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Rex Brown

Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney talks with his team following the Spring Game in April at Memorial Stadium in Clemson. The Dabo Swinney Football Camps will run in four separate sessions, two each for youth and high-school age players, with the first beginning on Saturday.

CLEMSON — With hundreds of campers of all ages preparing to flock to Clemson for the Dabo Swinney Football Camps in the coming days and weeks, it’s obvious that a single format for all four camps just won’t cut it.

Instead, the camps will cater to the needs and abilities of everyone coming to town, from the second graders through the rising high school seniors, with separate youth and high school camps.

The youth camp, which will run in two independent installments on Saturday and Sunday, as well as June 5-6, will cost $185 for resident campers and $155 for commuters.

And with the age range limited to campers in grades 2-8, the instruction will be general, and not specifically geared to positions, though there will be an added level of specialization for the middle school participants.

“We’ve really put an emphasis on our youth camp to get the kids in our program and get them started so they can grow up in our camps, that’s the biggest thing,” Clemson strength and conditioning coach Joey Batson said. “We want the kids to grow up in our camp and teach them the fundamentals of football.”

Batson also added that the resident campers will stay in some of Clemson’s best dormitories with plenty of supervision, with some of the coaches’ wives serving as live-in moms for the camps.

“There’s always some concerns about parents leaving some of the younger kids,” Batson said. “Some of the wives will stay in the dorms with them at night, so that really helps ease a little bit of the burden.”

The more advanced high school camps, which will also run in two independent installments from June 7-9 and June 10-12, and cost overnight campers $285 and commuters $245, will have more of a narrow focus on specific positions.

“It’s a good opportunity for kids to come in and get some exposure so the coaches can see them move around on the field and see how they work in drills,” Batson said. “It’s really good for the players, but it’s also good for all our high schools kids.”

And undeniably, Batson added the camps can have serious bearing on recruiting.

“As a ninth or tenth grader, you can all of a sudden catch a coach’s eye, and I can’t think of a better place to do it than Dabo’s high school camp,” Batson added.

For additional registration information on the Dabo Swinney Football Camps, visit www.daboswinneyfootballcamp.com or call 864-656-1911.

Further inquiries can be emailed to jennifi@clemson.edu of Football-L@clemson.edu.