NORFOLK – Mike Trader’s Annual Mid-America Basketball Camp will conduct five individual sessions this summer, including a day camp in Norfolk.
The day camps will be held for both boys and girls at the Norfolk YMCA June 17-20, Hastings Middle School June 24-27 and Grand Island Central Catholic on July 22-25. The overnight and commuter camps for boys and girls will be held June 30-July 3 at Central Community College (Platte Campus) in Columbus and July 8-11 at Doane University in Crete.
Individual camps are open to those 8 years old through 11th grade. More than 150 boys and girls who played in the 2024 State basketball tournament have attended Trader’s basketball camps.
The camp has been one of the most popular ones in the Midwest during the past 37 years, with more than 36,000 campers having attended during that time.
This camp is well-known for its teaching of fundamental skills and having outstanding coaches from throughout the nation teaching the campers. It combines the teaching of these skills with team play and contests throughout the camp.
Again, the camps will be held at Doane University in Crete, Central Community College in Columbus, Grand Island Central Catholic, Norfolk YMCA and Hastings Middle School.
As mentioned, the camp staff will include both top college and prep coaches, all experienced in basketball summer camp work.
For more information and application forms, people may call, write or e-mail Trader at: Mike Trader, P.O. Box 86, York, NE 68467, 402-960-8011 or mtradercamps@ outlook.com, or check out the camp website at www.traderscamp.com.
