Over the past few weeks we have dropped in on camps for all ages and genders and in most all sports as that is the drill during the summer months. Every school puts on some type of camp to keep players occupied and give parents a break.

Basketball camps, volleyball and softball, you name it and they have a camp to help make you a better player for that particular sport.

I'm thinking, always a dangerous sign, about starting a camp next year for future sports writers.

Oh I know the newspaper business is going into the dumpster faster that LeBron's reputation is falling in Cleveland but someone will have to replace some of the older gents that are currently holding down these lucrative positions.

Where else can you get paid for having the best seat in the house for every sporting event you choose to attend and only have to work two days a week for nine months of the year.

Our camp will probably be held at Jack's Shack and one of the first topics we will discuss concerns the most important element in covering basketball and volleyball tournaments, finding the hospitality room. Usually it's in an office near the gym and you must ignore the sign on the door that limits entrance to just coaches and officials. As Jimmy Buffett would say, beg forgiveness not permission.

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After learning the intricacies of negotiating your way into the free food room it's time to get down to some serious business.

In our interview session we will learn some important facts about the proper questions to pose to a coach after the game.

A good place to pick up tips in this area would be to watch games on TV and use some of the questions posed by the pros such as Erin Andrews or Suzy Kolber. Andrews is one of my personal favorites and I enjoy watching tapes of her work, especially those Dancing with the Stars episodes.

Football vernacular has always been difficult for me to decode. I speak fluent basketball and baseball, however, the gridiron sport has its own language and coach Miller and Meskimen always confuse me after a ballgame.

Another important aspect of the press game is wearing the Press Pass. Back in the day, reporters used to stuff it in the headband of their fedora but I doubt seriously if you could find a good fedora these days. That of course is the type of hat Frank Sinatra, oh forget it I don't have time to explain who Frank Sinatra is.

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Registration for the one-day camp will be $50 and the first five people who sign up will receive a Howe or Van Alstyne tee-shirt for some sport, size L. In addition they will get an Independent Bank pen and a copy of my latest country and western single, "How can I miss you if you won't go away."

Jack Walker is a staff writer for the Van Alstyne Leader.