- Scholastic Coaches
- Tennis Directors
- Assistant Professionals
- Facility Managers
- Collegiate Coaches
- Head Professionals
- Resort Instructors
- Municipality Operators
Over 90 percent of the graduates
in TJC’s program find full-time tennis employment, in
many cases, before they graduate.
 When
you join the program, you’ll learn the ins and outs of
the tennis business. We’ll serve up the courses you need
to run a successful business—accounting, computers, foreign
languages and speech. Then we’ll bring you to the net
and teach you how to teach tennis and polish your own playing
skills.
Our "Train the Trainer" program
(Lab. 15 hours a week) teaches students how to recognize the
individual skills and talents each person has and how to help
a player reach the peak of his or her performance.
Tennis Great Vic Braden with
Tyler Tennis Tech Students |
You
will work with individuals, groups of adults and groups
of children learning how to teach tennis. You will learn how
to analyze strengths and weaknesses of individual players
and how to develop each player’s skills.
And, since Tyler Junior College's men’s
and women’s teams are nationally-ranked, members of the
Tennis Tech program have the opportunity to work with these
players to develop their skills in dealing with the advanced
tennis players.
While you are in the Tennis Tech program,
you will be exposed to some of the top tennis teaching professionals
through programs from such groups as:
- United States Professional Tennis
Association
- United States Professional Tennis
Registry
- United States Racquet Stringers’
Association
- United States Umpires’
Association
- National Tennis Rating Program
Program Director Kimm Ketelsen is a
certified teaching member of the United States Professional
Tennis Association. Kimm has twenty-five years experience
as a director of tennis. Nationally ranked in top 10 in USA.
Assistant coach for University of Texas Austin, womens tennis
team; National champions 1995. Two Time NAIA All-American.
"There will be many challenges
facing tennis professionals in the coming years. The need
for qualified people who can teach lessons, manage professional
shops and manage club facilities will always be in demand,".
"Our philosophy at Tyler Junior
College is that everyone has a certain level of tennis ability.
While there are basics which every tennis player needs, there
is much more individuality. Our goal is to teach our students
how to recognize those individual strengths and weaknesses
and how to capitalize on them.
"The focus on the individual
is what makes our program so successful."
It’s
not often you can turn your love of a sport into a full-time
career.
At Tyler Junior
College you get that chance.
For information on the
Recreation Leadership/Tennis Tech Program at Tyler Junior
College contact:
Kimm Ketelsen, Program Director
- 1-903-510-2473
- Toll Free 1-800-687-5680
- Fax: 1-903-510-2330
- Email: kket@tjc.edu
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