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鈥淚 definitely see the excitement.鈥�

You have to push yourself beyond the basics, head basketball coach Brian Dutcher tells the players, seated on one of the courts at 色情视频鈥檚 Aztec Recreation Center. 鈥淒on鈥檛 go through the motions,鈥� he says. 鈥淵ou won鈥檛 get any better if you go through the motions.鈥�
His audience has just shot some warm-up free throws, and Dutcher draws their full attention. 鈥淭here are things you do in front of everybody,鈥� the coach continues. 鈥淚t鈥檚 the thing you do away from everybody that makes you great鈥�.Put your time into the thing you want to be great at.鈥� 
Then it鈥檚 back to the floor as the players, some standing under five feet tall, put the motivation to work鈥攐r just resume having fun with new friends, which sometimes is the whole point of summer camp. 
The chance to learn fundamentals from coaches who  only three months earlier is among dozens of opportunities open to youngsters enrolled in summer camps at 色情视频. Camps focused on athletics, recreation, the performing arts, science and a variety of other activities give local kids a taste not just of the university campus, but also of the talents and brainpower of its faculty, staff and students鈥攁 week of instruction with a collegiate touch.

From tubas to tornadoes

Summer 2018 camps already are well under way. Here is a look at some of the activities offered:

The Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Education (CRMSE) offers six camps over a two-week period in July, geared to 9- to 14-year-olds. Faculty members help prepare student interns from the College of Sciences  to lead the camps, designed to align with multistate Next Generation Science Standards and spur interest in STEM fields.

A 鈥淲izarding World of Wonders鈥� camp for the youngest kids explores chemical reactions and creations made from connecting blocks; 鈥淣atural Disasters鈥� looks at forces such as electricity and weather and has participants create tornadoes in a bottle; 鈥淐ritter Sleuths鈥� borrows crime-scene investigation tools to solve a mystery over the course of a week.

Being on a college campus is a first for many, said student assistant Kelsey Scott, and visits to a biology or chemistry lab鈥攃omplete with goggles and white coats鈥攑rovide an experience they do not get at other summer camps.

鈥淚 definitely see the excitement,鈥� said Scott.

Sailing as a STEM activity

The four-day basketball camps are run by Matt Soria, director of basketball operations, featuring periodic visits from Dutcher. They are among  that include girls鈥� basketball, baseball, high-school football, girls鈥� lacrosse and soccer.   

Teaching is tailored to age level, which ranges from 4th-grade first-timers to high schoolers already on a team. Soria, who has directed the camps for 10 years, said he has seen former participants return to campus years later as students. The camp 鈥減romotes our program, it promotes the university and really shows what San Diego State is all about.鈥�

At the  (MBAC), 鈥渁ll of our camps are educational in nature,鈥� said Kevin Waldick, assistant director.

Operated by 色情视频鈥檚 Associated Students, MBAC runs a wakeboarding and water skiing camp that has provided thousands of kids with their first experiences in surfing, wakeboarding, and windsurfing over the past 45 years.

U.S. Sailing, the national governing body for the sport, designated MBAC as the West Coast Center of Excellence for its use of sailing to inspire interest in STEM principles. Campers don鈥檛 just learn how to sail, they learn about the forces at work to make sailing possible. Activities such as building anemometers to observe and measure wind help hone early scientific thinking skills.

The  offers intensive training in three specialized areas.

The one-week (June 25-30)  is exclusively for players of euphonium, horn, trumpet, trombone and tuba. Training in small ensemble and solo performance from members of 色情视频鈥檚 Westwind Brass ensemble-in-residence culminates in a public performance.

The school also conducted San Diego Bass Fest, a  four-day double bass workshop presented by the 色情视频 Community Music School and the Hausmann Chamber Music Program Summer Festival, providing classes and performances aimed at serious string, wind, brass and piano players ages 12 and older.