Summer Camp

All Summer Camps 2011 are now OPEN for registration!  Thank you for your patience.  The following camps are now open for registration:

Location

• PS 11 (Chelsea)
• PS 111 (Midtown West)
• PS 40 (Gramercy)
• Astoria Park
• McCarren Park

BumbleBee Summer Tennis Camp in NYC

Tennis

The BumbleBee Tennis Camp is perfect for beginners and advanced beginners between the ages of 3 and 16 years who want to learn and improve on their tennis skills. The tennis camp will build a foundation of the core tennis skills including the forehand, backhand, volley, and serve. In addition, exercises will focus to improve on other tennis related skills such as hand-eye coordination, timing, stamina, and reflexes. The tennis drills, based on the QuickStart tennis program put forth by the USTA, allow for instant tennis success. Tennis can be a difficult sport to learn, but with our specially designed tennis activities, students are playing the game of tennis quicker than ever!

Swimming

Depending on the Camp Location, students will also have an hour of swim time Monday through Friday when enrolled to a full day camp.  There is a certified lifeguard on duty at all times. Students who are comfortable in the water can swim, play swim games, or improve their swimming abilities with swim instruction.

However, if your young child is not comfortable in the water yet, that’s OK! We will be happy to help them become familiar with the water and teach them swimming techniques. Learning swimming with their friends makes it all the more fun.

We have helped many young swimmers who were scared of the water at first, with our patient instruction, realize they love the water. One young student went from just dipping his toes in the pool to swimming laps back and forth with the assistance of a swim noodle.

Camps with Swim Time:

• PS 11 (Chelsea)
• PS 40 (Gramercy)
• McCarren Park (Brklyn)
• John Jay (Columbus Circle)

Weekly Schedule of Activities

• Monday: Forehand and Volley Focus and getting familiar with the tennis racquet and court
• Tuesday: Backhand Focus
  • Review of Forehand and Volleys
• Wednesdays: Serving and Footwork Focus
  • Review of Forehand, Volleys and Backhands
• Thursdays: Tennis Scoring & Strategy Focus
  • Review of Forehand, Volleys and Backhands and Serve
• Friday: Tennis Carnival & Games.  Kids rotate and play against the other players.

Student’s Ages and Levels

• Age Groups:
  • 3-5 years old (Purple & Blue Tiny Tennis levels)
    • Campers in this group must be born on or before June 1, 2008
  • 5-6yr olds: All levels
  • 7-10yr olds: Beginner to advanced beginner tennis players
  • 10-16yr olds: Beginner to advanced beginner tennis players
• Levels:
  • Complete beginners
  • Players who have taken tennis lessons with us in Tiny Tennis, Mini Aces or Jr. Aces.
  • Players who have taken a few lessons here and there with another tennis school but are still working on consistency and building a good tennis foundation

Tennis Court and Equipment

Campers are recommended to bring:

• A youth-sized tennis racquet
  • Racquet rentals are available for $2/day or $10/week.
  • Youth racquet are available for purchase for between $34-$44.
• Water
• Swimming suit and swimming accessories (if applicable)
• A towel
• Wear sunscreen
• A hat

This camp for our beginner to experienced beginner Tiny Tennis and Mini Aces Players use the Quickstart USTA tennis teaching methods and court setup.  Each group will have their own Quickstart modified sized tennis court that matches the skills and abilities of young children.  Coupled with our instruction and tennis drills, students instantly start playing tennis.

Transportation

Right now we do not offer transportation to and from the camp. However, subway and bus stops are located within a few blocks of each of our locations, which hopefully makes it convenient to drop off and pick up your child.

Tennis Instructors

All tennis instructors are trained tennis professionals who have played tennis competitively. See our Tennis Instructors page.

Camp Size

Student to Teacher Ratio: Maximum of 5 Students: 1 Instructor ratio. However, generally there are only 3-4 students per Instructor.

Total Camp Size: There is a maximum of 15-20 students for the entire camp! Since this is a small private tennis camp with limited spaces, enrollment is on a first come first serve basis.

Early BumbleBee Special: Pay for your camp in full by May 11, 2011 and receive an extra $12 OFF your camp order. Use promotion code earlybbt2011 when enrolling online.

Sibling Discount: 5% OFF the second camper and 10% OFF the third camper.  Discount can ONLY be applied via PHONE, so please call to receive discount.  Discounts cannot be retroactively applied to a past order.  This means once an order has been placed, we are unfortunately not able to go back and apply a discount.  However for future orders, you may use the sibling discount code.

Cancellation Policy

If you would like to cancel your week of camp, please email us at info@bumblebeetennis.com.

Missing days during your camp session: Missed days during your camp session cannot be made up since students only attend camp during that specified week. However, your notification of an absence is greatly appreciated. Summer Camp Refunds: If your child cannot make it to summer camp the week that you have signed up for, see the below guidelines or consider moving your child’s camp to another available week.  Due to high demand and limited number of spaces in our camp, we appreciate ample notice of any cancellations.  We strictly follow our refund policy which is much more flexible than the standard camp refund policy of other camps.

• Same day (as placement of order) cancellation- Full Refund.  No cancellation fee.
• If you cancel your camp order 7 or more weeks prior to the camp- Full refund Minus $25 processing fee.
• 22-36 days prior to camp- 85% refund.
• 14-21 days prior to camp- 65% refund.
• 7-13 days prior to camp- 25% refund.
• 6 days or less prior to camp- does not qualify for a refund, credit, or transfer to another week.

Changing your week of summer camp

• 24+ days prior to camp- No Fee.
• 14-23 days prior to camp- $25 rescheduling service fee per student per week.
• 7-13 days prior to camp- $45 rescheduling service fee per student per week.

For more information on our cancellation policy and switching weeks, please see our cancellation page.