UA Off-Season Tennis
TENNIS CLINIC INFORMATION
Many of the girls play at Woodsmill or Frontenac during the winter. Some girls are at Vetta. It is a good idea to take clinics where other girls are. The advantage to this is that we can easily split court time and attend clinics together, but there are obviously no requirements around that. Just ask around to see where girls are playing to find a friend!
Emmie, Alayna, Susie, McKenna, Vivian, Meredith, and Kaytlin belong to Frontenac/Woodsmill.
Sophia takes lessons at Vetta.
Let me know where your daughter is so that I can list it!
TEAM PLAY
Weekly Court Time Opportunities
Varsity - Saturdays @FRC 12-1:30
Format: 30min Serve Practice; 1 hour Ball Machine
Cost: Depends on number of players ; court time is $67.50 per 1.5 hours
Let Becky know each week by Friday afternoon if you are joining
Junior Team Tennis (JTT)
Spring League - date/time TBD
We will be putting 2 teams in USTA JTT - a varsity and a JV team. Karen Keith and I will be "coaching" the teams. It won't begin until March, and games are usually at Dwight Davis on Sunday afternoons between 4-8pm. More information to come on this next year, but we will need 12 girls across the two teams, so let Becky know if your daughter is interested!
No School Day Clinics
Scheduling large group clinics on days we are off of school. Time tbd. Let Becky know if you will be attending any of these clinics by the day before the clinic. Here are days that we are planning:
December 23rd - 2-3:30 @ Forest Lake Tennis Club
January 16th
February 13th
March 6th
April 10th
May TBD
TOURNAMENTS
Below is a schedule of local tournament opportunities. For USTA and Gateway, you have to join the organization and then pay for individual matches. For UTR, you can just pay for the individual matches. It's important to understand levels. For illustrative purposes -- Emmie always plays USTA L5 or L6 tournaments. She has never played an L4 -- it's super competitive. For UTR, she is a 3.81. You can enter tournaments in UTR based on level, so if your daughter is a beginner, make sure to look for UTR levels of 0-2.5;. A UTR of 6.0 is REALLY good, so be prepared if she faces a higher level player!
USTA: https://tennislink.usta.com/Tournaments/Common/Default.aspx
UTR: https://www.universaltennis.com/
Gateway: https://www.tennistourtracker.com/dashboard/index
USTA & UTR Intermediate to Advanced
L6 USTA @ O’Fallon IL November 26-27
Forest Lake Tennis Academy UTR December 2, 5-7pm
Forest Lake Tennis Academy UTR December 16, 5-7pm
L6 USTA @ Vetta Dec 16-18
L6 USTA @ Bloomington IL December 27-28
L5 USTA @ Louisville KY December 30- Jan 1
USTA Beginner+ USTA Tournaments
Level 7: CCRC November L7
Sat, Nov 19 - Sat, Nov 19, 2022
Level 7: CCRC December L7
Sat, Dec 10 - Sat, Dec 10, 2022
USTA Junior Circuit: CCRC 10U O/G, 12U G, 14U/18U Y
Sun, Dec 18 - Sun, Dec 18, 2022
Gateway Tournaments
Many high school girls will play gateways all year round. The levels of players are beginner through intermediate. Great experience. You have to join the league and then it's like $35 per tournament. The play is modified -- best of 5 no ad in a round robin, then the girls with the highest number of games won will go to semis. Play happens weekly at local indoor clubs. Will need to join league to see schedule.
December 3rd Missouri Athletic Club West Girls 18 / 6:45 PM
December 10th Sunset Tennis Center Girls 16 / 7:30 PM
December 17th Missouri Athletic Club West Girls 18 / 7:00 PM
January 7th Forest Lake Tennis Club Girls 16 / 7:45 PM
January 14th Frontenac Racquet Club Girls 18 / 7:45 PM