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District 15 NJTL Junior Olympic Association
Organized in
1996, as an affiliate of the USTA National Junior Tennis Association, the
organization originally conducted tennis activities for Indian River, Martin,
Okeechobee,
and St Lucie Counties.
Today our tennis activities are
primarily in Indian River County, with most of the activities being in
Sebastian.
Like all USTA/NJTL chapters, we are a community-based organization, which offers
public recreational tennis programs for boys and girls from 6 to 18 years of
age.
Our programming options are a response
to the needs of the community and
resources present to meet those needs. They may include multiple skill levels
and seasons.
One of our programs,
which we conduct twice a year, is youth Ralleyball. This co-ed program for
second grade to middle school age children creates and maintains a child’s
interest in the lifetime sport of tennis by building fun and team spirit into
learning; everyone plays, no one is cut, so everyone wins. Other Quick Start
junior programs are available after school or early evenings.
We feed into other programs, encouraging the youngsters to be part of the USTA
Junior Tennis League, were skill instructions and competition are kept in
perspective with the children’s interest and ability. We have been supportive
of the USTA schools program and donated equipment and time to insure that they
can start and maintain a beginner and advance beginner program. We conduct
“After School Tennis & the Constitution” at the middle school and high
schools.
Since our inception, efforts have been made to build a bridge from the
recreational aspects of tennis to competitive tennis. Included
in our efforts was the support of the USTA Local Excellence Training, (LET)
program in each County. Since 1997 we have partnered with the John Danise School
of Tennis, Indian River County LET program, and have taken Eight Teams to the
AAU Junior Olympic Games. These travels produced many rewards, including medals,
one of which was silver.
District 15 NJTL Junior Olympic Association aims to provide a comprehensive
training and development system at the local level that is accessible to every
interested player.
HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE REACH THEIR
MAXIMUM POTENTIAL IN TENNIS AND LIFE IS WHAT WE TRY TO ACHIEVE.
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