2013 Camps

This camp is open to any and all wrestler’s grades 9 through 12 and is limited however to first 30 participants who enroll. The camp is designed for only those wrestlers who are VERY serious about the sport of wrestling and are committed to the training and lifestyle necessary to succeed at the highest level. Campers will train along side the Virginia Tech wrestling team and will experience a typical week of training for a Division I wrestler. Wrestlers who consider this camp should recognize that they will be in a training environment that will challenge their mental toughness, physical condition and wrestling abilities. Campers attending are advised to show up in great physical shape.
Campers Guide Sheet click here.
Tentative Schedule click here.

Our Team-Competition Camp will consist of both a High School and a Middle School division. A $15 discount per camper is available for programs bringing a team of 12 or more for both divisions and teams of 12 or more who commit to attend camp and pay the $1,000 team deposit before March 31.  Discounts can NOT be combined.  All meals will be served in Virginia Tech's # 1 national ranked dining hall. The Kevin Dresser's Team-Competition Camp is designed around individual competition while using a TEAM CONCEPT that allows campers to participate with their team. If you attend camp as an individual or in a small group you will be placed on a team. This camp will consist of both competition (dual meets/individual tournament) and technique sessions. All technique will be taught by the Virginia Tech coaching staff or the upper classmen on the Hokie wrestling team. Each camper will be guaranteed between 12 and 18 matches. In recent years this camp has emerged as one of the top team camps on the East coast. If you are a high school or middle school coach looking for a camp where all you have to do is coach and evaluate your kids, then this camp will be perfect for you. We will provide each match (mat) with a referee (often times a certified HS official), a digital score clock, two table workers to keep time and score, and a member of the Virginia Tech wrestling team to assist you with coaching duties. All you have to do is show up coach and have fun!!!!! Last year ALL head coaches received a free oversized embroidered VT Nike backpack as part of their registration fee. We will also hold a nightly coaches social giving you the opportunity to spend time and get too know our staff. We also provide Cliff Keen sublimated camp ALL-STAR singlets to those wrestlers selected to the camp All-Star match. The two teams that advance to the championship match will wear actual Hokie team singlets in the finals! You and your team will also be invited to stick around and watch the Virginia Tech wrestlers live wrestle, and see why we have emerged as one of the nation's premier wrestling programs!

Registration can either be completed using the attached paper form or by using the our online team registration process.  Having your team register online eliminates all paper forms, notifies coaches when a wrestlers from his team has registered and allows coaches to veiw what team members have regsitered.  If you opt to use the team online registration please notify Coach Robie (trobie@vt.edu) that you plan to attend and he can add your team to the system.

If COACHES DO NOT want to stay in the dorms with their wrestlers we have set up a group block at the Comfort Inn and Suites (formerly the Howthorne Inn) less than a mile from campus and the Microtel in Christiansburg (about 6 miles).  We will have plenty of supervision in dorms.  Dorms DO NOT have air conditioning.  If you choose to stay off campus there will be NO coaches fee’s associated with your team.  Coaches staying off campus will NOT receive a meal card but can pay cash at the dining hall.  FYI-Virginia Tech has the #1 ranked dining halls of any college in the nation, the food is great!  If interested ask for the VT Wrestling block.

HOTEL                                  PHONE                                     RATE              RELEASE DATE       

Comfort Inn & Suites       540-552-5636                          $85/night                     July 9^th

Microtel                               540-381-0500                    $36or$46/night                July 3rd

We have modified the weight-classes to the 12 weights below for Team Camp.  Wrestlers will only have to weigh-in once at camp check-in on July 18.  The weights below are scratch weights;

107, 115, 123, 130, 135, 140, 145, 154, 165, 180, 200, 275

Campers Guide Sheet click here.

Coaches Guide Sheet click here.

Tentative Schedule click here.

This camp is designed for all wrestlers regardless of age or experience level. Campers will be taught wrestling skills in all three positions (neutral, top, bottom). Coach Kevin Dresser has personally designed a curriculum to teach the skills needed to become a great middle or high school wrestler. Campers will be grouped based on experience so they can lean at their own pace. Each day campers will have three technique sessions. For those looking for some hard nosed wrestling an additional optional open mat time will be provided where campers can train along side the Hokie wrestling team. Each day will have at least one recreational activity (swimming, bowling, billiards, arcade, etc).

Campers Guide Sheet click here.

Tentative Schedule click here.