Feedback on Bethesda Tennis academy vs JTCC

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Anonymous wrote:Can anyone else provide insight on JTCC Champs II program for a 13 year old who is pretty serious about tennis?

Did your son get placed into Champs 2? My kid enjoyed it tremendously and got moved to Champs 1 later.

How long did it take your Champs 2 kid to move to Champs 1? And was the move mid-year?

Less than a year. But there are others who took longer. It depends on how much effort the kid is willing to put in.

How many days a week did your son do in Champs 2 to progress that quickly?

Three days a week plus a weekly private plus many tournaments on the weekend.

Wow. That is a hefty commitment. Do you think the private instructions is relevant to DS's quick success? Meaning 3 days + 1 private versus 4 days + 0 private.

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Anonymous wrote:Can anyone else provide insight on JTCC Champs II program for a 13 year old who is pretty serious about tennis?

Did your son get placed into Champs 2? My kid enjoyed it tremendously and got moved to Champs 1 later.

How long did it take your Champs 2 kid to move to Champs 1? And was the move mid-year?

Less than a year. But there are others who took longer. It depends on how much effort the kid is willing to put in.

How many days a week did your son do in Champs 2 to progress that quickly?

Three days a week plus a weekly private plus many tournaments on the weekend.

Wow. That is a hefty commitment. Do you think the private instructions is relevant to DS's quick success? Meaning 3 days + 1 private versus 4 days + 0 private.

How good is your kid now? Playing tournaments?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Can anyone else provide insight on JTCC Champs II program for a 13 year old who is pretty serious about tennis?

Did your son get placed into Champs 2? My kid enjoyed it tremendously and got moved to Champs 1 later.

How long did it take your Champs 2 kid to move to Champs 1? And was the move mid-year?

Less than a year. But there are others who took longer. It depends on how much effort the kid is willing to put in.

How many days a week did your son do in Champs 2 to progress that quickly?

Three days a week plus a weekly private plus many tournaments on the weekend.

Wow. That is a hefty commitment. Do you think the private instructions is relevant to DS's quick success? Meaning 3 days + 1 private versus 4 days + 0 private.

I think the most important ingredient is the determination/motivation to improve and the effort that goes with it. Private lesson gave an opportunity to work on specific skills that my kid was lacking (due to starting to play late and redo bad form due to instruction at another place)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The problem with JSI is that you don't get much coaching. It's basically a bunch of kids thrown together to rally with very little instructions. Their teacher to student ratio is not what is promised.

Also, the difference between the top and bottom groups at JSI is extremely wide. They basically have already picked their top player group of 16 already so if you're joining now, you're stuck on court with a lot of kids waiting in line to play on 4 courts until those kids "graduate" out.

I have seen as many as 31 kids to 4 courts on the lower level. Other times if you're lucky there are less kids. The inconsistency of court time is unacceptable, and the instruction is meager.

I do not agree been there for a year now. They move kids up levels when they see progress, and as much as I would prefer staying closer to home, my child absolutely loves it there. The value in the fitness program they offer is unbeatable, more important if this is the only sport your child is doing.

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Anonymous wrote:OSSA is a big no. Totally toxic environment and people are leaving in droves

I totally agree with the comment. Ossa is a toxic environment. They teach their players bad sportsmanship towards other players especially while playing during a match . Would not recommend them.

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Anonymous wrote:OSSA is a big no. Totally toxic environment and people are leaving in droves

I totally agree with the comment. Ossa is a toxic environment. They teach their players bad sportsmanship towards other players especially while playing during a match . Would not recommend them.

Wow you’re calling out a kid here. Tennis is a small community so watch your back

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Anonymous wrote:OSSA is a big no. Totally toxic environment and people are leaving in droves

I totally agree with the comment. Ossa is a toxic environment. They teach their players bad sportsmanship towards other players especially while playing during a match . Would not recommend them.

Wow you’re calling out a kid here. Tennis is a small community so watch your back

No, you are. Pp said “players,” not a specific player.

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Anonymous wrote:OSSA is a big no. Totally toxic environment and people are leaving in droves

I totally agree with the comment. Ossa is a toxic environment. They teach their players bad sportsmanship towards other players especially while playing during a match . Would not recommend them.

Wow you’re calling out a kid here. Tennis is a small community so watch your back

No, you are. Pp said “players,” not a specific player.

Yeah sure

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JTCC is for kids who love and live for tennis. Best there is.

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Anonymous wrote:Move South or move to Spain

Yeah agreed there are no real studs even at JTCC. The best guy is a high UTR 11. What I’m saying is there are no Tiafoes in the pipeline and better players in Florida and So cal

It’s not even about Tiafor etc

He’s a freak of nature

But the continuous development of high level players (even if they are not pro standard) — this isn’t the area for that

Most of the Virginia Cavaliers tennis players were trained at JTCC.

[Anonymous]

When my DS was at JTCC, they were all UTR 13, 12, or even 14 (Similar in ages to Tiafoe). They were all high-level ITF juniors and the most top-ranked in the nation. Did the level go down a lot?

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I'd never even heard of Bethesda Tennis Academy until your post. Had a kid very serious about tennis, so is it something new?

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Anonymous wrote:OSSA is a big no. Totally toxic environment and people are leaving in droves

I totally agree with the comment. Ossa is a toxic environment. They teach their players bad sportsmanship towards other players especially while playing during a match . Would not recommend them.

Wow you’re calling out a kid here. Tennis is a small community so watch your back

I suggest you watch your back!

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Anonymous wrote:OSSA is a big no. Totally toxic environment and people are leaving in droves

Can you tell us more about that?

The coach is a pervert

What is he doing to make himself a pervert?

Thank you for speaking the truth!

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Anonymous wrote:Move South or move to Spain

Yeah agreed there are no real studs even at JTCC. The best guy is a high UTR 11. What I’m saying is there are no Tiafoes in the pipeline and better players in Florida and So cal

It’s not even about Tiafor etc

He’s a freak of nature

But the continuous development of high level players (even if they are not pro standard) — this isn’t the area for that

Most of the Virginia Cavaliers tennis players were trained at JTCC.

Besides Colby who?