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Mondays and Wednesdays 4:15 - 5:15 1 court

Plus lessons M-T-W-T-F 2:45 - 5:15 1 court

Our practices will be Monday-Thursday, 4-5:30, as before. 6 Courts

Matches...

Invite the Voice out to write an article.
Tracy Si can be that conduit, if need be, as she used to work there.

Contact: 707-548-7332
FB message: Tech High Athletics or add her to TeamSnap

After each match, have a parent...

Report scores to the PD (see example way below)
Report good things to principal & AD
Home matches: parents bring refreshments

Parents...

THS Tennis Parents' Information

Guidelines to consider...

Freshman don't play matches UNLESS parents are actively engaged in the arrangements.

They tend not to listen to instructions about arrangements.
Their not showing up means somebody else missed out on an opportunity to play.

January:

One way to keep track of team and match information:
THS Tennis Ranking & Matches
Schedule: Coastal Mountain Conference - Tennis South (cmc-sports.org)
Schedule conditioning for the week or two before the February practices start.

THS black top or MU.
Exercise ladders, hurdles, etc.

Meet AD at the Athletics room and grab the gear to take inventory of it.
Player needs

Athletic packet
$200 donation per player donation request

Reach out to Rich Hutchinson, President of RPTC

request updated code for the court closet

Combination of the court locker: 2683

No storage of any equiptment in any shed please.

I can spot 300 practice balls to begin the season. That equates to 50 balls per court, more than enough.

SSU courts?

Sarah Gillespie
Event Coordinator
ConferenceSonoma.com
707-664-3336
sarah.gillespie@sonoma.edu

UTR can work for co-ed teams and leagues!

E-mail from Jonathan Hicks @ UTR on 6/16/21 @ 2:20pm

Needs

More game balls (2x box of 15 cans was just enough, but a 3rd box would have been better)
Andrew Khoury would like Wilson balls... For the W!

Wishlist

New score cards for the courts
Request a few more small & medium team shirts in 2022 but never received them
Shorts to match the jerseys
Hats?
Tennis bags?

RPTC and other schedules?

Youth Tennis Lesson provided by The City of RP

Mondays and Wednesdays 4:15 - 5:15 1 court
Plus lessons M-T-W-T-F 2:45 - 5:15 1 court

RPTC Tennis Leagues @ 6:15 pm

Monday 5 courts
Tuesday 6 courts
Wednesday 6 Courts.

February:

Fundraiser?

Need approval: ASB Event Form

Conditioning the week or two before practices start
Get practices going
Empty the court garbage cans once a week. Clean bags are in the court closet. Coordinate with RPTC president.
Reach out to coaches

https://www.cmc-sports.org/cmc-contacts

Court Management

This is the single biggest stress point of coaching...taking advantage of the courts we have, moving players around and sharing with the public.
We technically have six courts, and easily use that many when available.
Don't like to kick people off and also like to free ones up when people come looking.
Tips I've learned...

Communicate as early as possible with the President of the RP Tennis Club who manages the courts, not the city!
Arrive early and spread gear and people out to take courts as quickly as possible.
If people are on courts, introduce yourself and ask them what their plans are so you can work around them.
Greet people and give them a heads-up about the schedule, especially the match schedule.
KEY: Get to know the other coaches and regulars by being friendly and sharing!

Sharing and giving up courts pays later when you may need to ask for space.

Senior Gifts...

Hats with names on the back?
Other tennis gear?
2022: small succulents to take to school with them
2023: $50 gift cards for the Senior Disney trip (out of fund-raiser proceeds)

Notes for CMCs

Conditioning
Consistency for doubles would be very helpful

March:

Match rules:

Matches - 3 singles, 2 doubles
Win 2 out of 3 sets or 1 pro-set to 8 as agreed upon at the start
Sets to 6 games - win by 2 - switch sides at odd total games
Tiebreaker at 6-6 - points to 7 - win by 2 - switch sides at 6 total points
If playing 2 of 3 sets, if agree upon, 3rd set can be to 3 games - win by 2 - tiebreaker at 3-3
No Ad scoring - next point after Deuce wins game - returner chooses side to receive serve
Players are responsible for keeping score and the receiver/returner is responsible for out/fault calls
Don't expect to reschedule for lack of players unless both coaches agree

3 players = 3 singles
4 players = 2 singles and 1 doubles
5 players = 3 singles and 1 doubles
6 players = 2 singles and 2 doubles
7 players = 3 singles and 2 doubles

April:

Prepare for CMCs
Order awards via THS AD which takes about 10 days

2023

MVP - #1 Single - Colton Foster
Most Improved - Lara McAllister
Coach's Award - Ari Mastor
Most Inspirational Award - Aanya Singh

Set up awards dinner...preferably for the week after CMCs

Plaques

MVP (boy & girl?)
Most Improved
Most Inspirational
Academic Athlete - judged by the school

2022: Mt. Mikes in University Square at 5:30

Kinda feel like doing it out at the tennis courts would be more fun.

Monday before CMCs...

Seeding meeting at Cloverdale High School library
Pizza and sodas provided.

Last Friday/Saturday of April: CMCs

2022 & '23 @ Galvin Park
2020 & '21 didn't happen
2019 and before were in Ukiah

May:

Awards dinner

Collect team shirts
Blocks & pins
Certificates
Plaques
Parental support for next year
Say nice things about the Seniors
All League awards
Team awards

End of season, give old balls to Rich Hutchinson
Return equipment to the school equipment closet

Some things that I've realized as I've been coaching...

Tennis is a Gentlemen's / Lady's sport

"Gentle"person means to make those around you comfortable.

Girl from Victory Academy (with the dog for her blood-sugar) commented on how nice our players are.

She specifically called out Kobe.
But, that was reflected on ALL of us!
Proof that tennis is a team sport.

Swearing...others don't want to hear it.
Being loud & obnoxious...even if you are right, you don't need to be obnoxious

Ex: Guy complaining about a dog being on the court.

Since tennis is a team sport...

Support your team and stick around and watch to the end.
Ex: Colton's 1:40 match that was twice as long as everybody else's!

What we did well...

Drills

Ball-machine and cycling players through various drills

ground strokes
net play (ball on oscillation) with people trying to return the kill shots

Serving

catching the ball against the fence

Managing courts

Two courts side-by-side

One is for drills
Other is for King-of-the-Court if too much for doubles

Other courts are for matches

30-45 minutes on average for a pro-set

Matches

1st match against a team, play based on our ranking
2nd match, change the line-up to match the other team's ability assuming we win the 1st

Need to do better...

Identify desires up front

PE or competitive?
Set the expectations for each

Competitive

Be a team

Won't get the focus
75% of practices to get credit

Easier to equate it to a certain number of hours because of matches

Show up, and on time, unless you tell me you aren't coming
Matches

Warm-up routine as a team
Support the teammates and watch the matches still going on

Prepare for CMCs earlier

Pick the doubles and have them always play together
Conditioning

To submit score to the Press Democrat...

sports@pressdemocrat.com
Here is an example of how they should be reported - just plain-text sentences please; charts or grids cannot be imported into our system:

(T) = Montgomery, (C) = Healdsburg

AT TECHNOLOGY HIGH Technology High 5, Credo 0

Singles: Colton Foster (T) d. Xavier De Fontaine 6-2,6-2; Kittrick Foster (T) d. Zi Xuan (Jack) Xu 6-0,6-2; Andrew Khoury (T) d. Luna Dator 6-1,6-2.

Doubles: Gaurav Kumar/Damian Burgess (T) d. Ty Schoeningh/Kendelle Lannert 6-1,6-4; Mason Oelschlager/Ryken Quan (T) d. Vadim Mielock/Kevin Odetto 6-0,6-2.