Like many high school and middle school coaches around the country, the coaches at Excelsior Springs High School are using the summer vacation months to prepare their respective teams for the 2023-24 school year. Performance conditioning for all Excelsior Springs athletes began on May 30. Conditioning will continue 8:30-10 a.m. Monday-Thursday throughout the summer. Summer training gives coaches opportunities to work with their student athletes on strength, speed and agility. It also gives them opportunities to install offensive and defensive schemes through conducting team camps, like those conducted recently by the volleyball, boys basketball, tennis and soccer programs. Camps for volleyball, boys basketball, tennis and soccer were completed in late May and the first week of June. Camps and other training activities are planned for other programs this summer. The softball program will hold a camp for grades 6-12 from 10:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. June 12-14. There also will be open…