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Kids Tennis

Our Junior Tennis program at Norton Pines has something for everyone!  We offer a wide variety of lessons, social events and competitions for junior’s ages 4 – 18 years old all taught by Certified Tennis Professionals.  Our younger junior program is for students 4 – 10 years old and promotes fun and learning through classes taught on Quickstart courts.  Our older juniors (10yrs and up) we offer programming from just beginning all the way up to players preparing for college tennis.  If you would like more information on Junior Tennis Lessons please call the front desk at 231-865-6911.

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Little Stars Tennis

Little Stars is a great way to introduce the game of tennis to your child.  This class is for children brand new to tennis.  The focus of this class is movement, coordination skills needed to play tennis, and of course to have FUN!

Red Stars Tennis

This class teaches children how to build a rally first, then how to play tennis through simple tactics and technical instruction.  The emphasis in this class will be the rally.  This class will be using RED balls on 36’ courts.  Players will move up with Pro recommendation and evaluation.

Orange Stars Tennis

Orange level is a great transition playing on a 36’ court to 60’ court.  This level is taught on a larger court with an orange low compression tennis ball.  Players will begin to learn how to play all areas of the courts by coming to the net, learning to attack and defend.

Green Stars Tennis

Green level is played on a 60’ court with green dot balls that are 25% slower than standard yellow tennis balls. Players will continue to build on their technical skills, while learning to understand tactics and decision making from different areas of the court based upon their position.  The emphasis in green will be court coverage, decision making, and tactics. This will allow players to move to the faster yellow balls with success, while developing serving skills and to eventually feel comfortable playing on a full sized court.

Junior Elite

Junior Elite Drills will promote proper stroke development with an emphasis on singles and doubles tactics.  Players at this level have limited competitive experience in USTA tournaments/High School Varsity Tennis and are looking to increase their level of play.  Pros will provide on court instruction to strategic patterns.

Elite

Elite is our highest level junior drill class.  This class will cover advanced technique and tactics to execute strategies for singles and doubles.  All players in the class should have a USTA district ranking and/or be playing at a high level of High School Varsity Tennis.  Players should be fundamentally sound with stroke production.  The focus of this level is the ability to apply and execute tactics and strategies.  Approval is required to gain entrance into Elite.