3 p.m. Instruction will focus on fundamentals and improving individual as well as team play. The camps will meet on Martin and Reid fields near Borleske Stadium. Ten percent of the proceeds of the first two camps will be donated to the Walla Walla Youth Soccer Association, which is helping with registration. A third week-long camp session is set for Monday, Aug. 3, through Friday, Aug. 7. It is designed as a pre-season conditioning program for high school and collegiate athletes who want to raise their level of fitness before their fall seasons begin.
Athletes involved in all sports are welcome.
Blue Mountain Soccer Academy coaches will be available throughout the months of July and August to give specific training sessions to any team planning to play in youth leagues or at the high school level. Academy coaches can give training sessions at a local team's regular practice site, or the sessions can be given on the Whitman campus. Scott Shields, the women's soccer coach at Whitman, and Mark Francis, the women's coach at WWCC, recently organized the Blue Mountain Soccer Academy and will serve as two of its three primary coaches this summer. The third coach is Brandt Houston, who has coached the men's soccer team at Whitman the past two seasons. Several varsity players from Whitman and WWCC will round out the coaching staffs for the camps.