This clinic is an introduction to tennis with a focus on developing fundamentals and rallying skills. The curriculum will focus on skill development, rally progressions, and fun, competitive games to develop a love of tennis. Advanced beginners are encouraged to participate in Junior Team Tennis. Fruit and donuts provided!
This clinic is for players interested in playing tournaments. Participants must have basic skills and be ready for spins, drills, and competitive play. Younger intermediate players starting Junior Team Tennis are welcome. Curriculum will focus on technique, footwork, agility, conditioning, mental toughness, and strategy.
Yellow/green ball progression tennis training designed for intermediate/advanced 8- to 17-year-olds. Green and yellow ball sessions will focus on footwork, technique, consistency, accuracy, zone play, serve, Volley, attack/recovery, mental toughness and match play strategy. Our fitness program is focused on testing the student’s improvements in the areas of speed, agility, endurance, strength, and flexibility. Our goal is to improve the student's current strength and areas of improvement and prepare them physically and mentally for match play. Snacks, water and equipment will be provided.
Summer fun on and off the tennis court, keeping minds and bodies active over summer recess. Players of all levels welcome.
Intensive intermediate/advanced summer tennis academy with academic learning activities provided (SLPL Summer Reading, Nine PBS' Drawn In, STEM activities).
Clay court tennis fun and books and resources shared by Nine PBS and St. Louis Public Library. Sponsored by Dana Brown Charitable trust.
Orange and Green ball progression tennis training focused on younger players 4- to 11-year-olds. Red/Orange ball camp is for kids 4 to 8 of all levels who are using a 19”-25” racket and learning tennis fundamentals, strokes, footwork and coordination. The focus will be on hand feeding the ball, tennis games, and fitness. Green ball camp will focus on advanced players ages 5 to 7 and beginner players 8-11. Kids will learn to hit with racket head speed and hit from the base line. Each camp day will focus on 1.5-2 hours of tennis, 1 hour of reading, art, and related games, and 30 minutes of time to socialize with friends and peers. Snacks, water, and sports drinks will be provided.
Clay court tennis training and academic learning with books resources shared by Nine PBS and St. Louis Public Library. Sponsored by Dana Brown Charitable trust.
Green and yellow ball progression tennis training designed for intermediate/advanced 11- to 17-year-olds (beginners welcome). Green and yellow ball camp will focus on footwork, Consistency, accuracy, zone play, serve, Volley, attack/recovery, mental toughness and match play strategy. Our fitness program is focused on testing the student’s improvements in the areas of speed, agility, endurance, strength, and flexibility. Our goal is to improve the student’s current strength and areas of improvements and prepare them physically and mentally for match play. Each camp day will focus on 2 hours of tennis, 45 min of STEM programming or independent reading, and 30 minutes of time to rest and socialize. Snacks, water, and sports drinks will be provided.
Coaches provide tennis clinics one to four days per week in-school and/or after-school for youth at select schools and boys and girls clubs. The goal of the program is to expose kids and families to tennis, promote reading, and build a recruitment pool of candidates for Breakpoint's Breakout Indoor and Junior Team Tennis program while providing sports-based youth development focused on social/emotional learning.
Tennis instruction, life skills with a focus on social/emotional, and the "Drawn In" literacy Power Hour presented in partnership with Nine PBS.
Tuesday & Thursday 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Wednesdays (2:40-3:50)
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 4:00 - 5:00 PM
Monday 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Tennis and life skills instruction offered.
Tuesdays 5:00 - 6:00 PM (Dutchtown campus) Wednesdays 5:00-6:00 PM (Soulard campus)
Our Junior Challenge Ladder program is designed to encourage healthy, fun competition and match play practice among players enrolled in our programs.
This internal ladder/ranking system is for match play ready players. Participants must be enrolled in our programs. The ladder is designed for players currently competing in sanctioned tournaments or with ambition to play sanctioned tournaments and develop UTR/WTN ratings. Players competing in Junior Team Tennis and/or playing 10 and under junior circuit tournaments who have not had a chance to play in sanctioned tournaments are encouraged to participate. Challenge matches played between players affect ladder position. Players/parents are responsible for determining match time and court locations.
Any match completed between these players must be reported to and recorded by the Ladder Coordinator (ben@breakpointacademy.org). Matches must be completed and at least a 6 game set. If a player challenges and defeats a player above them on the ladder, that player is moved directly above the player he/she defeated and the loser moves down one spot, as well as all players who were ranked between the two players.
