adidas Tennis Camp at Bowdoin College

CAMP DATES

Session 1: July 7-11, 2025
Session 2: July 21-25, 2025
Session 3: August 25-28, 2025

Directed by Ben Lamanna
Head Women’s Coach at Bowdoin College

AGE GROUP

adidas Tennis Camp is open to kids & teens ages 10 to 18 of all ability levels.

CAMP FEES

Full Day: $549 (9am-4pm)
Check out on Friday is at 12pm

Campers will have the option daily around lunch time to go swimming. Please bring a suit & towel.

Lunch not included. Please bring a bagged lunch each day.

* Team Discounts Available: Click Here For More Info

OVERVIEW

Our tennis academy in Brunswick, ME provides a wonderful opportunity for you to perfect your tennis skills. Get the tennis practice you need in a beautiful and professional environment. Tucked away in the woods of Maine with 8 outdoor and 4 indoor courts, Bowdoin College, a nationally renowned liberal arts school, is an ideal setting for this adidas Tennis Camp. Bowdoin College provides excellent amenities that will help take your tennis game to the next level. Join our top level tennis coaches at this clinic and improve your tennis skills this summer!

*Lunch is NOT included, please bring a bagged lunch.

**We will have access to the field house this summer in case of inclement weather.

Camp is open to all ages 10-18 and ability levels. We assess each camper’s ability during the first session of camp and make sure they are grouped according to their age and abilities so this way we can tailor the drills, games, and match-play to fit their individual needs.

Camp Director

Lamanna, the 2019 Division III Coach of the Year, is heading into his 6^th year as the Head Women’s Coach at Bowdoin College.    Showing consistent improvement over his tenure, the team topped at #13 in the ITA national rankings in 2024.    In each of his years the team has earned a berth in the NESCAC tournament.

Lamanna had been the head men’s and women’s tennis coach at Brandeis for 14 seasons.  Under Lamanna’s direction at Brandeis, the Judges climbed in the national rankings over the last decade. As head coach of the women’s program at Brandeis, he led the Judges to their first national ranking in program history in 2012 (#22) and have been nationally ranked each year since. Lamanna developed the first All-Americans in Brandeis women’s tennis history and, in 2019, he helped the team to its highest-ever ranking, placing 10th in the final Division III poll on the strength of a run to the regional finals of the team’s first-ever NCAA Tournament.

He guided the Brandeis men’s team back into the national rankings for the first time in over 20 years in 2010, when he was named University Athletic Association Men’s Tennis Coach of the Year. The team has finished with a national ranking six times since, with the best finish coming this past spring in 2018-19, when the Judges finished #8 in Division and Lamanna was named the Wilson/ITA National Division III Coach of the Year in addition to his second UAA Coach of the Year honor and his first ITA Northeast Region Coach of the Year honor.

Lamanna is also a leader in the New England Division III tennis scene as aa 2012-2015 and 2022-Present NCAA Selection Committee Member, the 2010-2012 Northeast ITA Rankings Chair and 2007-2010 New England Rankings Committee member. Lamanna has also served as a co-tournament director and treasurer for the NEWITT, the longest running Division III Women’s tournament in college tennis.

A 2002 graduate from Bates, Lamanna played in every spot from two through six in the singles ladder, compiling an impressive 15-1 record as a junior. The Bobcats made three NCAA tournament appearances in his career and, as a senior in 2002, Lamanna earned the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Clarence Chaffee Award for demonstrating leadership on and off the court.

CAMP HIGHLIGHTS & TAKEAWAYS

Each camper will:

• Develop their technical skills & tactical knowledge
• Participate in camp games with a chance to win prizes
• Compete amongst their peers in singles & doubles matches
• Be given the opportunity to work with college &/or high school coaches & college players all week long
• adidas Tennis Camp T-Shirt
• Great sportsmanship & camaraderie
• Exciting evening & off court activities
• Meet new friends
• Gain a passion for “the sport of a lifetime!”

…and most importantly: HAVE FUN!

TENNIS CAMP CURRICULM

Individual Skill Training

• Forehand and backhand – Hands-on instruction daily on how to improve on the two make strokes in tennis

Technical Skills Training

• Lobs and Top Spin – Practice and develop additional strokes you can use in matches
• Drop-Shots – Work on the proper way to hit a drop shot to add to your game!
• Serves – How to serve with confidence as well as work on all types of serves
• Grip – Proper technique to optimize your game

Tactical Skill Training

• Court Movements – Strategies and Practice of where to be on the court and when
• Decision-making skills to solve problems at the correct time

Game-Based Learning

• Rules & Scoring – Instructional Teaching

CHECK IN & CHECK OUT

Day Campers: Check In Monday 8:45am. After the first day, campers should arrive between 8:45am-9:00am and picked up at 4pm. Check Out on Friday 12pm at the courts. Campers will train at the Bowdoin College 8 court varsity complex. Join us for the best summer tennis camp experience of the year.

Make sure campers bring all necessary tennis equipment, a refillable water bottle, bagged lunch & snack. (See Below)

Camp is open to all ages 10-18 and ability levels. We assess each camper’s ability during the first session of camp and make sure they are grouped according to their age and abilities so this way we can tailor the drills, games, and match-play to fit their individual needs.