The Champions Program is a year-round program consisting of players ages 8
and up, with outstanding tennis ability (usually ranked at least top 50 sectionally),
great work ethic, dedication, desire and a commitment to education, community
service and character building. These players may be invited directly into the
Champions Program or move up from the Transitional Champions Program.
In
this full time program, players receive extensive tennis
training, match play, complimentary tournament coaching at the sectional of national
level, customized fitness training, mental training with a certified sports psychologist,
video analysis, college counseling for juniors and senior, and free
after school tutoring.
Players in the Champions Program practice three to five times a week (some of them
twice a day). The program combines the following types of training:
| Tennis Practice and Match Play |
| |
* Comprehensive Training
* Progressive Training
* Mentoring Training
* Competition Training
* Natural Selection Training
* Individualized Training |
* Team Concept Training
* Clay Court Training
* Responsibility/Independency
Training
* Shot Tolerance Training
* Intensive Fitness Training |
Fitness Training
For players in the Champions Program the fitness training is customized and periodically sequenced, giving
them a competitive edge. The physical training intensity, focus and duration vary depending on the period of
training in our players tournament cycle. It usually consists of power and speed training, strength training, endurance
training, tennis specific footwork exercises and dynamic and static stretching for flexibility and injury prevention.
Summer Training
The annual tuition includes a certain number of weeks of intense summer training based on how many times per week
each player participates in during the regular school year. Summer training consists of
tennis practice, matches, fitness and drilling. The summer schedule is
Monday through Friday, 9am to 5pm.
