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Duval Youth Tennis Program
The Youth Tennis Foundation of Florida has been sponsoring tennis clinics for youth in Jacksonville for several years.
These YTF events in Jacksonville are held at the C.T. Brown Tennis Center.
Spring 2024
The CT Brown Center in Jacksonville was once again filled with eager youth ready to learn the game
of tennis. The program averaged 16 youth, who primarily were beginner players.
A core of 6-8 youth returned for each session and now have moved from beginner into the
intermediate group. Dudley Mahout, a USPTA-certified instructor, joined the Duval Youth
Tennis Program--offering students continued private and small group lessons.
Fall 2023
The Fall 2023 Duval Youth Tennis Program (previously called the Jacksonville Program), was held at the
CT Brown Center in Jacksonville. An average of 18 children participated in the program, with the
high being 26 young players. YTF Board member Brent Todd reported most of the participants were
returning players from their first tennis program in 2021.
Summer 2021
In 2021, the sessions ran on Friday evenings
from 6:00- 7:30 PM. Our peak turnout was 16. We averaged 12 kids per session. Coach Dave (David Graves) and
Coach Bishop (G.D. Jefferson) worked on fundamentals while Coach Todd (Brent Todd) worked with the youngest
group on hand-eye coordination skills.
The parents were very pleased with the program and we are looking
forward to expanding it to include Jr. High school ages. Future sessions will utilize advanced players as
assistants.
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