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Tennis - Adult, Youth and Pee Wee

Fall Programs

• QUICKSTART TENNIS 1(one)

  Ages 5 to 7 only
  McCollum/Waveland Tennis Complex, 936 Polk Blvd.

  Sessions for beginners to learn how to play (Cost: $32 per child).
  QuickStart Tennis is a new format to help kids seven and under learn and play the game. This modified format includes the following:
  
  1) Racquet - Kids’ racquet (no, a six-year-old cannot play with that wooden racquet sitting in the garage) – appropriate size 19” (age 5) and 21” (ages 6 & 7). Tennis racquets are available to purchase the first day of each session for $13.00, while supplies last. See the QuickStart tennis instructor to purchase. Review the racquet chart on the back of this brochure.
  
  2) Court – the court dimensions are 36’ long and 18’wide, with children playing across the width of a normal tennis court, with a portable mini net.
  
  3) Ball – a foam ball (a ball better suited to their unique playing ability) is used. It moves slower, bounces lower, is larger and two-color tone for better tracking and travels less distance.
  
  4) Scoring – the first to score seven points wins the game, the first to win two games wins the match. The longest a match will last is approximately 20 minutes.
  
  Parents are encouraged to volunteer to help during these sessions as score keepers, coaches, or court assistants. Mark your child’s registration form if you’re interested in helping out.
  
  Additional information and Registration form
  
  

• QUICKSTART TENNIS 2 (two)

  Ages 8 to 10 only
  McCollum/Waveland Tennis Complex, 936 Polk Blvd.

  Sessions for beginners to learn how to play (Cost: $32 per child).
  QuickStart Tennis is a new format to help kids ten and under learn and play the game. This modified format includes the following:
  
  1) Racquet - Kids’ racquet (no, an eight year old can’t play with that wooden racquet sitting in the garage) – appropriate 23” (age 8) and 25” (ages 9 & 10) tennis racquets are available to purchase the first day of each session at for $13.00 while supplies last. See the QuickStart tennis instructor to purchase. Review the racquet chart on the back of this brochure.
  
  2) Court – the court dimensions are 60’ long and 21’wide (singles), 27’ wide (doubles), roughly 75% of a regular size adult court.
  
  3) Ball – pressure less ball (a ball better suited to their unique playing ability) is used. It is the same size as a normal tennis ball but moves slower, bounces lower, and is two-color tone for better tracking.
  
  4) Scoring – the best of three sets, the first to win four games wins a set. For the third set, the first player to win seven points wins the match. The longest a match will last is approximately 40 minutes.
  
  Parents are encouraged to volunteer to help during these sessions as score keepers, coaches, or court assistants. Mark your child’s registration form if you’re interested in helping out.
  
  Additional information and Registration form
  
  

• TENNIS IN THE PARKS - YOUTH

  Youth Tennis Lessons at
  McCollum/Waveland Tennis Complex, 936 Polk Blvd.
  Ages 11 - 14

  Youth TIP Play Program is designed for youth players with intermediate level skills while improving them by playing with their skills.
  
  Skills taught: overheads and lobs, approaching the net, traditional scoring, positioning and tactics. The last three days of the program, most of the lesson will be on game or play development. Participants receive a t-shirt.
  
  Additional information and Registration form