Adult Tennis Lessons in Mountlake Terrace
- About USTA rated programs
- Adult High Performance
- Doubles Tactics
- Kingco Team Practice
- Live Ball
- Red Zone
- Serve & Return
- Tennis 101
About USTA rated programs
- At Basha Tennis, we prioritize having balanced classes where every player can feel confident and comfortable in their environment. This means that our programs will sometimes have a USTA rating in the title to help guide players in choosing their programs. These are the USTA rating descriptions which can help guide you to the correct level.
- 2.0 – 2.5: The players still need more experience with on-court playing but are able to sustain a slow-to-moderately paced rally with other players of the same level. The players will need more work, fine tuning each tennis stroke and positioning on the court during single or doubles play.
- 3.0: Players are consistent in rallying with moderately-paced shots, but aren’t able to confidently control their power, depth, or direction of the ball.
- 3.5: Players are able to control their hits better, as well as diversify the variety of play on court by improving net play and court coverage.
- 4.0: The players are able to hit both forehand and backhands dependably and have the ability to perform lob, overheads, approaching shots, and volleys with some success.
- 4.5: The players have learned how to incorporate power and spin into their shots with proper footwork. These players are able to develop unique tactics for different opponents. First serves are accurate and powerful and rushing to the net are successful.
- 5.0: These players frequently do an outstanding job in shot anticipation, volleys, lobs, drop shots, overhead smashes, and serves.
USTA Doubles: Compete to Win
Are you the best doubles partner or teammate you can be? Do you want to win the deciding court for your USTA team? Enroll in our new clinic, USTA Doubles: Compete to Win, and don’t let your doubles partner down!
In this clinic we will focus on improving important skills that you will utilize every match.
Including:
- Positioning yourself and court awareness
- Learning to target where your opponents are not.
- Picking successful return targets
- Serving with a purpose
- Tactics
- Formations
- 3 types of poaching
- 3 types of overheads
If you want to compete at your best level or improve your USTA rating then this is the clinic you are looking for. We will adopt the mindset of trying to improve .1% better every day whether this be on or off the court. If we do this then naturally over the course of a year we have found ourselves 37% better than where we started. Adopting this attitude will not only help you with your individual game but also gives you a better chance at success within your USTA team.
We will be booking USTA Doubles: Compete to Win for 2 hours each session and allowing no more than 4 players per court to ensure that you have the time and instruction to improve your doubles game. Make your preparation and travel time worth it during an extended period of practice with a built in track of progression that the coaches will guide you through.
USTA Singles: Compete to Win
Do you want to win the deciding court for your USTA team? Enroll in our new clinic, USTA Singles: Compete to Win, and don’t let your team down!
In this clinic we will focus on improving important skills that you will utilize every match.
Including:
- Positioning yourself and court awareness
- Learning to target where your opponents are not.
- Picking successful return targets
- Serving with a purpose
- Serve Patterns
- Return Patterns
- Rally Patterns
- Master the 7 types of approach shots
If you want to compete at your best level or improve your USTA rating then this is the clinic you are looking for. We will adopt the mindset of trying to improve .1% better every day whether this be on or off the court. If we do this then naturally over the course of a year we have found ourselves 37% better than where we started. Adopting this attitude will not only help you with your individual game but also gives you a better chance at success within your USTA team.
We will be booking USTA Singles: Compete to Win for 1.5 or 2 hours each session and allowing no more than 3 players per court to ensure that you have the time and instruction to improve your singles game. Make your preparation and travel time worth it during an extended period of practice with a built in track of progression that the coaches will guide you through.
Doubles Tactics
Each session, coaches will highlight a tactic/style of play, when to use it, and how to play against that style. For example, for teams that like to poach a lot; coaches will suggest using a lob to neutralize their effectiveness. This program is all about playing points in live situations. Each session will start with a warm up feeding drill for the basic strokes. Then, coaches will focus on a specific stroke to different areas of the court with a short technical breakdown and a reinforcement drill. The majority of the session will be point-play situations focusing around the shot of the day. Each program will vary depending on the targeted USTA rating.
Kingco Team Practice
This is an open practice for ladies with a USTA rating of 4.5+. KingCo Cup is a tennis league of female players for the Seattle Area Cup Tennis (SACT) League. Players who wish to join the league or just practice along with other competitive females are welcome to join in on the KingCo Cup Practices. This is open to players on any Kingo team.
Live Ball
- This program focuses on live point plays in doubles teams, improving rallying, teamwork skills, and learning how to play against different opponents. This program is ideal for those who want to play in live-ball situations, aren’t entirely confident in playing in a match, or just looking for some fun rallying with others.
- If you’re unfamiliar with live ball, this are how the game works:
- Setup: Coaches will divide the players and choose two “champions” of the court, which will stay on the feeding side of the court. The rest of the “opponents” will stay on the other side of the net, forming a line at the back wall. The first two players in line will position themselves in default doubles positioning. Rotations will happen throughout the game, with the “opponents” team. Net players going to the back of the line, baseline players going to the net, and the first players in line going to the baseline.
- Playing: The players at the baseline will hit a groundstroke from the coach. Players on court will then play out the point. If the “opponents” win the point, then the coach will feed the next shot to the players at the net for a volley. Finally, the last ball from the coach will be for the players at the baseline for an overhead shot. After 3 consecutive points, the “opponents” on court will become the new “champions” and the old champions will go to the back of the line, and the new “opponents” will be the two players in the front of the line. If the “champions” win any point, the “opponents” will rotate.
Red Zone
This program is focused on net play, either properly executing volleys, or scoring points at the net. Coaches will use different drills to help build players’ confidence in running up to the net and explain what net strategies are helpful during match play.
Serve & Return
Players will learn how to control their aim with their serves, by hitting 6 different serving targets. Coaches will also teach how to hit serves with spins, and explain how to use them. Players will receive individualized critiques to implement into their technique. This program will also give players the luxury of receiving live serves from players with different techniques. Players will learn tactical shot selection, learning when to lob, chip, or drive their returns based off of their opponent’s performance.
Adult Tennis 101
Players with little to no tennis experience, and with a goal of learning how to play tennis. Every month we will develop the basic technique for each stroke; forehand, backhand, volley, overhead, serve and return. These sessions will utilize repetition training, teamwork challenges and cooperative point play in a positive yet encouraging environment. Players will learn basic tennis match etiquette, rules, and format. During the sessions we will include hand eye coordination and balance activities to help develop general athleticism.
About Basha Tennis
Our goal is to help you become the kind of tennis player you want to be. We want to know what your specific tennis goals are and how we can best help you accomplish them.
Our Coaching Philosophy
Tennis is highly complex and demanding, requiring its athletes to bring an elite level of athleticism, intelligence, fitness, and mental discipline in order to be competitive at the upper echelons of the sport.
It is our goal to inspire an ethic of hard work and intensity and a passion for the sport, within which we intentionally guide each player to develop an understanding of how to capitalize on their unique strengths while also edifying their weaknesses.
We teach our players how to analyze a situation and select correct strategic choices, as well as how to execute under pressure.
As strategy, technical ability, mental toughness, and fitness all go hand in hand, we plan to incorporate a blend of drilling, situational point play, and supervised set and tournament play to develop versatile players that can withstand the rigors of competition.
It is here that we equip our players with the physical and mental tools necessary to handle the adversity they face every time they step out onto the court.
Key Components of Our High Performance Program
Player / Coach Ratio
Stringing Services
Individual Development
Periodization Planning
Make-Up Policy
If we cancel a session for any reason, we provide a make-up.
Video: The Basha Tennis Instructional Process
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Hours
Sun: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Mon: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Tue: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Wed: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Thu: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Fri: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Sat: 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
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