Intensive Championship Training
Hall of Fame Tennis Coach Jack Schore, coach of four top-50 professionals and countless junior champions, leads one of the nation’s most intensive championship training groups at the Montgomery TennisPlex. All students play competitive sets daily while being coached in tactics and strategy, drill in game situations, and receive fitness training from highly qualified coaches. Geared toward tournament-level players seeking a 10 month training program from fall to spring for up to 7 days/week, this program is open to players by invitation or tryout.

Tennis Training

The tennis training groups consist of three to four players of similar age, who will be trained and supervised by a coach-mentor. Depending on the training period, practices will consist of variations of dead-ball drilling, live-ball hitting, situational point play, and match play.  The timing of these cycles will be different for different players in the program, and the mentor-coach will ensure that each player is maximizing their training time.  

Players are expected to maintain a tennis journal that the mentor-coach will check periodically, to help track the training and progress of each player.

JSI Program practices will be on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays from 4pm-7pm and 5-8pm as well as Saturdays and Sundays from 2pm-5pm. Players will have the opportunity to train 1x, 2x, 3x, 4x or 5x per week over the 10-month program season.

Limited spots for each training group! Slots will be filled on a first-come-first-serve basis. 

PLEASE NOTE: Our JSI directors will finalize the training groups by the middle of August 2024. If we need to move your child to another training group, you will be notified via email. 

Strength and Conditioning

Mirroring the tennis training, the intensity, focus, and duration of the physical training varies depending on the period of training in our players’ tournament cycle.  

Strength and Conditioning consists of:

• speed and agility

• strengthening

• endurance

• tennis specific footwork exercises 

• balance exercises 

• dynamic and static stretching 

• flexibility and injury prevention 

Our goal is to build student strength, flexibility, endurance, speed and reaction. We will educate athletes on the importance of a complete fitness plan that includes on/off court training, rest/recovery, injury prevention and nutrition. We have developed a curriculum that will challenge students through educational seminars, high intensity, endurance, circuit and resistance training. After students complete this program they will have a better understanding of a complete fitness plan. In addition, students will have more discipline, body awareness, balance, reaction and quickness. Additionally, we are pleased to offer yoga sessions led by a professional yoga instructor to improve players’ flexibility, strength, and body control.

JSI TennisPlex Coaches

TennisPlex’s goal is to identify highly motivated young people and equip them with the tools to develop their talents on the tennis court. Training is overseen by Jack Schore, Montgomery TennisPlex Founder, Craig Anderson, Director of the JSI Program. Other JSI Coaches are Shelley DeLon, Dasha Lennox and Matthew Lennox.

JSI Summer Program/Camp Policy for 2024-2025

All players in the JSI program will receive free summer camp weeks as follows:
Players that started in September/October - Get 3 FREE Camp Weeks

Players that started in November/December - Get 2 FREE Camp Weeks

Players that started in January/February - Get 1 FREE Camp Week

**Free JSI Summer Camp Weeks are only for players who stay in the program for the entire program year which runs until mid-June, 2025. If you withdraw from JSI before mid-June, 2025, you will NOT be entitled to any of your free JSI camp weeks.

These free weeks can be used at any time during the course of summer program training. Please notify Montgomery TennisPlex with the specific weeks you would like your player to attend the summer training. Players that join the program mid-year will receive a proportional number of weeks relative to when they join the program. JSI Summer Camps will take place Monday through Friday from 9am-3pm (weekly options). 

Parent Support (Tennis Triangle of Support)

JSI-WALK ON POLICY is designed solely to help our players get extra hitting time to improve their games. Please take full advantage of this while staying within the spirit of our policy!

JSI Player ONLY Special Walk-On Policy:

*To receive the discounted JSI Court Time, the JSI player needs to call the TennisPlex at 240-477-4430 or email MontgomeryTennisPlexInfo@gmail.com.

ONLY VALID FOR JSI PLAYERS WHO ARE CURRENTLY IN THE JSI PROGRAM.

• Free play is on a first come, first served basis

• One hour may be secured at a time.

• At up to 10 minutes before the end of walk-on hour, you may call/stop by the front desk to seek an additional hour.

• You may call ahead to the front desk to see if courts are likely to be open.

You may secure a court in one of these 3 ways:

• Go to the front desk to confirm the court up to 10 minutes before the hour.

• Pay $10 for court up to 90 minutes in advance.

• Pay standard price for court more than 90 minutes in advance.

Additionally:

• You may not "walk on" paid-for league courts -- even if one of the league courts is not being used.

• You may not use courts for lessons with outside coaches or semi-pros.

• You may not use courts to give hitting lessons to other players.

• You may use up to 6 balls on a court immediately NEXT to a league match, season court time, ladder match or private lesson.

• You may use your own quantity of balls, if nobody is next to you, AND you pick up all balls with 5 minutes left in an hour so the next user can start on time.

• No ball carts may be used but blue plastic TennisPlex ball hoppers may be borrowed, if available.

• All JSI players are expected to take good care of the TennisPlex facility by following all posted rules, picking up all balls, keeping the facility clean, etc.

• Fitness area is only to be used when authorized in advance by TennisPlex management

The interpersonal relationships between the parent, coach and athlete are often referred to as the athletic triangle. Frequently, the parent is seen as a secondary object or a distraction that may inherently negatively affect player development through their involvement. Here, we involve our players’ parents as part of the process of the development of their child. It is important to have all three parties involved: players, coaches and parents. Communication is key to anyone’s success and at the TennisPlex we are committed to achieving this goal with our players and parents.

2024-2025 IMPORTANT DATES:

• Monday, August 26, 2024 = First Day of JSI Programming

• Sunday, June 15, 2025  = Last Day of JSI Programming

• Monday, June 16, 2025 = First Day of JSI Summer Camp

2024-2025 HOLIDAY DATES (No JSI Practices below):

• Saturday, August 31, 2024 = Labor Day Weekend 

• Sunday, September 1, 2024 = Labor Day Weekend

• Monday, September 2, 2024 = Labor Day

• Thursday, November 28, 2024 = Thanksgiving Day

• Friday, November 29, 2024 = Thanksgiving Weekend

• Saturday, November 30, 2024 = Thanksgiving Weekend

• Sunday, December 1, 2024 = Thanksgiving Weekend

• Saturday, December 21, 2024 through Wednesday, January 1, 2025 = Winter Break

• Saturday, May 24, 2025 = Memorial Day Weekend

• Sunday, May 25, 2025 = Memorial Day Weekend

• Monday, May 26, 2025 = Memorial Day