Joe Arias
USPTA Certified Pro 1 teaching professional. Private,
semi-private and groups. Beginner to advance levels. Available for lessons :
Port Jefferson Country Club
April thru November
Sportime Kings Park November thru
April.
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SCJTL
and
QuickStart Tennis!
In 2006 the
Suffolk County Junior Tennis League (SCJTL) was among 27 sites selected throughout
the Unites States to test the new 36/60 progressive tennis
development concept.
This concept is what is now know as the new QuickStar Tennis
program.
In 2007 the SCJTL adopted QuickStart as standard programming format for
the SCJTL Green and Red Divisions forming 36' and 60' court teams.
The 2007 SCJTL Green and Red Division Challenges held at the end of
the Summer League program featured Team 36 and
Team 60
competitive match play.
QuickStart Tennis is a new format to help kids ten
and under learn and play the game. To make it easier
for them, we changed a few things. The court sizes.
The racquet sizes. The balls. The scoring system.
Even the net height.
Now any child between ages five and ten can start
playing tennis almost immediately-even if he or she
has never picked up a racquet before. And just like
other popular youth sports, QuickStart stresses the
importance of play and team competition. It's also
now part of the USTA Jr. Team Tennis league and can
be part of your existing programs as well. Which
means that even more kids will have the opportunity
to experience this new format, have fun playing with
their friends and develop skills that will become
the foundation of their game.
This new instructional approach, formerly called
"36/60," has been designed by the USTA in
partnership with the teaching associations (USPTA
and PTR), and through research by the International
Tennis Federation
USTA
launches QuickStart Tennis at Disney!
Tennis legend and Grand Slam champion Martina
Navratilova believes a manageable-sized racket
will help kids rally longer and subsequently
stay involved in tennis. Martina and USTA's
Federation Cup Coach and Tennis Commentator Mary
Joe Fernandez at Disney.
QuickStart Tennis Launched at the Arthur Ashe Youth
Tennis Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The same weekend
that the QuickStart Tennis format was launched
at ESPN The Weekend at Disney’s Hollywood
Studios at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando,
Fl., more than 80 tennis coaches, pros and
active volunteers joined together in
Philadelphia to get an inside look at the new
initiative.
Hosted by Arthur
Ashe Youth Tennis & Education (AAYTE), USTA
Middle States sponsored its own QuickStart
Tennis workshop from 4:30-7 p.m. on Saturday
(March 1, 2008) evening.
