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Slide, Glide or Hide?

It’s tempting to leave the slide on clay to the young and restless or a few possessed boomers, while the rest of us glide around the grainy stuff with little steps like Fred Astaire and Ginger, just glad the ball is sitting up waiting for our ETA.

Seriously, “applying the brakes” just before getting to the ball so you can slide to the ball to hit the ball sounds like the tennis training film we missed.
 
In the cause of technical understanding, we give you the best we got on clay court sliding technique with a big proviso we’ll get to later.  Read More….

Wow Factor!




Kids who play 10 & Under Tennis, using QuickStart instruction, get fired up about what this new tennis is doing for them.

The playback:

“ I wish I could play tennis forever,” says an 8-year-old hitter.

And there’s more….. 

New for You!

The New Adult Tennis Academy
New Leagues
New Membership Offer For New Faces
New Free Open House For Public!
New Tune Up For Girls’ Tennis Season

Read all About The New Stuff!

Stay tuned for more new program, event and other special announcements. For information, call Welcome Center 631-6151.

Seeking New Faces!


Here we go again March 12-18 with a free week of adult tennis for newcomers, returnees, anyone who wants to find out why we're the Best Tennis Town in the US.  It's an Excellent Tennis Adventure where you're the star.  Free classes day and night, certified pros teaching you to play in only an hour.  Learn More!

Clay Haiku

In celebration of the clay court season, why not a Haiku poem – a 16th century Japanese form of verse requiring unrhymed lines of five, seven and five syllables?

Why not indeed?

Go Ahead, Make My Clay

big shot on sweet spot
flying feet atop slow clay
return to sender

Champions!

Can you say Wow? Matches don’t get much closer! Olga Govorstova (right) of Belarus outlasted Magdelana Rybarikova (left) of Slovakia in an exciting three hour match to win the 2012 Dow Corning Tennis Classic Singles Championship 6-3, 6-7, 7-6.

In doubles Lucie Hradecka and Andrea Hlavackova were victorious over Vesna Dolonts and Stephanie Foretz Gacon 7-6, 6-2. It was another well played match with fun, fast points!

It was a great tournament and we cordially thank all our volunteers and tennis fans. It’s you that makes Midland the Best Tennis Town and the Dow Corning Tennis Classic a premier stop on the USTA Pro Circuit.

You helped serve over 5000 meals, transported over 100 players, coaches and officials and opened your homes to 80 of them too! Players visited with over 3000 students from 20 schools had 100 racquets strung and provided countless hours of world class tennis for your enjoyment.

It was great – and next year will be even better with the 25th edition of the Dow Corning Tennis Classic, February 2013!

Jelly Beans!

Midland Community Tennis Center

900 East Wackerly Street

Midland, MI 48642-7099

(989) 631-6151

Winter Hours

Monday - Thursday 8 am - 10 pm
Friday and Saturday 8 am - 9 pm
Sunday 9 am - 9 pm