akron,ohio---2nd year high school on tennis team---instuctions, lessons, club, in our area?
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Unless you have a country club near you (which is your best bet) you should probably contact a local high school for and ask for information.
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The best thing for you to do is obviously hit  a ton of balls.  Practice your serve as much or more then you do other strokes.  It has become a game of serving and returns because of the advances it racket tech.  \n        Try and play USTA tournaments in your section as often as you can.  At a minimum one each month.  Matches are key.  If you do that you will find yourself feeling less pressure then you do  when playing for your high school.  \n         Matches are also the best way to identify what you have to work on.   Do some off court training as well.  Jumping rope, sit ups , push ups.  If possible take a private lesson every once in a while.  When you take your lesson , know going into it what you would like to work on going into your lesson.  Not only practice your weak areas , but work on your strengths also so you can develop a few weapons.  The best ones are as I said before Serve, return of serve.  Make your footwork a priority . of you are quick it is a major help.  Big forehands once you get into a rally are important.
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Yes. the pros start playing junior tournament tennis at 12-14 yrs old. Even college players miss the curve. Enjoy rec tennis.
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Driving ranges, high school golf teams
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South Jersey High School Softball...I think our baseball team may have been at States...Delsea HS????
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Tennis seems to be the least likely to help you in the long run.  It seems like that would be the most "just taking it for fun" classes.  Take the three that will help you the most in the future :)
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Well, if there is a club near your home, that would be a good place to start out. You could also get some of your school friends to play with you so you won't be all alone. You'll probalby have more fun that way.
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Playing tennis is smart.  It sounds to me that your Basketball coach broke a verbal contract.  I think it is time to have Mom or Dad reach out to the Jerk.  You should still be allowed to go to tennis.  Exercise and learning a life time skill like tennis are just as important if not more then an A in Geometry.
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I first learned how to play Ultimate when I got into Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan, New York. My friend who is a year older and went there told me that "everyone" plays Ultimate at Stuy. Being impressionable and younger, I figured I better learn too. I played for the boys' Sticky Fingers team through high school. I got to play at the high school national championships back when it was held in Washington DC.\n\nAfter high school, I went to Oberlin College in Ohio. I continued my Ultimate career by attending early season tryouts for the college team. There were barely enough people on the team to play 7-on-7 full size games. We played co-ed (mixed gender) in the fall, then single-gender in the spring (collegiate championships season). I eventually went on to captain the team, and the men's team made it to College Nationals.\n\nAfter college, I moved to Seattle, Washington, where I tried out for, but didn't make the second tier men's club team. I spent a season getting serious about training, and eventually made it onto one of the second tier teams. Continuing on with training, I eventually made it on to the top men's team in town. The team qualified for the club national championships where we finished second - losing to some team from Boston in the finals. I was put in for one point that game. (Which was pretty good considering there were earlier elimination games I didn't play in at all.)\n\nI eventually played for another evolution of a second tier men's team in town. After a few fun seasons with that team, I went on to start a co-ed (mixed gender) team. We finished well in the regional championships, but never good enough to make it to Nationals.\n\nMore than 22 years after I first started playing Ultimate, I once again live in Brooklyn, New York, and play casual pick-up Ultimate in Prospect Park a couple of times a month. I also regularly do yoga and get massage and acupuncture therapy for my aches and pains from years of Ultimate.\n\nI sometimes see the latest Stuyvesant High School boys Ultimate team practicing while I'm out in the park with my kid.
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search the American Camping Association website at http://www.acacamps.com you can search there by location and activity taught (tennis)
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I don't know that there are private non-parochial schools located specifically in your town, but here is a list of Cleveland area private schools. \nhttp://www.ccis-ohio.org/member.htm
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Here's an answer from a nationallly certified tennis instructor.\n\nPractice is not the answer because, due to the inherent inadequacies of taking GROUP tennis lessons, you'd very likely be practicing incorrect and/or insuffiecient technique and just ingraining improper strokes.\n\nGroup tennis lessons are not the answer because you get too little individual instruction to improve at a reasonable rate. \n\nAlthough tennis camps concentrate slightly more on proper tennis technique, and devote slightly more individual time to you, they too suffer from the same problem.\n\nIndeed, the only answer is PRIVATE tennis lessons. They seemingly cost more, but they are truly the shortest and surest route to real improvement.
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Here is a fairly comprehensive listing of summer camps in the area:\nhttp://www.gocitykids.com/browse/subcat.jsp?area=176&category=157\n\nI hope this helps!
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in new york! up north...i would recommend the saratoga springs city school district! awesome school...dorothy nolan for elementary bu then they go on to Maple Avenue Middle School then Saratoga High (#1 in sports AND academically)
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U LIVE IN INDIA!! See if any of your friends have drums, you can use to pratice with. I would love to be in a band I would be the songwriter and singer, but you probably don't live in Ohio. Just ask your friends, if there interested. If not post flyers around school.
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hoy pre!! this is the tennis section!!! how can u go to canada?? even question alone u dont now where to put it!!
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Hey Bond35. I'm from out West--I grew up playing in the Intermountain region--and so I don't know anything about the recruiting showcase going on in your region. I suggest that you contact a local USPTA pro to ask them their opinion of the showcase.\n\nWe  have similar showcases out west, but they're mainly for football. If I'm not mistaken, the goal is to video tape and record the stats of the different high school players to make that information available to college coaches. If such is the case, then I'd say that it wouldn't be worth the money for a tennis player to do it. But again, I'm not from NE, and so I don't know.\n\nCollege tennis coaches look at one thing when they recruit: tournament results. They want to know how you did against your peers. I know that when I contacted D1 coaches, their first question was always, "What's your Intermountain ranking?"\n\nHowever, there are significant differences between women's college tennis and men's. You see, because of Title IX, most division 1 men's tennis teams have just one or two scholarships to divide among their whole team, while on the women's team each young lady has a scholarship. This has led to a situation where it is much easier for girls to get scholarship money playing tennis (because there's more of it). You could very well end up with a full-ride scholarship if you know how to attack the process.\n\nInterestingly enough, your regional singles rank could be the key to getting a scholarship, and even getting a coach to meet with you. If you don't think that you're ranked high enough as a singles player, try to play more tournaments as a doubles player to improve your ranking. College coaches are always looking for good doubles players (a college player who is good at singles but horrible at doubles is a liability) because the "doubles point" is often the difference between beating and losing to another school. I have had several female friends who weren't very good singles players in juniors, but because their doubles record was so impressive they were offered D1 scholarships.\n\nI suggest that you make of list of schools for whom you'd like to play. You can usually go to that school's website and see a list of players who are on the team. Often you'll recognize players from older age groups that you knew growing up. That's a good way to gage the level of tennis you'll need to play at to go to that school. Try contact their coach and discuss your possibilities of playing for him/her. You could also throw together a video presentation with film from matches and practice sessions to send to coaches. But again, for coaches, the most important factor when recruiting is your rank.\n\nBond, i hope that helps. Feel free to drop me a line if you have any other questions. Good luck.