Howell Tennis News
June 3rd-June 9th
End of Season Celebration Recap Video
Here is the link to End of Season Video!
I want to thank everyone again for the wonderful gift and for coming to enjoy some quality time as a team/family! I hope all the returners are taking advantage of the off season opportunities below and that all our seniors are enjoying their final summer before their next journey! Alumni are always welcome at our courts! Hope to see some of you at camp!
If any alumni and/or current HS players can help with camp, please sign up using the link below. Current HS players can sign up to help with beginners and stay for their own camp after. Alumni can sign up to help with the both camps if they choose to. Please sign up by the end of this week so I know what we have to work with!
Off Season Opportunities
- Sign up for our summer tennis camp using the link below! This is a great opportunity to get some work in with their teammates, have some fun, and interact and learn from the great coaching staff at Vetta West! ALL RETURNERS should be signing up for camp!!!!
- Open Courts at FHHS. See details below! These are FREE and yet another opportunity to work with teammates.
- JUNIOR TEAM TENNIS w/Vetta: Please email Josh Patrick @jpatrick@vettasports.com if you want to play on their team. Great opportunity to get good training/practice and play good competition. I highly suggest you sign up for this.
- GLADIATOR TENNIS is extremely flexible and several HS players that we compete against in conference play in this as well. See the flyer below and register by June 13th at www.gladiatortennis.com.
- USTA Tournaments If you want to play in college tennis at a D1/D2 level, you should be playing in USTA Tournaments. You have to become a member and then sign up for play. Lots of colleges look at your USTA Rank. CLICK HERE for the site.
- Frontenac Racket Club is hosting a round-robin, non-elimination tournament called Summer Gateway Jr. Tennis Tournaments. These half-day events run every Saturday and are great for jv to mid-varsity level players. See the attachment below to get details on this great matchplay experience.
- Vetta West Clinics and Privates are always a sure fire way to hone in on your skills. I would say if you played in the Top 12 you should be doing some privates at this point. If you were below Top 12 you could start with group clinics, but to improve quickly mixing in a few privates is also a great idea. CLICK HERE for Vetta's main site. They are also hosting some new camps this summer that would be worth checking out by CLICKING HERE.
I also appreciate the guys staying for the 2nd-8th grade camp and help run the camp. This is a great opportunity to give back and spread the love of tennis to the future of Viking Tennis (see camp help survey above to sign up to help).
Summer Open Courts & Conditioning
- Footwork Exercises
- Weightlifting
- Fundamental Drills
- Match Play
Dates we will meet at Howell Courts:
- Tuesdays: 6/5, 6/12, 6/19 (camp day) , 6/26, 7/10, 7/17, 7/24
- Thursdays: 5/31, 6/7, 6/14, 6/21 (camp day), 6/28, 7/12, 7/19, 7/26
*If we get rained out on any given day, there may be a make up day on another day of that week if time allows. We cannot exceed more than 20 meeting days in the off season per MSHSAA Regulations.
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Howell Tennis
Email: tracy.carlson@fhsdschools.org
Website: www.fhvikings.com
Location: 7001 Hwy 94 S, Saint Charles, MO, United States
Phone: 314-494-0897
Twitter: @FHVikingTennis