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ST. IGNATIUS COLLEGE PREP

GIRLS’ TENNIS

FALL 2010

Coaches

Craig Law, Varsity Charles Dullea, Jr. Varsity

(415) 722-6615 (415)731-7500

claw@ cdullea@

Mission

The mission of the Girls’ Tennis Program at St. Ignatius College Preparatory is to provide an environment in which the player can develop physically, emotionally, spiritually, and socially. Individual competition will allow each player to focus on their skills and improve their game to the best of their ability. The team environment will help each student-athlete learn the discipline, hard work, and commitment it takes to become a team player. Above all, this team will help players to become “women for others” and focus on team building, good sportsmanship, and collaborative team effort.

Team Goals

At all levels of the program, each student-athlete will:

Show up on time to practices and matches

Be responsible for her role on the team

Endeavor to have fun and develop a positive attitude for yourself and the team

Support your teammates at all times and help each other accordingly

Strive to develop your mental toughness

Work to become a “woman for others”

Always give the best she has on any given day and strive for excellence

Be polite and courteous towards your teammates

Be polite and courteous towards your opponents in victory and in defeat

Team Policies and Procedures

1. Be on time for practice and games; the team depends on you. If you are absent from school

and your name appears on the absentee list, you are excused. If you are not absent from school and you are going to miss practice, you need to contact your coach in person, by phone, or by e-mail before 12 noon that day. Your coach will require a written release for excused absences.

If you miss practice without a valid reason, you will not play in the next match. If you are

late on game day, you will not participate in that day’s match. If the match is away and you are late, you may find that the team van has left without you. Again, your team is depending on you.

3. Practices will last around 1 ½ to 2 ½ hours and will include running, stretching, drills, match

play and conditioning. If you are late, you will not begin practice at the same time as your teammates, meaning you will still go through the cycle of running and stretching that your teammates did and may have some extra duties assigned to you, such as picking up balls.

4. To prepare for matches, take care of yourself. Get plenty of rest the night before, eat appropriately the day of the match, and drink plenty of water. Bring water or your favorite sports drink with you to each match. As stated in the S.I. student manual, you promise to avoid illicit drugs and alcohol as a member of this athletic team. To reference the drug and alcohol policy for athletes at S.I., please see the athlete-parent handbook.

During matches, watch your teammates play, offer them support, and learn from their experiences on the court. Every single player on the team is important and critical to the team’s success. Team spirit can make a difference in close matches. Please plan on staying the whole match to support your team! You are also teammates off the court. Whether you are on Varsity or Junior Varsity, Freshman or Senior, we are all teammates on and off the courts. Respect each other, be courteous to each other and care for each other.

Always maintain the highest level of sportsmanship. Honor you teammates and your opponents and treat them with respect. Profanity, throwing your racquet, negative attitude, and especially “tanking” or not trying will not be tolerated. We want to be known as a classy, hard-working team that represents SI in a positive way. You will help build our reputation one point at a time, one game at a time, one set at a time, one match at a time.

Plan on traveling to and from matches as a team. Only in special circumstances and with written permission will a player be allowed to travel privately. Riding together as a group is a big part of team building.

Please communicate any needs, concerns, or questions to your coach. Your coaches are here for you and communication is key to our team’s success. Get ready for a great season! Have fun and GO CATS!

Quotes

If you can keep your head when all about you

Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,

If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster

And treat those two impostors just the same;

Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,

And--which is more--you'll be a [woman], my [daughter]!

- Rudyard Kipling

Competitors Entrance

All England Lawn and Tennis Club (Site of the Wimbledon Championships)

If it had not been for the wind in my face, I wouldn’t be able to fly at all

- Arthur Ashe

Hawaiiana

Mai iloko mai – ‘That which is within matters’.

Kālele (Faith), Ohana (Family), Hoaloha (Friends), Ho`ole`ale`a (Fun)

I, _________________________________________________, have read and fully understand the Girls’ Tennis guidelines explained above. I understand that any violation of team rules may result in consequences and/ or disciplinary action. I commit myself to upholding these guidelines and those outlined in the Student and Athletic Handbooks, including the team drug and alcohol policy, to the best of my ability. I promise to represent my school in a distinguished manner, both on and of the court.

Signed ____________________________________________

Parent/ Guardian __________________________________________

Date _____________________

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