Tennis – courses

Beginners
No idea how to hold a racket? Never played a match before? Then our beginners course might be perfect for you! Anyone with little to no tennis experience can sign up for the beginners course. It serves as an introduction to the sport. You will play with so-called “green balls”, which are slightly softer than the standard yellow ones. You’ll start on a smaller court and progress to playing on a full-sized court as the course goes on. The focus is on the service, forehand and backhand in singles.

Level 9
You can sign up for level 9 if you already have some experience with playing tennis. That means you can serve overhead, with 25% of your serves landing in. Furthermore, you can play a rally from the baseline of at least 6 shots, hitting the ball back and forth using forehands and backhands. You are able to keep score for both games and tiebreaks. You play with yellow balls, primarily from the baseline.

Level 8
You are a level 8 player if you are able to play both singles and doubles matches. You can serve the ball overhead, landing it in 50% of the time. You are able to play a rally of at least 10 shots, hitting both backhands and forehands. Finally, you feel comfortable positioning yourself at the net and are able to intentionally direct the ball.

Level 7
You can sign up for level 7 if you can play your service with precision and at speed. A hard-hit ball doesn’t faze you. You are also capable of making your opponent run and peppering them with powerful shots. You choose the right moment to move in to the net and can win the point with decisive volleys.

Level 6
You can sign up for level 6 if you can add rotation to your service. You know how to answer to difficult plays from your opponent. You can use speed, precision and rotation to put your opponent under pressure and you can counter short passes. You hardly miss an easy volley!

Level 5
You can sign up for level 5 if you can vary with speed, precision and rotation in your service. You make less mistakes compared to level 6 and you know how to keep a rally going at a high level. You’re difficult to pass at the net.

• In order to give as many people as possible the chance to sign up for a tennis course, you can only purchase one tennis course per person per period. You can however purchase a tennis and a padel course.
• In a tennis course, you train with max. 9 players on 2 indoor courts.
• A class is 60 minutes, of which 50 minutes are teaching minutes.
• Tennis courses are taught on covered courts, so will continue for pretty much all weather conditions.
• You can try to catch up on a missed class, but only during the course period of your missed class. This is only possible at your own level, with every USC trainer. Catching up is only possible if there are 7 people or less present.
• Classes are not transferable. If you are absent, other players will have the opportunity to catch up on a class. So you are not allowed to send a replacement.
• Trainers may remove you from the group if your level is found to be inadequate.
• If you are more than 15 minutes late, the trainer can deny you access.
• In the absence of the trainer, we will try and find a replacement. If we fail to find a replacement, the class will be caught up on at a later time.
• The first catch-up moment is usually in the week following the course. It is possible that the catch-up moment is different from the regular class day and/or time. This can occur when the courts are fully booked or when multiple catch-up moments have to be planned.
• If a class cannot be planned or caught up by USC, the following compensation applies:
  • If you have a tennis & padel membership: a one-off discount on the regular monthly fee of the current membership.
  • If you don’t have a tennis & padel membership: a credit on the USC account equal to the number of classes missed.

Rather just play on your own at USC Tennis? Rent a court or get a membership.

Chip & Charge is the student association for tennis and padel in Amsterdam. Check their website.