Athletics

Our coaches, members of the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan’s year-round athletic staff, pay individual attention to campers’ growth, successes, and hurdles as they develop throughout the summer. Campers will work on skills in basketball, tennis, soccer, baseball, football, pickleball, tumbling, gaga, and golf. The coaches help the 4, 5- and 6-year-old campers choose a sport each day to work on specific skills and learn multiple sports. Our 7- to 12-year-old campers have the opportunity to choose a different sport each week, providing opportunities for deeper growth, training, skill-building, and fun.

Our coaches work hard to ensure the safety of all of our campers, while also displaying compassion, encouraging fair play, and motivating every child to try new things and feel a sense of accomplishment during each sports period.

We begin each sport period with a dynamic warm-up, followed by group skill-building activities focused on the sport of the day. The campers enjoy throwing circuits, obstacle courses, and skill stations specific to each sport, and then progress to a scrimmage or game play. Our oldest campers also have the chance to play competitive games and participate in ongoing leagues.