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    Sports Camps

    CHEERLEADING/POM PON
    The camps encourage girls and boys, ages 7 to 14, to explore the fundamentals and techniques involved in cheerleading and pom-pon routines. The programs include proper warm-up exercises, dance formations, cheers, mounts, jumps and stunts. Members of the Department's All Star Cheerleading Team, which has won on the local and regional levels and has qualified to compete on the national level, will take part in instructing the camps. There is a $35 fee for each two-week session, which runs from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. on weekdays at Savoy, Wheatley and Takoma recreation centers.

    Monday, June 29 - Friday, July 10
    10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
    Savoy
    2440 Shannon Place SE

    Monday, July 13 - Friday, July 24
    10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
    Wheatley
    1200 Morse St. NE

    Monday, July 27 - Friday, Aug. 7
    10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
    Takoma School
    Piney Branch Road & Highland Place NW

    BASEBALL
    Play nothing but baseball, America's favorite sport. Learn the fundamentals and sharpen skills. Stay in shape for other sports.

    Monday, June 22 - Friday, Aug. 14
    9 a.m. - 4 p.m. on weekdays
    Friendship
    4500 Van Ness St. NW

    Monday, Aug. 3 - Friday, Aug. 7
    9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
    Fort Lincoln
    31st Pl. & Fort Lincoln Dr. NE

    BASKETBALL
    Camps teach basic skills, including dribbling, shooting, rebounding and passing techniques. Simple offenses and defenses are also covered and the skills are incorporated into game situations.

    Two-week sessions: $35 fee each session.

    Monday, June 22 - Friday, Aug. 14
    Weekdays, 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
    Hine
    Seventh & C Streets SE

    Monday, Aug. 17 - Friday, Aug. 28
    Weekdays, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
    Kenilworth-Parkside
    4300 Anacostia Ave. NE

    FOOTBALL
    Coaches and instructors stress the fundamentals of football and hard work with campers on team and individual skills. The football camp is designed to serve as an introduction to all facets of competitive team play, rules and regulations, while utilizing the sport to strengthen the young participant's personal development.

    Monday, July 6- Friday, Aug. 28
    $10 fee for each two-week session (includes awards)
    Ages 11 and under
    Weekdays, 5 p.m. - 9 p.m.
    Watkins
    12th & E Streets SE

    FOOTBALL CLINICS
    Football clinics feature one-week sessions of competitive football instruction, focusing on the mental and physical merits of the sport. No charge.

    Monday, Aug. 17 - Friday, Aug. 28
    Ages 12 - 15. Weekdays, 5 p.m. - 7 p.m.
    Evans
    5600 East Capitol St. NE

    Monday, Aug. 17 - Friday, Aug. 28
    Ages 9 - 15. Weekdays, 3 p.m. - 5 p.m.
    Stoddert
    39th & Calvert Streets NW

    SOCCER CLINICS
    Clinic programs feature basic soccer skills instructions and general knowledge of rules and concepts of this growing sport.

    Monday, June 22 - Friday, Aug. 14,
    11 a.m. - 3 p.m.

    Bald Eagle
    Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue
    & Joliet Street, SW

    Barry Farm
    1230 Sumner Rd. SE

    Benning Stoddert
    100 Stoddert Pl. SE

    Capper
    Fifth & K streets SE

    Hillcrest
    32nd & Denver streets SE

    Orr
    22nd Street & Minnesota Avenue SE

    SOCCER CAMPS
    Participants, ages 5-14, learn the skills and techniques of soccer from well-trained coaches from area colleges, and from special guests. Campers are encouraged to enroll in the department's on-going SNICKERS City Soccer Program.

    Monday, June 22 - Thursday, July 2
    11 a.m. - 3 p.m.

    Benning Park
    53rd & Fitch streets SE

    Watkins
    12th & E streets SE

    Monday, June 22 - Friday, Aug. 14
    Emery
    Georgia Avenue & Madison Street NW
    9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

    Hearst
    37th & Tilden streets NW
    9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

    Powell Lincoln
    Hiatt Place & Irving Street NW
    11 a.m. - 7 p.m.

    Takoma
    Third & Van Buren streets NW
    9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

    Monday, July 6 - Friday, July 17,
    11 a.m. - 3 p.m.

    Evans
    5600 East Capitol St. NE

    J.O. Wilson
    7th & K streets NE

    Monday, July 20 - Friday, July 31,
    9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

    Langley
    Lincoln Road & Seaton Place NE
    Turkey Thicket
    10th Street & Michigan Avenue NE

    Monday, Aug. 3 - Friday, Aug. 14,
    11 a.m. - 3 p.m.

    Kenilworth-Parkside
    4300 Anacostia Ave. NE

    Ludlow-Taylor
    7th & G streets NE

    Monday, Aug. 17 - Friday, Aug. 28,
    9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

    King-Greenleaf
    201 N St. SW

    TENNIS
    Learn basic fundamentals and/or sharpen skills at a tennis camp. Programs primarily focus on forehand and backhand strokes, grip and footwork, along with serving, volleying and scoring. Participants are required to bring their own racquet. The Department of Recreation and Parks is a part of the United States Tennis Association and American Tennis Association. We are supported in our efforts to provide top-notch tennis opportunities by the Friends of DRP Tennis Program, which includes the Washington Tennis Foundation, The Turkeys, Tennis at Shiloh, Mall Tennis, Totally Tennis, Ward 8 Tennis Council and Deanwood Tennis Patrons.

    Monday, June 22 - Friday, Aug. 28

    Monday - Thursday: 9 a.m. - noon
    Dunbar
    New Jersey Avenue & N Street NW

    *Edgewood
    Third & Evarts streets NE

    Fort Davis
    1400 41st St. SE

    Fort Lincoln
    31st Place & Fort Lincoln Drive NE

    Shaw
    10th Street & Rhode Island Avenue NW

    Turkey Thicket
    10th Street & Michigan Avenue NE

    *Edgewood - 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
    Third & Evarts streets NE

    Monday - Friday

    Bald Eagle
    Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue & Joliet Street SW

    Carver Terrace
    26th Street & Benning Road NE

    Hardy
    45th & Q streets NW

    Hart
    601 Mississippi Ave. SE

    Hillcrest
    32nd & Denver streets SE

    Hine
    Seventh & C streets SE

    King-Greenleaf
    201 N St. SW

    Lafayette
    33rd & Patterson streets NW

    Langley
    Lincoln Road & Seaton Pl. NE

    Payne
    15th & C streets SE

    Rosedale
    17th & Gales streets NE

    Takoma
    Third & Van Buren streets NW

    * 9 a.m. - Noon at Bald Eagle; Hine; Langley, Takoma, Carver Terrace

    *1 p.m. - 4 p.m. at Hardy; Hart; Hillcrest; King-Greenleaf; Payne and Rosedale

    ALL-SPORTS CAMPS
    A sure way for one to become an all-around athlete is to attend an all-sports camp. The camps are for children ages 13 and under.

    Monday, June 22 - Friday, Aug. 14
    11 a.m. - 3 p.m.

    Banneker
    2500 Georgia Ave. NW

    Savoy
    2440 Shannon Pl. SE

    Supplied by: D.C. Department of Recreation and Parks

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