Sports Camps at the JCC Indianapolis

Sports Camps at the JCC Indianapolis

Help your child build skills in the sports and activities they like best at JCC Indianapolis. Campers receive personal attention from experienced instructors, who focus on skill development, teamwork, creativity, and fun!

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Sports Camps We Offer

For campers entering grades 1-8. Campers will have a summer full of fun and games where they can improve their tennis skills, learn the importance of sportsmanship, and participate in other sports to further improve strength, endurance, and agility. The JCC summer tennis camp is tailored to meet each player’s needs with drills, skill development, demonstrations, and repetition.

Campers should bring a tennis racquet, non-marking tennis shoes, extra shirt, and snacks. In addition, all sports campers will need to bring lunch, bathing suit, towel, sunscreen, and water bottle during camp.

What to Expect

The objective of summer tennis camp is for campers to have fun, improve their tennis skills, and learn the importance of sportsmanship through a program tailored to meet each player’s needs through drills, demonstrations, repetition, fun, and games, all with safety as our top priority.

Remember that a health form must be completed and on file the Wednesday before your child’s first day of any youth sports camp.

For your convenience, the JCC Camper health form is available online.

  • Size-appropriate tennis racquet (new and used available for purchase. No demo racquets due to no sharing of equipment).
  • Sports shoes (non-marking, light sole shoes)
  • Hot weather athletic clothes (hats/visors suggested)
  • Swimsuit and towel
  • Water bottle
  • Sunscreen
  • Two snacks and a lunch (Note: We do not have refrigerators. hot dog lunch provided on Fridays.)

  • Grades 1-8
  • 8 am-4 pm
  • 9 weeks: Tue, Jun 3 (closed Mon, Jun 2 for Shavuot)-Fri, Aug 1

    Extended Care

  • Grades 1-5
  • 3:45-6 pm
  • Weeks 1-8 of camp (please note there is no care during Week 9 tennis camp)

Tennis camp is $422 per week ($339 for JCC members), except for Week 1 which is $338 ($272 for JCC members) because it’s four days instead of five. Extended care is $80 per week ($60 for members). JCC members receive discounts on camp. Visit our JCC Membership page for more information.

Download our Camp Online Registration guide for step-by-step instructions for registering online.

General Notes

Please stay in your vehicle and refrain from cellphone use during drop-off/pickup. Camp staff will be there to help your camper in and out of the car.

If you have any concerns or questions, please park your car and walk over to the designated area to speak to the Camp Director, camp management team, or counselors.

Please inform the Camp Director of any changes in who is allowed to pick up your camper. Please make sure that anyone picking up your child is prepared to show photo ID upon request by a JCC staff person.

Drop-Off Procedures

Morning Carpool is from 8–9 am. For late drop-off after 9 am, please drop your camper off at the Welcome Desk and a counselor will be notified to pick them up. Pickup Procedures

Carpool for pickup is from 3:45–4 pm. Any camper not picked up by 4 pm will be taken to extended care and your account will be charged accordingly.

Extended Care Pick-Up Procedures For grades K–1, pick-up is always indoors in the Kraft Youth Wing. For grades 2–5, pick-up is generally outdoors at the Sablosky Camp Pavilion (if the weather is bad, pick-up will also be indoors in the Kraft Youth Wing). $5 per minute per child will be charged for late pick-up.

Gate

The gate to the road circling campus will open at 7:45 am and close at 9 am. There will be no drive-thru traffic during camp hours. The gate will reopen between 3:45 and 5 pm. and then remain closed until 7:45 am the next day.

Please pack a towel, bathing suit, and sunscreen every day with labels. Goggles are optional but may not be worn in the Lazy River or on the slides. If a camper does not have a swimsuit, they will sit in the shade during their scheduled swim time. Please note that sunscreen can’t be shared at camp. JCC Staff will reach out if your child doesn’t have any sunscreen in their camp bag.

Sports Camp Leadership

Jewish Values

For our sports camps, one camper is chosen each week who exemplifies sportsmanship and acts with integrity and honor (is a mensch).

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