Week of October 26th - 30th, 2020 We thank you all for your patronage, and your diligence in helping us make the tennis training possible for all our junior players! We are working hard to make sure we are always staying ahead of the game in terms of giving players top tennis coaching, while helping them find strength in their abilities and joy in their athletic commitment! We continue to be diligent following all the protocols and are grateful for your cooperation! Below find your weekly update from your head coach, and if you have any questions for me, I can be reached at kyrylo@acetennis.ca. Kyrylo Tabunshchyk, Vice President / General Manager ACE Tennis Burlington

MINI TENNIS TEAM From Head Coach Anna Momot amomot@acetennis.ca One more week of hard work behind us. Coach Kirill and I see how hard the kids work at every practice and sense that each kid has a tennis goal, and moves toward it! We keep working on directions; 'crosscourt' and 'down the line'.

This week we have added the element 'pop the ball up' and 'stop the ball'. This helps to control and "feel" the ball. The kids have started to serve from the "trophy stage." Next week we will introduce the serve and return. This is exciting! Lastly, I would like to point out that the kids have an excellent theoretical platform. Coach Kirill and I try to have a dialogue with the kids, so they are aware of what they do on court. It helps them analyze the situations and try fix mistakes. Looking forward to next week!

FUTURES / CHAMPIONS TEAMS From Head Coach Walker Lamarche walker@acetennis.ca  Futures Team This week we used a lot more time on net skills and serving. We also had a couple of days where the kids were able to play more points than usual and tried their best to use all the skills they learned over the past few months. A special thank you to coaches Doug, Renata, and Sophie for stopping by the program and helping us out!

Champions Team  The bulk of the program was focused on the baseline patterns we started last week. We were asking the players to come forward more often and finish the volleys into the open court. When I let the players play on their own, most of them were trying to implement the tactics they learned, and they all impressed the coaches with their discipline and work ethic!

U12 PROVINCIAL TEAM / U12 INTERNATIONAL From Head Coach Brandon Alguire brandon@acetennis.ca This is the end of our second week of Cycle 2 in the U12 Provincial Program. The players have been working on hitting crosscourt with more consistency, how to open up the court by moving the opponent with a ball the breaks the sideline, and then how to play early down the line.

Overall the learning of the footwork and how to use their body has been pretty good. The challenge in this program continues to be getting these players to push themselves physically and start setting up to the ball earlier so they can maintain these skills when they compete in point situations. One thing that could help is getting the players into more tournaments (if possible) so they understand why the fundamentals are so important.

U16 PROVINCIAL TEAM / U16 INTERNATIONAL From Head Coach Jay Barlow jay@acetennis.ca A good week of training for all the players in this group. Some solid progress shown in the tactical situations and point play. As a group our focus has to be on maintaining intensity and concentration during fundamentals training as this is where we can make the most improvement in our skills.

NATIONAL TEAM / U14-U18 INTERNATIONAL From Head Coach Mike Hall mikehall@acetennis.ca The National Team continued great progress this week and welcomed back Doug Burke! Coach Burke worked alongside coaches Mike, Brandon and Kirill sharing his experience and wisdom with the players. We continued to develop our footwork and patterns of play around opening up the court and changing direction.

Mentally the players put forth a good mental effort this week when competing during our UTR matchplay which has been an added benefit to the training they receive this year and keeps them sharp during a time when tournament play is limited.