Doubles Tournament

Thanksgiving Weekend

Friday 11/27/09 thru Sunday 11/29/09

Three Divisions

1.  Advanced                2.  Intermediate            3.  Novice

Format:               Advanced and Intermediate groups will play 2 sets with a super tie-breaker for the 3^rd set if the first 2 sets are split.  Winners will move on in Championship Draw and losers will go in Consolation Draw.  Everyone guaranteed 2 matches.

                                    Novice group will play a Round-Robin format with 8 games total played against everyone in the group

Ability Level:     Will be determined by Tournament Directors, Jim Overbaugh and Dave Schrom.  You may play in more than one division with different family members.

Entry Deadline: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 12 noon

Scheduling:       Let us know any conflicts you have over the weekend and we will work around them.

Cost:                   Advanced & Intermediate Levels $40 per team

Eligibility: Father/Son, Father/Daughter, Mother/Son, Mother/Daughter, Brother/Brother, Brother/Sister, Sister/Sister, Husband/Wife (as a separate "Mixed Doubles" Division w/enough participation)

Benefits of Jumping Rope for Tennis

   - Helps with balance, body control, and maintain good technique while building high     levels of aerobic and anaerobic endurance

   - Improves hip and pelvis rotation for striking, timing of your shots, and body rhythm

   - Conditions legs for series of tennis movement improves jumps for serving, striking, and returning the ball

   - Improves hand and foot speed as well as your footwork during reacting time

   - Decreases the risk of ankles and foot injuries

There are differant Jump Roping Workouts to do during your off-season, preseason and In-season.

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Now that fall has fastly approached us you might be thinking about starting moving indoors to play tennis. 

Click below to find out indoor tennis leagues in your local area.

  http://www.usta.com/TennisLink/Default.aspx

The Second Saturday of every month, 6-9pm starting on Saturday, October 10, 2009.

Member and Non-members are welcome

Adults, Juniors, or Families

Cost

Member                                                                                              Non-Member

Single                    $ 20.00                  (½)  $ 12.00*                       $ 23.00                 (½)  $ 15.00*

Couple                  $ 35.00                  (½) $ 20.00*                        $40.00                   (½) $ 24.00*

Family                   $ 50.00                  (½) $ 30.00*                        $ 55.00                  (½) $ 35.00*

*New:  One-half social rates: Play for 1.5 hours instead of 3 hours.  Relax an enjoy food, drink and camaraderie from 7:30-9. 

Scheduling your training around your tennis season will build your peak performance when it comes game time.  Your training layout should start with your preparation phase followed by your precompetitive phase, then your competitive phase and ending in your active rest phase. 

Preparation Phase

You will develop a solid foundation of your fitness and strength.

Precompetitive Phase

You will begin training for power and focus on activities that tennis demands. Your intensity will increase and your conditioning will have more drills that provide, change of direction, acceleration and deceleration, and explosion movements.

Competitive Phase

You will maintain your conditioning and strength levels, keeping your workouts high intense and training for the demands of tennis.

Active Rest Phase

You will take mental and physical break and take time to cross train. You will also start focusing on low intense workouts. You should also take 1-4 weeks to rest.

If you are looking to step into the more compititive side of tennis you will need to take your training to the next level.  Functional training is becoming more and more popular among tennis players who are looking to generte more power on the court.  Functional training is a sports specific program design, incorporating body weight in all planes of movement.  The benefits of functional training will enhance your performance by producing the optimal amount of force, in the least amount of time, and through the greatest distance.  A functional training program will focus on your strength, speed and agility while keeping exercises sport specific to enhance your performance.  An example: walking lunges/w medicine ball twist is a functional exercise for a tennis player because the movement is similar to your groundstokes.  You will become stronger, enhance your core strength, and become quicker while swinging your racket. If you are looking to gain more power in your tennis game,  designing a functional training program will give you the results you will need to compete at the next level.

There are seven skills you will use while playing the game of tennis.

1. Flexibility

2. Balance

3. Stamina

4 Coordination

5. Strength

6. Speed

7. Agility

Remember when you sign up for a tennis class you are not only signing up to learn the sport,  you are signing up to build your sports skills and enhance your fitness level.

If you are looking to play tennis in college, here are the most important things to focus on.

1.      Get Evaluated

2.      Put Your Academic/Athletic Resume Online

3.      Produce an Eye Catching Highlight/Skills Video

4.      Contact at least 100 Coaches

5.      Build Relationships with College Coaches and Follow up Now