Tenicity’s Beginner Programs aim to grow youth participation in the lifelong game of tennis. The training will be focused on learning the game’s fundamentals with progressive skill development. 

• Builds foundational athletic skills and movement.
• Groundstroke (forehands and backhands) fundamentals. 
• Learning the basic structure of the game.
• Players build engagement, listening skills, and cooperation in a group setting.  

• Fitness development.
• Further stroke development on the groundstrokes and introduction to technique fundamentals on the serve, return, and net play.   
• Understanding of singles and doubles play. 
• Players develop their social skills with meeting new players, being polite and respectful, and contributing to a positive and encouraging environment. 

• Fitness development with agility and basic strength exercises.
• Stroke development with higher consistency and placement. 
• Match play readiness with stroke play on full size court (as per age group) and knowledge of the games rules and scoring. 
• Demonstrates timeliness for lessons, gives a strong effort, and developing a positive attitude and experience in the game. 

Tenicity’s Beginner Tennis Programs are offered via Centennial Schools Community Education and the Cities of Blaine, New Brighton, Bloomington, Edina, and Shorewood. 

In 2023, the programs introduced to the game and developed over 500 youth ages 5-17. The programs have achieved 211% participation growth in a span of 3 years since 2020.