives. Our curriculum is designed around science, art and movement to engage campers to explore and enjoy the world around them. We want everyone to have fun while participating in activities that encourage academic skills, such as critical thinking, problem solving and effective communication, in addition to learning movement skills, such as gymnastics, fitness and nutrition. This program will be a fantastic way to have fun in a positive environment and make new friends, develop self-confidence, perseverance and leadership skills, and strengthen the body and mind.
Potential topics and activities:
Science: Robots, rockets, outer space, dinosaurs, nature
Art: Drawing, stories, music, painting, sculpture, model building, puzzles
Movement: Gymnastics (floor), fitness and exercise, nutrition, games
Ages: 7-14
Time: 8:00am - 12:00pm
Date: June 20, 2022 - July 29, 2022
Price: $650 for all 6 weeks or $130 per week
(Week 3: $104 discounted)
Our kids sitting by the pool getting ready for swim lessons
Our camp counselors giving kids swimming instructions
Our kids doing warm ups and stretches before martial arts lesson
Martial art lessons
Our kids doing hip stretches
Tennis lessons
Our kids and camp counselors after tennis lesson
Our kids are ready and excited for team sports
Our kids during team sports
Gator Youth Sports Camp
Dr. David Walsh, Professor in the Department of Kinesiology hosts the San Francisco State University Gator Youth Sports Summer Camp, a program with a 30 year history. Boys and girls (ages 7-14) are grouped by age and offered a variety of developmentally appropriate sports and physical activities. The program aims to enhance self-esteem and confidence through physical activity and sports instruction, in addition to promoting fitness and motor skill development.
Daily Activities:
Station 1: Team Sport
Station 2: Tennis
Station 3: Swimming
Station 4: Martial Arts
Each group will be rotating through each station every hour, every day.
Ages: 7-14
Time: 1:00pm - 5:00pm
Date: June 20, 2022 - July 29, 2022
Price: $850 for all 6 weeks or $180 per week
(Week 3: $144 discounted)
Gator Strong Camp
Our motto at Gator Strong is: Building better athletes, one person at a time. Gator Strong is a program for all athletes of any skill level between 13 and 18, and will focus on enhancing physical fitness, teaching exercise and nutrition concepts, and developing leadership and teamwork skills. Using strength and conditioning as our core activity, young athletes will be able to learn and refine fundamental movements that can transfer into improved sport performance. Alongside the physical development, we will introduce basic concepts regarding healthy foods, hydration, injury prevention, mobility training, sleep hygiene, and psychological principles of performance. To complement the physical and mental training, athletes will be given opportunities to develop their leadership and cooperation through team-based problem solving and competitive activities.
Potential topics and activities:
Strength training: Squat, deadlift, pushups, pull ups
Conditioning: Endurance, sprint, speed and agility training
Lifestyle topics: Nutrition, hydration, leadership, self-care
Ages: 13-18
Time: 9:00am-11:00am
Date: Not offered for 2022
Deadlift demonstration
Coach Lorenz teaching the basics of a front squat
Our kids are learning how to spot during a bench press
Our kids practicing the agility ladder
Our kids practicing the agility ladder
Our camp coaches teaching the basics of gymnastics
Coach Mostafa leading dynamic warm ups
Coach Kayla teaching the basics of a split jerk
Coach Lorenz teaching the basics of a clean