We’re here to encourage!

The St. Louis Tennis collective (STLTC) is focused on growing the sport, through engagement with our youth and adult population in St. Louis and surrounding municipalities, through outreach and collaboration with schools, civic organizations, businesses, social entities and recreational concerns.

OUR SERVICES

CUSTOM

Customized lesson plans.

Team development for USTA an ITT leagues.

CATER

Classes for each level of learning; beginners & intermediates, adults, juniors, and children.

CHARTING

Charting individual and team progress and delivering assessments & feedback.

STANDARDIZE

Standardized methodologies for teaching tennis skills that is consistent with USTA guidelines to ensure consistency.

LESSONS

6-8 WEEK SESSIONS YEAR ROUND

BEGINNERS

  • BEGINNER 1: Focuses on basic fundamentals such as court literacy, scoring and positioning. The goal is developing the ability to play by the completion of the session.

  • BEGINNER 2: Focuses on building technical competence. Refining footwork, appropriate use of grips, movement and court awareness.

INTERMEDIATES

  • Technical game refinement.

  • Strategic play: defense, offense & neutral thinking.

  • Controlled & intensional ball control.

  • Topspin, backspin and sidespin.

  • Phases of Play.

ADVANCED

  • Developing and implementing gameplans andenforcing skill refinement

  • Game situation categories:

  • Controlled & intensional ball control.1. Direction – left and Right

  • Phases of Play

  • Advanced strategic play: defense, offense & neutral thinking.

The force that brought us together, was our shared commitment to the tennis community writ large.

Tennis is a calling!

We’ll be with you every step of the way.