Tennis Academy of the South - Academy

The Tennis Academy of the South (TAS) staff will offer 3 levels of on-court training in order to meet the needs of our juniors.  TAS will offer 4 drill sessions throughout the school year, 11 weeks in length, and a summer drill program, 8 weeks in length. 
 

TAS TRAINING PHILOSOPHY:

The TAS staff believes juniors should train the physical, mental, and emotional aspects of their game on a daily basis.  To this end the staff will implement TAS’s e-coach which is online training that will correspond to the weekly training on court.  Parents and juniors will be asked to go online for daily/weekly training to ensure each junior understands how to integrate the physical with the mental and the emotional.    
 

DRILL SESSION DATES:

SESSION 1:  AUGUST 10 – OCTOBER 25

SESSION 2:  OCTOBER 26 – JANUARY 10

SESSION 3:  JANUARY 11 – MARCH 28

SESSION 4:  MARCH 29 – JUNE 13

SESSION 5:  JUNE 14 – AUGUST 8
 

 ANNUAL PROGRAM FEE:

• Each junior will be charged an annual program fee of $275 to participate in TAS.  A junior’s membership begins with their initial start date and will be pro-rated after the August 11^th initial start date.  Two or more juniors in a family only pay 1 program fee, and receive all benefits.  The staff has incorporated the annual programming fee for juniors, and their parents, in order to ensure that TAS’ juniors take advantage of competitive/ training aspects of the game.  The benefits of the program fee maximizes TAS’ offering.  The annual program fee gives junior and parent a tremendous value if you simply take advantage of it.  Each junior will receive the following from the annual program fee:  
   
• Complimentary coaching at 2 Atlanta-based tournaments.  This includes critiquing a junior’s pre-tournament goal sheets, daily warm ups, watching matches, coaching between sets, helping parents cope with the pressure of tournament competition, and critiquing a junior’s post-tournament evaluation.  The tournaments are HUDLOW OCTOBER 2, 2009 and HUDLOW NOVEMBER 20, 2009.  Juniors must enter each tournament by going to the USTA website and signing up online, and then contact TAS for complimentary coaching.
   
• Match play weekends:  TAS will set up match play with other Academy juniors.  Juniors can call the business office at 404-421-2025 and the staff will set up match play with other juniors.  Juniors have a difficult time setting up their own match play. 
   
• Access to TAS’ interactive website that has all training for the year, rolling calendar, tournament coaching schedule for each ability level, off court mental toughness training dates, updates on how juniors are doing in tournaments, and any other pertinent information about programming. The TAS website will be the primary information provider for the Tennis Academy of the South.  
   
• TAS e-coach online training program will be implemented for juniors to build their game at home taking the on court physical and mental work to their computer and building skills at home. E-coach will have weekly programming that corresponds directly with TAS’ on court training.  Parents and juniors will be asked to go to the TAS website for this training on a weekly basis.
   
• Off court seminars for parents and juniors for: 1) new parent’s meeting and how to get the most out of the Academy, 2) tournament selection for each ability level, 3) mental toughness training, 4) nutrition for tennis, and 5) how to become a good tennis parent with the pressures of USTA tournaments and high school matches.
   
• College selection service for tennis scholarships.  The Academy staff will write letters of recommendation to college coaches, meet with parents to discuss the best college fit, call coaches to provide information about each junior, and create videotapes for juniors to send to coaches.   
   
• Tennis equipment purchasing for all family members at the lowest price possible from Dunlop, Head, Prince, and Wilson.  NOTE:  The money saved on tennis equipment alone pays for the annual program fee. 
   
• FEE:  $275 the annual program fee is refundable for the 1^st 30 days from a junior’s initial start date with TAS.
   

DRILL SESSION OPTIONS:  As TAS is a full service tennis academy; the staff will offer 3 levels of training.   

• The first training program is the “Level 1”, designed for the junior who wants to obtain a state ranking, play on their high school team, or simply train to see if they want to make tennis their sport.  The junior in this level of training may want to play more tennis, but has other interests that keep them from a full commitment. 
  
   
• The second training program is the “Level 2”, designed for the junior who has made the commitment to strive for a state and sectional ranking and is willing to work at a higher level of intensity.  A junior in this program may not have achieved their desired ranking yet, but is willing to put in the time and effort. The Sectional program is open to all junior’s who are willing to make the commitment to excellence. The staff is asking junior’s in this program to commit to four out of the five training periods in the year.
   
• The third training program is the “Level 3”, designed for the junior who has made a total commitment to tennis.  This junior has given up a lot in their life to make tennis a top priority and their goal is a college tennis scholarship and/or play professional tennis. 

In the Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 programs the staff will focus in 3 areas of training that must be addressed in order to maximize a junior’s potential.  The only difference being in the depth and scope of the training.  The 3 areas of focus are:  1) the physical game which includes stroke production, on court drills, match play, tournaments, and off court conditioning; 2) the mental part of the game, which includes learning to playing the junior’s game style, utilizing imagery, and shot selection; and 3) the emotional side of the game which encompasses how to handle competitive adversity, closing out matches, and how play a seeded or higher ranked player. 
 

DRILL GROUPINGS:  All juniors, regardless of program level option, will be placed in groupings by the following method:  1) ranking, 2) head to head matches against other academy juniors, 3) attitude, and 4) yearly commitment.  Juniors will be evaluated every 11 weeks to move up in groupings, based on the above. 
 

MAKE-UP DRILL SESSIONS:  In each program option juniors are given pre set make-up drill session times.  Juniors sign up for these pre set make-up drill session times by going to the TAS website and signing up for the pre set make-up times that are offered for their drill ability level.  When a junior signs up they will be emailed a confirmation.  There are no other make-up times available.  Additionally, no make-up drill sessions will be carried forward to the next 11-week drill session.

LEVEL 1 DRILL OPTION:

• Juniors sign up for 2 drills per week for 11-weeks. 
   
• There are 3 make-up drill session dates (pre set dates) a junior may attend.  If a junior does not attend their make-up drill sessions (pre set dates) they forfeit the missed drill session.     
   
• The pre set make-up drill session dates are:     
   
• When there is inclement weather TAS juniors will go online for a training session by TAS e-coach.  The online session corresponds to the daily on court training used by the TAS staff.  There are no other make-ups offered for inclement weather. 
   
• Juniors in the State level program can increase their commitment to the Sectional or National level programs at any time and the fee will be pro-rated.
   
• COST:  $682 pays for 2 drills per week for 11-weeks, with 3 make-up drill dates (pre set dates) listed above.  
   

LEVEL 2 DRILL OPTION:

• Juniors sign-up for 3 drills per week, for 11-weeks.
   
• There are 5 make-up drill session dates (pre set dates) a junior may attend. If a junior does not attend their make-up drill sessions (pre set dates) they forfeit the missed drill session.
   
• The pre set make-up drill session dates are:       
      
• When there is inclement weather juniors will go on line for a training session by TAS e-coach.  The online session corresponds to the daily on court training used by the TAS staff.  There are no other make-ups offered for inclement weather.   
   
• COST:  $1023 pays for 3 drills per week for 11-weeks, with 5 make-up dates (pre set dates) listed above.    
   

LEVEL 3 DRILL OPTION:

• Juniors may enter this program based on:  1) sectional and national ranking, 2) commitment level, 3) work ethic, and 4) attitude. 
   
• Juniors sign up for 4 drills per week, for 11 weeks, and a 5^th day built into the weekly schedule for make-ups.  There are no other make-ups.
   
• When there is inclement weather juniors will go online for a training session by TAS e-coach.  The online session corresponds to the daily on court training used by the TAS staff.  There are no other make-ups offered for inclement weather. 
   
• COST:  $1,364 pays for 4 drills weekly, but receives 5 drills weekly.