Spring 2012

Cobb County Elementary School Tennis League Registration

Cobb County Elementary School Tennis League Program is a wonderful opportunity for children to participate in a fun sport while sharing school spirit with classmates as they represent their schools in tennis. Register individually or as a team!

Registration begins: Monday, January 23, 2012

Registration ends:    Thursday, March 1, 2012

Cost

•  Only $ 10.00 per player for entire six weeks

•  League membership is NOT required for this league

Match Play Begins

•  Friday, March 16, 2012

•  Six weeks of play

Match Play Ends

•  Friday, April 20, 2012

(Note: no matches on Friday, April 6th, due to Spring Break)

Cobb County Tennis Center Coordinator

All Cobb County Tennis Centers (six) participate in this program. Please contact your Cobb County Tennis Center Coordinator for assistance with getting your school involved.

Fair Oaks Tennis Center  
Coordinator – Wayne Miller, wayne.miller@cobbcounty.org , 770-528-8480

Harrison Tennis Center  
Coordinator – Lola Wilburn – tennis4fun3@gmail.com , 678-438-7174 

Kennworth Tennis Center
Coordinator – Mark Kirk, mark.kirk@cobbcounty.org , 770-917-5160

Lost Mountain Tennis Center

Coordinator - Raoul Bax, raoulbax@bellsouth.net , 678-978-2010

Sweetwater Tennis Center

Coordinators – Charles McCoy, charles.mccoy@cobbcounty.org, 770-819-3221

Terrell Mill Tennis Center

Coordinator – Calin Constanceau, calin@sstennis.net , 770-644-2771    

We believe that healthy and happy children contribute to a healthy and happy community so please share this exciting program with your friends, neighbors and associates of Elementary School agers. Any school, daycare center, ,organization etc. with elementary school age players (2nd – 5 th graders) can register individually or form as many teams (3-4 players/team) as they would like to participate in the Cobb County Elementary School Tennis League Program. The cost for the entire 6 weeks is only $10.00 per player (coaching is not included).

About Cobb County Elementary School Tennis League Program

Cobb County Elementary School League Program is designed to help children in grades 2 thru 5 learn how to play team tennis. This league introduces players to singles and doubles play format in a fun and encouraging environment. The children learn this life-long sport by playing games on tennis courts sized appropriately for them and using tennis balls specially designed for their style of play. In the past four seasons, many players have moved on to Jr. League play (Jr. USTA and ALTA) while even others have advanced to academy level play. Seeing this league progress in this manner is what we hoped for.

Program Success

Thanks to all involved for making the Cobb County Elementary School Tennis League program a growing success... The Program's success is dependent upon the support of Parent Advocates, Elementary School Players and Cobb County Tennis Center Coordinators. It takes all of us working together for this to be successful, however the most important group of these mentioned to ensure that players from your school learn of this program and register for it are the Parent Advocates.

Parent Advocates

As this program is offered in Cobb County for the Elementary School aged participant, the tennis center cannot get the word out in your school as you can. This is why Parent Advocates are vital to the participation of your child's school in this league.

Parent Advocate Role

•  Communicates information about this program in your school using approved communication methods of your school. Examples:

•  Working with PTA in getting the word out
•  Providing Information at Sneak-a-Peek or Meet and Greet

•  Sending flyers home in school bags/folders
•  Giving Handouts

•  Getting information into the school newsletter or newspaper
•  Having information posted to the school blog

•  Inform, call, email parents of 2 nd – 5 th graders about this fun program
•  Etc.

Requirement for a School to Participate

There are only four (4) requirements, and your school will have teams representing it in the Cobb County Elementary School Tennis League Program!

•  Players are to have basic knowledge and understanding of tennis

•  A captain for each team (adult)

•  Three to four (3-4) players at the same skill level to form a team

•  There is NO limit to the number of teams a school can have participate
•  Payment of the nominal fee of $10.00 per player

It is that easy, and you are ready to GO!!!

Three Levels of Play

There are three levels of play, white level, red level and blue level. All levels require the player to have a basic understanding and knowledge of the game. In keeping with USTA and ALTA league rules, all 10 and under age players will play on the 36' or 60' courts.

Team Level Make-up

Need four (4) players to form a team

White Level Teams
•  4 players to form a team

•  NOT  gender specific – boys and girls can be on the same team at this level

Red Level Teams
•  4 players to form a team, gender specific

•  Girl Teams (4 girls)

•  Boy teams (4 boys)

Blue Level

•  4 players to form a team, gender specific

•  Girl Teams (4 girls)

•  Boy teams (4 boys)

Team Level Guidelines

Choosing the level that fits best for the player

 
White

White Level teams are primarily for 2nd and 3rd grade beginners
•  Player

•  Will play on a 36 ft court using low compression balls
•  Understands the general idea of the how tennis is played

•  Has been taught of traditional scoring: love, 15, 30, 40 game
•  Has hit a tennis ball with a tennis racquet

•  Not expected to be experienced or consistent; however, the player is expected to have hit a tennis ball with a tennis racquet. Can be as simple as hitting around with friends or family…something like that
•  Will have court monitors to help with:

•  Serving the ball (traditional serving, in diagonal box)

•  Keeping score

•  Where to stand on the court

Red

Red Level teams are primarily for 4th and 5th grade beginners

•  Player:

•  Will play on 60 ft court using lower compression balls.

•  Is learning to consistently get the serve into the service box.
•  Has limited experience and is working primarily on keeping the ball in play

•  Is learning to judge where the ball is going, although court coverage is limited

•  Can sustain a short rally of slow pace with other players of the same ability

• Can play singles
• Can play doubles
• The most common doubles formation is one-up, one-back.

•  Will have court monitors (limited assistance)

•  Court Monitors are there for when neither team can figure out the score, or cannot recall what side to stand on etc. The players are to try to figure a situation out on their ownt.

Blue

Blue Level teams are primarily for 4th and 5th grade intermediate to advanced players

•  Player:

•  Will play on a regulation 78 ft court using regular tennis balls

•  Can consistently serve balls into the service box during match play

•  Is fairly consistent when hitting medium-paced shots, but is not fully comfortable with all strokes yet and lacks execution when trying for directional control, depth, or power

•  Can keep score without assistance

•  Can move correctly about the courts

• Where to stand when serving
• Where to stand when receiving
• Changing sides on odd number of games played
• Will NOT have court monitors
• Can play singles
• Can play doubles
• The most common doubles formation is one-up, one-back.

Note:

You Must Play at the BLUE Level If :

• You have ever won a match in any level of a USTA-sanctioned tennis tournament. 
• You have a Georgia ranking in the top 150

Previous School Participation

Listed below are schools that have participated in the Cobb County Elementary School Tennis League Program. We look forward to this list of schools continuing to grow as your school joins in the fun. If your school is not listed below, simply add it during registration and select from one of the six Cobb County Tennis Center that your school's team will play from.

• Addison
• Bryant
• Davis
• Eastside
• Garrison Mill
• Keheley
• Kincaid
• Mt. View
• Murdock
• Nicholson
• Shallowford Falls
• Sope
• Still
• Rocky Mount
• Timber Ridge
• Tritt

Registration

Registration can be done individually or as a team. Please register your player for the level that will ensure the most FUN for both the player and the opponent.

For individual registrations, please note that we will do our best to place each player on a team and if we are unable to do so, a refund will be issued.

Click this link http://netlineup.com/CCESL to begin the registration process.

Payment Method

•  On-line payment

•  All major credit cards are accepted

Time Commitment : 

All matches will be played on Fridays. The starting times will vary by park. Please check the website for your Tennis Center 's start times.

Parents' Meeting

There will be an informational parent meeting prior to the season beginning.

Date and time will be announced.

Captains' Meeting

There will be an informational captains' meeting prior to the season beginning.

Date and time will be announced.

Team Coaches

Team coaches are NOT mandatory for this league; however, it is strongly recommended that some team practice takes place.

There is a noticeable difference in growth and ability between the teams that practice and the ones that do not.

If a team chooses to have a teaching pro, this fee is extra and is arranged between the team captain and the teaching pro.

Teaching Pros do not have to be from Cobb County ; however, if coaches are needed, we (Cobb County Tennis Center Coordinators) can only provide contact information for Cobb County teaching Pros

Moving to a different level of play

This is at the discretion of your team's coach (if your team decides to hire one). You may change levels once practices begin (if your team decides to have practices).

Once match play begins, your level may not be changed .

Remember:

The main purpose of the Cobb County Elementary School Tennis League Program is to learn format play for tennis and have TONS of FUN doing it!!!!