Tennis - 10 yo near Arlington

[Anonymous]

10 yo boy plays high performance yellow ball. Has done lessons at the Y Arlington. Has never played matches but is looking to get to the next level. It seems like match play is reserved for the pool clubs for the summer and is generally a during the workday thing. We’re not pool club members. Could continue doing Y lessons this year but wondering what else there is. We would not be able to handle the during the workday summer commitment. What opportunities are out there for non pool club members. Maybe the answer is different for the summer versus winter. I’m having trouble understanding the youth tennis landscape.

[Anonymous]

Check out the Baileys Crossroads Sport and Health Club (or whatever it's called now). It's next to the Target. They have a big tennis program and you can play matches.

[Anonymous]

I would ask his teacher at the Y about this. If the Y as a reasonably well attended tennis program they should be having match play. Ours would host informal match play for 10 and under a couple times per year.

Alternatively, you could just make a USTA and sign him up for level 7 tournaments.

[Anonymous]

How can you be high performance if you have never played matches? Something is off here.

High performance programs are usually for serious tournament players.

If you really want your kid to become a high performance player, you need to find another tennis club to take lessons at. I'd start there before looking into USTA tournaments.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How can you be high performance if you have never played matches? Something is off here.

High performance programs are usually for serious tournament players.

If you really want your kid to become a high performance player, you need to find another tennis club to take lessons at. I'd start there before looking into USTA tournaments.

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Not sure how he’d have points to be high performance if he’s never played matches? Also unclear how he’ll know what level he is if he doesn’t do regular matches? That said, go to tennis link and find a usta juniors team for him. Maybe intermediate yellow? Or sign him up on there for a few tournaments so he can get a rating. Generally kids are not starting matches at yellow - most serious players have been doing matches for a while. Agree w/ another poster that the sport & health wt Baileys has a good youth program. Most swim clubs do not - summer and Cc tennis are different and not amazing

[Anonymous]

1) Sign him up for USTA Level 7 tournaments

2) Ask the YMCA coaches about joining one of their many USTA Junior Team Tennis teams.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1) Sign him up for USTA Level 7 tournaments

2) Ask the YMCA coaches about joining one of their many USTA Junior Team Tennis teams.

Why continue in a program that sounds like a joke?