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On July 24-26, the Total Athlete Camp took place on Athletes in Action’s Sports Complex. 110 kids, ranging in age from 6-12, came to Athletes in Action’s Sports Complex to do drills and play games of baseball, soccer, football, volleyball, and track and field. Along with learning drills and doing games in these sports, the kids were also broken down into “Huddles” where Bible content was taught twice a day. On the conclusion of each day of the camp, the interns performed skits to hammer home the Biblical concepts that ...
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It was an exciting time on the Athletes in Action Sports Complex and Retreat Center as AIA hosted Eastern Michigan University's football team 's opening training camp , from August 1–5. One hundred and five  players and forty five  coaches and assistants participated in five days of practices, meetings, meals, sports performance training and recreation. The team was able to utilize our challenge course team building to develop some positive group interaction and friendly competition. We were also able to provide for voluntary chapel services and a couple opportunities to ...
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History shows us that the best coaches are the ones that invest in their players. That’s why names like John Wooden, Pat Summitt, Herb Brooks, and Tony Dungy are some of the first to come to mind when I think of a successful coach. These legends of the coaching world cared deeply about their players, believed in them, and ultimately created success stories. Do you believe that as a Christian coach you have a deeper call for your team than winning or losing? At the AIA Sports Complex & Retreat ...
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Coach Kimberly Selvey and her Wapakoneta high school volleyball team have been on our calendar since January. Their event date finally arrived this week and we were thrilled to be able to serve a full day challenge course experience with her team. They participated in our low ropes course in the morning, had lunch and participated in the high ropes course in the afternoon. Coach Selvey had the following remarks to say about her experience: "Attending the AIA challenge course was a huge benefit to my team. The activities and ...
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We just completed what I trust was a God-honoring and life-changing JAM Camp at the Athletes in Action Sports Complex & Retreat Center in Xenia, Ohio. Our forty-eight athletes experienced an intense schedule of events focused on strengthening their relationship with Jesus, their Athletic excellence, and their journey towards Manhood.  The theme for JAM Camp was taken from Colossians 3:23, "Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men." It's for HIM is what we pray the lives of our athletes and staff will reflect as a result ...
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By: Erin Wellman  On June 25, 75 athletes from 13 different states came to Athletes in Action Sports Complex and Retreat Center (AIA SCRC) to start the week of the Ultimate Training Camp (UTC). Many of the students had an awareness that sports and God were connected, but they didn't exactly know how. Throughout the week they began to see the connection through the teaching and application of five Biblical Principles. These principles helped shift their thinking in the way they played their sport and lived their lives. Athletes were introduced to topics ...
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