Summer Sports Camps Offered By Solon Recreation

If your child wants to learn more about their sport this summer, there's no better way than to sign them up for one of many sports camps.

For information or to register, please call the Solon Recreation Department at 440-248-5747 or come to the Solon Recreation Department office at the Solon Community Center.

Only Solon residents can participate in the camps.

Baseball Camps

When: June 18-22; July 16-20

Ages: For boys in grades 3 to 8

The Solon Recreation Department, along with the Solon High School Varsity Coach Damien Kopkas and his staff, will hold week long baseball camps for boys.

Campers will be instructed on hitting fundamentals, bunting, throwing, cutoffs, infield play, outfield play, base running, pitching mechanics and Texas shootout games.

Volleyball Camp

When: June 4-8

Ages: For girls in grades 2 to 6

The Solon Recreation Department, along with the Solon High School Varsity Coach Missy Fitz-Gerald and her staff, will be holding week long volleyball camps for girls.

Each camper will receive excellent instruction regarding the basics of competitive volleyball. The focus of the camp will be to improve skills, learn the game, and have an enjoyable camp experience.

Lady Comets Summer Basketball Camps

When: June 11-15; June 25-29; July 9-13

Ages: For girls in grades 3 to 11

The Solon Recreation Department, along with the Solon High School Head Girls’ Basketball Trish Kruse and her coaching staff,  will be holding week long basketball camps for girls.

The camps will provide individual and team basketball instruction to improve fundamentally and to be successful during game play.

Football Camps

When: July 9-13

Ages: For boys in grades 2 to 8.

The Solon Recreation Department, along with Solon Head Football Coach Jim McQuaide, will be holding a football camp for boys currently in grades 2 to 8. The camp will include drills and activities such as agility drills and position techniques and 7-on-7 passing drills. Speedball for lineman will conclude each session. The goals for the camps are to teach the basic techniques and system of Solon High School Football.

Soccer Clinics

When: July 23-27

Ages: For boys and girls in grades K to 8.

Dave Fitzgerald, Head Varsity Girls’ Soccer Coach at Solon High School will conduct a week long soccer camps. These camps have been designed to introduce campers currently in grades K-8 to a variety of soccer skills, fundamentals, and tactics in a challenging and fun environment.

The essence of the camps is to provide the players with a well-rounded soccer foundation that will improve the individual’s level of play.

Youth Tennis Camps

Ages: Sessions for boys and girls in K through 3 grades and for grades 4 through 7.

When: For K-3: June 11-15; June 25-29; and July 9-13. For grades 4-7: June 18-22; July 2-6; and July 16-20.

The Solon Recreation Department will be offering week-long tennis camps through the months of June and July. The camps will feature instruction from several current and former Solon High School tennis players. During the week campers will experience small and large group instruction and play.

Each clinic is designed to develop skills, agility, game strategy, and enhance enjoyment of the sport.

Boys Basketball Camps

When: July 23-26

Ages: Sessions for boys in grades 3 to 5 and grades 6 to 8.

The Solon Recreation Department along with the Solon High School Boys’ Basketball coaching staff, will be running a week long basketball camp for boys currently in grades 3 - 8.

The camps are designed to teach the fundamentals in a fun environment. There will be instruction time for all the basics of basketball as well as competitions and games. The camp for grades 6 - 8 will focus on preparing players for playing competitively at the middle school and high school.

Lacrosse Camp

When: June 25-28

Ages: For boys and girls in grades 3 to 8.

The Solon Recreation Department is sponsoring a lacrosse camp for boys or girls.

The goal of the camp is to provide an introduction to lacrosse, developing game and individual skills, team play, and game strategy. The camp will utilize field play and video to teach and reinforce the fundamentals of lacrosse. The camp will be led by Kevin O’Brien of the Solon Attack Youth Lacrosse Club.

Campers will be required to have a lacrosse stick.

Soccer Camps

When: June 11-15

Ages: For boys and girls in grades K to 7.

Solon High School Varsity Boys’ Soccer Coach, Ryan Conner, and staff will hold youth soccer camps for boys and girls. Emphasis will be on learning the fundamentals of the game with individual skill training, fun games, drills and small-sided scrimmages.

Emphasis will also be on learning the basics in an enjoyable, fast paced camp environment. Campers are grouped by skill level, age and gender.

Cheerleading Camp

When: Weeks of June 13, June 20, June 27 and July 11.

Ages: For children ages 3.5-5 and 6-10.

The Solon Recreation Department and Stretch-n-Grow are offering a Cheerleading Camp for children. Participants will learn chants, routines, dances along with basic arm and leg movements. Camps will take place at the Solon Community Center. 

There is a minimum of six cheerleaders per camp. 

***NEW*** Chess Camps

When: August 13-17

The Solon Recreation will offer a new Chess camp s where students will engage in interactive chess lessons and problem solving. Ample time will be allotted for supervised open play, and may include  tournament training games, team games, challenging our instructors, speed chess, and chess variants.  The camps are available either for Half Day or Full Day.

For participants registering for the Full Day camp, there will be a short break in the morning and afternoon during which there will be opportunities for physical activity.