Jr. Team Travel Tennis; RI & SE MA League - 18 & under and 14 & under - commpetitive teams Summer: June thru August, matches are played on Fridays from 1:00-3:00 pm Winter: November thru March, matches are played on Saturday or Sunday afternoons Jr. Team Tennis; Recreational League - Local team leagues for 14 & under, 10 & under, and 8 & under - beginners thru intermediate players - Summer Seasons. It is our belief that using scaled down equipment, courts and scoring methods will have a positive impact on children by providing a successful environment coupled with the fun of playing on a team. Spring: May 31 thru July 5 Summer: July 12 thru August 16 Fall: September 21 thru October 26 6-10 yr olds: Sundays 2:30-4:00 pm at Curtis Corner Middle School
October 3 thru November 7 11-14 yr olds: Fridays 6:00-7:30 pm at Broad Rock Middle School Winter: STAY TUNED...planning stages Recreational Coaches Workshop - is an interactive, on-court training program designed for Parents seeking the basics in coaching and organizing team tennis, Players seeking part-time teaching jobs, and anyone that wants to work with players at the recreational level. It is taught by a specially trained, certified teaching professional. January 26th, 2008 at Roger Williams University in Bristol, RI from 9:00 am - 3:30 pm June 1st, 2008 at Village Green Courts, Peace Dale, RI from 10:30 am - 5:00 pm Southern RI Junior Travel Tennis League - players 10-16 years that want to travel to local tennis clubs in southern Rhode Island and have an opportunity to play in a casual recreational setting. Matches are Wednesdays from 1:00-3:00 pm Ladies Doubles Travel Team - ladies doubles summer travel team practices on Friday mornings at 8 am and plays matches at other clubs around Rhode Island on Wednesday mornings. Team members are ranked from 2.5 thru 4.0+. Rhode Island Flex Leagues - Adult and Juniors can participate on seperate ladders and can compete regionally in Northern or Southern Rhode Island. Ladders will allow all tennis players, from the beginning novice to the serious, experienced player, to meet and play other tennis enthusiasts at their own skill levels. Whether you play only occasionally, "just for fun," or prefer to compete several times a week, you can meet others at your level. You will also have the opportunity to improve your play by challenging others who are slightly more advanced. You can register and play at any point during the season. Adult Challenge Ladders - Men's and Ladies Co-ed Open: Ladder will officially start May 1 and run thru October Junior Challenge Ladders - Join us Friday nights at Broad Rock Middle School for a great evening of junior tennis. Southern RI Jr Ladder will start Friday, May 30th with a Pizza Party! Northern RI Jr Ladder we are still looking for a home base and an evening to play. Providence After School Alliance (PASA) - is a public/private venture that is working to expand and improve after school opportunities for the youth of Providence by building a system of after school supports - AfterZones. South County Community Tennis Association (SCCTA) together with the Blackstone Valley Tennis Association (BVTA) are providing tennis to a possible 6,000 children throughout Providence. These local providers, with the cooperation and leadership of the National and New England offices of the United States Tennis Association (USTA) provide tennis programming in 5 of the cities AfterZones which consist of 11 middle schools. Tournaments: Rhode Island National Public Park Championships: June 6-8
April 19, 2008 at Broad Rock Middle School, from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Welcome Back to Tennis™ - are you 50+ and want to stay active! Instead of winding down, reinvent yourself! A Welcome Back to Tennis event gives new and returning players of similar age an opportunity to commit to a healthier lifestyle by providing them with an exciting social event and offering an age-specific tennis program
URI women's tennis team had an excellent three days in the very competitive Quinnipiac Invitational. This tournament featured teams from Army, UConn, Seton Hall, University of Maryland Baltimore, Quinnipiac, Fairfield and URI. The goal was to play lots of tennis and get all eight players into multiple singles and doubles matches. With three days of sunshine, the result was just what we are looking for. All the players were very competitive so there were no easy matches.
I was pleased that when the dust settled we were among the leaders in all four divisions. It shows we've had a very productive start to the season and that the girls are improving and playing well. We ended with an overall record of 34-15 (which compares to a 20-26 record last season.) All 8 members of the team at a minimum had both a singles and doubles win. The highlights were numerous and included:
- Freshman Tristany Leikem winning the B Draw. (The B draw is comprised of the #3 and 4 singles players from each school.)
- Freshman Pam Emery reaching the Semi-finals of the A draw and upsetting the #1 seed from UMBC in a two hour plus marathon.
- Freshman Kirsten Leikem coming back to win the A flight back draw after dropping a tough 3 setter to the UConn #1 player.
- Sophomore Christen Cadigan winning the B flight back draw by sweeping three matches.
- Junior Amanda Barletta ended up co-champ of the C flight back draw (the #5-6 players).
- Seniors Valerie Chacon and Grace Hedstrom each reached the semi finals of the C and D flights respectively.
- Finally, we had excellent results in doubles with Kirsten and Tristany Leikem reaching the finals of the A draw with excellent wins over Seton Hall, UConn and UMBC. Pam Emery and Amanda Barletta also reached the finals of the B draw.
Combined singles and doubles records for the three-day event were:
Pam Emery: 5-2
Kirsten Leikem: 5-2
Tristany Leikem: 7-1
Christen Cadigan: 4-2
Amanda Barletta: 5-2
Valerie Chacon: 3-2
Grace Hedstrom: 3-2
Brooke Hoover: 2-2
Overall it was an outstanding event although exhausting. (For example on Saturday we started at 8AM and finished under the lights at 10PM.) Tournaments always point out some areas to work on but mostly we just need to fine tune. We are off again this coming weekend to the Army Invitational at West Point where we?ll compete in a big 32 team tournament. If anyone is in the area, please come up and see some great tennis.
Thirty Four teams participated from 9 RI High Schools - Cumberland, LaSalle, Wheeler, Cranston West, Notrh Kingstowb, Barrington, South Kingstown, Mount St Charles and Prout.
Winners - Front - l to r Kevin Babcock/Adam Littlefield versus - Behind l to r Ben Barbera/Andrew Sharkey 8-5
Divisions: Boys & Girls 18 & under 16 & under 14 & under 12 & under For more information or to register Call Stephen at 401-465-5970 or email: stephen.mook@gmail.com There really is nothing better than to see our local youth working together to help other kids.
South Kingstown boys tennis coach Andy Carr, left, consults with Cliff Bueno deMesquita, one of his players during Friday’s state title match.
You can’t plan on becoming a high school coaching legend at 38 years of age.
Legends are built over a period of time, usually a lifetime.
You need to direct a lot of your teams to state championships to become a high school coaching legend and normally there isn’t enough time to do it before your 40th birthday — especially if you’re coaching at a public high school these days.
You can’t expect to develop the type of hometown reputation where, even though you’re still in your 30s, everybody from grammar school kids to grandparents knows you’re the coach.
You can’t, that is, unless you’re South Kingstown’s Andy Carr.
Friday afternoon, Carr, the head coach of the South Kingstown boys tennis team, directed the Rebels to their 10th consecutive Division I state title.
It’s the longest string of undisputed, consecutive state titles by a public high school sports team in the 70-plus years that the R.I. Interscholastic League has been holding state team competition. True, Coventry High has 16 straight state championship wrestling banners hanging on its gymnasium wall, but in 1990, the ninth year of that string, the Oakers shared the state crown with Warwick Vets.
The South Kingstown tennis team has been the only Division I champion for a straight decade.
You don’t win state team tennis titles without some great individual players, and Carr certainly has had some of the best players in Rhode Island in his lineup over the years. In six of the last nine years, a South Kingstown player has won the state singles title. But ask the South Kingstown players, the parents, school administrators, even opposing coaches, why the Rebels keep winning and they will tell you the foundation of their amazing success is Carr.
He’s now in his 13th year as the Rebels’ mentor and has directed his teams to titles in 11 of those 13 seasons. In his first year as head coach in 1996, South Kingstown won the Division II state title. A year later, the Rebels moved up to Division I, and in 1999 they began their record title run.
He takes teenagers who have been playing the individual sport of tennis since they were in kindergarten and gets them to think in terms of team pride, even with some teammates who hadn’t picked up a tennis racket before they reached high school. The star singles players have provided numerous points through the years, but several times the deciding points in state-title matches have come from singles or doubles players who didn’t start playing tennis until Carr, a South Kingstown middle school teacher, introduced them to the sport in either middle or high school.
Carr doesn’t have a name for it, but for a decade South Kingstown tennis players haven’t had any problem understanding his coaching philosophy.
“It’s the expectations he puts on his players. He expects you to excel in school and outside of school. I’m not sure other coaches do that,” said Kyle Burke, the Rebels’ top singles player and the defending state singles champion.
“Everyone is serious at practices because he expects you to behave as an adult,” Burke continued. “That’s what makes the difference in terms of maturity when we come out on the court and are ready for the pressure. We have been put under pressure all season by the team, the coach and the legacy we are trying to fulfill.”
Somehow, a member of Generation X with a Greatest Generation work ethic has convinced New Millennium teenagers to buy into the philosophy that hard work can be enjoyable.
“It’s very important to his kids. They really care,” Terry Lynch, South Kingstown athletic director, said about Carr’s quest for constant improvement. “He does all the little things. You go to one of his practices in the gym when it’s raining out and it’s just like being choreographed. They are doing all kinds of things to get better. He just works at it so hard. It’s very important to him, and his kids really respect him. What he says is gospel.”
In a sense, it’s a coaching career that may have been predestined. After all, he grew up as a coach’s son.
His father, Ray Carr, had a 30-year coaching career that included coaching football, wrestling and tennis at North Kingstown High, as well as a highly successful tenure as the Community College of Rhode Island tennis coach in the 1980s and early 1990s.
“My father has been the biggest influence on me by far, but I first got into it because I love the sport,” said Andy Carr, who started his coaching career as a South Kingstown assistant a year after he graduated from the URI in 1993.
“I had no idea what it was going to be like,” said Carr, an All-State tennis player at Narragansett High. “You get into it because you like athletics, and I like to compete. It’s another way of competing, even though you’re not playing. But I appreciate it so much more now than I did when I first started in the ’90s. The experience and the influence you can have on kids. … It’s definitely worth all the time we put in.”
He never planned it to be more than an athletic exercise, but in the process he and his players have done more than simply put a bunch of championship hardware in the South Kingstown High trophy case. The high school tennis team has become a South Kingstown source of pride.
“Our town rallies around us,’ said Burke. “If anyone mentions tennis in our town they immediately think of our high school team. I think the community should rally around the high school, and I don’t think you get that with private schools.”
“We have good people who support the program and are excited about tennis,” said Carr. “They have a good [recreation] program down in South County. If you can get a few good athletes every year that get into it, you have a good program.”
And, if you have a 38-year-old coaching legend.
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Andrew Burnap after clinching a win at 3rd singles
The Providence JournaL / Glenn Osmundson
PAWTUCKET –– It never seems to come easy, but in the end the state’s top boys high school tennis title always comes to South Kingstown — at least for the past decade.
The Rebels made it 10 in a row yesterday as they completed a perfect season with a 5-2 victory over Barrington in the title match of the Division I state tourney at Slater Park.
The Rebels picked up the four points they need for the title by sweeping the four singles matches then added another point with a victory in the second doubles match en route to their 16th victory in 16 matches this season.
In the past couple of years, the Rebels won the state title match after losing to their title-round opponent during the regular season. This year, South Kingstown defeated Barrington twice during the regular season, but just like their 4-3 victory in the first regular-season meeting, nothing came easy for the Rebels yesterday.
Heck, even the Rebels’ top player –– state singles champion Kyle Burke –– was forced to work longer than normal before he registered South Kingstown’s first point of the match.
Burke, who will play in the title match of the state singles tournament tomorrow, rolled to a 6-0 victory in the opening set of his first singles match against Will Conaway and also took a 4-1 lead in the second set. But then Conaway began slicing and chipping his way back into contention.
Employing an extremely effective slice backhand, Conaway battled back to deadlock the set at 5-5. Then, after Burke took a 6-5 lead and had match point in the 12th game, Conaway battled back and even the set again at 6-6.
Conaway actually was only two points away from deadlocking the match as he took a 5-4 lead in the 12-point tiebreaker. But Burke, who is undefeated this season, closed out the match by winning three straight points.
Burke’s victory evened the team score at 1-1. Barrington had jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead when the Eagles’ top doubles team of Sam Jerome and Ben Lucock posted a 6-1, 6-3 victory over the Rebels Aaron Carey and Andrew Shumate.
Burke’s straight-sets victory took better than 90 minutes and it was more than 30 minutes later before another match finished. Finally, Andrew Burnap gave South Kingstown a 2-1 lead with a 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 victory over Matt DelSesto at third singles. A few minutes later, Jake Bueno-deMesquita upped South Kingstown’s lead to 3-1 with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Jeff DeNunzio at second singles.
“Those were huge victories,” South Kingstown coach Andy Carr said of Bueno-deMesquita and Burnap’s triumphs. “Those were two matches that on paper could have gone either way. When we got those two points, along with Kyle’s victory, that put a lot of pressure on Barrington.”
The honor of clinching the title went to sophomore Cliff Bueno-deMesquita and he certainly put in a full day’s work en route to his victory at fourth singles. Bueno-deMesquita, the younger brother of Jake, posted a 6-3 decision in the first set of his match with Gates Jerome, but then Jerome evened the issue with a 7-5 victory in the second set. Jerome also battled back and sent the third set into a tiebreaker after trailing by as much as 4-1. But Bueno-deMesquita quickly took the lead in the tiebreaker en route to a 7-4 victory.
That gave South Kingstown a 4-1 lead and the title. A few minutes later the Rebels second doubles team of Eric Troob and Mike Mulroy made it 5-1 with a 6-3, 6-4 victory. The duo of Pat McLaughlin and Sam Triebwasser registered Barrington’s second point with a straight sets victory at third doubles.
“They came a long way,” Carr offered about the 2008 Rebels who lost four starters from last year’s state championship team, including two of last year’s top four singles players.
Burke, SK def. Conaway, 6-0, 7-6 (7-5); J. Bueno-deMesquita, SK, def. DeNunzio, 6-3, 6-4; Burnap, SK, def. DelSesto, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4; C.Bueno-deMesquita, SK, def. G. Jerome, 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (7-4); S. Jerome-Lucock, B, def. Aaron Corey-Andrew Súmate, 6-1, 6-3; Troob-Mulroy, SK, def. Chris Robinson-Tom VanHentenryck, 6-3, 6-4; McLaughlin-Triebwasser, B, def. Yosuke Kurokawa-Alex Kam Division I Boys Tennis
S. Kingstown 5 v Barrington 2
At the 2006/2007 annual Rhode Island Interscholastic League Boy's Tennis Banquet the very first $500 scholarships were awarded to Elizabeth Harrington of Westerly High School and Jonathan Burke of South Kingstown High School.
In 2007/2008 tennis banquets the scholarships were awarded to Missy Ferry of Mt St Charles High School and Aaron Carey of South Kingstown High School. On hand to help pass out other awards to the individuals and teams during the evening were USTA Rhode Island's President Mike Gorman and board member/scholarship committee member Sandy Sweet from the South County CTA. USTA Rhode Island Vice President John Jasionowski (also the Rhode Island Interscholastic League Tennis President) was the master of ceremony. RI USTA $500 COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE! USTA Rhode Island, the state association of the sport’s national governing body of the United States Tennis Association is proud to be able to offer a $500.00 college scholarship to one Male & one Female Rhode Island state high school tennis player. Your high school tennis coach and guidance counselor will need to sign off on your application for it to be processed. You must be entering either a two or four year college program in the Fall 2009 term. This scholarship is not solely based upon sport performance, academic performance or financial need. The primary focus of the USTA Scholarships is to help participants in USTA youth tennis programs and independent tennis programs receive college assistance and/or purchase college textbooks and materials. Your honest evaluation of the applicant will be of assistance to the Scholarship Selection Committee. This scholarship is guaranteed not to interfere with any NCAA rulings in regards to college sport participation, and all scholarship funds will be sent directly to the corresponding college or university’s student account. Scholarships will be awarded at each of the respective RIIL tennis banquets, the girl’s in November and the boy’s in June. Instructions for completing this scholarship application: High School Coach & Guidance Counselor will only need to sign off on the application: Both your coach and your counselor need to give us their contact information and agree to be interviewed if need be by the state scholarship committee. Student Nominee: Complete the Student form, Write your essay. Completed form and essay should be signed
Mail application to the USTA Rhode Island in an envelope postmarked no later than October 25, 2008 for Girl’s and May 15, 2009 for Boy’s seasons. MAIL TO: USTA Rhode Island Scholarship c/o SCCTA 476 Main Street Wakefield, RI 02879
PAWTUCKET –– The Exeter/West Greenwich boys tennis team has gone from taking tennis lessons to celebrating tennis championships.
“The program is relatively new, probably about eight years. We struggled for numbers for years, but now we spend more time practicing rather than teaching,” Exeter/West Greenwich coach John Krom said after the Scarlet Knights captured the Interscholastic League Division IV title with a 4-3 victory over Woonsocket yesterday at Slater Park.
“I’m so excited for the seniors,” Krom continued. “Last year we only won three matches. This year we had an abundance of freshmen come in and they just all jelled together.”
The Scarlet Knights, who finished third in Division IV-South during the regular season with a 9-4 record, settled the issue quickly yesterday with victories in the four singles matches.
The four Exeter/West Greenwich singles victories came in straight sets. Freshman Ryan Gouveia gave the Scarlet Knights their first point with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Martin McGeehan at first singles.
Jim Glendinning and Reid Brackenbury, two of the Scarlet Knights’ seven seniors, followed with 6-4, 6-2 and 7-5, 6-1 victories at second and third singles respectively. Freshman Sean Farrell then clinched the title with a 6-3, 6-4 victory at fourth singles.
“Our singles really came up strong for us,” said Krom. “Woonsocket is such a tough team. My number three was down five-love in the first set and came back and won it, 7-5. Then (he) won the second set, 6-1.”
Exeter/West Greenwich had earned its berth in yesterday’s title with a 5-2 victory over West Warwick, the IV-South regular-season co-champion, in the semifinal round.
“I’m just so proud of those guys. They continued to battle,” said Krom.
Woonsocket picked up its three points by sweeping the doubles after Exeter/West Greenwich had clinched the title.
Gouveia, EWG def. McGeehan, 6-3, 6-1; Glendinning, EWG, def. Chris Vongkameko, 6-4, 6-2; Brackenbury, EWG, def. Alvin Loud, 7-5, 6-1; Farrell, EWG, def. Daniel Robillard, 6-3, 6-4; Dan Southising-John Chansyna, W, def. Jake Peterson-Matt Laperriere, 6-4, 6-1; Damien Whitfiels-Jon Leak,W, def. Isham Picillo-Kyle Farrell, 7-6 (8-6), 4-6, 10-3; Andrew Sounraj-Mike Inthisensouk, W, def. Dan Barbour-Brendan Dumican, 6-3, 6-2.Division IV Boys Tennis
Exeter/WG 4 vs Woonsocket 3
In the late 70s and throughout the 80’s and 90’s Norman Shapiro was an omnipresent figure on the Rhode Island sports scene, and tennis was his passion. Like any great promoter he needed a trademark, and his curly hair and moustache were his. He created a group called THE TENNIS NUTS and the tennis parties he threw were well attended, and contributed to the promotion of tennis in Rhode Island. He brought all sorts of people together, and friendships have endured as a result of his efforts.
Additionally, every summer he ran a tournament at the Kent County YMCA that made a significant donation to JERRY’S KIDS, and after junior tennis star and family friend Todd Morsilli was tragically killed by a drunk driver, he was instrumental in creating The Todd Morsilli Fund, and the Morsilli tournament grew to become a huge weekend on the New England tennis calendar. The tennis was great, but it also was a nice opportunity for old friends to get together.
Every summer he looked forward to The Miller Hall of Fame Championships at the Tennis Hall of Fame, and some how finagled a spot in the press tournament every year. He loved the underdog, and he loved Arthur Ashe, and had the opportunity to hit with him on the grass at Center Court one day.
We hope this tournament will be an enduring tribute to Norm, and donations to The Tim and Tom Gullikson Foundation and The International Tennis Hall of Fame will be made in his honor.
Well, it was a HOT weekend, but heat and humidity did not keep this event from happening! SOLFIRE TENNIS, a new tennis clothing line from former local tennis player and Shapiro family friend, Brendan Murphy, was the main sponsor for this years event. His clothing was enjoyed by all as it kept us all a little drier as we played this weekend. Brendan also played in the Men's Open Singles draw, but lost in his semi-final match to Brad Bolte in three sets 6-3 2-6 6-4.
This was certainly some of the BEST tennis in South County that I have ever seen! In a whirlwind turn of events the tournament went off, a few glitches, but I do believe that a good time was had by players and spectators alike.
Sixty-one participants from all over took part this weekend. Curt Bennett was here fom Hawaii, that just might take the prize for distance traveled. However, California, New Jersey, Maryland and MA were also represented.
Curt Bennett, a left-winger, had a very successful three year run with Brown University that saw him named to three All-Star teams before he made the leap to the NHL with the St. Louis Blues in 1970-71. Bennett also played for the New York Rangers and the Atlanta Flames. An avid tennis player, Bennet was taken out in the semi finals of the Men's 4.5 Singles by Bradley Shapiro, nephew of Norm.
Brad Shapiro's run for the Men's 4.5 Singles title was ended in the finals by South Kingstown's own Alex Chavez. Alex is a USPTR pro for South Kingstown Parks & Recreation, and a former player from the South Kingstown High School team. Alex beat Brad in straight sets 6-3 6-3.
Mark Keil, former ATP, player was on hand this weekend and played in both the Men's Open and Doubles divisions. Mark, otherwise know as the “Journeyman”. Keil’s greatest professional achievements on the singles tour was at the Queen’s Club Championships in 1991: his 6-2, 7-6(2) victory over Hall of Famer, Pete Sampras, then ranked 8th in the world. Keil later carved a career for himself in the doubles tour, reaching a career-high ranking of No. 32 in 1995. He has doubles wins over Stefan Edberg, Boris Becker, Andre Agassi, Gustavo Kuerten and Mark Philippoussis. He won five ATP Tour doubles titles in his career.
Mark lost his semi final Men's Open Singles match to our local high school phenom, Kyle Burke. The 3 set match took over 2 and 1/2 hours to play, with the score being; 6-3 3-6 7-6 (4). Kyle is the current RIIL state boys singles champion with 2 titles under his belt, and also part of the South Kingstown High School Boy's Team that has 10 consecutive state team titles. Kyle Burke went on to win the Men's Open Title in the finals against Roger Williams number 1 singles player, Brad Bolte from New Jersey, in straight sets 6-0 6-1.
In April the Commonwealth Coast Conference released its All-TCCC Men's Tennis Team, and four Roger Williams student-athletes were named All-Conference, with three of the four receiving honors for their play at both singles and doubles. Leading off the honorees was senior Brad Bolte (Augusta, N.J.) who earned a spot on the First Team for singles. Playing primarily as the No. 1 seed, Bolte compiled an impressive 10-7 (7-1 TCCC) record through the end of the regular season.
Mark Keil and Craig Shapiro (Norm's eldest son) lost in the Men's 4.5 Doubles final to Roger Williams University team members Jason Dono and Brad Bolte, scores were 7-5 6-1.
The 4.5 Women's Doubles title was won by local USPTA pro, Collen Haxton and her partner Kengy Bell. They beat local Narragansett Park and Recreation's Pro, Kara Biller and her partner Deb D'Orsi in three sets 6-4 2-6 7-6.
Kara Biller did not leave the event empty handed, she and her partner Andrew Shumate won the Mixed Doubles title for 9.0 and below. Andrew is going to be a Junior at SKHS and played number 1 doubles for the South Kingstown team. The won in a third set against Bob Burian and Michelle Reid, a USPTA pro from Rally Point.
Rob Henderson from Warwick became the Men's 3.5 title winner during the round robin event winning matches over Dave Marcle, Dave Sterling and Tom Schneider.
The Providence Journal's sports columnist John Gillooly and his partner Christian Allen also played a round robin event for the Men's 3.5 Doubles title. They reigned supreme over teams Ray Carr/Wayne Johnson, Joe & Glen Gama, and Charlie Baud/Don Scott.
A Recreational Coach Workshop is an interactive, on-court training program designed for tennis teachers and coaches working with players at the recreational level. Each workshop is conducted by an outstanding certified tennis professional specially trained to effectively handle groups and get kids and adults to play tennis quickly in a fun and social atmosphere. Taught by a specially trained, certified teaching professional, this active 6-hour session covers: • Teaching large groups • The games-based approach to coaching • Running effective team practices • Games and drills every coach should know Who attends a Recreational Coach Workshop? These workshops are an excellent primer for new coaches as well as a valuable refresher course for those with teaching experience but who seek more current methods and effective tools. Past attendees include: • Parents seeking the basics in coaching and organizing team tennis • Park and Recreation instructors, high school, and seasonal coaches • Coaches teaching kids and adults who are new to the game • Current players seeking part-time teaching jobs Upon completion of the six-hour workshop, attendees will: • Be eligible for the United States Professional Tennis Association (USPTA) Developmental Coach Certification • Be able to effectively run entry level groups and teams • Receive access to the latest in transition ball technology and additional coaching resources Our faculty are all certified by the Professional Tennis Registry (PTR) and/or USPTA and have received special training from the USTA. The USTA assigns trainers based on reasonable time and travel requirements. Once a trainer is assigned to a workshop, he or she will work with the host site director to ensure all appropriate arrangements are made for a successful workshop. Workshops must have a minimum of 20 participants. JANUARY 26, 2008 - SATURDAY Where: Roger Williams University - Bristol, RI Time: 9am-3:30pm Host: South County Community Tennis Association (SCCTA) Contact: Sandy Sweet, (email: sccta@aol.com ; Phone: 401-932-9345) Cost: $15
JUNE 1, 2008 - SUNDAY Where: Village Green Courts- Peace Dale, RI Time: 10:30 am- 5:00pm Host: South County Community Tennis Association (SCCTA) Contact: Sandy Sweet, (email: sccta@aol.com ; Phone: 401-932-9345) Cost: $15
RI - Slater Park, Pawtucket, RI 6/14/2008 Time: 9am-3:30pm To register, contact: Joanne Macksoud, jam10scoach@aol.com Phone: 508-212-8187 Cost: $15
MA - Durfee High School, Fall River 6/21/2008 Time: 9am-3:30pm To register, contact: Tom Medeiros, Thomasgmedeiros@aol.com Phone: 508-801-5761 Cost: $20
Andy Carr - NE HS Coach of the Year from South Kingstown High School and SK Parks & Recreation Tennis Programs
