Consider This with Christine Zak Edmonds
Why Young Tennis Players Get a Tournament of Their Own
Clip: Season 6 Episode 27 | 37sVideo has Closed Captions
Kevin Miller explains why players 18 and under get their own tournament weekend.
Tri-County Tennis gives players 18 and under a weekend of their own at Metamora High School. Kevin Miller explains why separating the junior tournament from adult play gives younger players room to grow and flourish as the organization works to build the next generation of local tennis.
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Consider This with Christine Zak Edmonds is a local public television program presented by WTVP
Consider This with Christine Zak Edmonds
Why Young Tennis Players Get a Tournament of Their Own
Clip: Season 6 Episode 27 | 37sVideo has Closed Captions
Tri-County Tennis gives players 18 and under a weekend of their own at Metamora High School. Kevin Miller explains why separating the junior tournament from adult play gives younger players room to grow and flourish as the organization works to build the next generation of local tennis.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship- When is the tournament, then, this year, in 2026?
- 2026.
We have three weekends that we run the tournament.
What we tried to do with the juniors tournament, kids 18 and under, is that we give them their own weekend.
We put the tournament up in Metamora at the high school courts there.
They have courts now.
- Okay, yeah.
- Now that I'm gone.
Oh well, missed that opportunity.
- You planted that seed.
Yeah, just think of it that way.
- Sure.
(Christine chuckles) - But we give the juniors their own tournament because we want that to grow and flourish, and I think it's working.
So that's the last weekend in June.
From Three Members to 560: Growing Tri-County Tennis
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Clip: S6 Ep27 | 1m 3s | Kevin Miller explains how Tri-County Tennis grew from three members to 560 sign-ups. (1m 3s)
Growing Tennis Beyond the Tournament
Clip: S6 Ep27 | 1m 16s | New doubles leagues and school partnerships take local tennis beyond tournament weekends. (1m 16s)
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