Week of November 16th - 20th, 2020 This week as Halton Region transitions into a red zone, ACE continues to operate on a regular basis and we will inform you if any protocols are to change. Our main priority will always be the safety of our players and everyone at ACE. We continue to be diligent in following all the protocols and are grateful for your cooperation. 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 planning on hosting an interclub tournament next weekend November 28th-29th for U9, U10 and U12. Coaches will send details regarding the tournament to players on Monday. If you have any questions for me, I can be reached at kyrylo@acetennis.ca. Kyrylo Tabunshchyk, Vice President / General Manager ACE Tennis Burlington

PROGRESSIVE 1 AND 2 From Head Coach Anna Momot amomot@acetennis.ca PROGRESSIVE 1 New cycle, new goals! The first thing we focused on in cycle 3 is the serve. At first, they practiced the toss, not as easy as it looks, and the correct toss is the key to a successful serve. They then had an opportunity to serve over the net with the racquet up and in front [first stage].

Thus, step by step, we will develop the serve with full motion. As usual the kids started off working on their agility, coordination and reaction. It's the best way to warm them up and develop their fitness skills, which are crucial on the tennis court.   PROGRESSIVE 2 The new cycle is a nice opportunity for players to keep developing their knowledge. They have been working on the fundamentals of a volley from both sides. We will spend the third cycle on this shot. Progressive 2 players are also working on consistency. Practice by practice, we will add more and more strokes in one rally.

PROGRESSIVE 2 - Competitive From Head Coach Mike Donski mikedonski@acetennis.ca Excellent week of training for the progressive 2 kids. We followed the regular competitive content, the kids played lots of point situations and are able to adapt a lot better when these situations come up during open play. A new focus this week was using our strength to play out of the middle. The kids seemed to understand it quite well. We will follow up on this next week. As always, the energy and focus was there from everyone, coach Tom and I are very happy with the group!

PROGRESSIVE 3 From Head Coach Mihai Mocanu mihai@acetennis.ca  This week we worked more on being consistent while rallying from baseline, stressing on recovery after each groundstroke. We also continued with serve biomechanics, having players being aware of their racquet motion during serve. We started to play more points and learn the scoring system.

COMPETITIVE ACES From Head Tom Pociecha tom@acetennis.ca  This week we continued with our theme of staying consistent and outlasting our opponent specifically in a cross-court situation. The consistency rally drills, as well as some point situations, incorporated this cross court (consistency) component. We emphasized the specific recovery position in a cross court rally and on making decisions on the type of ball to send in order to provide time for a correct recovery.

During the "drilling" component of the practice we focused on the following: a) When receiving a ball in the middle of the court, using the forehand to hit the ball away from the middle of the court b) Serving towards a right handed players' backhand During point play students were encouraged to use these powerful tactical strategies. I was impressed with how some of the students used a strategy from the previous weeks' (finishing the point at the net) during the point play situations.

HIGH SCHOOL TEAM From Head Coach Jay Barlow jay@acetennis.ca The group continued to improve on their movement and reception skills in order to be in better position to hit consistent groundstrokes. We still need to work more on balance and recovery to increase rally length. We will also continue to do more competitive singles play.