InnerCity Tennis Needs Volunteers!
If you like working with kids, we can use you! Both 5.0 players and people with no tennis experience can volunteer!
InnerCity Tennis is now accepting volunteer applications for its 2009-2010 Saturday Program, which offers FREE programming to over 300 kids each week. The program takes place at the Reed-Sweatt Family Tennis Center and starts on Saturday afternoon, September 26th.

What: Each week you will have the opportunity to work with kids ages 3-17, as they learn basic sports skills as well as the fundamentals of tennis.
When: Saturdays, beginning September 26, 2009 through April 24, 2010
(click here for a complete schedule)
How Long: 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm OR 3:00 - 4:30 pm
Training: A new volunteer training session will be held, (date/times TBD). Including the program curriculum (ICT philosophy), fundamentals of teaching beginners, and training with our equipment.
Volunteer Perks: Weekly tennis drills on Monday mornings (9:00 am – 11:00 am) year round, private half hour lessons with Executive Director Roger Boyer, free racquet stringings.
Where: Reed-Sweatt Family Tennis Center, 4005 Nicollet Avenue South, Mpls, MN 55409
How To Apply: Contact Dilcia Pederson at [masked] or via email at [masked]

The different groups of kids you could work with:
Level I • Front Bubble, 1:30 - 3:00
This level helps preschoolers and early elementary kids (ages 3-8) build both physical skills (agility, balance, hand-eye coordination) and life skills (teamwork, taking turns, cleaning up together, etc). Skill stations help kids prepare for a future in any sport.
Level II • Back Bubble, 1:30 - 3:00
This level is for elementary school kids (ages 8-11) that want to start learning the fundamentals of tennis. Kids use pressureless balls to accelerate the learning process for the forehand, backhand, volley, overhead and serve.
Level III • Front Bubble, 3:00 - 4:30
Junior high kids continue to drill all their strokes. Our goal with this group is to have kids hit as many balls as possible so they start to develop a consistent stroke. In addition, this level begins to focus on tennis match strategy.
Level IV • Back Bubble, 3:00 - 4:30
This is geared for high school kids. There is a considerable amount of time spent with this group on advanced tennis skills and techniques such as grips, court positioning and the mental approach to the game.