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Originally posted by Snake~eyes
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Originally posted by dblref
I attended about 5 years ago and enjoyed it. I agree with LouisanaDave about the instructors. It doesn't take you long to realize they are playing mind games with you, but I did learn a lot from the camp. One downside is it is expensive. I think it was $425 when I attended. My association pays 1/2 of the fee (up to $150) one time, so this helped. You have 3 games a day for 4 days and if you aren't on the floor, you are taping someone else or you are watching film and/or working on mechanics. Overall, it was a good experience for me.
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I've heard that the intrsuctors berate you and make fun of you? True or false?
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This wasn't true when I attended, although they did go to great lengths to make sure you know who was in charge. Case in point, at the end of each day, we met in the classroom and went over the day's events. At the end of the 2nd day, one of the instructors was telling us how bad we looked, what terrible calls we made, we were out of position, yada, yada, yada (sort of like boot camp). After about 30 minutes of these mind games, Tolliver walked up to the podium, slapped his check book down and told us how diappointed he was that we weren't learning anything. He picked up his check book, started waving it in the air and said that obviously he wasn't teaching us anything and that he should refund our money (think I paid $425)and who was the first one that wanted their money back? Of course, nobody asked for their money back. If it had been at the end of the 3rd day, I would have taken him up on it, just for the hell of it. I guess he thought he would get inside our head and make us work harder. I've been married 37 years and my wife is a master at this -- better than Tolliver could ever hope to.
Overall, I thought it was an excellent camp and you just needed to understand what mind games they played.
Thu Feb 24, 2005, 06:59am
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