Ojai-weil tennis academy

[baseline08thrasher]

I'm going there for a week on Sunday.
I want to impress the coaches badly.
What should I do?
I want to play there so bad during the school year you don't even know it.

[maltatennis]

just be yourself, do not try 'too' hard as performance may drop, listen to what they say and work hard.
you will be fine!
ian

[10isDad]

I wouldn't go in worrying about it. Go in relaxed, especially on the first day (see below)

If it's for their camp Weil's usual method is to evaluate the players on the first day. The top 12 or so do most of their training separately from the rest. That's not to say their training is better or more intense, they're just segregated so they play with the other better players, as many of the remaining kids were very inexperienced. They (the so-called 'elite') train at a private school about 5 to 10 minutes from the main site.

One thing to point out: their regular academy members will likely NOT be at the camp, so you're probably not going to be hitting with the people you see on their website. The academy does start back up in August, so maybe they will.

When my kid went, there were 63 kids there that week. He was one of the 12 'elite' players that trained separately. The elite group also had the opportunity to train longer - they started earlier than the rest. They reported to breakfast an hour earlier and got at least 30 minutes extra training.

If it's NOT for the camp, pretty much ignore the above paragraphs...

[migjam]

My recommendation (having had a son that attended one of their camps) take some privates from the coaches. By doing so, you WILL be noticed more so than not.

Here is my write up on my son's experience at the camp. http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=86408

[baseline08thrasher]

Before, and last year I did quite well.
I think it's good that they seperate the players.
I'm not sure if I was in the elite group last year but fissure this year I will be.
They gave me some good tips but most of all I went there to smack alot of balls.
I actually had no trouble with the competition there last year, I was winning most of my matches.
I'm not sure how it will be this year.
I think that some of the year round borders will be coming back this week from summer to get ready for their year at the academy.
Maybe I'll get lucky and find some really good players.
But anyways, I know that they will have some top players.
They gave me a sheet telling me how I should rate each of my strokes.
I rated pretty high.
My technique has gotten better from last year tremendously.
Overall I expect to be in the Elite players section, and I expect that I will have a private lesson or somehow manage to get extra attention.
If it means shining like an angel from heaven, I'll do it.
But I'm getting attention, whether they like it or not.

[SoCal10s]

weil tennis academy::: save your money and go find yourself a good tennis coach and stick wit him.. every kid I know who went to Weil is hurt or got hurt and had to have a long lay-off while their body heals... this is not worth it to put your body in the hands of these people.. the kids play too much and they all eventually gets hurt.. don't do it.... BEWARE OF WEIL....

[Tikiman53]

Weil Tennis Academy wasn't very good... Well, at least the camp wasn't. Don't expect too much of it. Unless you're a super star, they'll just drop you off at some courts and have you play matches. They don't really drill you or anything. I didn't improve at all. Maybe if I was one of the top players, then yeah, the might have helped me a lot. But when I went, I was just another face in the crowd, so they really ignored me. I agree wtih SoCal, get a good coach instead. Much better investment

[i love t3nn1s]

agreed with the last two posts... weil is overrated in my opinion