News & Updates

Ultimate Frisbee is a sport that is quickly gaining popularity and momentum, especially here in the Boston area. This blog post is all about ways you and your child can get involved in the movement.  I’ll start with a little bit of background. I’ve been playing for about three years now, and I absolutely love the atmosphere that USA Ultimate has created out of a grass roots movement based on fun above all in a sports environment. The three core values of the sport are fun, character and spirit of the game. Spirit of the game refers to the fact..  - Read More

The word, “sportsmanship,” and the phrase, “being a good sport,” are thrown around a lot at Viking camps. If these words come across as vague yet certainly desirable, then we’re here to let you in on what we mean by this. Being on the same page can help you help us promote this value in your children. At Viking, sportsmanship is all about learning how to win with pride and how to lose with humility. Most of the games we play can get competitive, and we believe there is a difference between healthy competition and extreme fanaticism and disregard for..  - Read More

Soccer, or football as it is referred to in every country outside of America, is the world’s most beloved of all the sports. It is no accident that the rewards of playing soccer are multi-faceted and far-reaching. Playing soccer bolsters mental, physical, and social health for players in all walks of life. In addition to avoiding the negative consequences of inactivity like staving off diabetes, heart disease and some types of cancer, sports like soccer also have positive benefits above and beyond just fighting disease. While it is important to think about these things, Viking Sports embraces a more strengths-based..  - Read More

Feedback from campers at Viking year after year confirms that it’s truly the people who make the kids come back to us and want to remain part of our community. Kids love Viking because of the kind of people they are surrounded with. We bring forward a force of positive role models in our staff who lead by example and model values of collaboration, engagement, and standup sportsmanship. In doing so, Viking Summer Camps inevitably foster these same qualities in our campers, spreading a cascade of exemplary character development that lasts a lifetime. Campers and coaches alike come to us..  - Read More

Here at Viking Camps, our aim is to give kids a fun way to spend the summer in a sports community environment. Our experienced coaches come from a plethora of different backgrounds in sports, and come together in one inclusive and engaging environment. The enthusiasm that our role model coaches bring to camp is contagious! Just as each coach brings a unique set of expertise to the Viking experience, we believe that each child also brings his or her own set of strengths to camp. We seek to give each child the optimal individual attention to learn and grow as..  - Read More

Much of Viking Sports’ team activities are done outside. But when the weather is temperamental it's great to play big group games in the great indoors. Not all of our games require equipment, and the games we love are great for teaching gross motor development, instruction following, and team work. Simon Says: Possibly the most classic listening game there is. The rules are simple; one person acts as Simon (the leader) and gives actions for the rest of the group to perform. If a coach is Simon, the kids must listen for them to say “Simon says… touch your toes!”..  - Read More