USTA Team Tennis Challenge weekend October 30th

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Saint Johns Tennis Academy entered 8 teams into this weekends USTA Team Tennis Challenge weekend located at Boone Park.  We had 4 teams entered in the U14 intermediate and 4 teams entered into the U18 intermediate.  I am so very proud of each and every team with high efforts to play their very best tennis and displayed great sportsmanship in every match!  I received several compliments from various parents and teams and pros from our local communities.

We had 2 teams come in 1st and 2nd place in our U18 intermediate flight - Team 904 won first place with players Landon Williams, Molly Wannamaker & Lily Thompson.  We had 2 teams of ours in the playoffs of U14 intermediate "Team Highlighters" and "Team Uno".  Team Uno won 1st place with players Allie Bielski, Carys Cook & Lily Davis.

Halloween Tennis Social 2016

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We had a blast last night with all our students to celebrate Halloween tennis style. We had three contest winners for ; "Wackiest tennis shot"- Sam W.,  "Best Tweener shot"- Gabe S. , and "Best target serve"- Lily D..  We also had a dog fight in which our winner was Grace W.   Pizza, drinks, awards and candy was enjoyed by all. Coaches Patrick Diegan and Heather Lester thank you for coming out to play in our 4th annual Halloween celebration!

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Wimbledon Week at SJTA summer tennis camp! 6 Years of Tradition

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For 6 years we have been teaching our seven week summer tennis camps at Creekside High Tennis courts because our kids outgrew the 4 courts at Mills Field tennis club.  We have 8 tennis courts we can fill up for kids ages 4-18 years old, all levels of tennis play.  For 6 years we have celebrated "Wimbledon Week" in which we all dress in white, commemorate with a professional group photo of Academy tennis players and PTR Tennis Pro's.  We also have a tradition of a week long tournament play with a format just as you would have in Wimbledon and eat delicious Strawberries, which is a Wimbledon staple food.  The kids learn about all the Grand Slam tournaments of the year and we teach nutrition, strategy and mental health for tournament play.

I will work on a collage of all 6 years of our photos so everyone can see how young and old they are - although in my opinion tennis players stay looking young because of how much Joy the sport brings them!  

Our annual Academy players group photo - week #4 summer tennis camp "Wimbledon Week"

Our annual Academy players group photo - week #4 summer tennis camp "Wimbledon Week"

Summer Tennis Camp Week #4 - Dog Fight

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Three weeks out of our seven week tennis camp we facilitate a "Dog Fight" in which all our Academy players do several tiebreaks in a round robin format.  Whomever has the perfect score is the finalist, these two tied and we ended up doing a playoff.  Amazing long rallies from Grace and Cary's in this picture.  These girls are training to play Level 6 & 7 USTA tournament play.

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Summer Tennis Camp week #4 - Our 8 & Under Red ball class

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Our 8 & Under red ball class has been full every week!  We can fit 8 kids on one adult size court in which we work on forehand & backhand groundstrokes on Mondays, Volleys and Overheads on Tuesdays and Underhand and Overhead serves on Thursdays.  Of course, every day we play tons of game in which the kids are learning technique through games.  They LOVE tennis!!

SJTA Tennis Camp week 1

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Well we had a rough start to our week with the Trooical Storm but we finished out strong with one court of red ball, two courts of orange ball, 4 courts of green ball and 20 Academy players! This year we have 123 registered tennis players. Wow! Biggest summer to date in past 8 years.  

 

Congratulations to Molly & Sankeeth for our first Dog Fight winners of the summer season! These two had a perfect record and never were beaten once in a five round tiebreaker round robin.  

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SUMMER TENNIS CAMP WEATHER PLAN

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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.