Football Camp Tour 2018

Greetings from Sisak! We are back at HiS House awaiting our departure back to the USA. All I can say is WOW! God always shows up and exceeds my highest expectations! We concluded camp in Kraljevo on Thursday and had the privilege of serving over 65 players, coaches, and parents. Srdan Cosic did an incredible job preparing and hosting this camp! We thoroughly enjoyed our time in Kraljevo. We were able to tour the city a bit and see a beautiful monestary. 

The players at Kraljevo were a great mix of ages and abilities. We were blessed to have close to 30 “flaggers”, as they call them, who are just beginning their football journey. Brandon Hoybach, Vukasin Simonovic, and Allen Ramsey (an American import player from Florida playing for the Belgrade Blue Dragons) did a fantastic job teaching the flaggers fundamentals of throwing, catching, route running, defense and flag pulling. They were even able to hold a flag tournament! 

We had a group of 10 players who 13-14 years old and were putting the pads on for the first time. They had a blast. They learned fundamentals of blocking and tackling as well as throwing and catching the football. And they loved “Oklahoma” drill, as we call it. Oklahoma drill is 3 on 3 blocking and tackling and trying to score a TD as well as trying to stop the other team from scoring! Their enthusiasm was contagious and infectious. 

With the older, more experienced players, we were able to progress to some full scrimmaging at the last practice. Their desire to improve and their work ethic and the many questions they asked the coaches was astonishing. 

As camp concluded, each coach was able to share their testimony and offer encouragement to every player and coach in attendance. It was a very special time and the attentiveness of the players was a blessing. As I have had a day to sit back and reflect, it was truly one of the best camp experiences the HiS PRINT team has had in the seven years of holding our football camps! 

Overall, this last two weeks was such a tremendous blessing and God showed up over and over again! We had the opportunity to influence almost 150 players from 5 different countries and 19 different teams! I want to say thank you to Brandon Hoybach, Jamar Mitchell, Mark Reeve and Devin Lee for the willingness to go and serve and love on and pour their lives into all those who crossed our path this summer! Also, thanks and blessings to Ante Ajduk, Dino Bajrik, Vicky Korelc, Vukasin Simonovic, and Srdan Cosic for being our gracious hosts at each camp and taking such good care of us! 

May God continue to bless HiS PRINT, David Moss, and all the people involved in this year's MLO and beyond! 

Coach Mike