Junior Group Lessons — Summer 2024
Our summer junior lessons will start July 2 and run Monday, Tuesday and Thursday mornings through July and August. Make-up sessions will be offered for cancelled session due to rain at dates to be determined.
This is an 8 -week program. (two 4-week sessions), Head Coach Saty will sort players into groupings of similar skill and age using the following guidelines. Juniors can/will be moved during the season to a different ball level if necessary. Players should attend the class that reflects their current age and skill level on July 2. If you have any questions, please contact Coach Saty.
RED BALL- 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
This program is for players between the ages of 5 and 7 who have never played tennis or have little experience in the sport. During this program they will learn the fundamentals of tennis using low-compression Red Balls over a mini-net. We aim that by the end of an 8-week session, players can successfully hit a self-fed ball over the net and an incoming ball over the net.
ORANGE BALL- 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
This program is for players between the ages of 7 and 9 who have never played tennis or have little experience in the sport. During this program they will learn the fundamentals of tennis, starting with using orange balls on a reduced-sized court over the regulation net. We aim that by the end of an 8- week session, players can successfully hit a self-fed ball over the net and an incoming ball over the net.
Note- Our coach will be flexible and can use Red Balls if necessary to facilitate learning. We prioritize your child’s progress and comfort in the program.
GREEN BALL- 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
This program is for players between the ages of 9 and 11 who have never played tennis or have little experience in the sport. During this program they will learn the fundamentals of tennis, starting with Red Balls over the regulation net on a reduced-size court, progressing to Orange Balls over the regulation net on a slightly larger court, and finishing the session with Green Balls over the regulation net in the full court. We aim that by the end of an 8-week session, players can successfully hit a self-fed ball over the net and an incoming ball over the net.
YELLOW BALL- 12:00 PM– 1:00PM
This program is for players between the ages of 11 and 14 who have never played tennis or have little experience in the sport. During this program they will learn the fundamentals of tennis, starting with using Green balls over the regulation net in a reduced-size court and progressing to yellow balls over the regulation net in the full court. Progression may vary depending on the level of play. We aim that by the end of an 8-week session, players can successfully start doing some amount of rallies. Space is limited and we encourage registration using the sign-up sheet as soon as possible.
Members have priority for all spots and if space is available after all members have signed up, they will be made available to non-members.
The cost for lessons for members is $240+HST for the whole summer. For families with multiple juniors, there is a discount of 20% for the second, 30% for the third and 40% for the fourth player. The multi-player discount is for members only.
The fee for non-members is $360+HST.
For our youngest junior players, 4-6 years old, we offer a “Little Aces” program. This program will run Monday, Tuesday and Thursday’s with Coach Natasha. 45 minutes per session. We offer two sessions from 11:00-11:45 and 11:45-12:30.
Space is limited. We encourage you to sign up as soon as possible. If there is space available after members have signed-up, non-members will be contacted during the week of June 24 to secure any remaining spots.
Thank you for your support of junior tennis at St. George’s.