Maine Golf and Tennis Academy

Tennis Summer Camp

Tennis Summer Camps have been at our sports summer camp in Belgrade, Maine, originally known as Camp Kennebec, which was established in 1907 as a premier boys camp that specialized in junior tennis programs and was known as the dominate tennis camp in tennis competition for young campers.

Playing originally only on our beautiful Red Clay Tennis Courts, our campers learned that value of tactical junior tennis skills as well as the classic technical tennis camp skills, taught universally at the best tennis camps in New England. Now we have added hard courts for our junior tennis campers and the unique opportunity to practice on our Beach Tennis Courts, so that our Junior Tennis Campers can develop and specialize in quick volley techniques, foot work, tactics and of course develop the tennis fitness quotient.

Over the years we have had directing and teaching for the Maine Golf and Tennis Academy such legend as: Ivan Lendl's hitting partner, Andre Mas, 2 times national coach, Tony Palofox, the coach of the #1 tennis player in the world and and our present Master MGTA Tennis Coach and past Boise State Division I coach Chris Langdon. Our junior tennis summer camps now, even include a special advanced tennis camp and an elite tennis camp program that is augmented by an exciting component of a Tournament Tennis Travel Team Program. Last summer our tennis campers visited and played on grass courts at the Tennis Hall of Fame and were lucky enough to get to meet and be given a junior tennis camp clinic by the Coach of Harvard Universtiy's Varsity Tennis Team and then they took a tour of the Harvard Business School. They became the envy of every camper wanting to aim for Ivy League ranks in either playing tennis for a Division I school or using their tennis skills to help them get into the Ivy League college of their choice. 

What a wonderful goal to pursue for all young tennis campers, to aim for the Ivy League and even if that is not in the cards, they will have developed high quality habits and standards that will serve them well their whole lives.