Juniors News

Junior News

The 61st Annual Central California Championships was a huge success, after two years of declining entries we were way up this year. Despite the rain our crew of volunteers did an amazing job of keeping the tournament on schedule. We run the best tournament in Southern California, we give t-shirts, a spaghetti dinner, silver platters and have chair umpires. We have entrants that have entered every year from the time they were in the 10-and-unders to when the graduate from their last year of the 18′s. It’s a special tournament and very unique with our singles, doubles, and mixed doubles format.

For those of you that don’t now, we are one of the few Clubs in the United States that is member owned, have had over 150 National titles, had the namesake of the National Tennis Center (Billie Jean King), and the U.S Open’s main stadium’s name- sake (Arthur Ashe) play on our hallowed grounds and win. If you came out and watched the tournament, you may have witnessed the beginning of a promising career.

There is one more small fry session starting April 14th and one more session of group lessons starting April 16th, the first session was rained out. Call the Sports Shop to sign up, 325-8652.

Parents, summer camps are around the corner. We offer 9 weeks of Nike tennis camps so there is no excuse not to attend. These camps are fun, fun, and more fun. We will again be videotaping and giving each camper a personal evaluation and certificate of completion, along with all the other things we include, gourmet fast food for lunch, t-shirts, best instructors, etc., etc. The camps are from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Monday through Friday and the campers can stay and swim and play tennis until 5:00 p.m. Call the Sports Shop at 325-8652.

Spring Junior Tennis Instructional Program
Head Instructor: USPTA certified Jeff Hedberg and other qualified staff

Group Lessons
Our programs are designed to promote and develop proper mechanics and skills. We prepare the junior for match play and tournaments and, if they are already playing tournaments, we work on improving their match playing skills. Beginning, intermediate and advanced players are invited to come and improve.

3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. (all abilities)
Session I: January 29th through March 18th (no February 5th or 19th)
Session II: March 25th through May 13th (no April 1st or 8th )
Cost: $90.00 for 6 Sundays

Advanced Drills
This program is for the advanced high school or tournament player interested in improving their match play. This program consists of very intense drills to improve match and tournament play. Every Monday from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., cost $10.00 at the door. Call to reserve your spot.

Small Fries
This program is for the pre-beginner, boys and girls, 2 1⁄2 to 6 years of age, who are eager to begin play. We work on hand-eye coordination, basic strokes and making tennis experience fun so your small fry wants to come back for more.
Fridays from 4:00 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.
Session I: February 3rd through February 25th
Session II: March 9th through March 30th
Session III: April 13th through May 4th
Cost: $30.00 per session (4 Fridays)