Welcome to the Rocket Tennis Team. I am looking forward to a fun season.

The Ross Doubles, NBC, and Sectional are varsity only matches. 

I will try to give kids/parents the heads-up on numbers for the upcoming teams and the chances of JV players getting to play. The way it works, is that varsity plays first. JV matches go on after the varsity matches. JV might play more than once or maybe not at all if the other team has less players than we do. I will do my best to get everyone in the matches, but sometimes JV matches will be against teammates.

The 2024 coaches will be Rick LaFountain, Greg LaFountain, and Jacqueline LaFountain.

Conditioning continues this week. All players must have current physicals and all final forms submitted before participating in practice on March 4th. Players are reminded to dress warm. This includes hats and light gloves if it is really chilly. Better to have too many layers than too few.

For practices, always have extra layers of clothes. Some days it will be cold. It is ok to wear hats, sweats, jackets, and light gloves. It is much better to have too many layers of clothes to too few. Bring racquets and water. See the "my tennis bag" icon for tips on what to bring during matches. Physicals and final forms must be submitted to practice.

Team pictures will be March 16. Sign up and payment are online.

Rocket Shop orders are due by 3/5/24. The link was sent out on Remind.

We will practice this season until the last match has been completed.

We will meet on the bleachers unless the weather forces us inside.

It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again because there is no effort without error and shortcomings, who knows the great devotion who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at best knows in the end the high achievement of triumph and who at worst, if he fails while daring greatly, knows his place shall never be with those timid and cold souls who know neither victory nor defeat.--Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President

Winners vs Losers

When a winner makes a mistake, he says, "I was wrong."
When a loser makes a mistake, he says, "It wasn't my fault."

A winner works harder than a loser and has more time;
A loser is always "too busy" to do what is necessary.

A winner goes through a problem;
A loser goes around it, and never gets past it.

A winner makes commitments;
A loser makes promises.

A winner says, "I'm good, but not as good as I ought to be;"
A loser says, "I'm not as bad as a lot of people.

A winner listens;
A loser just waits until it's his turn to talk.

A winner respects those who are superior to him and tries to learn something from them.
A loser resents those who are superior to him and tries to find chinks in their armour.

A winner feels responsible for more than his job.
A loser says,"I only work here."

A winner says, "There ought to be a better way to do it."
A loser says, "That's the way it's always been done here."