Saken Sports Camp

Turning Point School, 8780 National Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232

mapTurning Point School, 8780 National Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232

About

Saken Sports Camp offers a wide range of activities, including Basketball, Baseball, Flag Football, Sinjin Smith Beach Volleyball, Capture the Flag, Dodgeball, King Pin, Swimming, Sand Soccer, Castle and Kite Building, and Arts and Crafts. The program also includes Travel Camp and Winter Travel Camp, which offer adventures every day for participating campers.

• Ages: 5–17 years old
• Schedule: Spring camps run March 23–April 10, and summer camps run June 8–August 28

Starting in 1994, Saken Sports Camp has offered specialty athletic camps, clinics, and a variety of traditional camp activities, and is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Sports camps and clinics are held year-round, and Sports Specific programs and Sports Specific Clinics/Camps are geared for children in grades 2nd–9th. The program also runs an ongoing Camper/Counselor-In-Training program for boys and girls in grades 9th–12th, and Travel Camp and Winter Travel Camp are offered for ages 5–12.

Saken Sports Camp states that it is built on the philosophy that all children should have a phenomenal camp experience regardless of gender, age, or athletic ability, and that it focuses on building character and emphasizes playing with pride, playing with honor, and playing for fun. The program states that its goal is for each camper to have an unforgettable experience in a safe environment and to leave with an enhanced value of sportsmanship, character, and self-confidence, and that it is an inclusive Summer Camp and Spring Camp. Core values such as honesty, respect, teamwork, self-esteem, confidence, and excellent sportsmanship are promoted daily, and the camp describes itself as family oriented, where each camper is made to feel like coming to camp is their second home. Summer awards include Daily Morning “Shout-Outs” to campers in each group, Camper of the Day, Sportsperson of the Day, Camper of the Week, Camper of the Year, Sportsperson of the Year, and the Camp “Toddy Award.”

The staff at Saken are described as respected, well-trained and experienced teachers, coaches, athletes, and college students in the community who have a passion for teaching children. Coach Rio is the Director and has been teaching and coaching at the elementary and middle school levels for over 30 years, and has been coaching at a local private school in Los Angeles for over 25 years. Saken Sports Camp Inc. is described as an independent program that is not sanctioned, conducted, supervised, or reviewed by the school where it operates, and it states that it must be considered individually based on its own merits. The camp offers summer, winter, and spring camps at multiple locations that are centrally located to Encino, Bel Air, Sherman Oaks, Brentwood, Westwood, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, Venice, Palisades, and Tarzana.

Last updated March 31, 2026.

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