Pavan’s Tennis Academy Brings QuickStart Team Tennis to Fox Chase Tennis Club in Chester, New Jersey

We were over at Fox Chase Tennis Club in Chester, NJ, on Saturday morning for London's make-up lesson in Pavan's Tennis Academy. Pavan handed me his brand new brochure for QuickStart Team Tennis, starting in January.

The goal of the QuickStart tennis format is to get kids playing as soon as possible – including friendly matches, team play and tournaments. The QuickStart Tennis format works by getting kids into the game immediately. Within the first hour of stepping onto the court, they are actually playing the game, rallying with one another, moving around and having fun. Scaling the game down to their size helps make the learning process easier and a lot more fun.

The majority of youth sports have followed this formula for years. Baseball begins with smaller bats and smaller fields, and progresses from tee ball to coach pitch to player pitch. Basketball and soccer employ similar methods, including shortened playing surfaces and appropriate sized equipment. The shorter and narrower courts used in QuickStart Tennis give kids the confidence and ability to cover the entire court. Kids have trouble controlling full-sized racquets because they are too long, too heavy and the grips are too large. Junior racquets are proportionate in length and weight and have grips that fit smaller hands, making them easier to control. The QuickStart Tennis approach uses balls that bounce at a height equal to kids' playing abilities, allowing for better and longer rallies and building up to all-court games.

Team Tennis is about turning an individual sport into a team sport. All you have to do is look around at other youth sports to see that kids love playing sports with their friends. Not only is it fun and social, it's also practical. Team practices keep kids learning, and team matches give them a place to apply the things they've learned. So while they're learning, they're also having a great time with their friends. Which means they'll keep coming back.

The cost for Pavan's QuickStart Team Tennis program is $250 for 8 weeks, with teams for 8 to 10 year olds playing on the following days/times:

• Monday from 4 to 5pm
  
• Wednesday from 5 to 6pm
  
• Thursday from 4 to 5pm
  
• Friday from 4 to 5pm
  
• Saturday from 12 noon to 1pm
  

QuickStart Tennis… the new way to play tennis for kids 10 and under… Sign up now and join the team!

Pavan's Tennis Academy at Fox Chase Tennis Club, Chester, NJ. Phone: (908) 879-5231.

Pavan’s Tennis Academy in Chester, NJ: Round Robin Clinic Just Right for Your Kids!

London, Maddie and I just got home after tennis lessons with Pavan Patel at Fox Chase Tennis in Chester, New Jersey. This is their third year of tennis lessons with Pavan. As always, the girls had fun with their friends, and they really seem to be making great progress. This week’s class was fun for me, as four other families I know had their children participating, so I had the chance to catch up with my friends while the girls played.

I received the following e-mail from Pavan on Monday, and thought I would share it with you:

Dear Parents:

I am organizing a four week clinic of Serve, Rally & Score for ages 9 & up (Low Intermediate & Intermediate) It is a fun program that will help them become acclimated to a competitive environment in a low stress atmosphere. There will be staff pros to ensure that everything runs smoothly.

Cost of this program is $240. We appreciate your support! Space is limited, so to reserve your child's spot sign up at the front desk or call Fox Chase front desk 908-879-5231.

Starting Date: October 3rd on Saturday (Four Weeks)

Time: 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Cost: $240

P.S. This is round robin format. The scores will be recorded and prizes will be given out. But fun will be had by all.

Thank You

Pavan Patel
Director of Tennis

While London and Maddie will be spending their October weekends at the beach in Bay Head, we're excited about participating in January. Pavan's Tennis Academy is the first club in this area to offer such a program. Click the link for further information on Quick Start Tennis. If you want to sign up, please call Fox Chase Tennis in Chester, NJ, at 908-879-5231 or log on to http://www.pavantennis.com/.

Roxy (Reluctantly) Prepares the Roxiticus Desperate Offspring to Go Back to School: Presenting Roxy's Best Of...Back to School Line-Up

Since I was a kid dreading the end of summer, I've never liked the idea of "Back to School, " particularly the sale brochures that arrive in my mailbox in early July. Now that I'm a mom, I still don't like it, but I have to face the reality that in six short days, Mendham Township Elementary School will open its doors to London and Maddie on Thursday, September 4th, and their after school activities will start the following week.

With the launch of Roxy's Best Of, I'd like to offer links to reviews of the following after school favorites:

• Kid's tennis lessons, from Munchkins (aged 5-8) on up through high school competition at Pavan's Tennis Academy at Fox Chase Tennis Club in Chester, New Jersey;


• Garden State Ballet, with "branch offices" in Randolph, Rutherford, and Newark, New Jersey;


• Randolph Gymnastics in Randolph, New Jersey; and


• Annie's Playhouse in Far Hills, New Jersey.

Best of Chester, NJ

My "best of" directory for the Mendham-Bernardsville-Chester-Far Hills- Peapack-Gladstone-Morris County area: http://roxiticusdh.blogspot.com/2008/01/best-of-roxiticus-valley-mendham.html


Meat Market:
Go see Louie for an awesome steak or rack of lamb at the Chester Meat Market: 27 W Main Street, Chester, NJ. Phone: (908) 879-7523. Here's a link to my Chester Meat Market pictorial: http://roxiticusdh.blogspot.com/2008/03/chester-meat-market.html and another link to all Chester Meat Market reviews on Roxy's Best Of... Chester, NJ.



For the Kids:
Pumpkin picking at Alstede Farm in Chester, NJ: http://www.alstedefarms.com/

Chester Schools Science Fair: http://www.chestersciencefair.org/.
Chester hosts one of the largest annual Science Fairs in the state with over 500 students presenting more than 400 projects. It is open to students in grades K-8 living in Chester Boro or Chester Township, NJ. This year's science fair was held on Saturday, March 1st. Can't wait to hear about all the fun from our friends in Chester.

I just signed up both of my girls for another 8-week session at Pavan's Munchkin Tennis Academy at the Fox Chase Tennis Club. Phone: (908) 879-5231. Pavan Patel is great with the kids and just introduced a new, European approach for developing high level junior tennis players (aged 10 and under) involving red, orange, and green balls that are different sizes and "speeds." Pavan is also running a tennis camp this summer at Fox Chase Tennis for 9 weeks starting June 23rd. It looks like kids can sign up for as many weeks as they want...we have signed up for one week of Munchkins half-day tennis camp in August. I just received an e-mail from Pavan Patel, who just launched a brand new Pavan's Tennis Academy Web Site.
Be sure to check out my New Post on Summer Camp 2008

Chester Township, NJ web site with links to local organizations and businesses, etc.: http://www.chestertownship.org/