Broadcaster Dan Shulman’s first job as a camp ‘counsellor in training’ was peak teenage living

ESPN analyst Dan Shulman awaits the start of the Maryland and Indiana NCAA college basketball game in College Park, Md., on Jan. 10, 2017.The summer season is officially back – especially true for Blue Jay fans, who’ll be following along thanks to play-by-play commentator Dan Shulman . Sure, he’s got every baseball fan’s dream job now, but where did he start? For this year’s inaugural “How I Spent My Summer,” Mr. Shulman steps up to the plate.

Nobody became a counsellor at an overnight camp for the money; it was to get out of the city, away from your parents and be on your own. If you could do the camp thing, which is certainly not for everybody, it seemed way more fun than having a job in the city. After a few years there, I had a whole established group of “summer friends” outside of my “city friends.” I looked forward all year to my “summer friends,” and I wanted to spend the summer in Muskoka hanging out with them.

I was a cabin counsellor on the swim staff, which meant I’d be down there in the lake right after breakfast. Some days, this is refreshing. Other days, the lake is cold and you’re freezing and you’re not getting out any time soon. Those were the only days I didn’t like the job. I think I had five periods of 45- or 60-minute swim sessions every day, rain or shine.

I had a lot of patience because I’d been one of those don’t-put-your-face-in-the-water kinda kids, too. I remembered how scary it was, and what it felt like when you were scared but other people weren’t. I tried to help them be brave in whatever way I could think of, always going very slowly. In swimming, like in a lot of things, if you take one step too quickly, you can take 10 steps backward. For the first time ever, I had some real responsibility for the safety and well-being of children.

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