Week of November 2nd - 6th, 2020 This week we have come to an agreement with Cedar Springs to begin hosting interclub junior tournaments. We will start by offering U9 tournaments "orange dot, 3/4 court" this Saturday. We are looking forward to a fun atmosphere and kids enjoying themselves, many of them playing their first tournament. More tournaments to come! 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! 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 After four weeks of working on cross-court direction, on down the line direction, and on switching of direction during the rally - the kids have caught these tactical moments! Of course, there is still much more work to be done, but practice by practice, we can see how much easier it is getting for the kids!

This week the kids were playing and keeping score. At first, they had to keep the crosscourt direction, and after two strokes, they would start playing "open point." Coach Kirill and I are very confident in the theoretical knowledge of our team, and we are pleased to see their enthusiasm in the lessons!

FUTURES / CHAMPIONS TEAMS From Head Coach Walker Lamarche walker@acetennis.ca  Champions I think this was our best week by far! All the kids really seemed to enjoy their training and as a result we were able to play lots of live ball situations. As a team we aren't coming to the net as much as we should, but repetition should help them make better decisions.

Futures  This week the Futures Team saw the addition of three new players; Ryan, Agrim, and Arjun. They are committed players who bring a great energy to the team, and we are happy to have them! I really saw good improvement from all the players this week and everyone was having a good time implementing the tactics we learned

U12 PROVINCIAL TEAM / U12 INTERNATIONAL From Head Coach Brandon Alguire brandon@acetennis.ca We have now finished the 4th week of cycle #2 and the players continue to work on winning crosscourt battles and changing direction down the line so they can move the opponent. This cycle requires a lot of accuracy in directing the ball to specific targets and in order to do that the players must move very well in order to be set up on time.

Most of the players in the program really struggled with the movement aspect this week and did not have the physical intensity required to get behind the ball on time. Because if this there were a lot of teachable moments to talk to the players about what it takes to be a great tennis player. Hopefully most of the players understood and come out next week with a much better effort and intensity so they can execute at a higher level.

U16 PROVINCIAL TEAM / U16 INTERNATIONAL From Head Coach Jay Barlow jay@acetennis.ca This week was a great opportunity to evaluate how the players implement the change of direction tactic during point play. We still need to focus more on executing the patterns and less on just hitting the ball. Next week will be our last week of cycle 2 so we will be competing more and trying to improve on our decision making during match play.

NATIONAL TEAM / U14-U18 INTERNATIONAL From Head Coach Mike Hall mikehall@acetennis.ca We had a great week of practice this week in the National/International group. Our pressure packed Wednesday training group was fun and intense and kept the players very sharp mentally. Our UTR matchplay day had some nail bitters and some upsets as well. Next week will be our last week of our current cycle and we will provide an end of cycle update as well. Great work this week!