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Why Alaska Families Are Heading to the Tennis Courts This Summer​

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The Alaska summer mornings arrive early and bright, flooding the neighborhood with sunlight long before the first serve of the day. By early summer, most parents are already asking the same question: how will the kids spend the weeks of extended daylight once school lets out?

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For a growing number of Alaska families, the answer has become RecTennis Summer Camp.

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Powered by USTA Pacific Northwest, RecTennis is the region’s largest community-access tennis program — week-long camps held at neighborhood public parks across four states, designed for kids ages 5 to 17. No experience is needed. Equipment is provided. Every coach is trained, background-checked, and SafeSport-certified. Tuition is kept intentionally low, and scholarships are available for families who need them, no questions asked. The whole program exists for one reason: to make tennis something every kid in the Pacific Northwest can try.

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A typical camp day moves the way summer should. Warm-ups that are centered around play. Fun tennis drills that drift into rallies. Water breaks under the trees. The kind of laughter that travels across a court and finds its way home in the car. Kids leave with new friends, a few new skills, and the good kind of tired.

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Parents like Kali say:

“My girls had never played Tennis before this camp: they really gained confidence and skills. They enjoyed it so much that we signed up for two additional weeks of camps! I think the girls enjoyed the point system, the different drills and games the most. I felt very secure leaving them at camp, knowing they were in good hands.” 

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For Alaska families, the fit is natural. RecTennis camps provide essential outdoor activity as well as built-in routines that summer schedules can sometimes lack. Siblings can register together. Drop-off is usually just a few minutes from home, on a court that’s already part of the neighborhood. And the friendships formed in a week of camp tend to stretch well past Labor Day.

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Summer sessions are open for registration and filling quickly. Whether your child has been swinging a racquet for years or has never picked one up, there’s a spot waiting.

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Find a RecTennis Summer Camp near you at www.rectennis.com.