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TENNIS CENTER
The Coronado Tennis Center is a premier facility
with ten clay courts and three hard surface courts.
Clubhouse
A new 1,450 square foot tennis building features a check-in area, lounge, restroom, a small
kitchen, a fully stocked pro shop, and the pro’s office.
The clubhouse also includes a 400 square foot
pavilion with an ice machine room, picnic tables, and restrooms with
showers. A ball machine and practice hoppers are also available.
Village newcomers have a variety of programs
available to them, ranging from league play to fun events. Visitors should
call the tennis center more than a week in advance to set up play.
HSV Tennis Association
www.hsvta.com
The Hot Springs Village Tennis Association is
very active and has approximately 400 members ranging in ability from 2.5 to
4.0.
USTA League
USTA League tennis is a national league where
teams form locally and play.
Local winners move on to the State
Championships, Sectional Champion-ships and National Championships. Teams
are separated based on ability and age.
The Coronado Tennis Center is home to nearly 20
teams each year.
Teams put themselves together based on their
NTRP rating and age: senior (over 50), super senior (60 & over) and adult
(19 & older) with most of our teams being senior.
There are also combo teams where two levels of
players play together as long as they don’t surpass a specific level.
USA Leagues have four local seasons. Adult and
Senior seasons begin in February and end in late May. The Mixed Doubles
season is June through September. The Combo season is August through
September. The Super Senior season is in October.
Tennis for Juniors
Tennis training for Juniors is available for
ages 6 - 18 throughout the year. Summer programs are available for children
through juniors. See the section on "Summer Programs" for further
information. Call the tennis center at 501-922-5054 for further information.
Champions/Honors
The Coronado Tennis Center has produced many
champions.
Since 1989, there have been over twenty champion
teams, one national champion, a national finalist, a sectional champion and
twenty state champions.
The Coronado Tennis Center was named a 2005 USTA Southern Tennis Association Welcome Tennis Center of the Year for
its programming and promotion of tennis. In 2006, the Coronado Tennis Center
was named "Facility of the Year in Arkansas."
The Hot Springs Village Tennis Association (HSVTA)
was given a 5-star status in 2005, 2006 and 2007 from the Arkansas Tennis Association for
its endeavors as a Community Tennis Association in developing local tennis.
Tennis Lessons
Private, semi-private and group tennis lessons
are available for children, juniors, and adults year round and are given by our
three tennis pros, Bob Wagstaff, USPTA, Derek Nordentof, USPTA, and Pete
Lazansky, USPTA.
Coach Bob Wagstaff has been teaching tennis for
25 years. He has a B.S. in physical education from Lewis -Clark State
College, has been certified by the USPTA at the highest teaching level for
20 years, and was selected Arkansas USPTA Pro of the Year in 1995.
He has directed competitive training programs
for Tennis Corporation of America, and coached for the USTA elite players
programs including Arkansas’s Area training centers, Junior Davis &
Federation Cup, and the National Zonal competition, winning twice.
Many of his junior students have been ranked and
he coached Jessieville High School to five consecutive State Championships.
Coach Wagstaff has 12 years experience working
with senior tennis players in Hot Springs Village. He has experience with
and enjoys teaching and coaching all ages and abilities.
Derek Nordentof, Assistant Pro, is a USPTA
certified tennis professional. He has moved to the Village from Wisconsin.
He has a psychology major, a coaching minor from the University of Wisconsin
Whitewater and Associate of Arts degree at Fullterton Junior College in
Southern California where he played tennis.
Pete Lazansky is from New Mexico where he taught
for the Los Alamos Junior Tennis League and the Santa Fe Prep High School
teams. In 2006, Pete received his USPTA certification.
Bob, Derek and Pete are available to help you
and your teams develop your game and prepare you for championship play. For
more information or to book lessons, call the Coronado Tennis Center at
501.922.5054.
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