Wiz Kids Sports Camps (Basketball and Tennis)
June 11th - August 17th (10 weeks, Monday-Friday)
8:00am-5:30pm
Ages 6-13 (Grades 1-8)

Rich Central H S
Olympia Fields, IL
8:00am - 5:30pm (extended care available)
Enrollment tuition - $195 per week
for more details: call 708-799-9400

We invite children ages 6-13 to join us for the 2012 Wiz Kids Sports Camp season which will be hosted on the campus of Rich Central High School in Olympia Fields, IL.

Summer Education

The camp scholastic instructors place a special emphasis on making the summer learning experience engaging and fun. Your child will be challenged with curriculum designed to help prepare him or her for the forthcoming academic year.

Academic sessions will be led by State of Illinois certified elementary school teachers featuring a specialized curriculum designed by professionals in higher education. An assessment will be conducted at the onset of camp to determine the best ways we can personally enrich your child’s learning experience. Each day, children will participate in 3-hour educational sessions with a structured curriculum that includes math, language arts and science.

Tennis Camp

The world of tennis offers cultural enrichment and this year's camp will be no different. The emphasis will be on having fun, stroke production fundamentals and tournament preparation. Campers will learn the correct mechanics, proper court position and movement, and strategies for future on-court growth. The basic rules and techniques will be reinforced daily through team oriented games, coordination exercises and singles point play.

In addition to a rigorous tennis regimen designed to build your child's skills, the camp will feature visits by some of the area's best players and coaches. The Wiz Kids Summer Tennis Camp staff will be led by a certified USPTA professional.

Basketball Camp

Basketball is an exciting team sport that builds character and promotes healthy exercise. Our coaches focus on improving a child’s game while nurturing enjoyment of the sport and teaching important life skills that the child can use off the courts. Through individual drills and team competition, each camper has an opportunity to enhance their overall basketball skills.

Our Values

Through the concept of "values based camping," our aim is to help our campers in the following ways:

* Excel athletically & learn sportsmanship
* Emphasize the importance of academic excellence
* Develop a more positive self-esteem
* Learn the importance of friendship
* Learn the importance of giving 110%
* Develop greater self-confidence
* Develop interpersonal relational skills
* Interact with positive role models

Looking to get your child moving this summer? The Y Sports Complex offers a variety of full and half days sports camps from ages 5 to High School. Half day camps we offer are Tennis, T-Ball, Dodgeball, Basketball, Soccer, Flag Football, Volleyball and Camp Recess, which focuses on recess and physical education games. We also offer an Athletic Performance Training camp which is a combination of exercises that will contribute to increases in spead, strength, agility and explosiveness. New this year is our Y Summer Sports Academy, a full day camp which focuses on one major sport and two minor sports. Here's a chance to customize a camp to meet the interests of your child. All camps are held indoors in a 36,000 square foot, air-conditioned facility.

With over 40 different camps to choose from, Buehler YMCA truly has a lot to offer. Kids of all ages can benefit from camp whether they are first time campers, or have been coming for years. We have everything from weekly field trips to specialized sports and activities onsite and off. Our camp is accredited by the American Camping Association and our counselors are all CRP/First Aid Certified and go through 40 hours of training to make sure that the highest standards are met. We take camping very seriously and believe that all participants should be in a fun, welcoming environment where they can enjoy themselves and feel safe while parents can have the piece of mind knowing that their children are in good hands.