The high-intensity training camp where college athletes find freedom and purpose through the integration of God, life, and sport.
As athletes compete at the highest levels, the pressure to perform compounds and often leads to unhealthy perspectives and practices resulting in internal struggles with questions, fears, and pain. The Ultimate Training Camp (UTC) addresses these struggles and provides athletes with answers and strategies so they can experience freedom and purpose in both life and sport.
Intense Competition
Set aside your preconceived ideas about Christian sports camps and come ready for intense competition that will push you to your limits.
Relatable Coaching
The Bible can be confusing. With the Five Principles™, you’ll hear the Bible taught in the language of sport so that you can understand and apply it.
Authentic Connection
UTC is built by athletes, for athletes. You’ll connect with and learn from former and current athletes who are walking by faith through the struggles you face.
How can I perform better?
Am I more than an athlete?
When the stadium lights go out and the fans leave the arena, most college athletes wrestle with the same questions:
Does God care about my sport?
How can I reach my peak before it’s too late?
Is it okay to have a strong passion for winning and success?
Is being an athlete my only identity?
How do I deal with the crippling pressure and pain?
Am I the only one who is struggling?
Is there purpose beyond sport?
No college athlete should have to navigate these challenges alone.
The truth is that you’re not alone. God offers you an identity, a community, and a purpose that transcends your performance—and your sport.
Get this and it changes everything.
You were made for more
The Ultimate Training Camp is built by athletes, for athletes. Being a college athlete presents you with opportunities and challenges. UTC was built to help you navigate the questions and pressures you face.
As former college athletes, we know what you’re experiencing. Each school year, on college campuses nationwide, we serve the spiritual needs of student-athletes like you, bringing real solutions to present-day realities.
Having been where you are, we can help you navigate the challenges and find a lasting identity and purpose. Since 1979 over 10,000 college athletes have experienced the life-changing environment of UTC—and you can too.
UTC COLORADO
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado
May 25-31, 2025
UTC MINNESOTA
The University of St. Thomas
St. Paul, Minnesota
June 15-21, 2025
Become a Total Athlete
The proven way to navigate the pressures and challenges of college athletics is to become a Total Athlete. A Total Athlete is developed physically, mentally, and spiritually. Every athlete who attends UTC experiences the four elements that make UTC a unique growth environment. These elements have been refined over decades in order to provide student-athletes with a holistic growth experience that allows them to become Total Athletes.
The Five Principles™
Do you struggle to understand the Bible? You’re not alone. Imagine hearing the Bible taught in such a way that you not only understand it but can also apply it.
At UTC, every athlete will learn five biblical principles. If you learn to apply these truths in your sport, you can apply them in every area of your life, leading to freedom. See more below…
Labs
The Bible is not simply to be understood. It is to be tested and applied. What better way to apply God’s Word to your sport, than in a controlled competitive environment?
At UTC, every athlete can apply the Bible to their sport through a competitive volleyball tournament in the labs. Oh, you think volleyball is easy? You ain’t seen nothing yet.
Discussion Groups
Athletes also need to be developed mentally. You need time to slow down…to breathe, think, and feel.
At UTC, athletes build authentic relationships with their peers in a discussion group, where you can think, feel, and work through what God is teaching you. These groups often lead to long-term friendships post-UTC.
The S.P.E.C.I.A.L.
Practice isn’t enough. You need the opportunity to test and apply God’s Word in a high-stakes environment so that when you return to campus, you know it works in real life and competition.
The highlight for many athletes, the culminating event of UTC is The S.P.E.C.I.A.L., a 20-hour high-intensity team competition where every athlete gets the opportunity to experience God in a new way.
The Five Principles of Athletic Competition™ are the gospel applied to sport, experienced through sport, and spoken in the language of sport. As the core Bible teaching of UTC, The Five Principles™ have been developed over decades to provide college athletes the opportunity to hear from God and learn how to integrate faith, life, and sport—ultimately becoming Total Athletes who live and compete with freedom and purpose. The Five Principles™ answer critical questions that college athletes are asking:
Audience of One: Who or what do I worship?
Inside Game: What motivates me?
Holy Sweat: How do I grow?
Better > Bitter: How do I deal with suffering?
Victory Beyond Competition: How do I live for God’s Kingdom instead of my kingdom?
Experiencing UTC is simple
1. REGISTER FOR UTC
Click the link below to register for UTC. Then click the link for the location you’d like to attend. Then complete the registration form.
2. BRING YOUR TEAMMATES
The more athletes you know, the better. Recruit your teammates to come with you. Read the FAQ page and check your email for UTC details.
3. FIND FREEDOM
Once you get to UTC, embrace the process of learning to surrender your life and sport to God so you can live and compete with freedom and purpose.
Game-Changing Results
Every athlete who attends UTC has the opportunity to experience game-changing and life-altering truths that connect directly to the questions and pressures faced in daily life and competition. The result is often the experience of freedom, community, and renewed identity and purpose.
God Is Invested
You’ll learn God cares deeply about sport because He cares deeply about you and your experience in both life and competition. He wants to free you to become your best.
You Are Not Alone
You’ll learn there are countless athletes around the country going through the same struggles and triumphs who want to share with you in the journey of walking in freedom.
Pain Has Purpose
You’ll learn that God, in His grace, gives you purpose in your pain. Nothing is wasted. Everything has a purpose towards something greater than your current circumstances.
You Are More Than An Athlete
You’ll be affirmed you are an athlete. And you’ll learn you are more than an athlete. You’ll be equipped for both so that you can live a life of purpose both on and off the field.
Experience freedom, purpose, and victory beyond competition
“UTC showed me how to truly surrender my sport and life to Christ.”
“For the first time in my life, I feel free from my past and my failures. I know that it doesn’t define me and I can rely on God to change my heart and disciple others.”
“UTC was life-changing. God has been calling me, knocking at the door. Now is my time to open it.”
It’s time to find answers and learn a way to thrive under pressure.
Don’t miss this opportunity to find freedom and purpose by integrating your faith, your life, and your sport.
Still not sure if UTC is for you?
Check out the extended trailer for a deeper look at the UTC experience.
