Summer Time Thoughts

Well this weekend is the end of the summer vacation season and unofficial end of summer. What an amazing past three months we have had. June and July was filled with teaching a summer tennis camp at our North Phoenix location. We experimented with some new program ideas in the summer at Encanto.  We saw some of our seasoned students in Laveen really take major strides in their quest toward mastery. Most of all I personally had a chance to recharge and gear up for another quest to serve everyone in the ten and under tennis lessons both now and future. There are so many exciting things to look forward to this fall, but it started with the planning from the summer. My recharging was really a chance to sit back and look at what we can add or continue to be able to serve you. Thank you for an awesome summer. One of the best parts of the summer ending is that the US OPEN sends us out on a good note. I can remember so many US OPENS watching Andre Agassi win in 1994, 1999, and who can forget his 10 minute standing ovation as he said good-bye to tennis in the quarterfinal loss in 2006? Go out and enjoy this last week and weekend as you get ready to be a part of something bigger than we could ever have imagined.

Mommy and Me Day is full!!!

Well, big news. Our first fall class is listed and ready for registration! The student teacher ratio is 8:1 and the fall classes tend to be at capacity, so you will want to definitely want to save this date! Tennis:Youth Learn to Rally:5-7 years Bar Code: 7039 From: September 14, 2015 to October 19, 2015 Each Monday from 5:30pm to 6pm $35.00

It's been HOT, HOT, HOT!

That has been the word around here the past four days. We hit a record on Friday August 14 of 117 degrees. We need to be smart and responsible about when and how we go in the heat. I typically do not teach any students during the summer between the hours of ten in the morning to four in the afternoon. One of the reasons is the heat and intensity of the sun causes concentration lapses. I teach most of my summer lessons before ten and after five in the evening. One of the things I recommend for the students to always bring with them is water and a sports drink or pedialyte. Water alone will not prevent you from dehydration because water does not have any electrolytes and other minerals that keep our muscles from cramping or our body from shutting down. The pedialyte or sports drink will keep you thirsty so that you drink water. Following the activity, I recommend chocolate milk because of it's protein to carbohydrate ratio for recovery.