OWNERS and DIRECTORS
Joel, Crista, Hanna, and Emma Lavenson
Click here for a LETTER TO THE PARENTS from the Lavensons
The
Lavenson Family has owned and directed Kennebec Boys
Camp Inc. d.b.a. The Maine Golf and Tennis Academy since 1985.
Joel is a Marriage and Family Therapist and Crista is
a Social Worker. Joel's son Christopher and daughters
Hanna and Emma are the fourth generation ofLavensons to
be involved with Camp Kennebec and
the Maine Golf and Tennis Academy. Joel's father,
uncles, and grandfather were all involved with Kennebec
over the years as campers, counselors, and waiters.
Joel has worked with the most
successful and dominating atheletes and teams in the sports
world and brings to the Maine Golf and Tennis Academy the
experience, knowledge and high tech training that is the
very newest and most powerful developmental approach for
young athletes. Joel developed a unique sports
training technique called Video Sports Analysis, instant
replay for athletes right on the field of play. He worked
with sports psychologists and bio-mechanical specialists
with the Olympic Development Committee. He was a Training
Ambassador and guest lecturer to the US and USSR Olympic
Track Team. He and his training techniques were engaged
to be used with notable sports figures and teams such as:
The Boston Celtics, The New England Patriots, The New England
Teamen, professional boxers, skiers, tennis stars and golfers.
In addition to Joel's background
as an innovator in the field of coaching and training,
he simultaneously pursued his passion for Marriage and Family
Therapy, specializing in IMAGO
Relationship Counseling, EMDR, as well as Veteran's and Family Constellation
Therapy. Joel also taught Psychology at Albertus Magnus College
in Connecticut.
Crista, who has loved
creating the Golf and Tennis Academy along with Joel, prides
herself in knowing as much as she can about all of the
campers and counselors and even before they arrive . Her
winning smile and affable nature always make everyone comfortable
and she stuns everyone with her memory of how much she
remembers about each person. Joel and Crista now reside
in Belgrade, Maine where both run the camp full
time and still pursue the hobby careers on the side, teaching,
writing, training, and consulting. Crista who has taught both undergraduate and graduate
levels in
English, writing, and Rehtoric classes at Rollins College as well as the University of Hartford and
Saint Joseph's College for Women. She also is a dedicated artist and calligrapher.
Joel's family has been in camping for many generations
and Joel's grandmother Caroline Lavenson owned a prestigious
girls camp in Maine called Tripp Lake Camp for Girls
for 40 years. Both Joel's father and Uncle George Lavenson
dreamt of being in the camp business together and planned
on doing just that until World War II changed all their
plans. George, who was in the Paratroopers and who jumped
on D Day into Normandy never made it back from Europe.
George was one of the 101st
Airborne Orginal Band of Brothers immortalized in the
book and HBO mini-series by Steven Ambrose and Steven
Spielberg. His spirit is alive at camp. Joel has decided to pick up the fallen standard and live
out their dream for them. |
DIRECTOR OF GOLF
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Director
of Golf of the #1 Golf Camp in America
Tom Leimberger
PGA
Class A Professional
20 years specializing in Junior
Golf Instruction to the Top Juniors in Golf.
A loving husband to his wife Janice and father of 4
beautiful girls, Tom lives in Florida where he is the
Head Professional and Instructor at one of the oldest
Country Clubs in Florida.
Knowledgeable, experienced, passionate, a student of
the game as well as a teacher, are how you could describe
Tom.
- Finalist National Public Links, Bangor, Maine
- National Champions N.A.I.A. Elon College Golf Team
Starter for 4 years
- College Golf Instructor
- Course record in mulitiple states and country clubs
- Served on PGA of America Board for Class A Certification
- 3 Time Finalist Ntional Buick Scramble, Disney World
In addition he is a boys
and girls golf coach and basketball coach. As a highly
successful Golf Instructor for Juniors, he is a specialist
and Golf Fitness expert for Juniors.
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Director
of Tennis
Chris Langdon
Master Sports Training Instructor
"The
Ultimate Pedagological Professional"
The Art of Teaching at
the Highest Level
Chris Langdon USPTR,
USPTA, Division I Coach - Year Round Tennis
Professional
Chris
Langdon is
an inspiring man. He has excelled in everything
he has ever done and is used to performing at the championship
level, despite less than ideal conditions. He has produced
many accomplished players as well as college, professional
and olympic quality athletes.
The most credentialed and experienced
sports instructor we have ever had here at the Maine Golf
and Tennis Academy, he was a natural to take the Directorship
of all the Sports Instruction.
He has developed
and trained at the highest professional level every aspect
of the sport. It is a very sophisticated and efficacious
training system that is focused on the 4 building blocks
of any championship preparation and junior development
program: The Technical Training (skills); The Tactical
Training (strategy); The Physical Training (fitness of
body, equipment and facility) and The Psychological Training ( Mental Toughness, Sports Psychology) |
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