MORNING GROUP
 

Tennis

Pickleball

1. Tennis Pro Shop Hours of Operation:
   Monday - Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. (Oct-May)
   Monday - Friday: 8:00 a.m - 3:00 p.m. (June-Sept)
   Saturday: 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
   Sunday: 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
   During morning hours there are block booking times only: 
   8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m., and 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
2. Players may reserve an available court either in person, by telephone, or online. Reservations are taken for one court per member or associate and for one and a half hours maximum. Reservations may be made 7 days in advance.
3. All players and their guests should check in at the Tennis Pro Shop prior to scheduled time of play. 
4. At the end of the reserved playing period, players must promptly relinquish their court to the next reserving group of players. Players are not to walk on the court while others are still playing. Please use the entrance at the end of each court to enter and leave. 
5. Members, Associates and guests must be prepared to present their account number and guest cards to the tennis staff at the time of check-in. 
6. Ball Machine: Members and Associates may reserve the ball machine for a one hour period at any time during regular Tennis Pro Shop hours.

Dress Code

Acceptable Attire:

• The Dress Code will apply to all areas of the tennis facility.
• Men and boys must wear an appropriate tennis shirt with a collar or collarless microfiber bshirts with tennis-related logo, tennis shorts, and tennis warm-ups
• Women and girls should wear appropriate shirts with or without sleeves, tennis dresses, tennis skirts, tennis shorts, and tennis warm-ups
• Shoes: Appropriate approved clay court tennis shoes are required. No jogging, running, or cross trainer shoes are allowed on the courts

Unacceptable Attire:

• The Dress Code will apply to all areas of the tennis facility.
• No men's tank tops, undershirts, graphic tee-shirts or numerical sports uniform shirts with printed phrases or slogans
• No bathing suits, jeans, men’s long shorts, cut-offs, gym or jogging shorts
• No street clothes, workout clothes, halter tops, and bra tops

Pool Area:

• The Dress Code will apply to all areas of the pool.
• Proper swim attire in good taste is required at all times.
• No children with diapers allowed in the pool
• Shirts or cover-ups must be worn when arriving at and leaving the pool

Tennis Etiquette

1.  Players are expected to use proper tennis etiquette at all times as dictated by the USTA code of ethics. 
2. Players should not arrive at their designated court more than two to three minutes before the scheduled time of play and must wait outside the courts. If other members are still playing when you arrive at the court, please keep noise and movement to a minimum. When time expires, players should be allowed to finish the point, not the game or set in progress. 
3. Players should enter their designated court at the appropriate court entrance and should not cross over an adjacent court. 
4. The Director of Tennis and staff has the authority to remove any player(s) from the courts whose conduct is deemed either unacceptable or inappropriate to the Director of Tennis. 
5. Players are requested to change their shirts in the bath or locker rooms and not at the courts. 
6. Players should dispose of all garbage in appropriate containers located at courtside prior to leaving the court. 
7. Smoking is not permitted at the tennis facilities. 
8. Players are required to return used towels to the appropriate receptacles. 
9. Pets are not permitted at the tennis facilities. 
10. Bicycles may only be parked in the designated bicycle area.

Guest Rules

1. Members and Associates must register their guest at the Tennis Pro Shop or with a tennis professional upon arrival. 
2. Guest registration and reservations should be made at  Tennis Pro Shops during normal business hours. 
3. Guests are limited to a total of eight (8) visits to the Club for tennis during the period November 1 through May 31 and no more than twelve (12) times during the calendar year. 
4. There will be a maximum of three (3) guests per member, at any given time. The Director of Tennis can approve on an individual basis exceptions to this cap for certain special occasions. The Director of Tennis will specify the approved number of courts, number of players, courts available, and times of day for such exceptions. 
5. Guests are subject to fees as prescribed by the Board of Governors and are subject to change. 
6. Guests may not have guests. 
7. The Director of Tennis shall have the authority to exclude guest play from specific times to eliminate potential court compaction.

Guest Fees

1. Standard guest fee $10.00  
2. Clinic or lesson Non member fee $10.00 
3. Guests are limited to a total of eight (8) visits to the Club for tennis during the period November 1 through May 31 and no more than twelve (12) times during the calendar year. 

1. All lessons must be scheduled through the Pro Shop. Lesson fees will be posted in the Tennis Pro Shops and on the Club website. Payments for lessons will be charged to the member's account. 
2. The Director of Tennis has the authority to set aside a maximum of two (2) courts in the morning peak time for lessons, clinics and any other e educational or training program. 
3. A member or associate is not permitted to use the Club's facilities for tennis lessons from tennis professionals not affiliated with the Club. 
4. All member and associate cancellations of a tennis lesson within 24 hours of the scheduled lesson may result in a charge equivalent to the cost of the lesson missed. 
5. Tennis professionals may give lessons to non-members provided that Club Tennis members and associates are given first priority for lessons.

The Serve

• The serve must be made underhand.
• Paddle contact with the ball must be below the server’s waist (navel level).
• The serve is initiated with at least one foot behind the baseline; neither foot may contact the baseline or court until after the ball is struck.
• The serve is made diagonally crosscourt and must land within the confines of the opposite diagonal court.
• Only one serve attempt is allowed, except in the event of a let (the ball touches the net on the serve and lands on the proper service court; let serves are replayed).

Service Sequence

• Both players on the serving doubles team have the opportunity to serve and score points until they commit a fault (except for the first service sequence of each new game).
• The first serve of each side-out is made from the right-hand court.
• If a point is scored, the server switches sides, then initiates the next serve from the left-hand court.
• As subsequent points are scored, the server continues switching back and forth until a fault is committed, and the first server loses the serve.
• When the first server loses the serve, the partner then serves from their correct side of the court (except for the first service sequence of the game).
• The second server continues serving until his team commits a fault and loses the serve to the opposing team.
• Once the service goes to the opposition (at side out), the first serve is from the right-hand court, and both players on that team have the opportunity to serve and score points until their team commits two faults.
• In singles, the server serves from the right-hand court when his or her score is even and from the left when the score odd.

Scoring

• Points are scored only by the serving team.
• Games are normally played to 11 points, win by 2.
• Tournament games may be to 15 or 21, win by 2.
• When the serving team’s score is even (0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10) the player who was the first server in the fame for that team will be in the right-sided court when serving or receiving; when odd (1, 3, 5, 7, 9) that player will be in the left-side court when serving or receiving.

Double-Bounce Rule

• When the ball is served, the receiving team must let it bounce before returning, and then the serving team must let it bounce before returning, thus two bounces.
• After the ball is bounced once in each team’s court, both teams may either volley the ball (hit the ball before it bounces) or play it off a bounce (ground stroke).
• The double bounce rule eliminates the serve and volley advantage and extends rallies.

Non-Volley Zone

• The non-volley zone is the court area within 7 feet on both sides of the net.
• Volleying is prohibited within the non-volley zone. This rule prevents players from executing smashes from a position within the zone.
• It is a fault if, after volleying, a player is carried by momentum into or touches the non-volley zone, including the line and or when the player’s momentum causes them or anything they are wearing or carrying to touch the non-volley zone including the associated lines.
• It is a fault if, after volleying, a player is carried by momentum into or touches the non-volley zone, even if the volleyed ball is declared dead before this happens.
• A player may legally be in the non-volley zone any time other than when volleying a ball.
• The non-volley zone is commonly referred to as “the kitchen.”
   

  Line Calls

• A ball contacting any line, except the non-volley zone line on a serve, is considered “in.”
• A serve contacting the non-volley zone line is short and a fault.