Camp XL - Sportzone

Sportzone 2012

August 12-19 (7 nights)
Rugeley, Staffordshire
Ages 14-18
£ 239

Availability: Boys = Girls =

If you love sport, you'll love Sportzone!

You choose one of the three separate coaching streams on offer (Football, Tennis or Table Tennis - see detail below) and spend most of your time during the week focusing on that, working to improve your skills with the help of our great coaches. But you'll also get to sample other sports too, as well as sporty challenges for which the three disciplines combine.

Our venue is a fabulously equipped boarding school that gives us access to acres
of playing fields, a sensational sports hall, an indoor heated pool and
all-weather tennis courts - so that the training can continue come rain or shine!
And, as with all Camp XL programmes, we'll take a little time each day to
explore briefly what the Bible has to say about running the most important race
of all - life! Whether you are a Christian or not, you'll find these times relaxed,
and sweat-free. At Sportzone there’s more than enough of that already!

The Different Coaching Streams

Click on each sport to get a glimpse of what we'll be doing....

Football

Football crazy? Don't miss out on this football-packed week!

You'll get two sessions a day to indulge your passion for the beautiful game. Rest assured that we'll lay on plenty of straight match play time, but our coaches will put you through your paces with a number of drills too, all aimed at improving your agility, coordination and ball control.

We'll take time to focus on dribbling, so that you improve your speed and ability to change direction, and work on the accuracy and timing of your passes. Although most of your day will be devoted to football, there will be times when you can taste other disciplines and join-up with the others on
Sportzone for team challenges too.

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Tennis

If you love your tennis and want to spend a week improving your game, we're here to help!

With numerous all-weather courts at our disposal you'll get two sessions a day to focus on your game. Our coaches will work with you to improve your
singles match play by developing your ground strokes, overheads and net volleys, and helping you achieve more power and control with your service.
We'll also touch on strategy and proper mental conditioning to sharpen that winning edge.

The programme is best suited to intermediate level players, but all are welcome just so long as you're prepared to play and train hard!
You'll also get opportunities to sample different events and to take part in sporty team challenges.

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Table Tennis

Out table tennis programme will help you take your game to the next level.

Aimed at those who take the sport seriously, it will give you two training sessions each day with a UKCC qualified table tennis coach. These sessions will work on your technique, footwork, anticipation, match play, speed/power development, and your service/return. You will also benefit from multi-ball sessions with a coach.

As with all Sportzone streams, all abilities are welcome as long as you are keen to train hard and improve. You'll get opportunities to taste other different events too and to take part in Sportzone's team challenges.

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The Venue & Accommodation

We're basing ourselves in a fabulously equipped boarding school in Staffordshire. With tennis courts, playing fields, all-weather pitches and a first class sports hall, it's the perfect venue for a Holiday such as this. At night, you'll sleep in one of the very comfortable small dorms sharing with others. We'll do our very best to put you and your friends in the same dorm groups if you wish. Just ask us when you book.

Travel Help

If coming by train, then the nearest station is Rugeley Trent Valley. However, Stafford and Uttoxeter are also viable.

We'll advise in the weeks before camp as to what time you should aim to arrive. And we can happily arrange to pick you (and mum/dad) up at any of these stations if you let us know in advance.