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Tennis Program

Tennis Professionals

Charlie McLean - Head Professional

  • $65 for junior private lesson (1 hour)
  • $80 for adult private lesson (1 Hour)

Tom McLean - Associate Tennis Professional

  • $50 for junior private lesson (1 hour)
  • $65 for adult private lesson (1 Hour)

Diana Jacobs - Associate Tennis Professional

  • $50 for junior private lesson (1 hour)
  • $65 for adult private lesson (1 Hour)

Our Mission

  • To introduce and encourage more players into our sport to ensure that all players of all ages and abilities at World Health get the opportunity to enjoy and improve their game within a welcoming, friendly and high performance environment.
  • To provide a positive influence in the lives of young athletes in order to develop their confidence, self esteem and respect for others.

Our Coaching Philosophy

  • A personal, friendly service for groups and individuals to attain their full potential by becoming technically sound, tactically aware, physically fit, mentally attuned and most importantly, to have fun and enjoy the game.

Adult Programs

Coaching Clinics

Tuesday Evening Coaching Clinics - 6 week courses

Level 2.0 to 3.0 $120 members, $138 non members

Level 3.0 to 4.0 $120 members, $138 non members

Coaching Clinics and Socials

We offer a variety of Adult Tennis Clinics throughout the season.  We advertise through our member e mail distribution or on the tennis notice boards.  If you require further details, please contact Charlie McLean.

Clinics include:

  • Friday Evening Social Nights
  • Inter Club Team doubles clinics
  • State of the art technical analysis clinics
  • Cardio Tennis - Heart Pumping Fitness

League Tennis

This is a program where you register on line via Gametime and you are placed into a box with other individuals.  Your matches will be organized and a fixture list will be emailed out to you.  After the completion of each league, players will move up and down depending on the results. This league runs all year round, however the sessions will not run throughout the summer months.

  • Monday Evenings - Mens Leagues
  • Tuesday Morning - Mixed Leagues
  • Wednesday Evening - Ladies Leagues

WHS Tournament Schedule

We offer a variety of tournaments throughout the tennis season.  They include in house tournaments, junior tournaments, provincial and national tournaments.

Our most popular tournament in the Annual World Health Club Championships which usually happen in March or April.  This gives you an opportunity to play members of your own level and to attend the Annual Awards Dinner and Party

Junior Program - Progressive Tennis

Progressive tennis is a tennis program for 5-10 year olds which allows young players to learn and play the game more quickly, efficiently and successfully. 

Progressive Tennis uses a systematic progression of court sizes, balls, and racquets, to scale the game down to an appropriate level for 5-10 year olds.

Red Stage: Half-Court Tennis (often called "Mini Tennis"); 5-7 year olds

Half-Court tennis is the first step in progressive tennis. The transition to successful half-court tennis will require a period of skill development where basic co- ordination and cooperative activities will lead to the development of the basic strokes and fundamentals.

Orange Stage - 3/4 Court Tennis; 7-9 Year Olds

The 3⁄4 Court stage, is the most important stage of this progressive development. As the court dimensions are adjusted smaller but with a similar ratio as the full court. This step helps      ensure the development of an all- court game style with net-play. The key is to develop the same tactics as full court tennis along with the associated techniques.

Players will move to 3⁄4 Court once they have a full repertoire of skills at the half court. For most players who have gone through the half court program this transition will take place at 7 years of age. There will also be some late starters or less coordinated players who will make this transition at 8-9 years of age.

Green Stage: Full Court Tennis; 9-10 Year Olds

Players will move to full court once they have a full repertoire of skills at the 3⁄4 court. For some very highly skilled players this will be at 8 years of age, however for most players who have gone through the half and 3⁄4 court programs this transition will take place at 9 years of age. There will also be some late starters or less athletic players who will make this transition at 10 years of age.

This transition to full court tennis will take place in a two step process. The first step will be with a transition ball which provides a more lively bounce then the low compression ball but not as much as a bounce as the regular ball (this will help promote the continued development of proper technique). This will help ensure longer points. The final step will be using the regular ball.

All ages listed above are recommendations.

Junior Program - High Performance

The World Health junior program, lead by Charlie McLean, will include all components of training needed for athletes to succeed.

Annual planning, tournament preparation and travel, schedules, individual physical development programs, technical analysis, specialized mental and tactical training.

Building a high level performance environment is essential for players to succeed. Players selected to attend the program will all show a high level of dedication, discipline and desire to train and perform.

Some of the achievements from academy players include:

  • Canadian national squad members
  • Number 1 ranked player in Canada
  • Several Top 8 finishes at the national championships
  • Multiple provincial titles
  • Main draw Orange Bowl and Prince Cup

Number 1 ranked players in Alberta Members of the provincial teams

We offer junior programs for all ages

Monday

  • 4.00pm - 6.00pm High Performance

Tuesday

  • 6.00am - 8.00am Competitive
  • 2.00pm - 4.00pm Touring Squad
  • 4.00pm - 5.00pm Elite Progressive
  • 4.00pm - 5.00pm Progressive Tennis for U10s
  • 5.00pm - 7.00 pm High Performance

Wednesday

  • 4.00pm - 6.00pm High Performance

Thursday

  • 6.00am - 8.00am Competitive
  • 2.00pm - 4.00pm Touring Squad
  • 4.00pm - 5.00pm Elite Progressive
  • 4.00pm - 5.00pm Progressive Tennis for U10s
  • 5.00pm - 7.00 pm High Performance

Friday

  • 4.00pm - 5.00pm Progressive Tennis U7s
  • 4.00pm - 5.00pm Progressive Tennis U9s
  • 4.00pm - 5.00pm Progressive Tennis U11s
  • 5.00pm - 6.00pm Development & Teen Tennis ages 11-17yrs

Saturday

  • 12.00pm - 1.00pm Progressive Tennis U9s
  • 1.00pm - 2.00pm Progressive Tennis U11s
  • 4.00pm - 6.00pm Competitive Program

E-MAILS

If you are not receiving the e-mails from the Tennis Office, please contact Charlie McLean and provide him with your e-mail.  This is how we do much of our communication with regard to tennis programming.  Alternatively, you can e-mail him at:

cmclean@worldhealth.ca

On line Court Bookings and Registration

All court bookings and tennis registrations are to be done through the "on line" court booking system.  You can access the site below:

http://www.bookit.i2.ca/whc/login.php

Orientations

Orientations are available for all new tennis members upon joining.  An orientation will last approximately 20 minutes and involves going on the court to play one game and then reviewing the ladder system and integrating the new member into what program fits for them.  They are run by the Associate Professionals and can be booked by phoning the tennis office.