Robert Sapp Baseball Camp
Our camp has always been about getting our campers in some way…out of their comfort zones. You know, out of their air-conditioned homes, into the heat; off of the computers playing video games into a real, live baseball game; actually talking to coaches and teammates about baseball, not texting and e-mailing about unimportant things; about going home and playing baseball in their own backyard instead of going to a park with coaches that tell them what to do and parents evaluating on every move; about going home feeling good about themselves even if they lost their camp game, because they know they learned some baseball, and they made some improvement in their skills.
Camp Tales
8- year old pulls out his smartphone at St. Simons Island camp and informs Coach Sapp “Looks like we are getting close to the red zone” (referring to the rain on the way).
Coach trying to get players in position: One says, “I want to play LF; 2nd one says, “I want to play SS”; 3rd one says, “I want to pitch’; 4th one says, I want to go pee”.
7- year old camper asks coach if he can catch in the afternoon game. Coach says yes. The 7-year-old asked, “Where is my costume?”
Our camp has always been about getting our campers to realize that in some ways baseball is a negative sport (not like soccer where you run up and down the field for an hour, and you’ve had a good game), and 1-3 at the plate is good and sometimes you’ve had a good at-bat even if you strike-out (you had some good cuts) or make an out (you hit a line drive).
Our camp has always been about getting our campers to realize that you are going to make some errors, and it is not because we got a bad hop, or we lost it in the sun or whatever…. and we are going to lose some games, and it is not the coaches fault, or my teammate’s fault or the umpire’s fault or whatever….
Our camp has always been about getting our campers to realize that winning is important and it is good to be competitive, but sometimes you can learn more from a mistake or a loss than you can from a win.
Our camp has always been about getting our campers to realize that the reason you play baseball… is to have FUN and everything else... exercise, discipline, sportsmanship, respect, mental well-being, etc. will fall in place. PLAY BALL!!
You Can’t Develop your Baseball Skills on your Smart-Phones
Parent Testimonials
“My son won the “Most Improved” player award for his age group at your camp this summer. He shared with his dad and me that he learned more in one week of camp than he did the whole season on his winning team. From the bottom of my heart…I thank you. Please keep doing what you are doing…you are making a difference in the lives of these boys.”
“My son had a terrific time at camp. It is rare for him not to be without his baseball glove, either asking for us to throw with him or somehow rigging up his own way of throwing whether it is with a sponge ball off the wall or bouncing it off the couch. To see him so excited about something shows me your camp made a difference.”
Camp Tidbits
Brunswick and St. Simons Island camps are combined this year and will be held at the Adam Wainwright complex in Brunswick.
Longtime staffer and Head Houston County Head Coach Matt Hopkins had another great season winning the State 7A Championship.
Coach Sapp had quite a few second-generation campers plus five former players’ sons attend camp this past summer.
Former Flowery Branch Camper (6-year attendee) Jonathan Hughes will probably start the minor league season at Class AA with the Phillies.
Coach Mark Estes, retired baseball coach at Northside-Warner Robins, worked all 5 camps last summer and is ready to go again. WOOOOOO! Past campers know meaning.
Parent Feedback
My son is loving camp. Every day he is coming home excited about what he has done on that day. He will be at camp next year.
Our son enjoyed every minute of camp and wanted to go every day. That is unusual for him.
My son really enjoyed camp as he was able to practice hard and had a lot of fun. Thank you for all of the time and energy you put into organizing the camp. We look forward to next year. - Mary-Katherine Kimbal, Flowery Branch
Additional Pro Quotes
Garey Ingram, a former player for Coach Sapp, Dodger Pro, and current hitting coach for AA Mississippi Braves.
“I guarantee that every camper will get his money’s worth as Coach Sapp has the experience and know-how in operating youth baseball camps. His camps are very organized and his staff knows how to teach baseball.”
Desk of Robert Sapp
Coach Sapp wrote an article in the May-June issue of Golden Isles Magazine on the history of Edo Miller Park, the pro park in Brunswick.
