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Our very successful Summer Junior Tennis Camp Program begins June 2. All camp programs run Tuesday through Friday with some special Advanced Competitive Groups on two different weeks.
All groups are Tuesdays through Fridays with Bring a Friend for Free Thursdays and Candy Day on Fridays.
Call member concierge at 706-467-1111 or the tennis pro shop at 706-467-1298 to sign up today. Classes are limited, so make sure you have your dates all set.
Come out and see the pros in action on Sunday, June 14 at 1:00 p.m. on the stadium courts at the Lake Club Tennis Center. If you have played lots of tennis before, played a little or none at all, everyone will have fun. Come see the pros whack some great shots across the net. Mark you calendar to come out to see who the pros challenge this time.
Greensboro, Ga. – Reynolds Plantation Director of Tennis Dave Neuhart was recently honored for his 25 years of service to the United States Professional Tennis Association (USPTA) and Peter Burwash International (PBI).Neuhart is a certified member of the USPTA, the world’s largest and oldest association of tennis teaching professionals. The USPTA strives to raise the standards of the tennis profession, promotes greater awareness of the sport and offers comprehensive continuing education opportunities.
PBI honored Neuhart with the “Longevity and Loyalty” award for his 25 years of service to PBI, the largest international tennis management firm in the world.
“It is great to be honored for all those years of service,” said Neuhart. “I love what I do – the past 25 years have been a dream.”
Neuhart was named the 2000 Professional of the Year by Peter Burwash International (PBI) and is an active member of the international “Who’s Who in Tennis”. Reynolds Plantation is a thriving and expanding tennis community under the direction of Neuhart, earning the PBI Facility of the Year in 2006 and a Top-50 Facility designation by Tennis Resorts Online in 2007 and 2008.
About Reynolds Plantation
Reynolds Plantation is a Linger Longer Community providing an award-winning lifestyle with world-class amenities. Named the “Best of the Best” Golf Community by Robb Report and the community with the “Best Golf” by GOLF MAGAZINE Living, Reynolds Plantation, located between Atlanta and Augusta, Georgia, is a golf and lake community with more than 80 miles of shoreline on Lake Oconee. The community features 99 holes of championship golf from designers Bob Cupp, Jack Nicklaus, Tom Fazio, Rees Jones and Jim Engh; Pete Dye has begun work on Reynolds’ 6th golf course. Reynolds Plantation is also home to The Reynolds Golf Academy, as well as the TaylorMade Performance Lab and the Kingdom at Reynolds Plantation. The community offers members a variety of dining options, swimming pools, pedestrian trails, three full-service marinas and The Lake Club Wellness Campus and award-winning Tennis Center, under the direction of Peter Burwash International. GOLF Magazine, Golf Digest and TRAVEL + LEISURE GOLF have all debuted “ultimate golf homes” at Reynolds Plantation; Southern Accents opened its Show House, located at The Creek Club golf course, in September 2008. Reynolds Plantation is also home to the AAA Five Diamond Award-winning Ritz-Carlton Lodge, a 251-room lakefront resort and spa ranked No. 5 in the “Top 100 Golf Resorts” worldwide by Condé Nast Traveler Magazine. Linger Longer Communities is also the developer of Reynolds Landing and Achasta. For more information, call 800-800-5250 or visit www.reynoldsplantation.com.
Playing smarter tennis is understanding the position you are in, knowing what shot to hit and executing that shot successfully. Many factors that can create pressure put a player on the defensive. It could be low or high balls, speed of the ball, wide balls, spin, wind, sun, opponent’s position, your position, a bad bounce and others. All of us have certain likes and dislikes or strengths and weaknesses. Some players like to hit the ball hard and enjoy a hard ball coming at them. Others like hitting high balls and prefer the ball to come to them high as well. While other players who hit with a lot of spin usually like a lot of spin.
The first step to playing smarter tennis is to not give your opponent what they like. If they like hard balls then slow the ball down, if they like high balls give them low balls and if they like lots of spin, flatten the ball out some. There is always an opposite of what they like and adding variety will most likely take them out of their rhythm. Sometimes location of a shot can produce pressure for your opponent. If they like to stay on the baseline and hit it deep, bring them into the net with short balls. If they like to come in, keep the ball low and short to them so they have to hit up defensively. So watch your opponent and see what they like so you can give them the opposite. You might find yourself beating some of the better players who use to beat you.
Greensboro, Ga. (May 22, 2009) – Reynolds Plantation has been recently honored with two awards from the tennis industry. The tennis program at Reynolds Plantation, led by Peter Burwash International (PBI) Director of Tennis Dave Neuhart, has been named a “Top 50 Tennis Welcome Center for 2008″ by the Tennis Industry Association (TIA) and United States Tennis Association (USTA), and a “Top 50 Tennis Resort” by Tennis Resorts Online.
The TIA and USTA recognized Reynolds Plantation as a “Top 50 Tennis Welcome Center” for delivering a variety of tennis programs to new and current players of all ages in efforts to increase participation in the game. This is the third consecutive year that Reynolds Plantation has earned this award.
“The staff at Reynolds Plantation has created a positive tennis experience for its members and guests,” says Jolyn de Boer, executive director of the TIA. ”Tennis Welcome Centers serve a vital role in delivering tennis, and we are pleased to recognize these efforts with this award.”
Tennis Resorts Online also honored Reynolds Plantation for the third year in a row with its selection as a “Top 50 Tennis Resort.” The rankings are determined by vacationers: people who have visited the resort and can be objective about their experience. The online survey included all aspects of the tennis experience as well as quality of lodging, restaurants, children’s programs and value for dollar.
“Receiving both of these awards in the same year and for the third consecutive year speaks to the continuity of quality we try to provide each and every day,” said Neuhart. “Reynolds Plantation continues to raise the bar not only in quality of facilities, but in service and professionalism to everyone who comes through the gates. It is evident with these recent awards that many others feel the same way about how special this community really is.”
The Lake Club Tennis Center at Reynolds Plantation boasts two stadium-sized and six championship-sized lighted courts. The four Har-Tru Hydro clay courts and four traditional hard courts compliment a range of amenities such as tennis packages, clinics, private lessons, player match-up service and the Dartfish system, a computer-aided video analysis software that helps assess and improve a player’s tennis stroke right on the court. A full-service pro shop, computerized ball machine and world-class service round out the amenities that helped Reynolds Plantation garner the 2006 Peter Burwash International Tennis Site of the Year Award.
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