Full Day: Age Group | Full Session Dates & Pricing | Pick Up & Drop Off | What to Bring
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BumbleBee Summer Tennis Camp in NYC
Students Learn Tennis!
| The BumbleBee Tennis Camp is perfect for beginners and advanced beginners 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! |
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Full Day Camp
Student’s Ages and Levels
Age Group:
- 4.5-6yr olds: All levels
- 6-10yr olds: Beginner to advanced beginner tennis players
- Levels:
- Complete beginners
- Players who have taken tennis lessons with us in Tiny Tennis & Mini 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
Full Day Session Dates & Pricing
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Swimming (Full Day Camp Only)
Full day campers also have an hour of swim time Monday through Friday. The instructor will bring the kids to PS 11 (Chelsea) location for their swim time where 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.
Snacks and Lunch
Lunch is not provided, so please make sure to send your child off to camp with a bag lunch. However light snacks are provided and include one of the following: gold fish, pretzels or fruit gummies and a juice pack. You are also welcome to bring your own snacks.
Camp starts at the beginning of the indicated camp time. Earlier drop off is not available.
Regarding pick up, please make sure to pick up right at the end of camp. There is a $15 extended pick up fee for any campers who are picked up after 20 minutes from the end of their camp.
Drop off is at PS 40 in Gramercy. For Full Day Gramercy Campers the second half of the camp (and pick up) is at our Chelsea location. Full day campers, accompanied by their tennis coach will be transported via cab from the Gramercy location to the Chelsea location.
What to Bring
Campers are recommended to bring:
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Half Day Camp
- 4.5-6yr olds: All levels
- 6-10yr olds: Beginner to advanced beginner tennis players
- Levels:
- Complete beginners
- Players who have taken tennis lessons with us in Tiny Tennis & Mini 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
Full Session Dates & Pricing
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Pick up and drop off is at PS 40 (Gramercy).
Snacks
Light snacks are provided. Generally it will include one of the following: gold fish, pretzels or fruit gummies and a juice pack. You are also welcome to bring your own snacks.
What to Bring
Campers are recommended to bring:
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Half Day and Full Day Camps Details
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.
Transportation (Drop Off and Pick Up)
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 15-25 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.
We have outdoor tennis courts as well as indoor locations (large gymnasiums), in which we setup a complete tennis court that matches the skills, sizes, and abilities of young children. Using the Quickstart method established by the USTA, the shorter nets and smaller racquets and balls enable children 10 and under to learn tennis in an easier, more fun way. Scaling down the game enables children to feel overjoyed, instead of overwhelmed and provides them with the confidence and ability to cover the entire court. Mini Aces classes use 1/2 of the full sized tennis court.
- Racquets- In all of our youth tennis programs, we ask that youth racquets be used not only to prevent injury, but to also make it easier for students to have control of their movements. Children 7-10 year olds can use 23″ or 25″ racquets. We have racquet rentals available for $2/lesson if your child needs one.
- Balls- Regulation tennis balls are too heavy for smaller racquets, in addition to being too fast and bouncy. Foam or low-compression balls move slower and bounce less, so students can practice volleying and work on hand-eye coordination.
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.
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.
Weather Policy
In case of rain, Back up details will be determined based on school construction schedule.