HEADStart Tennis
115 Clayton Park Drive B3H 4E8 Halifax, NS, Canada

Congrats to all our players who took part in the junior tourney this weekend at ATC. Some big wins and tough losses as goes most events. We are so lucky to be, we think, the only part of the country currently having tournaments.

OMG this is HUGE NEWS! Uncle Toni Nadal will work as the coach of Felix Auger-Aliassime http://www.tennisnow.com//It-s-Official-Toni-Nadal-Will-Co

Absolutely incredible Yes Bianca Vanessa Andreescu, you got the point!

St. George’s Tennis Club is currently seeking a Head Coach for the 2021 summer season. The Head Coach reports to the Board of Directors Junior Development Coord...inator and is responsible for junior and adult tennis programs. Closing date - March 31st - https://www.stgeorgestennisclub.com//head-tennis-coach-job

Check out this cool online live workout with your favourite Canadian athletes ! https://trtrainingcamp.ca/

Session 3 (March 22 to May 21) Registration is now open! Register online at headstarttennis.com

So very proud of our students after this past weekend. Great performances at the TNS 3* at ATC. Just a few of the great results included: BU10 Sam Hajek 1st place, Arthur Zhyznomirskyy 2nd place BU12 Simon Mujoomdar 1st place GU12 Sofie Hajek 1st place, Vida Campbell 2nd place GU14 Paige Ramsay 1st place, Sofie Hajek 2nd place... GU16 Esme McGillivray 2nd place BU18 Mark Rainnie 1st place GU18 Esme McGillivray 2nd place Also a shout out to Arthur Z for the upset win over the first seed in U10 boys and to Radha Hingorani for her first tournament win! Great job everyone!

Where should we start? Perhaps you’re a young tennis coach working with beginners (or even developing juniors). Where should you start? What does the first pra...ctice look like? And what about the first drill? Many think - because tennis can be ‘technique’ intensive - that that’s where we should start. Let’s get the basket out and start hitting balls, analyzing every movement, and every motion AND AFTER EVERY SHOT. From my experiences, that doesn’t work very well. Even if you have a player that ‘catches on’ quickly, you’re left with someone who can only hit the ball in the most perfect of conditions (no movement, no randomness, no opponent)good luck! But tennis is chaotic, random, unpredictable (and these days, really fast) - and most tennis practices aren’t setting players up to face these challenges. Remember, tennis is a perceptually driven sport. Players are constantly reacting to the oncoming ball - even if you’re hitting crosscourt forehands, no 2 balls will be identical. There will always be a decision that has to be made in terms of where we move, how we position ourselves to the ball, what kind of shot we want to hit etcand then there’s the whole ‘execution’ piece. This concept is called ‘Perception-Action Coupling’ - it’s the link between what we see AND what we dovisual processing meets movement. That’s where I would startmore to come #mattspointtennis #beyondtheswing

GLG accepts your challenge! #vcorespinchallenge @yonexcanada

Former Headstart/Northcliffe member, such an inspiration.

Due to Covid restrictions the Headstart Tennis Centre will close tonight at 10pm. We will reopen when it is safe to do so. Everyone please stay safe and healthy and hopefully we will see you sooner rather than later!

Headstart Tennis will close at the end of the night. Everyone stay safe and stay healthy. We will reopen when the restrictions are lifted and it is deemed safe to do so. Credit will be provided for any missed fees that were paid in advance.

At this time we feel it safest for all not to bring people together for a tournament until the COVID situation improves. Hopefully by March Break we will be in better shape. Have a happy and safe holiday season!

Pass on the memory of their sacrifices. Lest we forget.

Congratulations to all the girls who competed in the ATC 3.5*! Especially Sofie Hajek and Vida Campbell who finished 1st and 2nd in U12 respectively. Sofie took the title without losing a single game in the U12 category! Great Job girls! @TennisNovaScoti #champions #halifax

Lauchlin was an Atlantic Junior Champion and multiple nationals participant. He has also been an excellent member of the Headstart staff team for several years. He is currently doing a co-op in communication and public relations with NS Emergency Health Services. #nsehs #tennisns #champion #halifax

Warren played in several atlantic junior championships and multiple junior nationals. He coached for a few years, played on the Memorial University tennis team, survived Hodgkins Lymphoma and has been raising money for the leukemia and lymphoma society of Canada often through events in our tennis community. Warren has progressed from our student to our teacher in so many ways. A True hero.

Awesome to have been able to have a tournament this weekend for the kids. Probably the only one for awhile. Great job to all the players! @tennisnovascotia #champions #halifax #novascotia

Rory is starting to get the tennis bug! @tennisnovascotia

Testimonial Tuesday: Mike Oxner played multiple Atlantic championships, multiple junior nationals and was the 2017 Canada Games Boys team alternate. He also did some coaching with us and just was an overall great guy. He is currently studying at Queens.

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Testimonial Tuesday: John Oxner is a former Atlantic champion, multiple junior nationals competitor and member of the 2013 Canada Games Team. He can now be found playing on scholarship in the US for the Marist College Red Foxes!

Hey all tennis players! Hope you are all enjoying our opportunity to get out and play! Hopefully we will continue to have loosened restrictions and be able to g...et even more back to a new normal. Likely, many of you have all seen the information coming from Tennis Nova Scotia about the upcoming meeting regarding the proposed new by-laws. There are some portions of them that I personally do not support. If you want to discuss why, feel free to contact me. More importantly, I encourage you all to participate in the meeting. Please take the time to read the current and proposed by laws on the Tennis Nova Scotia website. If you do not fully understand them please ask for clarification from TNS or others around you who may understand. Whether you support them or not, please register for the meeting through contacting Tennis Nova Scotia (June 11 deadline). Your voices and opinions are important! Only members of TNS can participate and have a vote. You are a member if you have joined Tennis Nova Scotia specifically or if you are a member of a member club. This includes all members of The Waegwoltic, St. Georges, Headstart Tennis Centre, Truro Tennis Club, Cougar Dome, Atlantic Tennis Centre, Cromarty and any other member club. The actual meeting takes place online via Webex on June 18th at 7pm. Come help TNS chart a path forward to a bright tennis future in our province that includes us all. Hope to see you there!

Before the Federer-Nadal-Djokovic rivalries, there was Sampras vs Agassi! Here's the best shots & rallies from their matches on the ATP Tour...

Tennis players returning to the court after lockdown be like... (via @mrobays tennisnet.com)

Dear Headstart Members and Students, These past weeks have been like nothing we have experienced in our lifetimes. To date we have made it a priority to follow provincial guidelines regarding cleanliness and social distancing at our facility. We have been monitoring the situation, on a daily basis, and we have been debating our best path forward in this medical crisis. It is no easy decision, in the short term , based on our judgement of what is best practice for the safety o...f our members, their families and our families Headstart Tennis Centre and Headstart Tennis Academy will take a brief pause in operations effective immediately . We are targeting a potential re-open for play in three weeks time on April 6. We will be continuing to update online and by email if there are any changes to this timeline. Due to the evolving nature of this situation, we will process any credit for missed membership time or cancelled lessons when there is greater certainty. We appreciate your understating in these uncertain times. Sincerely, Headstart Tennis

Jon was a former Atlantic Champion and is currently #2 ranked doubles player in Atlantic Canada. @tennisnovascotia #champions #halifaxnovascotia #halifax #tennis

The COVID 19 global pandemic needs no back story. Headstart fully expects that the virus will be confirmed in Nova Scotia over the next 2 weeks with so many people traveling internationally. We are taking the following precautions at Headstart to help prevent the spread of the virus. We are disinfecting all frequently touched surfaces in the club multiple times per day.... We encourage members and students not to touch others unless necessary. Please refrain from touching your face when playing as we are unsure as to the potential for the virus to survive on a tennis ball. At any point, if the schools close to prevent the virus spread, we will also shut down all of our group tennis lessons until it is deemed safe to restart them. Private tennis lessons and Member bookings will hopefully not be impacted, however we will act in accordance with local government health recommendations. Please follow all government health department guidelines and directives especially around frequent hand washing. Late cancellation policy will not apply to anyone canceling due to sickness for the remainder of the season. Please continue to enjoy your tennis season and stay healthy!

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Great times and great play seen at the Atlantic Junior Championships in Fredericton this weekend. Great job to all our players!

Footwork and coordination exercises for the U10 and U12 kids! Great job by these young athletes.

@serenawilliams working hard in off season with @miketyson

session 2 starts tomorrow Dec 4. Registration is open online at Headstarttennis.com. See you soon!

Saturday Schedule We apologise for the late update as we had to redo the entire consolation draws due to a miscommunication. We will be very flexible with accommodating the schedule but please try to make your scheduled time. Please check in as we nay be able to put your match on earlier. 8 am 1 2 ... 3 Gryffin Minor vs. Sachin Gupta BU16 4 Anthony Shaw vs. Matthew Bennett BU16 8:45am 5 Owen Sangster vs Xander Barton BU14C 6 Max Mir vs. Lauchlan McDonough BU16 9 am 7 Ben Conlon vs. Simon Mujoomdar BU12C 8 Harley Foubert vs. Tiffany Chong GU12C 9:30am 9 Griffin Mcdonough vs. Mark Rainnie 10 Sebastian Nguyen vs. Sam Downs BU12 10 am 11 Elijah Opps vs. Ben Daigle BU12 12 Jake Sangster vs. Caden Colburne BU12 10:30 13 Mathew Koughan vs. Will Hardman BU16C 14 Leo Hanada vs. Shubham Talukdar BU12 11:00 15 George JanGaard vs. PJ Bilek BU12 C 16 Kieran Minor vs. Luke Zhang BU12C 11:30 17 Cade Nadeau vs Anthony Shaw BU18 18 Mark Rainnie vs Lauchlan McDonough BU18 1200 - 19 Gryffin Minor vs. winner Mir/Sampalli BU18 20 Richard Lu vs. Thomas Oleary Bu12C 12:30 21 Zarah David vs Paige Ramsay GU14 22 Esme Macgillivray vs. Vanya Virmani GU14 1:00 23 Lillian Pappas vs Maggie Chong GU14 24 Meghna Anand vs Remy Stein GU14 1:30 25 Rose Hanada vs Joni Colburne U10 26 Luke Zhang vs. Ben Conlon U10 2:00 27 BU14 quarter final 28 BU14 quarter final 2:30 29 BU14 quarter final 30 BU14 quarter final 3:00 31 Zarah David vs Maggie Chong GU16 32 Esme McGillivray vs winner Haupt/Frauzel GU16 3:30 33 Mia Bennett vs winner Lane/P. Ramsay GU16 34 Meghna Anand vs winner L. Ramsay/Schmidt GU16 4:00 35 BU16 SEMI 36 BU16 SEMI 4:30 37 Rachel Schmidt vs. Anye Cheng GU14C 38 Kieran Minor vs. Simon Mujoomdar BU14C 5:00 37 Sam Downs vs. Zach Verboom BU14C 38 Sebastian Nguyen vs. Richard Lu BU14C 5:30 39 Thomas Oleary vs. Ryan Murphy BU14C 40 Girls U16 Semi 6:00 41 Girls U 16 Semi 42 Luke Conlon vs Jakob Orlik BU18 6:30 43 Nico Mir vs Alex Capris BU16C 44 Xander Barton vs. Everett Orlik BU16C 7pm 45 Alex Mir vs. Robert Lee BU16C 46 Doubles to follow.