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ORC Tennis Academy

Letter to Parents

We were very pleased with the progress and excellent results that our Academy Players made this year. We feel that their efforts, combined with the addition of many new features and enhancements to our Academy program, made for a great year with significant improvement. We expect even bigger and better things for the 2008/2009 season!

The 2007/8 Academy was a very successful year. We maintained our Tennis Canada “Gold Level Tennis Development Centre” status, while sending off half a dozen players south of the border on US Scholarships. Our touring professionals, Kirill and Milan, continue to make gains on the road and to inspire our junior players when at home training. Both achieved career-high ATP rankings in the past twelve months. Our top two U18/16 players, Brittany Wowchuk and Vicky Sekely, brought home provincial as well as national singles and doubles titles. We boasted more Tennis Canada U10 and U8 NTC competitors than any other club in the country (8). As well, we will once again host the Metro Label U16 Summer Nationals August 1st – 8th, following up on last year's excellent event.

Of course, we continuously strive to improve the quality and experience of our program as we "raise the bar" for performance programs across the country. This year Academy players and parents can look forward to several new features and enhanced aspects of our program.

Enhanced features:
  • Enhanced Parent Education series including seminars with Tennis Canada and ITF Coaching Consultants, Sport Psychologists and Sports Nutritionists
  • Enhanced College Education seminars
  • Enhanced Weekly Newsletter and Communication Tools
  • More OTA Sanctioned Tournaments where our Academy players can feel a "home-court" advantage (with special rate for Academy players)
  • Increased In-club and Inter-club Competitive Opportunities
New features:
  • Player Sponsorship Program with HEAD and WILSON
  • "Meet the Coach" Parent & Athlete Nights
  • New Academy "Player Blog" and Special Events
  • Addition of Davis and Fed Cup Sports Psychologist Consultant
  • Enhanced Athletic Development program: Futures, Satellite and Challenger Athletes have greater choice of their fitness opportunities (see Fitness Clinics at end of application)
  • Enhanced Athletic Development and Match Play program: National Tour, Provincial Tour and Challenger Squad "Bootcamp and Match Play" weekday morning with Performance Coaches and Touring Coaches
Still accepting applications...
Download 2009-2010 Academy Brochure

Important Academy Dates

Early Registration Deadline: Friday August 15th, 2008
Performance Results Deadline: Friday August 22nd, 2008
Athletic Development Assessments: Completed during Academy September 8th – 21st inclusive
Starting Date: Monday September 8th, 2008
Year End:Sunday May 31st, 2009
Week of Makeups: Monday June 1st – Sunday June 7th, inclusive

Academy Breaks (no class):

Thanksgiving: Monday October 13th, 2008
Christmas/Holiday Break: Monday December 22nd, 2008 – Sunday January 4th, 2009 inclusive
Family Day: Monday February 16th, 2009
March Break: March 16th – 22nd, 2009 inclusive
Easter: Good Friday April 10th, 2009 and Easter Sunday April 12th, 2009
Victoria Day: Monday May 18th, 2009

Another Successful Year

2008/2009 was a very successful year for ORC’s Academy. We maintained our Tennis Canada “Gold Level Tennis Development Centre” status, while sending a number of players south of the border on U.S.A. Scholarships. Our touring professionals, Kirill and Milan, continue to make gains on the road and inspire our junior players when at home training. Both achieved career-high ATP rankings in the past twelve months. Our top two U18 players, Brittany and Vicky, brought home provincial as well as national singles and doubles titles. We boasted more Tennis Canada U10 and U8 NTC competitors than any other club in the country (8). As well, we will once again host the Rogers U16 Summer Nationals August 2-7/2010, following up on last year’s excellent event.

A significant part of our success this past season came from the insights gleaned from the Parent/Player Feedback and Evaluation Survey. Parent and Player feedback is crucial to our ongoing success!


We shall continue to improve our communication through the following: (1) the presence of the Academy Director as a “Roaming Leader” to ensure quality control throughout the whole program (2) the addition of Parent Education Seminars (3) the addition of a weekly electronic newsletter (“This Week in Tennis”) (4) enhancements to the Academy Report Cards and to Performance Athlete Annual Planning Binders and (5) the presence of our Academy news and results on the main hallway bulletin board.

ORC’s Tennis Academy has always maintained a close and nurturing relationship with Tennis Canada. This high level and quality consultative network includes regular visits from Tennis Canada’s Director of Coaching Development and Tennis Canada’s Director of Player Development. Additionally, our visibility and player support of key events and tournaments significantly contributes to the increased performance and results from our Academy Players.

In the areas of match play and in-club competition, we have added a Davis Cup team competition, hosted several other TDC challenge matches, added a Tour Squad Challenge ladder and had a record number of participants in our 3 George Carter Stops. In addition to these in-club events, we hosted over a dozen OTA sanctioned Progressive Tennis Events in U10, U8 and U6 categories.

Of course, we continuously strive to improve the quality and experience of our program as we “raise the bar” for performance programs across the county. This year Academy players and parents can look forward to continued features and unique aspects of our programs.

Features:
  • New Coach/Player Development – each coach will personally oversee all aspects of player development for 4 players only, increasing personalized technical, tactical, mental and physical progression
  • Enhanced Parent Education series including seminars with Tennis Canada and ITF Coaching Consultants, Sport Psychologists and Sports Nutritionists
  • Enhanced College Education seminars
  • Enhanced Weekly Newsletter and Communication Series
  • More OTA Sanctioned Tournaments (with special rate for Academy players)
  • Increased in-club and inter-club Competitive Opportunities
  • Player Sponsorship Program with HEAD and WILSON
  • “Meet the Coach” Parent and Athlete Nights
  • New Academy “Player Blog” and Special Events
  • Addition of Davis and Fed Cup Sports Psychologist Consultant
  • Enhanced Athletic Development Program: Futures, Satellite and Challenger Athletes have greater choice of their fitness opportunities (See Fitness Clinics at the end of application)
  • National, Provincial and Challenge Squad “Boot Camp and Match Play” weekday mornings with Academy Coaching Staff

Important Academy Dates

Application Deadline

Monday August 17, 2009

Performance Results Deadline

Monday August 24, 2009

Athletic Development Assessments

Completed during Academy
September 14-30, 2009

Starting Date

Monday September 14, 2009

Year End

Sunday June 6, 2010

Week of Make ups

June 7-14, 2010, inclusive


Academy Breaks

Thanksgiving

Monday October 12, 2009

Christmas/Holiday Break

Monday December 21, 2009 to Sunday January 3, 2010

Family Day

Monday February 15, 2010

March Break

Monday  March 15-21, 2010, inclusive

Good Friday

Friday April 2, 2010

Easter Sunday

Sunday April 4, 2010

Victoria Day

Monday May 24, 2010


Academy Contact Information

Doug Green
Manager of Tennis
905-822-5240 ext. 245
dgreen@ontarioracquetclub.com

Katherine Tomas
Tennis Administrator
905-822-5240 ext. 250
tenadmin@ontarioracquetclub.com








 


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