Wanless Junior Tennis Instruction

One of North Toronto's best-known Junior Tennis programs is run by our club pro Arthur Wolf (Tennis Canada - Certified) Coach 2 and Club Pro 2, who will be returning for his 17th season with his team of certified instructors and assistants.

The Wanless Junior Tennis Program

The Wanless Junior Lesson Program is a comprehensive course that includes one of our lesson clinics scheduled throughout the Spring, Summer and Fall, a Wanless Tennis t-shirt, entry to the Saturday Morning Fun Program and the Wanless Junior Tennis Teams. The cost to join the program is $95. Additional clinics cost $80 each. All prices include all applicable taxes.

Download the application forms here. Please return them as soon as possible as space is limited. You must be a member of the club to participate in the Lesson Program, so you also need to send in page 1 of the application.

Progressive Tennis at Wanless Park

Progressive tennis simply modifies the size of the court and equipment to acknowledge the size of the participants. We use mini nets, foam balls and various large targets to start skill building with small children The Tiny Tykes program is designed for children ages 4 & 5 in the current year. The Tykes program is for children ages 6, 7 & 8 both groups focus on building skills using the 1/2 court. The more advanced Tykes will progress to the 3/4 court. Novice players will focus on 3/4 court with low compression balls.

Tennis Clinics and Dates for 2010

There are 5 clinics run during our tennis season. Clinic 1 and 5 are run over an 8 week period in the spring/fall with one lesson each week. Clinics 2 to 4 run for 8 consecutive weekdays starting on a Monday. Due to court availability, rained-out lessons cannot be made up, so let's hope for a dry season.

Clinics 1 and 5 are held over an 8-week period with one lesson per week.

The High Performance option in Clinics 1 and 5 is 2 days a week, 2 hours per day for those players looking for more advanced instruction and playing time. The cost of the High Performance program is $190.

Clinic	Starts	Level of Play	Time
Clinic 1A	Mon Apr 12th	Tykes	4pm - 5pm
Clinic 1A	Mon Apr 12th	Intermediate	5pm - 6pm
Clinic 1B	Tue Apr 13th	Tiny Tykes and Novice	4pm - 5pm
Clinic 1B	Tue Apr 13th	Advanced	5pm - 6pm
Clinic 1C	Wed Apr 14th	Tykes	4pm - 5pm
Clinic 1C	Wed Apr 14th	Novice	5pm - 6pm
Clinic 1D	Thur Apr 15th	Tiny Tykes and Novice	4pm - 5pm
Clinic 1D	Thur Apr 15th	Intermediate	5pm - 6pm
Clinic 1HP	Mon/Wed Apr 12th	High Performance	4pm - 6pm
Clinic 5A	Tue Sep 7th	Tykes/Novice	4pm - 5pm
Clinic 5A	Tue Sep 7th	Intermediate	5pm - 6pm
Clinic 5B	Wed Sep 8th	Tiny Tykes	4pm - 5pm
Clinic 5B	Wed Sep 8th	Advanced	5pm - 6pm
Clinic 5C	Thurs Sep 9th	Tykes/Novice	4pm - 5pm
Clinic 5C	Thurs Sep 9th	Intermediate	5pm - 6pm
Clinic 5HP	Tue/Thurs Sep 7th	High Performance	4pm - 6pm

Clinics 2 to 4 run for 8 consecutive weekdays starting on a Monday. Due to court availability, rained-out lessons cannot be made up, so let's hope for a dry season.

Clinic	Date	Level	Time
Clinic 2	Jun 7th - 16th	TinyTykes, Tykes and Novice	4pm - 5pm
Clinic 2	Jun 7th - 16th	Intermediate Advanced High Performance	5pm - 6pm
Clinic 3	Jul 12th - 21st	TinyTykes, Tykes and Novice	4pm - 5pm
Clinic 3	Jul 12th - 21st	Intermediate Advanced High Performance	5pm - 6pm
Clinic 4	Aug 16th - 25th	TinyTykes, Tykes and Novice	4pm - 5pm
Clinic 4	Aug 16th - 25th	Intermediate Advanced High Performance	5pm - 6pm

NOTE: The Junior Lesson Program fee of $95 is applied to the first clinic selected. All additional clinics cost $80. Applications will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis as space is limited.

Saturday Morning Fun Program

This program is open to all Junior Lesson participants. Held on eight consecutive Saturday mornings in April, May and June the Saturday Morning program includes.

supervised play with a certified instructor per court
weekly lesson reviews
games & ball machine drills
video analysis & radar gun serving
weekly refreshments and lots more!!!

On Saturday mornings starting April 17th we are again offering our very popular Tennis Tykes Program to introduce tennis to children aged 4 to 8 emphasizing FUN and PARTICIPATION. The Tennis Tyke Program introduces children to tennis emphasizing FUN not FORM.

The Times for the the Saturday Morning Program are

Tiny Tykes and Novices from 9am - 10am
Tykes and Intermediates from 10am - 11am
Advanced and High Performance from 11am - 12 pm

Tiny Tykes - First time out using mini-nets 1/2 court tennis.
Tykes - Little or no experience with tennis.
Novice - Player has some experience with tennis playing 3/4 court.
Intermediate - Player needs to be able to rally full court.
Advanced - Player must be able to serve, score and direct the ball.
High Performance - are children playing competitve tennis (school teams, OTA tournaments, interclub teams, etc.) who need to train more than once per week.
Note the High Performance option in clinics 1 and 5. Participants will have two lessons per week and then will follow the lesson with an hour of playing practice. This High Performance group will form our Junior OTA Touring Team.

Tennis Club T-shirts

For those participating in the JUNIOR PROGRAM, a club T-shirt is also included. Additional shirts will be available for $12.00 each or 2 for $20.00 after opening day.

All Junior lesson programs this year are eligible for the Federal government's Childrens' Fitness Tax Credit. Tax Receipts are sent out to all eligible participants at the end of the season.

Download the Junior Lesson application forms here. Please return them as soon as possible as space is limited.

For additional lesson information contact Arthur Wolf, Head Pro.

Private Individual or Group Lessons

Information regarding private lessons can be found here.

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