adidas Caribbean Tennis Camp at Morgan Bay Beach Resort in St. Lucia

From July 22-28, 2012, the beautiful Morgan Bay Beach Resort on the island of St. Lucia will host adidas Caribbean, a tennis camp billed as the ultimate tennis/travel/community service experience.

Open to players of all levels, ages 13-18, each participant will get to work on his or her own tennis game on mornings under the tutelage of high level instructors, from stroke production to match play. The campers will also receive instruction on how to teach tennis. In the afternoons, the group will make the short trip to St. Lucia’s brand new National Tennis Center. Here, they will run a free tennis camp for local kids ages 7-15 as part of a community service project, coordinated with the St. Lucia Ministry of Youth and Sport. Adidas campers will receive letters noting the amount of hours devoted to this aspect of the program which can be used for high school or college requirements. In addition, participants will tour beautiful St. Lucia and have full all-inclusive use of Morgan Bay’s amenities, from the beautiful beach to the water sports.

adidas Caribbean is the brain child of director Ira Miller, a successful USTA Eastern Section Zonal coach and Division I tennis coach at Fairleigh Dickinson University who has been running his own camps for over 20 years and has been working with adidas for the last five with his overnight camp at Ramapo College in Mahwah, NJ. “I ran a similar travel program on the island of St. Kitts,” says Coach Miller. “Only that camp focused on community service and water sports. I wanted to get tennis involved and give teenagers a chance to work on their game and be part of a great give-back program that will provide grassroots tennis opportunities for kids who wouldn’t normally have access to the game. This type of interaction will give the adidas kids a chance to experience the best of tourism on St. Lucia, from the great resort to island excursions, but will also allow them to work with local kids, gain valuable teaching experience, make new friends, and have a great, non-tourist, cultural exchange. Working with adidas also provides opportunity to offer this camp to teens from all around the U.S. and overseas.”

Miller’s timing couldn’t be better. The St. Lucia government recently built its first set of public courts on the island. Miller is involved in helping to set up year round programming, and has obtained racquet donations from both Prince and Babolat. This summer’s program, from July 22-28, looks to be bigger than ever. “Most St. Lucians grow up playing soccer and cricket,” says Miller. “This program is a great opportunity to develop tennis on the island and create some future stars who can one day earn a scholarship to play on U.S. college teams.” One of the top juniors on St. Lucia, Dominic Devaux-Lovell, is currently a sophomore at Fairleigh Dickinson.

"If you're looking for more than just your average instructional tennis camp this summer, adidas Caribbean may be just the twist you need," says Jimmy from Connecticut, a participant in last year’s program. “I felt a great sense of accomplishment after seeing how much the kids enjoyed us. This was one of the best experiences I’ve had. It taught me how to take control and be a leader.”

For more information, call (800) 944-7112 or visit http://www.TennisCamper.com.

adidas Tennis Camps is a subdivision of the eCamps Sports Network of Summer Camps. http://www.eCamps.com


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