North Carolina Tennis Camps

While North Carolina may be known for its barbecue, it is also a prime location for learning tennis among the luscious mountain scenery. Kids of all levels can engage in tennis camps to improve their skills or learn the basics. Taking a camp at a well-established college may even help them find friends to last through undergraduate school.

  1. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    • The Carolina Tennis School at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill permits students to stay for a day camp or overnight camp. The age range of students is 9 to 17 years old. With a 1-to-5 teacher-student ratio, they get extensive training time with the instructor. Regular camp sessions consist of match play, drilling, conditioning and strategy. Tournament sessions include singles match play, doubles match play, conditioning, strategy and drilling. They also use video analysis, which is meant to improve a player's understanding of their game.

      Carolina Tennis School
      214 Glandon Drive
      Chapel Hill, NC 27514
      919-929-7000
      carolinatennisschool.com

    Grove Park Inn

    • Grove Park Inn Resort and Spa provides students of all ages with tennis instruction at clinics for adults, juniors and children. The tennis complex has been rated one of the "50 Greatest Tennis Resorts" by Tennis Magazine. The tennis fun camp is a summer camp offered for kids ages 4 through 14. It lasts one week from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The cost is $225 per child per week as of 2010. Students learn the basics, depending on their level. To sign up, parents should leave a message on the sports complex voice mail.

      Grove Park Inn
      290 Macon Ave.
      Asheville, NC 28804
      828-252-2711
      groveparkinn.com

    Duke Athletics

    • Duke University offers a winter indoor tennis camp for all levels of tennis players, although most are tournament players. They are typically advanced players in high school who play with the United States Tennis Association, the governing body of tennis. It runs during the evenings for 2 1/2 months from 6 to 8 p.m. Another option is offered through the Hollow Rock Racquet Club for ages 5 to 16. It is a winter holiday camp a week before Christmas that is also offered at the Duke indoor courts. It lasts from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

      Duke University
      P.O. Box 90555
      Durham, N.C. 27708
      919-684-2633
      goduke.com