City Springs School Hosts USTA Tennis Training

On September 15, 2011 City Springs School hosted a free USTA school tennis workshop for physical education teachers and anyone working with sports programs in City Schools. Fifteen participants representing 11 schools/organizations participated.

Thank you to City Springs School for hosting the training; USTA for providing the training; and the following schools/organizations for participating:

• Belmont Elementary/Playworks
• Callaway Elementary
• City Springs School
• Federal Hill
• Friendship Academy for Science and Technology
• Gilmore Elementary
• Hampstead Hill Academy
• Loving Arms, Inc. (through Safe&Sound/Out of School Time Network)
• Lyndhurst Elementary/Playworks
• Patterson High School
• Waverly Elementary/Playworks
  

USTA Maryland’s mission is to promote the growth and development of tennis in Maryland as a healthy lifetime sport available to all regardless of age and ability. USTA Maryland fosters an inclusive tennis environment and greater diversity throughout the sport.
For more information visit: http://www.maryland.usta.com/

USTA Awards BCP Tennis Grant

The United States Tennis Association (USTA)/Mid-Atlantic has awarded the Baltimore Curriculum Project a Diversity & Inclusion Signature Program Grant of $1,125. The grant will help BCP bring tennis to over 800 mostly African-American and Hispanic-American students from low-income families in East Baltimore.

USTA/Mid-Atlantic is a not-for-profit organization committed to promoting tennis by offering quality recreational and competitive programs for people of all ages and abilities. The USTA Diversity and Inclusion Committee was formed by the USTA to increase minority participation-particularly in the African-American, Asian, Latino, Hispanic, and Native American communities.

We would like to thank USTA/Mid-Atlantic for supporting our schools. In June USTA hosted a tennis event at Hampstead Hill Academy to introduce over 400 elementary and middle grades students to "10 and Under Tennis."

To learn more about Diversity and Inclusion programs within the USTA/Mid-Atlantic, please contact Alanna Broderick, Community Tennis Development and Jr. Team Tennis Manager at broderick@mas.usta.com or 703-556-6120 x16.

US Tennis at Hampstead Hill Academy

Over 400 students from Hampstead Hill Academy enjoyed a taste of tennis at today's school outing in Patterson Park. Staff and volunteers from the United States Tennis Association (USTA) showed up in force to introduce students to this engaging sport.

Students participated in a variety of drills that got them smiling and excited about the game. USTA's "10 and Under Tennis" initiative, using the QuickStart Tennis play format, uses balls that are easier to hit, smaller rackets, and smaller courts than adult tennis. All of this equals more fun and less frustration.

Next school year a partnership between USTA, Friends of Patterson Park, and the Baltimore Curriculum Project will bring tennis to all four BCP schools through physical education, after school clubs, and an intramural tennis league planned for spring 2012.

We would like to thank Marc Kantrowitz (President, USTA Mid-Atlantic/Maryland), Lynn Gertzog (Tennis Service Representative, USTA Mid-Atlantic/Maryland), Geri Swann (Community Outreach Coordinator, Hampstead Hill Academy), Tim Almaguer (Executive Director, Friends of Patterson Park), Katie Long (Recreational/Program Coordinator, Friends of Patterson Park), and all of the USTA staff and volunteers for making this event possible.