Tennis

Tennis, a sport for a lifetime

• Our purpose is to encourage young people to love the game of tennis in a wholesome and fun camp setting.
• Good Sportsmanship is the cornerstone of our program.
• Tennis is a sport for a lifetime that develops focus, perseverance, and great physical health.
• Campers become more skilled tennis players and learn a lot about tennis – good sportsmanship, focus and the mental game, strokes, movement, strategy, video analysis, conditioning and match play.
• Campers get a balance of hitting lots of balls in game-based (live ball) drills in their lessons and match play during team tennis.
• Campers are encouraged to enjoy competition by striving to be their best.
• 10 tennis groups of 4-6 campers each allow all levels of players to attend CVTC, from beginning players to ranked tournament players.
• Our staff is composed of college aged counselors, some of whom have been campers at CVTC. Our tennis counselors are playing college tennis and bring a wealth of tennis experience to the camp and selected as great role models.
• Counselors participate in a 4-day pre-camp training.
• Campers leave camp motivated to play more tennis.

Daily Schedule

• 8:30am Morning Meeting with On-Court Tennis Demo and Explanations
  • Groundstrokes, spins and lobs
  • Serves
  • Doubles Roles and Positioning
  • Volleys and Overheads
  • Return of Serve
  • Focus and Consistency
  • Underspin, Dropshots and Mini Tennis
  • Advanced Doubles Formations
  • Playing Styles and Constructing Points
• 9:00am – 3:00pm Group Tennis Lessons – Three hours of group lessons per day (9,11 and 1 or 10,12 and 2)
• 3:00pm Tennis Talks – Tennis topics discussed each afternoon before team tennis match play
  • Sportsmanship
  • Match preparation – Bag check
  • How To Be a Good Doubles Partner
  • Fitness and Nutrition
  • Playing USTA Junior Tournaments and High School Tennis
  • Evaluating Success in Tennis
  • The Mental Game
  • Playing College Tennis
  • Tennis Equipment
• 3:20pm Team Tennis – Team based match play
  • Six teams set up by the Directors
  • Directors set matches based on camper’s experience to get the closest competition possible.
  • Matches are generally one set in length
  • Beginning players may start a set at 3-3; more advanced players may play best of three sets – the goal is to get the best competitive experience for each camper
  • Campers can play more than one match a day if they’d like
  • Teams are ranked based on the best winning percentage of sets won over sets played – the championship team and the finalist team members each receive an award
• Center Court – Court open throughout the day for extra instruction and additional play; ball machine available