Learning basketball camp drills can be of the greatest opportunities bestowed upon a young player, if she is ready to learn the right lessons. 

Pick a Good Camp
Sounds obvious, but it’s key.  If there is a camp run by a high school that your child plans to attend, it’s an excellent opportunity to get to know the team’s coach and in-game philosophy. Also important are the various coaches and guest speakers offered by the camp, which go a long way towards dictating its individual reputation. Camp hones players’ skills, but it’s not the only thing they take away from it. You’d be surprised how many still remember the stories and advice handed down to them by players and coaches with vast knowledge and experience.

Check That Ego at the Door!
If you pick a good basketball camp, your child will run into some good players. While she may be the best player in her fifth grade class, she may not be at camp. Remind her to listen to the instruction that the coaches give, listen to the advice they give other players and apply it during daily drills and scrimmages. The advantage of an all-day camp is that your child can go straight from practice into game conditions and try the stuff that she just learned.

Pick a Thing to Get Better At
A great way for your child to stay motivated in camp is to focus on a particular part of her game. Basketball camp drills focus on ball-handling, jump-shooting, man-to-man defense, or whatever it may be. Concentration on one area will be infectious, spreading quickly to other areas of the game. At the very least, though, a well-defined goal will help your child leave camp with at least one improved skill set.

Take Notes
Not during the drills and scrimmages themselves, obviously, but send a notebook with your child so that she can record what she learns each day. Camp goes by fast, so she’ll be glad she took notes. Most camps will hand out a report card from the coach at the end of the week, grading skills and development.

Camp Shouldn’t End When It Ends
It’s important for your child to play as soon as she gets home, while everything’s still fresh. Pickup games, summer leagues, anyplace she can find because it’ll wear off. Probably the worst mistake players make is to go to a sports camp in the offseason, leave and pick up another sport right after. It’s a long, long way from July to October so make sure your child practices the basketball camp drills they learn.