Today's first day of tennis camp is now Canceled due to weather forecast and wet courts. We will start tomorrow, Tuesday at your normal scheduled time. We will do a makeup for today on Wednesday, June 8th for today's cancelation. Please call if you have any questions 904-994-3376
Weather: We will always keep you up to date if weather is an issue so you can check our website at www.saintjohnstennis.com 30 minutes before your clinic if we have weather delays or cancellations. You can also sign up for Twitter to get push notifications on our website if you choose to use it.
We only cancel if the courts are wet or it's actively raining. Hard courts are slippery when wet and they ruin our balls. IF we choose to cancel within the week because of the weather we have reserved WEDNESDAYS to be our designated make up day at your classes regularly scheduled time.
Please remember we are closed all week this week in preparation for summer tennis camp. We will see all our registered players June 6 at Creekside high to kick off our 7 week camp! Mills Field will be under reconstruction this summer and we will play on brand new courts in August!
Last Sunday we had a pizza party to celebrate our second season playing orange ball team tennis. Our first season we were in last place, our second season we came in 2nd place! Congratulations team!
Now is the time to register for our seven week summer tennis camp! Thank you for all of you that have registered so far you will get a confirmation email from me as I start to process each form. This camp will sell out in our Academy level of training so DO NOT delay. We welcome all players to join us at Saint John's Tennis Academy!
Miss. Abby recently won finalist in the 12u category at Queens Harbor. Abby is one of our Academy players at SJTA and works hard in clinic and private lessons with Coach Cheryl Keller. We expect big things from Abby in her future as a local tennis star. Her nickname is "smiley" because she always has a great smile and shows great sportsmanship on and off the tennis courts. Congratulations!
Miss. Allie is one of our Academy students and she won the finalist in the consultation draw of last weekends Level 7 tournament. She's excited to now be ranked and work on moving up in future tournaments. She works hard in our weekly clinics and private lessons. Congratulations Allie to your recent win and we hope you have many more in your future.
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Read MoreAll clinics and private lessons will resume back to normal tomorrow, Monday, Dec 4th. High school students may stay and practice the first week with us. Please prorate your clinic fee for the one week to be $35.00. Check your emails for reminders of returning to clinic. Thank you and Happy New Year!
coach Heather
We had a blast working out on the tennis courts with these 16 players. Congratulations Erik and Maya Sorenson winning the camp dog fight!
2015 SJTA Christmas Tennis Camp
Registration is now closed for our tennis camp Tuesday, December 29- Thursday, December 31st. Look for an email with details for what to bring with you at camp for practice and our holiday ornament exchange.
Coaches Heather Lester & Patrick Diegan
10 spots left! RSVP closes Thursday night!
SJTA Halloween Party Round Robin
We will be hosting a "fun" Halloween round robin tennis tournament for our juniors intermediate and advanced players. Please join us Friday, October 30th 5:30-7:30 pm for pizza, drinks, candy and tennis match play. Cost is a frightful lucky $13.00 to cover cost of pros and food/prizes. Spots are limited to 32. RSVP required. Email Heather.lester@ Mac.com to reserve your spot now!
please wear a portion of a costume that you can play in!
Coaches Heather & Patrick
For my girls "it's all about the outfit"
We had two teams compete in the u14 division team tennis challenge last Saturday. Our team "Topspin Terminators" won 1st place and our other team "SJTA Racqueteers" won 2nd place. Our teams said it was hot but they had tons of fun competing and of course winning!
YES!! We will be having a seven week summer tennis camp for current SJTA students and new students (beginner to advanced) who want to come practice with us during the summer. We will be opening our registration online in May first for our inhouse students, then we will open to the public. First come, first serve (no pun intended!).
Be on the lookout on our website for this event! You don't want to miss this opportunity to improve in the summer time and have fun with your friends. Clinics and match play will be available to take full advantage of with all our great instructors at SJTA!
email us if you want to be on a waiting list to be contacted.
Miss. Essence is one of our many young Academy tennis players She is a very hard working athlete who dedicates her time to clinic, footwork on and off the court, private lessons and plays on the Swiss Point tennis team! We expect her to go on to play local Level 7 tournaments and wish her great success congratulations on your win!
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In November and December my orange ball students and I were invited to attend an Early Development workshop directed by USTA's Rita Gladstone and Dede Allen. I was told to pick some of my outstanding students on Orange ball (60' court) to attend two 5 hour sessions located at Bolles School in Jacksonville. I learned more about the standards of teaching 10 & Under tennis and what we (as pros) want to see skill wise and strategy wise for the 60' court level and green ball 78' court level of tennis. Wow! This generation is going to rock at tennis as they get older. I really wish I had these types of training balls to enhance my shot tolerance and accuracy. I really would have hit twice as many balls in play and had the chance to practice my footwork and technique more as a tennis student myself. We were joined by two "famous tennis pro's", Brian Gottfried in November and Mali Vai Washington in December. Two outstanding pro's and sportsman I must say! Their hearts are gold for the local tennis players and tennis community of Jacksonville! I was absolutely thrilled and honored to teach beside them and my other fellow pros of Jacksonville from Atlantic Beach, Mali Vai and Bolles schools of tennis.
We will be having a Tennis Christmas Camp Monday,December 29th thru Wednesday, December 31st from 9a.m. - 12p.m. (3 days of tennis) The cost is $95.00 which will include your food and drink at our pizza party at noon on the Wednesday AND a chance to win the Dog Fight shirt on the Wednesday, December 31st!! What better way to ring in the New Year and wear all your new fancy tennis gear you get from Santa Clause? There will only be 16 spots open to reserve before I close out this camp. Students need to be either in the extended hour Teen class, Academy or High Performing classes to participate in this event. Please call me at 904-994-3376, text me or email me (heather.lester@mac.com) to reserve your spot in this camp. So far 6 spots are already reserved and 10 are left open at this time, so hurry and reserve your spot! Coach Heather Lester, Patrick Diegan, Bill Angus, Cheryl Keller, Cecil Mella & Alex Pham
Tonight its going to be cold at practice. No sun and under 45 degrees so how do you layer? Here is a picture of all the clothes I would wear to prepare to hit in 45 degree weather. Layer in light thickness 2-4 layers. You can peel and put back on according to how hot or cold you get during practice. You will also need a hat (to keep your head warm), thin gloves or an old sock with a thumb hole cut out and probably a scarf to keep your neck warm.
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