Summer Camp Secrets

Summer Camps across the USA spend the off season looking for the perfect candidates to fill their open camp counselor spots – sometimes they might have very specific roles in mind, such as a horse riding instructor or lifeguard, but most of the time they just have a general idea of who they need to hire and what roles they need to fill.

And oh wow there are a lot of different roles at summer camp. Depending on the camp you end up at, you could find yourself doing a whole myriad of different things, with separate skills needed for each activity. If you’re suddenly thinking ‘but I don’t have any skills that I could teach’, then take a look at the following list of all the top skills that summer camps are looking for in their counselors… I’m sure that in there somewhere is a skill you possess that you didn’t even know was an option at camp!

A
Acting
Adventure
Archery
Art
Astronomy
Athletics

B
Badminton
Ballet
Baseball
Basketball
BMX

C
Canoeing
Cheer-leading
Childcare
Choreography
Circus Skills
Climbing
Computers
Cooking
Creative Arts
Cycling

D
Dance
Diving
Dodgeball
Drama
Drawing
Drums

E
Electronics

F
Fencing
Field Hockey
Film-making
Fire Building
Fishing
Football

G
Gardening
Go-Karting
Golf
Guitar
Gymnastics

H
Handball
High Ropes
Hiking
Horse Riding

I
Ice Hockey
Inline Skating
Instruments

J
Jet Ski
Judo

K
Karate
Kayaking

L
Lacrosse
Lifeguard

M
Magic
Maintenance
Martial Arts
Media
Mountain Biking
Music

N
Netball
Nursing

O
Orienteering
Office Skills
Outdoor Cooking

P
Paddle-boarding
Paintball
Painting
Performing Arts
Photography
Piano
Pilates
Ping Pong
Pottery

Q
Quad Biking

R
Radio
Riflery
Rock Climbing
Rounders
Rowing
Running

S
Sailing
Science
Scuba Diving
Singing
Skateboarding
Skipping
Soccer
Softball
Space
Surfing
Swimming

T
Teaching
Tennis
Tie-Dye
Trampolining
Tumbling

U
Ultimate Frisbee

V
Video
Volleyball

W
Waterpolo
Waterski
Wakeboarding
Wilderness Skills
Wildlife

Y
Yoga
Youth Work

Z
Zumba
Zip Lining

Have I left any out? What other skills have you put to good use at summer camp?