This is a review for the EBC camp not the OGP facility. This is not an angry parent review, this is a high school varsity coach and program director review.
EBC camp is a hype train that actually does very little for the attendees. Attending 3 of these camps in 2 different locations and seeing that there is no positive take away for 99% of the players attending.
Camp focuses on talking about and brining up the "NBA talent" that has come through the camp.... Reality check those guys would have made the league without attending the camp. For that to be the focus rather than how to make an elite high school player is actually crazy. Because 97-98% of these camps athletes don't play past the 12th grade so to focus on a small number of "camp veterans" devalues the vast majority of the young athletes.
Also no coaching, teaching, or training actually takes place at these camps. Evaluation.?.? Sure, maybe but an evaluation of the wrong things. There is no emphasis, teaching, or rewarding of/for playing the right way. It's a free for all at best. Spending 9 days at a combined 3 camps, walking the courts, listening to players, they really don't know what's important for the upcoming high school years. Hearing players say "give me the damn ball I'm trying to get 30," and watching the "elite" coaches watch, hear, allow, and not correct this is crazy.
Shift focus to trying to build elite high school players instead of hoping that there is an NBA prospect in the building that you can atta h your name to and run with it for years.
As a coach I attended many events all over the place, to network, interact, and see what's out there.
The pecking order of these camps for what the teach, emphasize, and build that ACTUALLY MATTERS FOR 98% of these players (building capable, knowledgeable, and well refined high school players and giving them a slight edge for beyond the 12th grade)
- NBC - by far the best camp I personally have ever seen
- Local to your area college camp, often available in 90% of areas, hosted by involved coaches, trainers, and current college players
- TIE: MadeHoops & Under Armour - much much better than other big brand camps.
- PGC this camp is often looked at as a marketing machine because they do market very well and carpet bomb you with material. But down to the bones of it, it is a very solid camp.
- EBC dead last because outside of a hype train there isn't much to it.
There are some other smaller scale camps that offer "exposure" that are growing and may become relevant in the coming years. But of what's out there do your research don't just sign up because someone is promising something "elite," or "exposure," or something that is in all honesty too good to be true.
Also when EBC travels to cities and has their "Top 20" at the end of each camp. Those "Top 20" are the ones that are supposed to attend their big "regional top tier" events. Seeing players well outside that initial "Top 20" just so you can hit numbers is a bad look and wagers your camp down significantly. read more