Here's what others have had to say about Weil Tennis Academy.
"This is a very poorly organized camp. The private lessons were not planned out that the kids can get the most out of it. There is absolutely no forethought to planning their transportation. There is very little supervision of the kids when they are out of the camp area. The dorm rooms were filthy and many of the staff lack warmth and kindness.
I sent my child here for the excellent mental toughness training they boasted about. It was basically a booklet they handed out without any specific tutorial or exercises they can use to achieve the toughness. They don't ask for parents to fill out an evaluation and don't make any changes the kids suggest on their evaluations.
Why is this camp rated so high in the tennis magazines? How was the rating done?"—G.L., Adv. Int., August 2010
"This is for every parent out there who is looking to put their child into a good tennis camp. Do Not put you child into Weil Tennis Academy. This was the Worst experience for my child.
They don't provide any supervision for the kids, their premises are filthy, they don't have any organizational skills. They would lie to , they would say that everything would be fine but they don't care about the kids. The coaches yell at the kids, the staff is rude.
Horible , Horible experience . My kid stopped wanting to play tennis after that camp.
I am writing with the hope that parents will do some research. I do not wish any other parent feel the pain I felt because of my mistake of choosing Weil Tennis Academy."—E.V., Beg., July 2010
"We sent our daughter to Weil Tennis Academy and the tennis instruction was very good and it was a camp she wants to go to again. The main downside to the camp is the dorms are extremely rough and run down. Once she got settled in that didn't seem to matter to her and she got down to playing tennis and wants to go again. But beware the living conditions are a little rough."—B.H., Adv. Int., July 2010
"I can say with confidence that this the best Tennis camp I have ever taken my 2 kids 14& 16 to! and trust we have been doing this for almost 6 years, we went to Florida, Italy,Spain and France...
This the most intense, and well organized place that i have seen, the coaches are from all over the world and they give hands on coaching and focus both on Tactics and Technique. The Fitness Workouts are tennis oriented and very well run..
We are definitely going back...!"—W.B., Adv. Int., June 2009
"I had expected the camp to be more vigorous than it is. I was disappointed that enough time was not allocated to play. lot of time got wasted to go from one area courts to another.
I heard that there camp for academic year is lot better than the one in summer. Practically everyone who had been at the academy for full year said the same thing.
I wish they would run the camp as vigorous as they run during academic year. If I am enrolled in a tennis camp, i am enrolled for tennis not to take it easy, I can do that in the evening after hard work on the court.
I would rate the camp 6 out 10."—S.S., Adv., August 2007
Rate Weil Tennis Academy (Juniors)
Located on the grounds of the Ojai Valley Athletic Club, Weil runs year-round residential programs and summer and holiday camps on the club's 14 hard and clay courts. Housing is in two supervised dormitories on campus. It accepts only 40-50 players per year. "Competing and training like a champion, no matter what the players level, is the number one focus at Weil," says academy Mark Weil of his approach.
Ages: 8-18
The academy runs year-round live-in and day programs as well as holiday and summer camps. The summer camp rates appear below; see the website for other camps and their respective rates.
June 6-Aug. 13, 2010
5-day camps: $1,100 boarding, $800 non-boarding