unionville is at mccowan and 14th i think.... it's mccowan and something.... it's at father mcgivney (sp?) high school... to get into the team you gotta either: a) be fairly good and then tryout b) have connections.... at least that's the way it was for me.... i didn't have connections, so i'm surprised i didn;t have to tryout.... (at least i THINK there was a tryout)... anyway, if a guy like me can make it, i'd say it's not too difficult to make it on the team...
Oh, I also heard that there are camps at Lee's in the summer that are for advanced people or something. Does anyone know about these camps, when they are, what skill level, etc.? 'Cause it'd be much easier for me to shell out money for a week or so than to shell out money and then more money for gas to get up there every weekend. Phil
Nanashi, how does the unionville club work? i heard westmount doesn't do dropins anymore and i'm looking for a new place to go.
you give me too much credit my friend mike: basically, you go and you play... i think it's $5 each time.... or $50 for a year... it's from 6-8 and 8-10.... 6-8 is $5 or something like that.... not sure about 8-10, cuz 8-10 is run by someone else jayson also takes private with troy i believe...
so for the unionville thing, it's at Mcgivney high school, from 6-8 and 8-10? which days? how much do private lessons cost at lee's? i'm thinking of taking some.
thanx just_anothr_grl.... not bad i guess... i hope it's 45 with troy... how do private lessons work? do you just schedule when to train? or do they schedule for you? i guess it wouldn't matter to me much, since i live 5 min's away from lee's.. but just wondering...
You work with the coach to find out when he/she's available and find the time that suits the both of you best. Usu. the lesson's 1 hour. All the ones that I've taken so far, anyway. Lucky you! Five minutes from Lee's is v.good.
I'm so beginner I think of myself as "noob" Any way me lv 2 lessons are 1:30 - 3, saturdays. [Edit: I think Troy is a GREAT coach, but so far, I prefer Annie's style of teaching. Not trying to say I don't like Troy, hes a super coach, but personally I liked Annie's ways. Her 0-tolerance, where as Troy is really kind and nice ]
woh wtf?! have things changed THAT much?! When i was there, annie was REALLY nice to me... she practically stayed away from me and let me do my own thing! Troy on the other hand was a complete hard ass (at least when i was on the team)... which is a kind of a good thing, you gotta have a coach who doesn't baby you.... maybe troy is like that cuz it's lvl 2....
crazyboy139: Can you describe to me the players/training in each of the following levels? It is looking that I will probably be able to go to Lee's in the summer each week, so I want to know what level I should enter: III: Intermediate? IV: Intermediate/Advanced? V: Advanced? Thanks, Phil
I agree with Nanashi....Annie was totally nice back then...which was like maybe 2 yrs ago....but i haven't seen her for the longest time....is her hair still short??
yeah, she still does... when i saw her, i was like "woh... she's like yelling at the kids, when did that happen?"
Well, she doesn't exactly yell, but sometimes you have to be firm with younger kids, especially when they don't seem very keen on actually listening to you. Then again, I think a coach should be careful, too, because some innocent kids might feel hurt that they're being scolded for something small, like taking a drink of water during a rally. My lil bro got shouted at by one of the coaches once just because he swung his racquet before anyone told him to, so he threw an absolute tantrum when my mom signed him up for a lesson with that coach in it.
Hmm.. About what level you should enter, I think Jus_anothr_grl would be better at answering that. Level I: For true beginner, ones who don't know how to hold a racquet or high clears and such. Usually kids take this, oldest was around.. 14, while I was 17 I've learnt nothing but high clear, non stop high clearing. We learnt to drive for half a lesson, cause our group (with Kevin) seemed to advance faster. But went back to high clear the next lesson. Level I & II (as they call it): Just past beginner, you're expected to know how to high clear. Age avg 15 So far, in the first lesson, brief recap on how to swing for high clear, and how to hold a racquet. Turns out 10 outta 16 people didn't know how to high clear, cause it was their first time at Lee's and didn't want to join level I with kids. So only us 6 were practising high clears, other people were beginning to learn it. We also learnt to serve the bird. At the end we finished with side skippin and net shots (runnin back and forth as a drill). I think just Jus_anothr_grl is able to describe all levels, see if she could help. Levels being Level I Level I & II Level II & III Level III & IV Level V I think, personally, if you got the money and stamina, just go for private lessons. I would've gone for private, but with 16 people (sep into groups of 8), I'd have 8 people to do the same thing before I have to redo it, so breaks, which I need, cause I ain't in good shape, get tired too easily ---------- About Annie, yea she still has short hair. Annies a really nice person, but I suppose I was a little too old to be taking too much girl attitude I don't joke around too much, so she doesn't yell at me, besides, yellin at someone my age is just pointless. I've seen her yell at kids tho.. Wow.. She was like.. Going crazy.. But the kids usually deserve it, so thats alrite. Otherwise Annie is a great coach. I was actually hopin to get into a lesson with her as coach again, but no luck there. She yells, only if you deserve it, otherwise nice gal [Edits: Spellin errors and whatnot ]
