Weather & Location Hotwire Updates- Please Check daily
UPDATE # 1 -Friday Aug 12 - 7:15 am
ONLY Golden Valley, Blake, St. Paul Visitation & Anoka TENNIS & PICKELBALL CAMPS ARE MOVED TO OUR INDOOR FACILITY @ 8401 83rd Ave. North, Brooklyn Park.
AND (YES THE ICE CREAM TRUCK WILL BE COMING TO THE DOME TODAY AT 11:00 AM)
BETHEL TENNIS CAMPS WILL REMAIN INDOORS At BETHEL UNIVERSITY TODAY. BETHEL CAMPERS PLEASE REPORT TO THE SRC ( SPORTS RECREATION COMPLEX) It is across the street from the tennis courts on Campus.
AND (YES- Please STAND BY- TO SEE IF THE ICE CREAM TRUCK WILL BE COMING TO THE SRC TODAY AT 11:30 AM also)
ALL START TIMES WILL REMAIN THE SAME !!!
CAMP DROP OFF WILL BE BETWEEN 8:00 - 8:30 A.M. (BETHEL 8:30-9:00 am)
ALL MORNING CAMPERS WILL HAVE THE OPTION OF STAYING FULL DAY AT NO ADDITIONAL COST. ALL AFTERNOON CAMPERS WILL HAVE THE OPTION OF COMING FOR THE FULL DAY AT NO ADDITIONAL COST.
* A full Day Make up day will be provided for any campers not able to attend our indoor camp location today- please send email with all details for registration make up days if you will be choosing not to attend camp today at our Dome.
YES - SUMMER OPEN PICKLEBALL PLAY AT THE DOME will also be available today - $10 per person. We ask that you please in advance at check in, when you register to play & pay at program office entrance upon arrival to the dome.
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CAMP DROP OFF WILL BE BETWEEN 8:00 - 8:30 A.M.
ALL MORNING CAMPERS WILL HAVE THE OPTION OF STAYING FULL DAY AT NO ADDITIONAL COST. ALL AFTERNOON CAMPERS WILL HAVE THE OPTION OF COMING FOR THE FULL DAY AT NO ADDITIONAL COST.
ANY FAMILIES WISHING TO CHOOSE TO STAY HOME AND REQUEST A MAKE UP DAY CAN DO SO. PLEASE SEND EMAIL WITH MAKE UP DAY LOCATION/TIME/ DATE INFO.
ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE TEXT US AT 612-600-2460
THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE & SUPPORT
Thanks to all parents and grandparents for support and patience on these challenging weather days.
THERE IS AN EXTREME HEAT ADVISORY TODAY- ALL CAMPS WILL BE MOVED INDOORS to OUR DOME LOCATION .
*FOR TUESDAY ALSO - All Campers are invited to come & stay full day (no additional cost) regardless of registration being full day, morning, afternoon or half day *All Campers are invited to come & stay full day (no additional cost) regardless of registration being full day, morning, afternoon or half day.
* A full Day Make up day will be provided for any campers not able to attend our indoor camp location today- please send email with all details for registration make up days if you will be choosing not to attend camp today at our Dome.
YES - SUMMER OPEN PICKLEBALL PLAY AT THE DOME will also be available today - $15 per person, $25 for 2 persons, & $40 for groups of Four. We ask that you please in advance at check in, when you register to play & pay at program office entrance upon arrival to the dome.
DOME ADDRESS FOR FUTURE REFERENCE:
8401 83rd Ave No. Brooklyn Park
FOR ALL SUMMER 2022 Parents, Grandparents, Families & Campers - Please remember to be ready to double-check by looking at this page on our website each day before leaving for CAMP to do a final check again to see if there are any other updates to our Weather/Location Hotwire due to inclement weather, location changes, heat advisories, air quality advisories, facility construction issues, and or any Pandemic or Emergency related issues to Covid 19 or other that may require immediate updates and changes to our daily routine at our 10 locations throughout the 14 weeks we are offering our Weekly 8:30-4:00 pm summer junior/senior tennis camps or adult & junior/senior pickleball camps, or our 4:00-6:00pm Late Afternoon Adult & Junior/Senior Tennis & Pickleball Lessons, or our 6:00-8:00pm Evening Adult & Junior/Senior Tennis & Pickleball Lessons, or our Saturday 9:00am -12:00 pm Adult & Junior/Senior Tennis & Pickleball Lessons also.
We absolutely look forward to each & everyone of you on OUR 60 plus Tennis & Pickleball Courts This Summer spread out acros the Twin City Metro Area from the North & South East of Mendota Heights, St, Paul, Roseville, Moundsview, Bethel & Up North in Anoka, Blaine, Andover, Coon Rapids & Champlin Park and to the Northwest in Plymouth, Maple Grove, Oseeo, Brooklyn Park, and Central West in New Hope, Golden Valley, St. Louis Park & Hopkins , Wayzata & Orono and to the South West in Edina, Minnetonka, Deephaven, Eden Praire, Chanhassen & Bloomington. We are so........excited to see you and your famlies this summer on the one or more of our Tennis & Pickleball courts, and all of US AT TCTC WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EACH & EVERYONE OF YOU again for supporting and participating at
TWIN CITY TENNIS CAMP,
TWIN CITY TENNIS ACADEMY,
TWIN CITY PiCKLBALL CAMPS,
TWIN CITY PICLEBALL ACADEMY
THE PREMIER PICKELBALL CLUB
& TWIN CITY TENNIS CLUB !!!
thanks again for supporting both yours & our COMMUNITY,
Daniel Nabedrick
Executive Director
Immediate Questions- Please TEXT 612-600-2460 & 612-730-8280 or EMAIL- info@twincitytenniscamps.com
Assistance w/ official registrations details - please email & confirm receipt of email via text
And we cannot say it enough, but thanks to all of you and your families again for your patience, your understanding, and your continued support of TCTC through these past two years of Covid especially. We cannot believe how fortunate and lucky we have been to have our amazing community of families continuing to support our TCTC Tennis camps since April 2020 !!!
Our entire staff and our immediate family (Molly, Bluma, Liza, Sunny, Skye and myself) all feel so extremely grateful to you and each of your own families for sharing your children with all of us this spring/summer/fall and now winter of 2021. We have had the most incredible summer camp ever, with record breaking junior and adult attendance, which is now for the first time ever over 5000 total participating campers for the first time in our 23 years of service to our many families in our tennis community.
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Any urgent questions please text your first and last name and specific questions and we will text and or call back asap regarding the status of your child's/adult activities moving forward.
1 ) Reminders for All Players. Parents, & Grandparents - Late Afternoon, Evening & Sat Lesson - *all Late Afternoon 4-6pm, , 6-8pm Evening,& 10-12pm Saturday Weekend Lessons will be relocated to our one Golden Valley location in Brookview Park through June & July . All Plymouth, Wayzata and Blake lesson registrations for 4-6pm, 6-8pm Evenings or 10-12pm Saturday please attend lessons in Golden Valley Brookview Park.
2) All Jr. Day Camp & Lesson Participants:
Day campers - remember bring swim suits/towels and extra changes of clothes - socks, underwear, t-shirt, shorts in case of hot weather sweating and also getting wet. Please have kids apply sunscreen before coming to camp and then have them bring with them as well to reapply during the camp day.
All Players - Make sure to buy sweat proof sunscreen for faces. Hats, sunglasses are definitely recommended.
Lunch: We will be eating lunch daily at 12-1230pm, and throughout the day we are going to continue to prioritize taking shade/water/snack breaks as much as possible. :
Contact Info:
TCTC Email- Info@twincitytenniscamps.com
TCTC Business Phone- PLEASE TEXT- 612-600-2460 -
Please text Daniel Nabedrick- Executive Director
Weather & Location Hotwire:
We have a weather hotwire update on our Home Page of TCTC Website. We will provide updated info each day at least 30-60 minutes prior to any programming changes due to inclement weather. This is our best way to communicate and for you to find out what is happening for our lesson and camp scheduling during bad weather. We will provide info on cancellations, delays, where to drop off and pick up campers, and and where your children are located indoors during any major severe weather storms that happen during camp or lesson hours.
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Planning for Inclement Weather -
During Summer Day Camp Hours in 2022 - For Rain Days during the entire summer day camp season of 2021, We will be able to go to our Indoor Stadium Facility located at 8401 83rd Ave north, in Brooklyn Park off of 169/694.
Our Camps will be a Rain or Shine Camps going forward at all of our locations. If it does rain heavily we will ALL be going indoors to our stadium. . We will still do our best to remain outdoors and try not to cancel and work through rain with off court games and safe play games on wet courts when possible.
TCTC Camper Expectations & Healthy Campers and Coaches :
We want to make sure everyone attending camp each day including campers and staff feel healthy and safe for attending camps. If your children are under the weather please consider scheduling a make up day.
CHECK IN: All Adult & Jr Campers- Parents/ Participants
Please make sure to check in every day with our facility director's at each location, we want to make sure to do proper attendance for the day. if you're doing hot lunches please check in and let us know that you'll be doing hot lunch and pay
BLUE BELL NEW ICE CREAM TRUCK: A new ice Truck Will be coming Mornings on Monday at 11am, & also both Afternoons on Wednesdays and Fridays from 1230-2pm PM in the afternoon. please make sure to have your child bring money for those days if you choose for them to get ice cream. Ice cream ranges from $2.50 - $4.00 dollars. *THE Entire WEEK THE TRUCK IS AVAILABLE.
FUN & SAFETY: While playing & learning tennis your son/daughter will play a lot of fun tennis games on and off the court, we emphasize tennis and also engage in many athletic fun non tennis-related off court games too. We have a dynamic daily tennis camp environment and we will provide your child with a healthy social atmosphere while encouraging making meeting new friends and coaches too. SAFETY, We are all about SAFETY and want to make sure that your child is safe with TCTC, and we make do our very best to make sure all campers stay hydrated and reapply sunscreen throughout the day.
DAILY WHAT OUR CAMPERS WILLL BE LEARNING ON COURT THIS WEEK - STROKE OF THE DAY:
MONDAY - Learning & Reviewing Forehand- Basic Stroke Development & Progress towards Top Spin
TUESDAY - Learning & Reviewing Backhand - Basic Stroke Development & Progress towards Top Spin
WEDNESDAY - Learning & Reviewing VOLLEYS - Ready Position/ Recover / Both Sides of Body
THURSDAY - Learning & Reviewing Serve & Overhead- Throwing Motion, Ball Toss, Hand Eye Coord.
FRIDAY - FUN DAY - Scoring, Match Play, Singles & Doubles , Playing a lot of fun tennis games and reviewing all strokes that we've learned throughout the week! Competitive Strategy & Tournaments Too.
WHAT ELSE TO BRING:
SWIMSUITS & TOWELS:
If it's hot we like to give the kids water games and give the kids options to get wet. May be a good idea for extra clothes.
LARGE WATER BOTTLES :We do have a water fountain but encourage everyone to bring a water bottle and they can refill their water bottles at the water fountain or our water jug. We have a big inflatable slide and plastic pools, slip n slide.
TENNIS RACKET - Bring your tennis racket each day, if you don't have a racket, we have rackets that you can borrow for the day or week.
SNACK MONEY: We do have snacks that we sell daily at all locations and We recommend kids bring some of their own snacks and also bring a few dollars to spend at camp on munchy snacks for $1 each and sports drinks & water bottles for $1 - $2. Also reminder to make sure to bring extra money on Tuesday and Thursday as the Ice Cream Truck will be arriving for the afternoon around 130-2PM Tues/Thurs.
Early & Late Pickup: - For parents who need to drop off earlier than 8:30 am, we allow for drop off as early as 8:00 AM, as we will have coaches available at that time, and Staff will either have them help with setup or go on court early and rally with another camper or coach. Also for parents who need to pick up later than 4pm daily, we like for you to pick up as late as 4:30 PM but please no later unless it is an emergency. If you need longer coverage you may be able to schedule that with us in advance on a specific day.
Large Water Cooler & Large Food Cooler:
Please provide as much necessary water, lunch , fruit, snacks, ice and drinks for your children to enjoy during the daytime. Kids burn lots of calories and need to drink lots of water and eat lots of calories to stay healthy and active during the camp day. We do not have an outdoor water source this summer and we will not be providing a shared camp large water cooler this summer due to Covid 19 safety measures.
EXTRA CLOTHES, SWIMSUITS & TOWELS: If it's hot we like to provide our campers with fun dynamic water play games & activities.. May be a good idea for extra clothes for changing out of sweaty clothes when ever it is possible. We have a portable outdoor changing room for kids to get in and out of swimsuits during the day time.
Water Play & Social Distancing: Water games will only be allowed while practicing social distancing and when when it is very hot and kids need a break from the heat and relief from sunshine to cool off. We will make sure to provide Covid safe environment to allow for water play during our camp daily schedule.
We're looking forward to seeing this week at TCTC TENNIS - and if not this week, we hope we will see you all very soon at one of our fun summer camp or lesson programs available for everyone in the family !!!
Reminder: Please sign up in advance if you wish to secure a place for your child now. We will be opening up our limited registrations to the public again now, and we will be sharing info on our website and tennis community with updates that our camps are re opening at selected locations.