| 2-A-Day Academy Program: Offered on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

This is a more extensive version of our 1-a-day program. It enables players to get in the extra training they want while still attending school. It also provides a more diverse group of players to train with since these players are incorporated into the full day program attendees during the first two hours and then they will integrate with the players who come in for the evening session. Players are divided into groups based on ability. Tennis training includes drills, point play and match-specific situations that focus on the development of competitive strategy and mental toughness. Training includes technical, tactical, physical, mental and emotional development. Each player’s speed, agility, balance, and quickness will be improved through the use of tennis-specific footwork drills and plyometrics. This program will be under the supervision of Bill Clark, who will establish the daily lesson plans and developmental programs for each player, as well as goal-setting and tournament scheduling to provide a well-defined developmental pathway. Bill will work closely with our highly-trained, skillful and enthusiastic coaching staff to make sure that everyone is working toward the goal of improving all aspects of the player’s game.

About Fitness training:

The 2-a-day players will have the same on-court fitness as described in the 1-a-day schedule with a duration of 45 minutes.

This one-hour class is geared toward teaching the fundamentals of tennis in a fun, yet educational environment. The students will learn proper technique on all strokes and will be introduced to tennis games and score keeping. The following classes will all be held at the tennis courts off Hiatus and 56th Court in Forest Lake.Since there are a limited number of spots in each class, you must pay by the month.

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A class geared toward the player trying to reach the next level and who eventually wants to play high school or tournament tennis. This class will perfect the student’s technique on all strokes and work on technical, tactical, strategic and physical skills. Class meets 2 times per week, no exceptions. All classes are to be paid monthly. Please register early as class sizes are limited. The following classes will all be held at the tennis courts off Hiatus and 56th Court in Forest Lake.

Summer Camp 2012 begins June 11th and goes to August 17th

This program is designed to maximize training during no school holidays. Players are divided into groups based on ability. Tennis training includes drills, point play and match-specific situations that focus on the development of competitive strategy and mental toughness. Fitness training is included in the on-court drills. Each player’s speed, agility, balance, and quickness will be improved through the use of tennis-specific footwork drills and plyometrics. Students will be videotaped during camp and shown what corrections they need to make to their technique.

Sample Schedule
8:50 am Students report
9:00 am Warm-up and Stretch
9:15 am Drilling/point play
10:30 am Switch courts/ video analysis/specificity training
12:00 pm Lunch/Game room
1:00 Private lessons available upon request

Lunch orders will be taken each morning. We will order from a different restaurant each day of the week. You must call ahead to check availability for the daily program.  Fitness will be  on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Drop-in classes are available by reservation only. Please call ahead and check if there is space available.

Our team of coaches brings many years of both playing and coaching experience to the Academy making us one of the most experienced and highly regarded coaching staffs in the industry. Each one of our coaches, starting with Bill, employs a philosophy that encourages the highest level of development while taking into consideration the overall self-esteem of each player. Private lessons are designed to pay attention to and perfect all the details necessary to help the players achieve their goals.

All private lessons must be booked in person or by phone at the Bill Clark Tennis Academy administrative office.

8and10nis League

www.8and10nis.com

We are excited to provide an instructional/developmental tennis league for those 8 and under and 10 and under players who want to play tennis matches on a full court against players in their own age division.  10 and unders will use a regulation ball and 8 and unders will use the green Quickstart ball. The league will be in a round-robin format giving the players the opportunity to play many different players during the four week sessions. The league will be ongoing and play on Saturdays at 1pm.  At the end of each session the players with the highest cumulative points will receive trophies.

The benefits of this league are to:

• Gain match experience against players of similar age
• Learn to compete one-on-one
  
• Learn the rules of tennis
• Allow coaching on changeovers to accelerate their development
  
• Practice score keeping
• Learn to fight for every game and every point
• Improve mental toughness
• Prepare players for the next age division
• Develop social skills through interaction
  
• Help to reach your tennis goals
• Have fun!