WRA Dolphins Tennis
WRA Junior Tennis Practice & Play Program – WRA Members Only
The WRA Dolphins tennis program is for ages 6 to 18, with some members (Team) eligible for participation in the MVCT Junior League matches in June and July.
Terminology:
- “Dolphins Team” is comprised of the players who can serve, rally and score with yellow ball and desire to play in the MVCT Jr League,
- All the other players are in “Dolphins Tennis” or referred to as “tennis Dolphins”.
The Dolphins Team page will be opened once the schedule becomes available.
Dolphins Tennis and Team are Focused Practice and (Competitive) Play programs
General Details:
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Everything is play-based for more complete and faster skill/ability development, and designed to be fun.
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Safety, Fun, and Effort are our first 3 Rules.
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Periodised and age appropriate professional, experienced coaching.
- Tennis trains life skills.
- Player-to-coach ratios are likely to be higher than in our standard lessons, pending registrations.
Schedule
No Dolphins practices on the 2 or 3 Wednesdays of home matches
- The match schedule usually becomes available by mid-June
| Dolphins Daily Schedule | |
|---|---|
| 6/18 to 7/29/2026 | Mornings |
| Age | Time |
| 6 to 10s | 8:30 to 9:15 |
| 9 to 11s | 9:30 to 10:30 |
| 13 to 18s | 10:30 to 11:30 |
| 11 to 14s | 11:30 to 12:30 |
Dolphins Team Matches Wednesdays and Sundays
| Session | Dates | No Class | Price: |
|---|---|---|---|
| Session 1 | 6/18 to 7/1 | 07/02 - 07/05 | $199 |
| Session 2 | 7/7 to 7/29 | 07/02 - 07/05 | $339 |
| All - Sessions 1 & 2 | 6/18 to 7/29 | 07/02 - 07/05 | $469 |
Competition
Tennis Dolphins (non-league players)
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For kids who can serve and rally we will teach them Score
- Score includes etiquette, ball management, tiebreakers, and deuce-ad correlation.
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Serve is frequently the chief obstacle for kids to be able to Serve, Rally, and Score so we will permit modified serving for some matches, and will coach them on how to serve.
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Non-Dolphin Team competitive play will be in scaled play environments to foster longer rallies and improve play tactics.
Dolphins Team: MVCT league format with yellow ball play.
Skill Development and Competition
- For players focused in their skill acquisition cycle, competition needs to be integrated into their development schedule.
Competitive Development
- For players to learn to compete, well-matched competition needs to be maximized.
Swim and Tennis Considerations
- One of the significant differences is that Swimming practice and competition are both highly aerobic, whereas competitive tennis is anaerobic.
A similarity of both sports is that they take a lot of physical, mental, and emotional energy to participate at your player’s best. Additionally, swimmers bodies are working a little harder in the cool pool, and may process urine faster, and therefore reducing body hydration levels faster.
Players coming out of swimming to the tennis court – players will need to recover from swimming.
To recover, swim-to-tennis players need:
- Time – time to rest and relax
- Hydration – swimmers may lose from a third to a full liter of water per hour of swimming, which needs to be replenished. Tennis players need to be well-hydrated at the start of practice and replenish during and after play.
- Nutrition – swimming will burn a lot of calories and can deplete your young athlete of their stored energy. Performance foods, summarizing as complex carbohydrates, are needed to fuel athletic performance and players need to begin practice properly fueled.
Recommended process:
Kids also need to get their water bottle, put on shoes, socks, and shirt, maybe more sunscreen, a hat, and sunglasses. All this takes some time.
Players need to take that time to be deliberate.
- Kids can drink some water and have a whole grain or fruit snack while they are changing.
We have put a question in the registration form about whether or not your kids are coming to tennis from swim. Whether they are or not we will respect their time transitioning into tennis, and we’ll be teaching them how to warm up for tennis too.
If you have questions about this or want to engage us please don’t hesitate to contact us
Registration Form:
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