Harrison Tennis Center

Harrison Tennis Center Wins Award

Harrison Tennis Center has been named the recipient of the '2008 QuickStart Award'. The United States Tennis Association - Southern Section continues its tradition of annually honoring an outstanding participant in a USTA sponsored program. This award recognizes facilities or organizations as the USTA - Southern Section's most outstanding QuickStart programs.  The award is given to an individual or organization for outstanding participation, performance, and promotion of QuickStart programs. This award will be presented at the opening session of the USTA - Southern Section Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA, January 16, 2009.

USTA's QuickStart program is a program that teaches tennis to youth players and special needs players on 36' mini courts.  Harrison Tennis Center was selected in 2007 as a pilot program site and within a few weeks the program was filled with participants.  In 2008, Cobb County, along with supporting grants and sponsorships from USTA, ALTA, and other organizations and businesses built the first USTA approved 36' QuickStart tennis courts in the country.  The Harrison Area Community Tennis Association, headed by president Jenny Christoffersen, and facility manager Steve Lottinger , were instrumental in organizing this fund-raising effort. 

The courts have become an instant hit with youth players and special needs players.  The courts are filled daily with instructional programs, and a regular special pops tennis program has also been successful.  Congratulations to the Harrison tennis staff, instructors, and the Harrison Community Tennis Association for making this program and facility a successful model for this USTA program.

East Cobb Tennis Players Hit the Courts

East Cobb Tennis is a group of tennis enthusiasts that meet up to play casual pick-up games - singles, doubles, mixed - via the Internet. The group evolved from 6 USTA 2.5 - 3.5 players from Harrison Tennis Center. Play is open to all 18 years or older that have an NTRP rating and/or verifiable experience in a league such as ALTA, T2 or Ultimate Tennis. There is no fee to join. When you want to play you just post a message to set up an informal match or reply to a message someone else has posted looking for a player.  It's a great way to play more tennis in addition to the drills and team practices you're already involved in - and meet some new people while you're at it! For information, see www.eastcobbtennis.net.

Winter Tennis Classes

Registration

begins November 17th at 9:00am (Cobb residents)

November 18th at 9:00am (non-residents)

EZ-Reg online registration available for tennis classes. 

Classes begin week of January 4th

JUNIOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
Harrison Tennis Center offers an extensive choice of programs for children and juniors. Two of our newest programs are offered to junior players who have completed sessions in our beginner and advanced beginner tennis classes. These programs are based on ability first, then, by age. With both boys and girls participating in groups.

Future Star Program - The first is our Future Star program. This is offered to the advanced beginner player who has finished at least one 6 week session of the advanced beginner tennis classes, from ages 7 and up. It is a natural progression and introduction to more specific stroke development. Through the use of line drills and game based drills, the juniors begin to learn the importance of self control, ball control and consistency.

The Future Star groups meet for 90 minutes, once a week. The cost of this program is $55 per month. This program meets year around. We currently offer the following days and times:

Monday       3:30-5:00pm
Tuesday      5:30-7:00pm
Wednesday 5:30-7:00pm

Baseliner Program - The next progression through our program is our Baseliner group. This program is offered to the junior player who can demonstrate some ball control, directional control, and may play junior ALTA or USTA league tennis. Attention to specific grips and footwork are important focal points of this program. As this player may be a bit older and experienced, this player will learn how important good technique and self control will come into play through the use of live ball drills and more competitive game based drills. The age of the Baseliner player starts at 8 or 9 years old and goes through the age of 17. This program is currently offered each Monday from 5:00-7:00pm and, for our more experienced players, on Thursdays from 5:00-7:00pm. This group meets once per week for 2 hours. The monthly cost for this program is $95.

Stephen Diaz Junior Tennis Academy - Harrison Tennis Center is the home base for the Stephen Diaz Junior Tennis Academy. Stephen has been one of the top junior development coaches in Atlanta for many years and Harrison is very proud to have him and SDTA on board. SDTA's coaching philosophy is based on putting the athlete first, while putting major emphasis on performance rather than outcome.  Coaches focus on helping young players reach their maximum potential as people through a commitment to excellence in tennis.  SDTA considers the long term welfare and happiness of players should be valued more than the results of rewards of the moment. Founded in 1996, SDTA 's emphasis on small group programs and personal attention has helped develop some of the best junior players in the region. One of our main goals of SDTA coaches is to personalize the development of players based on their talent and individual needs.  They focus on teaching students how to develop an all-around game and help them understand all the different aspects of tennis in order to become a complete player.

At SDTA, training hard and training smart is what they all about. In order to maximize each player's potential, SDTA focuses on the following:

• fundamentals of technique
• singles & doubles strategy
• physical conditioning & mental toughness
• supervised match play
• tournament warm-up & coaching

Our low coach-to-student ratio, affordable program, and strong relationships with both students and parents are what make SDTA unique among tennis academies. If you would like to get more information on SDTA contact Stephen Diaz at Harrison Tennis Center (770-591-3151)

ADULT DRILLS

Staff Pro's Randy Hancock and Pete Snyder offer many drills throughout the week that will assist in improving stroke production, cardio or singles and doubles play and strategies .

Ladies Doubles Drill Clinic - Offered every Monday morning from 9:00-10:30am. This is open ladies of all abilities and levels. The focus of this clinic is to focus on the strokes and directionals that are practiced by following the basic of high percentage decision making. Additionally, each player will be introduced to and practice the 4 phases of point construction. Sign up should be done by contacting Randy Hancock at rh10s@aol.com . The cost for this is $15 per visit, or $50 for any 4 visits.

Ladies Singles Drills - This specialty drill group is designed for the 3.0 player and above. It is offered on Monday morning, from 10:30am-12:00pm and Monday evening, from 7:30-9:00pm. The emphasis here is repetition through the use of live ball exchanges and matchplay with specific goals in mind. Always practicing and using high percentage shot selections and court position. This is year around and is offered in 6 week sessions for $89. For more information and enrollment, contact Randy Hancock, at rh10s@aol.com .

Adult Drills - Adult drills are offered by USPTR certified pro Pete Snyder. These drills are are for both men and women of all levels and are very popular and often have waiting lists. Please call Harrison to reserve time slot. Drills are:

Mondays     9:30 - 11:00am

Mondays      7:30 - 9:00pm

Tuesdays     7:30 - 9:00pm
Wednesdays   7:30 - 9:00pm

Cost is $15.00 OR $50.00 prepaid for 4 sessions

Cardio Tennis - Fast paced tennis dills combined with cardio offered each Wednesday morning from 9:30-10:30 by USPTR certified Staff Pro Pete Snyder. Cost is $15.00 each week or $50.00 for four. Please call Harrison each week to reserve space.

Round Robins

Las Vegas Style Round Robin

Round robin mixed doubles each Friday night at Harrison Tennis Center . The winning team in each round draws a playing card. Those players at the end of the night with the best poker hand win prizes that include private lessons and gift certificates to local restaurants and businesses. Please call each week to register.

Senior Round Robins

Come join the fastest growing group at Harrison Tennis Center ! For seniors fifty and older, this group meets every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 9:00am (10:00am during the winter). The fee is $3.00 on Mondays and Harrison supplies the balls. On Wednesdays and Fridays the fee is $1.00 and each player brings a can of balls. No registration is required just show up and enjoy the fun!!!