STA Tennis: Taking things to the next level

STA Tennis: Taking things to the next level Here's a rundown of the exciting new developments with our St Andrews Flames Tennis Team as well as the ECA opportunities that abound.

Here's a rundown of the exciting new developments with our St Andrews Flames Tennis Team as well as the ECA opportunities that abound.

We are pleased to welcome our new Head Tennis Coach, Coach Pair, to our St Andrews community. Pair comes to us with a wealth of experience in both coaching and playing Tennis; having represented the Thailand National Tennis team as a Junior and having led high performance Tennis programmes in Bangkok and Shanghai, she will be a valuable addition to our team. Pair will work within our community to offer new and exciting Tennis developments to all members of our community.

With a dedicated member of coaching staff to Tennis, the organisational structure of our programme will change allowing all children to enjoy tennis at a level appropriate to them.

Overview of Changes

• All ECA Squads will be priced at ฿300 per session and charged on a termly basis.

• All students will be assigned to a squad during ‘Assessment week’ - 27th - 31st August.

• All students must be signed up for squad on Moodle.

• Squad sign up will be from from 9:00 am on Saturday 1st September to 9pm on Tuesday 4th September.

Weekly Breakdown

• 8 ECA Squads for all ages and abilities

• 12 separate ECA coaching sessions

• 196 available ECA spaces

Assessment week

• Children in Years 1-13 will be able to show us their tennis skills from Monday 27th - Friday 31st August 2018.

• It is important to understand that all children will be put into an ECA squad, the assessment week will allow us to assess the level most beneficial to them.

Tennis Assessment Week Timetable: 27th - 31st August 2018

How to Register:

• If your child is at our Primary campus you will have received an email to register your interest as part of our wider primary sports programme.

• If your child is at our High school campus your child can register their interest at the sports sign up fair on Tuesday Lunchtime in the Sports Hall or by coming to see a member of the PE department.

• If you have any questions please email: pair.ch@standrews.ac.th or adam.cu@standrews.ac.th

How to sign up:

• All students will have to sign up for their ECA squad.

• All parents will receive email communication by Friday 31st August to inform them of their child’s ECA squad and give detailed ECA squad information.

• All ECA Squads will be priced at ฿300 per session and charged on a termly basis.

• Sign ups will be open from 9:00 am on Saturday 1st September to 9pm on Tuesday 4th September.

• Spaces in some ECA squads will be limited therefore the sign up process will be a first come first serve basis.

ECA Tennis Squads

At the heart of everything we do is player development. In order to achieve this our squads are set up to allow players to learn the game, develop their skills and have fun at the right level.

Fundamentally we have 4 levels of Tennis, each level uses different coloured tennis balls which are designed to play ‘slower’ and allow the greatest opportunity for players to develop their skills. Balls progress from Red, Orange, Green to Yellow.

Within each of these 4 levels we have 2 sub-categories, Blaze and Flames. Blaze squads are for developing players and Flames squads for advancing players.

Parent Tennis

We are pleased to be able to extend Tennis to our parent ECA programme. Sessions will be free of charge and you can sign up using your Parent Moodle account. Term 1 sessions will be organised as follows:

Tennis Xpress

Where: STA High School Blue Area

When: Wednesday 8 - 9am

Who: Beginner Level (Max 5 players)

What: Tennis Xpress is an easy, active and fun tennis program for adults. The main focus is to introduce starter adult players to tennis using the slower balls on a full size tennis court. The program helps starter adults to serve, rally and score (play the game) from the first session. All adults will know the basic techniques, tactics, rules of Tennis and will be able to play points on a full court

TGIF Tennis League

Where: STA High School Blue Area

When: Thursday 7:30 - 9am

Who: Beginner/Intermediate Level (Max 6 players)

What: Early morning tennis match play for adults beginner up to intermediate level. The league will provide a fun and friendly format organized by the coaches.

 

Again, if you have any questions please email pair.ch@standrews.ac.th or adam.cu@standrews.ac.th