Programs

The Total Challenge

Programs For Schools, Athletic Teams, And Community Based Organizations

The Adventure Program is our student, athletic and club based program here at The Clark Sports Center in Cooperstown, New York. We offer a host of unforgettable teambuilding and group adventures which take advantage of the beauty and resources of Cooperstown and the surrounding area. Our programs start with a design that addresses your group's specific needs. Let us know what your goals, expectations, and special needs of your participants are so we may help you create an unforgettable experience. Our offerings include:

• Teambuilding on one of our three world class ropes courses
• Canoeing on the beautiful Otsego Lake
• Kayaking outdoors or indoors
• Raft Building
• Overnight retreats
• Facilitated Leadership Development Workshops
• Rock Climbing
• Ice Climbing
• Hiking and Geo-Caching

Our Adventure Program outings, and team adventures offer once in a lifetime memories that:

• Build a sense of community
• Build ystems of communication
• Develop an appreciation of the differences in others
• Develop a sense of how to make healthy choices
• We serve colleges, 6th through 12th graders, athletic clubs, and community youth programs. Many of our groups come to us as part of a school day or practice they are holding in Cooperstown, while others choose to travel to Cooperstown solely to experience our powerful programs.

Standard Program Pricing For On-Site Programs • 4 Hours

Standard Program Pricing For Off-Site Programs • 8 Hours

In addition to being a resource to the members, local community, and guests at The Clark Sports Center, Adventure Programs is an experiential education center offering services to groups of students, professionals, teams and other organizations. We welcome groups of all shapes, sizes, aspirations and abilities to join us and realize their potential. Please call us at (607) 547-2800 to discuss our programs in more detail, to check for availability of dates, or to schedule a program.

Student Based Programs

This program is offered in 4 to 7 hour blocks. The longer the program the further we take your group. Using some meaningful, fastpaced ground activities then moving to our high challenge course or culminating events on our low challenge course to really leave a memorable experience students leave with a sense of community and faith in themselves. This program is often tailored to your groups needs through our experienced staffs ability to tie in important messages of feedback, appreciation of diversity, and making healthy choices. Our Low Challenge Course hase two high events for our groups that do not meet the minimum age requirement of 12 on our High Challenge Course, or you may choose a more intimate and focused teambuilding experience.

Athletic Team Leadership

This program is offered in 4 to 7 hour blocks. Multi-faceted challenges focus on work ethics and responsibility, group process and relationships, the self fulfilling prophecy, problem solving, communication, feedback and trust. Programs can include portable games, low and high ropes challenge course elements, indoor activities, and can even happen at your location.

Club Based Programs

Have an idea for an adventure but cannot find it here? We welcome opportunities to create programs that meet unique interests and needs. With our facility and its location to many outdoor destinations we offer indoor challenges course and rock climbing programs, hiking, geo-caching, outdoor rock climbing, and canoeing in the near Cooperstown and the Southern Adirondack areas. We can combine various elements or areas of interest into a custom built program for your organization. We can deliver programs at or near your location. We also provide Guide Services to help your group or organization create a trip when your experience, expertise, and resources are limited by serving as your guide to the backcountry. All programs are instructed by licensed New York State Guides certified in wilderness medicine and appropriate National Certifications which may include American Mountain Guide Association, and American Canoe Association.