copper tennis

Throughout the Winter tennis season we are holding tennis clinics at The Club at Copper Ranch indoor tennis center which will include Cardio-Live Ball Tennis. These are fun, exciting tennis workouts for all age and skill levels. We have added something very extraordinary to our clinics at Copper Ranch with the addition of special tennis guests which will include the legendary superstar, Mats Wilander. He will be instructing and participating in great tennis clinics. In addition we have brought in Francesco Franceschini a Professional Coach from Santiago Chile . Also in attendance and instructing will be Vicki Johnston, Head Teaching Pro at Copper Ranch.

- FRANCISCO FRANCESCHINI’S BIO -

The Club At Copper Ranch
Fall Clinic Schedule

JUNIOR CLINICS:	Days	Times	Fees	Sessions
Pee Wee	Mon	3:30-4:30 pm	$135/session	16 Oct - 18 Dec
Beginners Clinic	Mon	4:30-6 pm	$145/session	16 Oct - 18 Dec
Intermediate B Clinic **	Mon	4:30-6 pm	$145/session	16 Oct - 18 Dec
Intermediate A Clinic *	Tues & Thurs	4:45-6 pm	$270/session	17 Oct - 21 Dec
Advanced Clinic	Tues & Thurs	4:45-6 pm	$270/session	17 Oct - 21 Dec
Drills w/ Kurt †	Sun	2-4 pm	$15/ clinic	beginning 21 Oct

ADULT CLINICS:	Days	Times	Fees
Beginners Clinic Women’s:	Wed	10-11 am	Member: $20/ clinic	Non-Member: $25/clinic
Beginners Clinic Men’s:	Tues	12-1 pm	Member: $20/ clinic	Non-Member: $25/clinic
Super Senior Women’s Clinic:	Tues	10-11 am	Member: $20/clinic	Non-Member: $25/clinic
Drills w/ Kurt †	Sun	2-4 pm	$15/ clinic	beginning 21 Oct
LiveBall Cardio Tennis	Sat	9-10:30 pm	Member: $30/ clinic	Non-Member: $30/clinic
Specialty Clinics	Sat	TBA	Pro For A Week Agenda & LiveBall Format

* Advanced Skill Level, Junior High Age
** Beginning to Intermediate Skill Level, High School Age
† Adult and Junior Players Welcome - Does not require Pre-enrollment

Player Bios

Mats Wilander
International Hall of Fame member, 1988 #1 World Ranking, Seven Grand Slam Titles, # Davis Cup Titles, 33 career singles titles, youngest man to win a Grand Slam singles title, and current Senior Master Circuit player.

Francisco Franceschini
Francisco Franceschini has extensive experience in designing programs and working with children of all ages as well as adults. For the past five years he has been working at the Palisades Tennis Center and the Director of Junior Development for three years. Mr. Franceschini has been in charge of the, junior training program. In addition, he has worked on a program, in the complete skills and techniques of beginners.

Mr. Franceschini created and launched the program “Tennis at School” by LA Best. LA Best provides elementary school children with a supervised after school education, enrichment and recreation program. Tennis has played an important role in the development of the program’s participants.

Mr. Franceschini worked in Chile for eight years at “Estadio Nacional Tennis Academy” and five years as a head pro. In this Academy Mr. Franceschini worked with professional tennis players and high rank junior players, in the same period started a “Mini Tennis Program” (for 5 years olds). This program incorporated complementary sports to accelerate development of motor skills patterns. Mr. Franceschini was the first to start this kind of training in Chile.

As head pro, Mr. Franceschini trained students who advanced to national Junior Champions in all ages (12, 14, 16 and 18 years old, boys and girls), 1996 the “Estadio Nacional Tennis Academy” became the number one academy in the country.

Mr. Franceschini was selected seven times for the Chilean Tennis Federation as a Team Captain to represent the Country in the South American Junior Tournaments and three times in the European Circuits. Team players included Marcelo Rios (number one in the world 1998) and Nicolas Massu (Olympic gold medal singles and doubles 2004) and Fernando Gonzalez (Olympic gold medal doubles 2004).

Mr. Franceschini, in conjunction with a fitness trainer and psychologist, created and launched an investigation project sponsored by the Chilean Government. In this project one thousand children (7 to 9 years old) were tested and 50 were selected based upon a battery of test in three areas physics, mental and technical. The children selected went through learning process program to see how fast a highly talented child learns versus children with more average skills.

Mr. Franceschini in the beginning of his carrier was hired as assistant coach for “Club de Tennis la Paz” which is the best Tennis club in Bolivia.

Vicki Johnston
Head Teaching Pro, The Club @ Copper Ranch. Head Coach, Wood River High School Tennis. Vicki played on the Pacific Northwest Tournament Series and was Oregon 's Doubles Champion. She was a scholarship player for Boise State University , #1 Doubles player and #3 Singles, 1988-1992.