Top Performance Tennis Training
Welcome to STL Top Performance Tennis Academy or TPT academy for short, a high functioning college and pro training focused academy. We are bringing affordable tennis academy with curriculum on par with top academies around the world to St. Louis. Our program and curriculum is designed by observing programs from Florida, Texas, Spain and France, where top pros and high level college players are produced and trained. We have multiple coaches from St. Louis area who have experiences in training top level high school and college players. Our program focuses on players’ basic fundamentals of tennis and improving their athleticism through rigorous fitness training. Most high level players are training 20 to 30 hours of tennis a week and that is what we are offering. Our day to day breakdown focuses on 4 hours of tennis with additional 2 hours of fitness built in. Our programs are open to anyone and everyone. We offer classes to kids 5 to 18 from beginner to advanced. We have our own evaluation program where we will give weekly updates to parents on their kids’ performance. Our summer camps are drop off friendly where you can have the peace of mind of having your kids with us 8am to 4pm everyday. We look forward to meeting you and help your kids achieve the dreams of becoming the best player they can be.
Camp programs:
Pro and College Prep Academy:
The Pro and College Prep Academy focuses on kids who are planning on turning pro or play at high level of college tennis on scholarships. The kids in this academy should be able to rally balls back and forth from the baseline with a decent pace and directionally control consistently. The individual must have a consistent first and second serve with a decent pace. We recommend the kids in this program to participate in our full day camp with 4 hours of tennis and 2 hours of fitness. Our tailored program is on a 5-week cycle where we focus on 10 total Tennis basic fundamentals and combine 2 of them in different order every day. Our curriculum includes Foot work, Consistency, Accuracy, Zone play, Serve, Volley, Tactical, Touch, Attack and Recovery. Our fitness program is focused on 5 basic fundamentals for 4 weeks with the 5thweek dedicated to testing the student’s improvements. For fitness we focus on Endurance, Speed, Agility, Flexibility and Strength. Our goal is to improve the student’s current strength and areas of improvements and prepare them physically and mentally for top tournaments. In the afternoon session we will focus on match play preparation by having students play points and work on different parts of their game through selected game play. The court assignment will be based on level and weekly performance during the afternoon point play results (Pre-requisite for pro prep academy is graduation from Pre Academy or Coach recommendation)
Pre Academy
The Pre Academy is similar to Pro and College prep Academy on focuses. The kids in this program should be able to rally balls back and forth without coach feeding. The students understand the basic strokes of tennis and can control the balls decently well. The students have some footwork and timing of the ball but still needs work. The student can serve from the baseline and have a decent pace on first serve and consistent second serve. We strongly recommend the kids in this program to participate in our full day camp with 4 hours of tennis and 2 hours of fitness. Our tailored program is on a 5-week cycle where we focus on 10 total Tennis basic fundamentals and combine 2 of them in different order every day. Our curriculum includes Foot work, Consistency, Accuracy, Zone play, Serve, Volley, Tactical, Touch, Attack and Recovery. Our fitness program is focused on 5 basic fundamentals for 4 weeks with the 5th week dedicated to testing the student’s improvements. For fitness we focus on Endurance, Speed, Agility, Flexibility and Strength. Our goal is to improve the student’s current strength, areas of improvement, and prepare them for tournaments. In the afternoon session we will focus on match play preparation by having students play points and work on different parts of their game through selected game play. The court assignment will be based on level and weekly performance during the afternoon point play results (Pre-requisite for pre academy is graduation from Intermediate class or based on coach’s recommendation)
Daily Routine
8:00am to 8:15 warm-up and stretch
8:15am to 10:00am Tennis
10:00am to 10:15am Stretch/break and travel to fitness
10:15am to 11:00am Fitness
11:00am to 1:00pm Lunch/Break/mental wellness/videos on tennis strategy and techniques
1:00pm to 2:00pm Stretch/competition fitness (soccer, Ultimate frisbee, race, etc.)
2:00pm to 4:00pm Tennis, competitive point play
Intermediate Class
The Intermediate class focuses on developing the student’s tennis skill farther. The students in this program should be able to hit the ball from the baseline across the net from a hand feed or a net feed. The students should have a basic understanding of forehand, backhand, volley and serve. The goal of this program is to improve on the basic fundamentals to move students into the pre-academy program. In this program we strongly recommend the players to participate in at least 2 hours of tennis per day and 1 hour of fitness. Our focus to improve farther upon the basic fundamentals of every stroke and directional control of the ball. This program will loosely follow the pre-academy program. We will have 4 students to a coach for this program to offer the most tennis for each student yet offer enough time to practice their stroke swing without the ball and rest. This program is great for low level high school players and younger players with some tennis experience or participated in indoor club tennis camps. Full day option is available for this group as well with added cost due to the coach to student ratio.
Beginner Class
The Beginner class is designed for kids 10 and older who wants to learn how to play tennis. The students in this group do not have any tennis experience or little tennis experience. The class is max 5 students per coach and will focus on developing basic strokes of forehand, backhand, volley and serve. The goal is to be able to develop the students into hitting the ball over the net from the baseline consistently through drop feed and net feed. In this program we strongly recommend the players to participate in at least 2 hours of tennis per day and 1 hour of fitness. Our focus is to develop the students into understanding the game of tennis and understand the fundamentals of each stroke.
Orange and Green ball
The Orange and Green ball classes are progression classes focused on younger players 5- to 10-year-olds. The Orange ball is the basic class for kids 5 to 7 who are ready to start tennis and use a 19” to 25” racket. The orange ball is a lighter ball and bounces lower to help with younger kids control the ball better. These kids are learning the fundamentals of tennis and strokes as well as develop foot work and ball timing. The classes will mainly focus on hand feeding the ball and running exercises. The green ball class is focused on advanced players ages 5 to 7 and beginner players 8-10. These students can hit the ball with a little power and hit from the base line. The green balls are lighter than yellow balls but firmer than orange balls. The players in orange and green ball will be encouraged to participate in every day, but every other day classes will be sufficient. The daily camp classes will focus on 1.5 hours of tennis followed by 1 hour of fitness and fitness related games. There will be 30 mins of break for fun games and rest. Those who are staying for lunch will have 1 hour of lunch time before pick up where they can socialize with their friends and peers.
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