N.O.A.H. Tennis

Parents Meeting

2012-01-15T20:33:00.001-06:00

Spring Tennis is just around the corner---Practices begin in February!

We have scheduled a parent meeting to discuss the 2012 Spring Tennis season on January 17th at First Baptist Church Broken Arrow. The meeting will start at 7 PM. Please see the map below to get to the church. We will be in the ARC (gym) in room A212. This room is on the second floor.

We will provide match schedules for the high school teams and hopefully the junior high schedule as well. We will discuss other calendar matters as well as player fees. Please feel free to bring your tennis player with you so that they can participate in discussions. Even if you are not sure about participation, please plan to come for the update.

We will have sweat suit samples to try on and order. Outside practice in Oklahoma in February can be a bit cool and NOAH sweats come in handy.

Please forward to those that you feel might be interested in participating in NOAH Tennis. I can be contacted on my cell at

918-688-3410.

See you Tuesday night!

Ted Cooper

NOAH Tennis

2011 Fall Tennis

2011-08-31T13:26:00.001-05:00

We will begin Fall Tennis on Tuesday, Sept 6^th, not the 5^th which is Labor Day.

Thanks!

Ted Cooper

2011 NOAH Fall Tennis Begins September 5th

As the oppressive heat finally breaks, we are pleased to announce that NOAH is providing an opportunity for 6^th graders and up to play Fall Tennis. This is a great opportunity to work on your strokes leading up to 2012 Spring Tennis. This is a relaxed atmosphere to get some court time with our NOAH coaches who will be available Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday for six weeks.

The schedule is as follows;

1. Kids new to tennis will practice from 5 to 6 PM – if you are new to NOAH come to this time slot. The coaches will move your student to the experienced group, if appropriate.

2. Experienced kids will practice from 6 to 7 PM. We will need some of the experienced kids to assist with the new kids at 5 PM.

NOAH’s home courts are at Benedict Park which is located near Hillcrest Hospital, 12^th and Utica.

The cost will be as follows; $25 and no uniforms will be required. Fall Tennis is not mandatory, however the participant will have 18 sessions available, so it is hoped that all can take advantage of this opportunity.

ACTION: Please reply back by August 28^th, if you have an interest in participating in this fall tennis event.

Ted Cooper

NOAH Tennis AD

918-688-3410

ted.cooper@williams.com

2011-08-11T16:58:00.001-05:00

2011 NOAH Fall Tennis Begins September 5th

The schedule is as follows;

1. Kids new to tennis will practice from 5 to 6 PM – if you are new to NOAH come to this time slot. The coaches will move your student to the experienced group, if appropriate.

2. Experienced kids will practice from 6 to 7 PM. We will need some of the experienced kids to assist with the new kids at 5 PM.

NOAH’s home courts are at Benedict Park which is located near Hillcrest Hospital, 12^th and Utica.

ACTION: Please reply back by August 28^th, if you have an interest in participating in this fall tennis event.

Ted Cooper

NOAH Tennis AD

918-688-3410

ted.cooper@williams.com

NOAH Athlete Named Tulsa World Player Of The Week

2011-04-27T11:11:00.001-05:00

click here to read the article

Athlete of the Week:
Austin Canfield

By Staff Reports
Published: 4/27/2011 5:35 AM
Last Modified: 4/27/2011 5:35 AM

Boys tennis • NOAH

No. 1 singles player is 7-0 in singles and 10-2 overall. A sophomore, he has notable wins against Cascia Hall and Union and also won the Tahlequah tournament.

By Staff Reports

Varsity Jags Take Tahlequah Tennis Tourney

2011-03-26T17:14:00.000-05:00

Your varsity boys took first place in Tahlequah's annual 8 team classic over Tahlequah, Bixby and Edison. Not to be out done the varsity girls team placed second in their match up.

Austin Canfield and Colson Files placed first in lines 1 and 2, respectively.

Coach Canfield was particularly pleased with the team's effort since this was NOAH's first invitation to a multi-team tournament.

NOAH's next varsity match is Tuesday 3/29th at Bishop Kelly.

NOAH Tennis Teams Back in Action

2011-03-22T13:04:00.001-05:00

The Varsity opened the week logging a boy’s win against Holland Hall, 9-0. The girls won 8-1 against the Lady Dutch. On the Junior High side, your Junior Jag boys beat Monte Casino 8-2 and the Lady Junior Jags won 6-3. The next Varsity match is at Broken Arrow today at 2:30 PM. On Thursday the Varsity plays at Cascia Hall and on Friday the girls go to Sand Springs and the boys play Sand Springs at Benedict. The Junior High plays Wednesday at Holland Hall at 3 PM.

Tennis Jags Sweep Riverfield In Double Header

2011-03-11T08:56:00.000-06:00

Your High School Boys Jaguar tennis team (1-0) won convincingly over Riverfield, 8-1, at Shadow Mountain Racket Club on Wednesday. The Lady Jags (2-0) followed suit winning their second match of the year 7-2. Earlier in the afternoon the Junior High Jags prevailed against Riverfield’s junior team. The Junior Lady Jags (1-0) rolled to a 7-2 victory and the Junior Jags (1-0) held on to win, 5-4. completing the clean sweep of the day!

The High School’s next match is March 21^st at Holland Hall and the Juniors suit up against Monte Casino at LaFortune Park on March 21st.

Junior High Match Update

2011-03-07T08:00:00.001-06:00

Riverfield is moving our junior high match today to 3 PM on Wednesday. The high school plays Riverfield at 3:45 at Shadow Mountain as well so this good chance to see both teams. Admission is free.

NOAH Varsity Girl Win 2011 Tennis Opener

2011-03-03T20:19:00.001-06:00

NOAH Varsity Girls take the Wagoner Bulldogs 7-2 in their tennis opener at Wagoner. In singles play, the Lady Jags won 5 of its 6 matches while finishing up doubles play winning 2 out of 3 matches.

Coach Moody says the highlight of the match was 9th grader Grace Frantz winning her first high school tennis match, 6-2 and 6-4.

The next match is at Cleveland on Tuesday, March 8th.

2011-02-16T23:02:00.001-06:00

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NOAH Intermediate Practice Thursday February 17th

Intermediate tennis practice will be held at Tracy Park Thursday at 5 PM. If you have an interested 6th - 9th grader, come on out. Only two weeks to get ready for our first match with Riverfield!

Call Ted Cooper at 688-3410, if you have questions.

Ted Cooper

Varsity Practice

2011-02-12T22:20:00.001-06:00

NOAH Varsity Practice to Begin Monday!

We worked clearing snow from Benedict Park on Saturday and all courts should be ready for practice at 5PM. The weather should be in the 60's so let get ready to work on our strokes! Only two weeks to get ready for our first match with Wagoner.

Thanks to all that helped clear the courts!

Ted Cooper

2011-02-10T14:02:00.001-06:00

Well, we are into our 2^nd week of our 2011 spring practice schedule and the courts at Benedict are still covered with snow! The weather forecast for Saturday looks like the high will be 45 (41 on Friday) and sunny. Monday the high is 60.

To make sure that we can practice on Monday, we want to schedule another workday on Saturday at 10:00 AM - 12:00 noon. We need as many folks as possible (with snow shovels) to come to Benedict. We are going to remove as much snow as possible from the courts. If we have enough folks, we’ll move to Tracy and do the same thing for the Intermediates (their practices begin next week).

I will bring my wheelbarrow and if you have one to load up and bring please ping back to me to let me know if you can come and if you will bring a wheelbarrow.

On a different note, below is a request from Coach Byron regarding conditioning while you are snowed in.

Thanks!

Ted Cooper

NOAH Tennis

Tennis Jags!

Due to the cold snowy weather we have not be able to practice on the tennis court, however each of you should be spending at least 30 minutes EVERY day working on strength and conditioning. Tennis is a running sport and if you can't run, you will not beat your opponent, plus it is critical to preventing injuries.

When we are able to get onto the court our drills will consist of a lot more running than in the past, so consider yourself warned!!! Spending time now getting your body in shape will go a long way towards getting the most out of our shortened practice schedule and being prepared to play your best tennis.

Each workout should start with some stretching....this is very important. Your workouts should be conducted at the same time everyday and work on a different muscle group from the previous two days. If you have any workout videos at home, now is the time to break them out and get moving. If you don't have any workout videos, or want to vary your workout routine, below are some suggestions.

Jump rope

Push-ups

Sit-ups

Jumping Jacks

Running - (need to run at least 3 miles twice a week)

Pull-ups

Jump from side to side (working on your hip plexers)

If you have some weights be sure to not to lift too much weight. It is better to do more reps slowly with lighter weight than a few reps with heavier weights. You should strive to perform 3 sets of the same exercise before moving on to the next routine.

Your personal strength and conditioning workouts should continue throughout this tennis season and into the summer. Tennis is a year round sport.

See you at practice. GO JAGS!!!!!

Coach Canfield

2010-11-11T17:29:00.009-06:00

National Homeschool Tennis Open

Tulsa Oklahoma – Fall, 2011

To our fellow homeschool athletic organizations:

We are putting together a National Championship Tennis Open in the Fall of 2011. This introductory note is to gauge interest from the home school community. If you are interested please ping back to me at Tennis@NOAHjags.org. You may be surprised how many tennis players are in your home school community that would be interested in an event such as this.

Our "Tennis Open" will use a team format to select Boys and Girls National Champions in age groups of 12U, 14U, 16U and 18U. Each tennis team will require 4 - 6 players and will consist of the following:

#1 Line Single Player
#2 Line Single Player

(Individual participants are encouraged and will be placed on Team USA teams)

#1 Line Doubles Pair
#2 Line Doubles Pair

Points are earned for the team as each, in the above lineup, wins matches. We will begin the Open with pool play (made up of three teams) to seed teams into Gold, Silver and Bronze Championship flights. Upon seeding the flights Championship play will commence will all teams playing matches to determine first through last place finishes. At least four to five matches are expected making the trip to Tulsa worthwhile. The Open would begin on Monday extending through Wednesday or Thursday (depending on the number of teams participating).

Tulsa is beautiful in the fall and we encourage all too seriously consider participation.

LaFortune Tennis Center in Tulsa will be the host location. LTC is a wonderful tennis club that has recently been expanded. See the attached link for a video of the facilities. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWlQVEEp_lg. Tulsa is a large metro area centrally located in the United States accessible to many locations within a one day drive.

I would like a response that contains contact email and telephone numbers plus three things;

Yes, we can probably pull a team together, or
I know of a couple of students that might be interested.
No, we are not planning to participate.

Of course, there are many details to work out and your response will help our planning team sort through these. Should there be sufficient interest, we will firm up the particulars and communicate back with you as soon as possible.

Tulsa is beautiful in the fall and we encourage all too seriously consider participation. This is an opportunity to travel with your tennis players, building memories of team participation in a sport that they can “play for life”! And by the way, for those that worry about getting behind in studies, a brand new library is on the premises (shown in the video) where your students can keep up on their work between matches!!

Please feel free to forward to other home school groups.

Thanks for your time!

Ted Cooper

A.D. NOAH TENNIS

918-688-3410

www.noahjags.org

2010-09-01T15:57:00.001-05:00

2010 NOAH Fall Tennis Begins September 13th

As the oppressive heat finally breaks, we are pleased to announce that NOAH is providing an opportunity for 7^th graders and up to play Fall Tennis. This is a great opportunity to work on your strokes leading up to 2011 Spring Tennis. This is a relaxed atmosphere to get some court time with our NOAH coaches (see attached bios) who will be available Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday for six weeks. Fall tennis will wrap up with a USTA skill level evaluation and a practice plan for the winter months.

The schedule is as follows;

1. Kids new to tennis will practice from 5 to 6 PM – if you are new to NOAH come to this time slot. The coaches will move your student to the experienced group, if appropriate.

2. Experienced kids will practice from 6 to 7 PM – this year’s focus will be doubles match play. We will need some of the experienced kids to assist with the new kids at 5 PM.

NOAH’s home courts are at Benedict Park which is located near Hillcrest Hospital, 12^th and Utica.

The cost will be as follows; $20 and no uniforms will be required. Fall Tennis is not mandatory, however the participant will have 18 sessions available, so it is hoped that all can take advantage of this opportunity.

ACTION: Please PING me back by FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3rd, if you have an interest in participating this fall tennis event.

Thanks!

Ted Cooper

NOAH Tennis AD

688-3410

2010 NOAH Tennis Try Outs - October 19 - 22

2010-02-14T19:54:00.000-06:00

NOAH will conduct tennis team tryouts for Spring 2010 High School and Junior High tennis at Benedict Park (12th and Utica Ave) near Hillcrest Hospital. Junior High (up through 8t graders) will try out on October 19 - 20, 4 to 6 PM. High School students will try out on October 21- 22, 4 to 6 PM. We expect to field both a varsity and junior varsity teams. There will be a $5 charge to cover costs such as tennis balls and etc. Please plan to arrive 30 minutes early such that we are able to begin at 4 PM.

NOAH offers spring, summer and fall tennis programs with our spring teams being our most competitive. In the spring we play against local public and private schools in the months of March through mid May. To this end our try outs will use United States Tennis Association, USTA, grading standard of Level 2.5 as our benchmark. Below is the definition from USTA;

A 2.5 Player is able to judge where the ball is going. Player can sustain a slow pace rally of several shots with someone of the same ability using both forehand and backhand sides and can volley with moderate success. Player can keep score unassisted, can call own lines, can serve overhand from the baseline and has a basic understanding of the rules.

If your student is at this level of play they are encouraged to come to the try outs. If you student is below this level you are encouraged to work with you student independently and then participate in NOAH's summer and fall programs to get them prepared to play tennis at this USTA level. Our summer and fall programs are more developmental and will provide your student with the best opportunity to succeed at tennis.

If you plan to attend, please RSVP to me at ted.cooper@williams.com by 10/15 so that we will know how many will be attending. Of course, your student will need a racket and tennis shoes as well as some water.

If you have questions, please call Ted Cooper at 688-3410 or 250-6533.

Ted Cooper

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2009-08-10T22:29:00.000-05:00

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