Young players hone their skills
Warren County High School and Warren County Middle School tennis coach David Dunlap held his annual tennis camp this week, with over 24 campers participating in the week-long event.
Dunlap divided his camp into four sessions. The session were determined by the campers’ skill level, ranging from beginners to advanced players.
This marked Dunlap’s 10th year of sponsoring the camp, which attempts to encourage more kids to take up the game of tennis.
“I started the camp about a year after I took over as tennis coach,” Dunlap said. “I realized we had to get more younger kids interested in tennis in order to build our high school program.
“Over the last couple of years, the amount of interest has grown and I have been doing two camps each summer. The camps are a great success and most important the kids are learning how to play tennis while having fun.”
Dunlap noted the high school tennis team helped him at this week’s camp, a situation which he said benefited not only him, but the players, as well. And after a decade, Dunlap said he hopes to see the camps continue each summer.
“It’s very important we keep putting on these camps,” he said, “as it benefits both the middle school and the high school teams.”