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
Tennis is a great social outlet as well as one of the few sports that will give you a total body workouts. Tennis will improve your quickness, agility, core strength, stamina and your mental focus. Tennis will provide your workouts with fun, work off stress and energizing your spirits. Find out more what tennis can do for you at your local tennis center.
To find a local Tennis Welcome Center please go to http://www.tenniswelcomecenter.com
USTA Jr. Team Tennis is designed for kids ages 5-18. Players are placed on teams divided by their age and level of play. The program promotes social skills and places importance on team spirit, as well as individual self-growth. Players will learn that succeeding is really more about how they play the game - win or lose. If you are looking for a program near your area please go to the link below for details.
http://www.ustajtt.com/index.php?page=find-a-program
Have questions regarding the USTA Jr. Team Tennis, contact hollymetzger@hctennis.com
Cardio Tennis is a great new way to take your fitness to a new level. It will challenge you in so many ways. Running, moving sideways, stretching, and change of direction. You can burn more calories than if you were to play a singles or doubles match because of the constant movement. During class you will get short cycles of high intensity workout and periods of rest, givng you interval training. Interval training is one of the best ways to burn more caleries and get in shape. The main focus is you will get a great workout.
Looking for Cardio Tennis Classes, go to www.cardiotennis.com
Interested in learning more contact Holly at hollymetzger@hctennis.com
