About the Camps ...

The Clay Hightower Tennis Academy offers its camps at Berry College, just outside of Rome, GA. The five one-week camps are residential, coeducational, and open to all levels of tennis players from ages 9 to 16. Campers will spend their days in a variety of activities with the focal point being 5 to 6 hours of fun-filled tennis instruction. The on court ratio of campers to instructors is 5-1.

Our goals at the Berry College Camps are to improve each camper's tennis skills and to have fun while doing it. An integral part of the program will be teaching the basics of hard work and good sportsmanship. Tennis instruction will focus on proper grips, footwork, positioning, stroke production, shot selection, and strategy. Each camper will have the opportunity to hit hundreds of balls during basket drills, live ball drills, and match-play situations.

Camp Director Clay Hightower is the head tennis coach at Berry College for both the men's and women's teams. He brings with him 25 years of experience at the college level as a player and a coach. In his 17 seasons as Berry's coach, Coach Hightower has over 450 wins. He has led his teams to 10 conference championships and 25 appearances (twelve for the women and thirteen for the men) at the NAIA National Championships. Clay lives in Rome with his wife, Leslie, and two children, Caroline and Carter.

Session Dates 2009

May 24 - May 28
May 31 - June 4
June 7 - June 11

June 14 - June 18