Welcome to the Jayhawk Tennis Academy
WHAT ARE WE ABOUT:
Jayhawk Tennis Academy is comprehensive high performance program for junior players wishing to invest more time and effort into their tennis. Whether they are 7 or 17, our goal is to help a junior tennis player become their best. Our Jayhawk Tennis Academy offers players an opportunity to reach the highest levels of the game, competing in USTA, UTR, and ITF events in and around the country.
WHAT WE STRIVE TO DO
Our coaches strive to provide a complete experience – technical training, mental skills, physical fitness, and match play in both singles and doubles. We also work hard to create an atmosphere of teamwork and collaboration. Our players not only train together and make each other stronger, they also travel around the country together, creating bonds that can last a lifetime.
We are a USTA Safe Play™ organization, intent on providing a safe and respectful environment. We want all players to understand what that means, even in difficult competitive situations.
WHAT WE WANT PLAYERS TO EXPERIENCE
For every player, we want them to come away with an even greater sense of their tennis capabilities and skills, confidence in what they are doing when they compete, and camaraderie with other players.
WHAT WE OFFER
Full Time Academy
It is our most comprehensive program. This group overlaps with the traditional after school High Performance program and also adds additional time beforehand for players to add more individualized/smaller group training. We offer schedules to suit the needs of our home school or flexible private/public school players, as well as players coming in from other areas of the country for more concentrated training.
Players wishing to join Full Time Academy need approval. Contact Coach Jared Ward at jward@jayhawktennis.com
High Performance
Our High Performance segment of the Academy is geared towards players competing at the high school and L4-6 USTA events. Because most of our players have traditional school schedules, we offer after school drills (minimum twice per week required), often combining with players from our Full-time Academy. They also join the full-time group in fitness and/or mental skills sessions.
Players signed up for High Performance will be approved by Coach Jared.
For more information, contact Jared at jward@jayhawktennis.com.
Early & Beginning High Performance
Our young players are one of the major focal points of Jayhawk Tennis Academy, and we strive to offer them as much court time as other elite juniors around the country. This group of players receive age/level appropriate focus during technical or strategical instruction.
Being a major focal point of our Academy, we consider each player who is just entering into the Early or Beginning High Performance group and work with parents to determine the best fit for their player(s).
Beginning High Performance
For Ages 6-9 This is for our youngest players beginning to play in tournaments. Our goal for this smaller group is to further develop good technique and consistency with a higher level of footwork and intensity. We strive to create an atmosphere that young tournament players can learn and thrive in, as well as educate players and parents on the tournament environment and how their child can best grow within it.
Early High Performance
For ages 8-11, these young players are all competing in USTA events, and are seeking to further their skills in technique, consistency and footwork. We work to create a solid foundation for their future, while also helping them navigate the early stages of junior competition.
For more information, contact Christy at cward@jayhawktennis.com.
Academy High Performance
Summer Session WEEKS
Memorial Day Week – Tuesday – Thursday 12-3pm, Friday 9-11am
$242
Monday 12:00-3pm,
Tuesday – Thursday 10:30am-3:30pm
Friday 9-11am
$440 per week*
Weeks starting June 2nd, June 9th, June 16th, June 30, July 7th, July 21st, July 28th, Aug 4th
No drills during KU Tennis Camp – June 22 and July 13th. Sign up separately at kutenniscamps.com
*SIGN UP FOR ENTIRE SUMMER FOR DISCOUNT
Early High Performance Summer WEEKS
Tuesday – Thursday 12:30pm-3:00pm
Weeks starting June 3rd, June 10th, June 17th, July 1st, July 8th, July 22nd, July 29th, Aug 5th
$165 per week
For MEMORIAL DAY WEEK – May 28-30th
Please sign up for Rock Chalk Camp here
Travel Documentation for Tournaments
Please Read
Your player’s safety is important to us at the Jayhawk Tennis Academy. When your player travels to tournaments with coaches or other non guardians, you will need to fill out the following documents for each trip. The documents collect health information and needs, insurance, liability waiver, and emergency contact information plus other pertinent trip information that will help to ensure the safety of your player. Please download the documents, fill them out and submit them electronically to jtawaiver@jayhawktennis.com, and bring a paper version on the trip.