Moraine Valley to host youth basketball and volleyball summer camps

Boys and girls looking to improve their basketball or volleyball skills still have time to register for Moraine Valley Community College’s summer sports camps.

The 2012 Summer Basketball Camp for boys and girls entering third through eighth grades will be held Monday, July 16, through Thursday, July 19, from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Bill Finn, Moraine Valley Athletics director and former men’s basketball coach, is heading this camp. The camp is intended to develop and improve fundamental basketball skills for youths of all abilities through group and individual drills, instruction and team play.

The Moraine Valley Summer Volleyball Camp for boys and girls entering fifth through ninth grades will take place Monday, July 16, through Thursday, July 19, from 11 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Moraine Valley women’s volleyball head coach Gloria Coughlin is leading this camp. Participants will improve and develop fundamental volleyball skills through group work and individual attention.

The cost for each camp is $70 and will be held in Moraine Valley’s gymnasium, 9000 W. College Pkwy., Palos Hills. Participants can only register through Moraine Valley’s Athletics Department. For more information call the Athletics Department at (708) 974-5727 or visit www.morainevalley.edu/athletics/summer_camp.htm.