World Sports Camp, Easthampton, Massachusetts (Ages 8-16)
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Founded and operated by the Shand family, World Sports Camp has over a half century of experience working with athletes. World Sports Camp creates a safe and positive sports environment, where athletes from around the world aged 8-16 can interact while improving their athletic skills through positive reinforcement coaching by high level, talented coaches.
World Sports Camp is located at the prestigious Williston Northampton School, in the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts.
The 125 acre campus is of an ideal size, large enough to seem expansive yet small enough so that students never feel lost. Elements like a small footbridge that crosses its pond, green lawns at sunset, and a view of the nearly Mount Tom all contribute to the pleasure of daily living and enjoyment of practicing sports at World Sports Camp.
The Williston Northampton School campus recently underwent a 13 million dollar renovation to improve its sports and arts facilities, so that it now rivals any college or sports program in the United States.
Northampton, the town next to Easthampton, in which the Williston School is located, is a city in the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts with a picturesque and vibrant downtown, consisting of numerous art galleries, restaurants and quirky shops sprinkled among coffee shops and performing arts venues. It is home to the prestigious Smith College and the Clarke School for the Deaf. Northampton lies only 15 miles north of the City of Springfield, Massachusetts, and is 6 miles west of Amherst, another famous college town.
THE PROGRAM AT A GLANCE
- Location: Easthampton, Massachusetts
- Age Range: 8 – 16
- Maximum number of students per session: 250
- Accommodation: Residential
- Course duration: 2 – 5 weeks
- Staff to camper ratio: 1 : 6
World Sports Camp: Williston Northampton School, 19 Payson Ave, Easthampton, MA 01027, United States
World Sports Camp
Why choose the World Sports Camp program?
- World Sports Camp has been operating for over 35 years under the same family, the Shands.
- World Sports Camp takes place on the campus of the Williston Northampton School, which is exclusive and located 1.5 hours from Boston and 2.5 hours from New York City.
- World Sports Camp has modern, state-of-the-art facilities that are similar to most colleges and small universities in the United States.
- World Sports Camp offers a fully elective program, meaning that each athlete can choose his or her own schedule.
- World Sports Camp specializes in sports: Basketball, Soccer, Tennis and Golf.
- World Sports Camp offers a truly international environment, with 60% of athletes coming from the USA and 40% from the rest of the world.
The facilities
WORLD SPORTS CAMP FACILITIES AT A GLANCE
- Two all-weather Turf Fields
- Seven soccer fields
- Indoor soccer facility
- Twelve tennis courts
- Two basketball courts
- Three area golf courses and two area driving ranges
- Two Indoor golf nets
- One indoor six-lane Swimming Pool with Diving Well
- One all-weather track
- Fitness center
- Award winning dining room
- Free Wi-Fi
MORE ON THE WORLD SPORTS CAMP FACILITIES AND SERVICES
World Sports Camp Coaches
World Sports Camp takes great pride in finding the most helpful, dedicated, qualified and friendly coaches possible. WSC believes that a strong coaching staff will produce a safe and positive environment for athletes to achieve both personal and athletic goals. The return rate of the WSC coaching staff is one of the highest in the camp industry.
Transfers / Trips
World Sports Camp provides round-trip airport transportation to and from Boston Logan Airport at an additional cost. To organize the transfers, Marshall Language Services will need to furnish the participant’s flight information to World Sports Camp. If children are travelling as unaccompanied minors, World Sports Camp will receive them from the airline staff, and when the program is over, accompany the participants back to the airport and hand over the children to airline staff.
Medical Facility
World Sports Camp has a full time nurse and full time athletic trainer on staff to assist with any medical problems. In addition, World Sports Camp employs as its doctor the head of the local emergency room.
The courses
CAMP PROGRAM AND SAMPLE TIMETABLE
World Sports Camp offers a fully elective program that allows athletes to select either basketball, tennis, soccer or golf for each of 4 periods every day. The camp also offers afternoon recreational activities and for those who want to improve their language skills, English as a Second Language.
The programs provide:
- International classes
- 42.5 clock hours of sports per week
- Daily afternoon and evening activities
A sample weekly timetable:
RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION
Residential accommodation at World Sports Camp includes shared rooms in student dormitories. Rooms will be shared by a maximum of four campers, and a few single rooms are available.
Meals
Residential accommodation includes breakfast, lunch and dinner every day.
Laundry
Bed linens and towels are provided for an additional fee. Laundry facilities are available on site.
Welfare
Coaches will always be present in the dormitories, so that athletes feel at home away from home.
Insurance
Insurance covering medical and travel assistance, personal liability and trip cancellation is not included in the price of the program. Marshall Language Services has a policy available through Guard.Me that covers these elements, as well as an additional policy through CareMed that covers cancellation under a wider range of circumstances, including the need to repeat school exams. A summary of these policies may be downloaded below.
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