TENNIS PROGRAMS

Color+athlete.jpg — **HIGH PERFORMANCE**

***Ages: 10-18***
**School Year**
*Monday - Thursday:* 4:00-6:00 pm | *Price:* $50 per 1 Day Session (2 Hours)
**Summer**
*Monday-Thursday:* 11:00 am - 1:00 pm | *Price*: $50 per 1 Day Session (2 Hours)
The High Performance program adheres to a dynamic style covering all aspects of the game; consistency, attack, counter attack, net game, patterns of play, doubles, and specialty shots.
In addition to the on-court work, players will also participate in fitness and conditioning as part of their daily practice. Players will engage in age appropriate exercises specifically designed to improve agility, speed, and basic strength.

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**High Performance ELITE**

***Ages: 13-18***
**Summer Options:**
*Monday - Thursday:* 1-3pm | *Price:* $50 per 2 hour Session
Discounts for players who come for multiple sessions each week. Please contact us for the details.
This top-level program offers full service management to players who demand the specific time needed in order to prepare properly for the highest level of the sport. These students have the desire, discipline and passion to pursue their dreams and are willing to put in a full time effort to reach their maximum potential.
The Directors of the program are directly involved in all the training, planning, tournament scheduling, goal setting and general advice for each player. This personalized program offers individual attention to serious players providing coaching and consultation during these athletes’ rise to the top. Committed to the standard of excellence, our team members provide a very structured training system. Every day is dedicated to individualized on-court training and tactics.
Our students receive 100% attention from our best technical coaches, and practice partners, in a unified team-working environment. They are given their own special team member practices every week. Different to other programs, coaches and mentors provide individualized interaction and mentorship to team members, as well as assist them with a training and competition schedule that has them reaching the peak of their play at the most important times on the calendar.
This is a selective player program focused on College Tennis Preparation & College Placement. Our goal for each of our players is to gain admission, study and play college tennis at the most prestigious American Universities attainable.

**ADULT PROGRAMS**

*Advanced, Intermediate and Beginner Levels - 1.5 hours - Cost per Class: $25*
**Ladies 4.0-4.5 Advanced: Wednesdays 9:00-10:30am / Summer Schedule: Wednesdays: 7:30-9:00am**
These are specialized classes for the league teams. We take a look at every aspect of the “doubles team” and work to develop the right mix for each person and their partner. Typically the teams who take a class like this are preparing for a tournament or league match, or simply want to enhance their teamwork so they will be ready the next time a competitive event comes around. We will work a ton on doubles and volley drills, and as with all of our classes, we stress footwork and activity. We guarantee this class to anyone who wants to get a good workout and have a great time doing it.
**Ladies 3.5-4.0 Intermediate: Mondays 9:00-10:30am / Summer Schedule: 7:30-9:00am**
These classes are for the intermediate level player who has grasped basic fundamentals and some of the intricacies of the game. We stress lots of repetition and help in improving live ball play and tactics. We stress fundamentals and footwork while spending a good amount of time drilling, with pupils hitting against each other.
**Ladies 3.0-3.5 Advanced Beginner: Tuesdays 9:00-10:30am / Summer Schedule: 7:30-9:00am**
These classes are for advanced beginner level players who are looking to refine their technical skills and step up their game to more competitive play. We work a lot on shot consistency, placement, correct stance usage and movement patterns to help the player get around the court properly. Doubles play will be a major focal point of this program, giving our player the understanding of correct positioning on the court, and basic shot selection strategies.
**Mens & Ladies 2.5 Beginner Stroke Production Workouts: Thursdays 7:30-9:00am**
These classes are geared for beginner to advanced beginner level players who are quite new to the game and are looking to learn the fundamentals. Classes will be broken into a stroke for the session (example--volleys and net game), and we will attempt to work on every aspect of the game each week.

**CARDIO TENNIS**

**2 Days Per Week - Year Round Schedule: Fridays and Saturdays** - **9:00-10:30am - Price: $25/session**
Cardio Tennis is the high energy highlight of your week! It’s a fun, social, group tennis-fitness program for all ages and abilities - even non-tennis players!
Cardio Tennis combines fitness, music, and a variety of equipment to deliver the ultimate, full body, calorie burning aerobic workout. Each workout comprises a warm-up, cardio segment (drills and play based) and a cool down. Women can burn up to 500 calories and men up to 800 in a 60-minute session!
Whether you’ve never played tennis, or you’re a regular player, you’ll find plenty of reward from a Cardio Tennis session:
Get fitter while you get better
Fitness devices track your progress and help shape your sessions
Workout with your friends in a non-threatening environment where ability doesn't matter!
Enjoy the beat and workout to the music which keeps you motivated and keeps you moving.

**PHASE I: RED BALL**

***Ages: 4-7***
**School Year Options:**
*Tuesday & Thursday:* 4:15-5:15 pm | *Price:* $30 per 1 hour session
**Summer Options:**
*Tuesday & Thursday*: 9:00-10:00 am | *Price*: $30 per 1 hour session
Don’t like your young athlete standing in lines waiting for hits? We don’t either. Our early development classes limit the space to a max of 5 players per court. Our goal is to get as many hits with the correct technique in for our athletes in training.
This program is our first phase of development. In this phase, young players are introduced to the sport. A solid foundation is laid for their future development through the teaching of parameter-based fundamentals in a progressive teaching methodology.
The learning themes for this phase is FUN and fundamentals – making the initial experience one that will encourage the player to make progress, have fun and fall in love with the sport. Basic introductory coordination, tumbling, and sports skills exercises are a big part of each day. The students are given age-appropriate curriculum to establish a strong foundation for a long life of athletics, applying directly to tennis development, and more so, to any sport they decide to get involved in.
Groups are divided into RED I, II, & III based on age and level so each child feels like they are in a comfortable and productive environment.
**Areas of Focus:**
Physical Skills
• Introduce Agility, Balance and Coordination (ABC)
• Running, jumping and hopping
Throwing (especially over arm) and catching
Tumbling
Reaction and tracking skills
Appropriate grips and swings
Mental and Emotional Skills
• Increasing confidence through FUN and success
• Improving concentration and focus
• Encouraging visual learning
• Decision making
• Learning the concepts of achievement and reward
Social Skills
• Learning without a parent by their side
• Helping others in a group and sharing
• Develop responsibility through simple tasks and requests

**PHASE II: ORANGE BALL**

***Ages: 7-10***
**School Year Options:**
*Monday & Wednesday:* 4:00-6:00 pm | *Price:* $30 per 1 hour session
*Tuesday & Thursday*: 4:00-5:00 pm | *Price:* $30 per 1 hour session
**Summer Options:**
Friday-Saturday: 10:30-11:30 am | *Price:* $30 per 1 hour session
Don’t like your young athlete standing in lines waiting for hits? We don’t either. Our early development classes limit the space to a max of 5 players per court. Our goal is to get as many hits with the correct technique in for our athletes in training.
In our second and third phase of development, we introduce more advanced skill sets. With a little longer racket and a change in the ball, the student starts to build more complete strokes, depth and leverage. We accelerate appropriate footwork and stance principles, as well as recognition and decision making. Players start to learn competitive skills, and the foundations of winning and losing, sportsmanship and respect for others.
More complex tumbling and sports skills appropriate to each student are being introduced. The students begin nailing down back handsprings, gain flexibility and become ever more aware of what their bodies can coordinate.
**Areas of Focus:**
Physical Skills
Increase Agility, Balance and more complex Coordination (ABC)
Enhance reaction and anticipation skills
Accelerate speed over a short time frame
Advanced throwing, catching and hitting skills
Technical Skills
Develop full strokes with appropriate grips, and swing paths
Apply correct footwork and stance usage; able to execute all three (neutral, open, semi-open)
Ready position
Split step
Recovery
Lateral movement
Diagonal movement (forward and backward)
Forward movement
Giving hustle salutes for effort
Social Skills
Working with others and sharing
Character and leadership salutes
Placing emphasis on decision making skills
Encourage Independence
Improve concentration over a longer period of time
Build confidence and self-worth
Teach the basic understanding of winning and losing
Gain enthusiasm

**PHASE IV: GREEN BALL**

***Ages: 8-11***
**School Year Options:**
*Monday - Thursday* : 4:00-6:00 pm | *Price:* $50 per 2 hour session. Discounts for players who come for multiple sessions each week. Please contact us for the details.
**Summer Options:**
*Monday-Thursday 9-11am* | Price: $50 per 2 hour session. Discounts for players who come for multiple sessions each week. Please contact us for the details.

The learning theme for this phase is “Training and Competition” since this is the prime time in the player’s development to learn the skills for both. Fundamental technical skills will be refined and will be well established by this time. The player will be able to develop more power as well as improve movement and footwork.
An increased emphasis will be placed on tactical development. Players are taught to make quality decisions when presented with a range of options. A personal game style makes sense as the player’s personality becomes more evident.
**Areas of Focus:**
Weapon development
Racquet acceleration
Consistent contact point
Moving towards full extension at point of contact
Unit turn-working on keeping non dominant hand on racquet until the hitting shoulder
Preparation: racquet above the wrist
Wrist load/pre-stretch
Load: coordinated movements in-sync with unit turn
Stances: able to execute all three (neutral, open, semi-open)
Ready position
Split step
Cross over recovery
Movements in all directions
Depth
Accuracy in placement
Ball recognition and anticipation skills
Understand offense and defense
Slice competency

**PHASE V: YELLOW BALL**

***Ages: 10-13***
***Ages: 13-18***
**School Year Options:**
*Monday - Thursday:* 6:00-8:00 pm | *Price:* $50 per 2 hour session.
Discounts for players who come for multiple sessions each week. Please contact us for the details.
**Summer Options:**
*Monday - Thursday:* 11:00 am-1:00 pm | *Price:* $50 per 2 hour session.
Discounts for players who come for multiple sessions each week. Please contact us for the details.
This after school program is designed for intermediate players who desire to play high school tennis or beyond. These players have graduated from Green ball, have match experience and are competing at the local level.
Students will learn all styles of play. This team working group program emphasizes rally control and consistency. Footwork is a daily part of practice, and each week we will focus on a new shot selection or strategy. Point play, doubles and singles sets will all be played, and players will be rewarded for using and correctly recognizing, and executing the weeks’ theme in a live ball situation.

Our Coaches

Ken Cooper

President

Ken represents the ownership group that just bought Rise Athletic Club. Coming to us from the Sunshine of South Florida, Rise Athletic Club welcomes 16 Year USPTA Tennis Pro Ken Cooper. He will be serving as the President of the organization and will oversee all aspects of the club including tennis, pickle ball, general membership, and all fitness programs. Ken is a multi-sport talent from Orem, Utah, and spent a large portion of his tennis teaching career in St George, UT. He has excelled in training high school players and coaches in stroke development with effective on court strategies. Early on, Ken learned the importance of video analysis by teaching at one of the Top 5 Tennis Camps in the World. As well, he has previously served as a Director of Tennis, Head High School Tennis Coach, and K-8th grade Development Coach using red ball, orange ball, and green dot ball training. State Champs, Region Champs, USTA Sanctioned Tournament Champs, Non-Sanctioned Tennis Tournament Champs, Top 5 Ranked Juniors in Utah, Top 20 ranked juniors in the Intermountain Region, Women's Teams of all levels, and junior players of all ages. Players taught by Ken have been offered to play at the Division 1, Division 2, Division 3, and NAIA levels. This is just what he has done as a Coach. Ken excelled in basketball, baseball, and tennis in his youth (lots of trophies and honors on the local, state, and national levels) culminating in being named the Outstanding Male Athlete of his high school and then playing #1 singles in tennis his Freshman Year in college. Ken has a BS in Finance, BS in Business, and a BA in French. He also attends law school on a very part time basis to help in his pursuit of excellence in running an Athletic Club!

Paul Jasperson

Director of Pickleball

We would like to welcome Paul Jasperson as our new Director of Racquet Sports at the Rise Athletic Club. Paul played tennis at the University of Minnesota – Duluth and has been a USPTA teaching professional since 1995. Paul is a solid 4.5 player in both tennis and pickleball.

Paul has taught in a variety of country clubs in Minnesota, Texas, New York, North Carolina, and Florida. He is coming to us from Jacksonville, Florida.

In 2017, after years of successful tennis teaching, Paul attained his pickleball certificationthrough the IPTPA and has taught countless players since then. He is also an IPTPA certified rater for players to the 4.5 level. While teaching pickleball in Florida, Paul worked alongside some of the best pickleball players in the nation. Paul has helped three clubs develop thriving pickleball programs with a variety of programs including lessons and clinics, ladders, leagues, socials, and tournaments.

Paul is passionate and strives for excellence in developing tennis and pickleball players of allabilities. He takes great pride in the excellent programs and players he has developed over the years. Paul has a deep understanding of the ‘hows and whys’ of tennis and pickleball and loves to pass this on to his students. Whether it is tots or seniors (or any age in between), Paul loves to help his players thrive and improve skills while having fun. Paul is hard-working, dependable, and passionate when it comes to tennis, pickleball, and life.

James Romera

USPTA Tennis Pro

RAC is pleased to have James Romera as one of our experienced coaches. He brings to our community a wealth of knowledge, experience, and results on competitive and recreational tennis.

Some of the key highlights of James’ career include:

- USPTA Member pro level 1
Teaching/Coaching Juniors/ Adults (beginning to nationally ranked players)
-ACE - 5 years
-WOODS CROSS HS - Head coach/ assistant coach - 4/5 years
- DESERT HILLS HS - Boys Head Coach
- BLOOMINGTON TENNIS CLUB - Teaching Pro/ Juniors and Adults.
-ALMADEN SWIM AND RACQUET CLUB - Head Pro
- ASSISTED IN TESTING PROSPECTIVE USPTA CANDIDATES
- PROVO HS TENNIS COACH

Ben Cooper

Full profile coming soon!

Ben is a multi sport talent from St George, Utah in tennis and soccer. A National Champ as a player in club soccer with 7 Elite and a multi tournament winner at the USTA Intermountain Regional Level.

TENNIS PROGRAMS

HIGH PERFORMANCE

High Performance ELITE

Live Ball Frenzy

HIGH SCHOOL COMPETITIVE PROGRAM

ADULT PROGRAMS

CARDIO TENNIS

PHASE I: RED BALL

PHASE II: ORANGE BALL

PHASE IV: GREEN BALL

PHASE V: YELLOW BALL