LEBANON, Ill. – The McKendree University women's basketball program has announced the opening of registration for its McKendree Women's Basketball Summer Camps that will be held this coming summer in the Melvin Price Convocation Center on the McKendree campus.
 
McKendree will conduct this summer camps in the month of June as the scheduled camps are an Elite Camp for girls entering grades 9-12 on June 20, a skills camps on June 21-23 that is opened to girls in grades 3-8 and has both half-day and full-day options and the final camp is a shooting camp on June 24 for girls entering grades 3-12.
 
All campers will receive a camp t-shirt at each camp, while campers attending the shooting camp and skills camp will also receive a basketball. Along with that, the campers will receive individual instruction from members of the McKendree women's basketball program.
 
The first summer camp will be an Elite Camp on June 20 that is open to high school players entering grades 9-12 and the camp costs $40 and includes a camp t-shirt and lunch. The Ellite camp is designed to challenge players that compete at a high level and may have a desire to play beyond high school. Campers will leave with a better understanding of what it takes to be difference maker on both sides of the ball, while being a great teammate. The elite camp will run for one day on June 20 and be held from 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
 
McKendree's next summer camp is a Skills Camp on June 21-23 that is open to all girls entering grades 3-8 and the camp will have both a morning session (9 a.m.-12 p.m.) and an afternoon session (1-4 p.m.) and cost $35 per session or $165 for all three days and all six sessions. The campers attending the skills camp will receive a camp t-shirt and a basketball and are asked to bring their own lunch as lunch won't be provided. The skills camp will teach a variety of skills and techniques that will help the camper expand their game on both ends of the floor. The campers will receive instruction, repetition and competition opportunities to allow them to continue to improve.
 
The third and final summer camp is a Shooting Camp on June 24 that is open to girls in grades 3-12 and costs $65 per camper and includes a camp t-shirt, basketball and lunch. The camp will run from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on June 24 and will focus on the development of a player's ability to score, even before they catch the ball. There are a number of "tricks of the trade" that will be shared with the campers that can help develop them into more confident players on the offensive end.
 
For more information and to register for the McKendree Women's Basketball Summer Camps, please click here and follow the link.
   
Any questions regarding the registration process or about the McKendree Women's Basketball Camp, please e-mail McKendree graduate assistant coach Ryan Dooley at ryan.dooley21@mckendree.edu.