In the News:
Aruna C. Bernier named PTR Humanitarian of the Year on Feb 17th, 2016!
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Hilton Head Island, SC – – Professional Tennis Registry (PTR) presented its annual awards last night during the 2016 PTR International Tennis Symposium. The event, which includes more than 40 educational presentations for tennis teachers and coaches, will be held February 17-20 on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.
Photo from left: PTR Board President Roy Barth, Aruna Bernier, PTR Foundation Chair Scott Tharp and PTR CEO Dan Santorum
tennisbuddys,LLC is based on coach Aruna’s love for: playing competitive tennis and teaching Junior and Adult tennis programs, 16 yrs.of professional tennis coaching experience, PTR (Professional Tennis Registry) certification through Van der Meer Tennis Academy, and more! Coach Aruna was National #1 in her country Nepal, participated in the ITF tournaments worldwide, came to the US and played varsity tennis at Luther college. Today she competes in the USTA 4.5 and WTTA Championship doubles women’s league tennis in Austin, TX. Coach Aruna is on the Wilco Breakers tennis team which made it to Nationals on October, 2015 in Palm Springs, California and she had the experience of a lifetime! Her son plays competitively in the 14 under Super Champs in TX and competed in his very first ITF junior tennis tournament in September, 2015.
Starting tennisbuddys,LLC as a mother of a 3 year old in 2004, added a new perspective and enhanced the instructor’s coaching skills’s to a new level. What does it take to teach young children? This as well as taking junior’s from beginner levesl to high school, Zat,Champ, Superchamp levles with a lot of creativity, understanding, fun,discipline, well organized and structured teaching environment for young children to be able to grow with the biggest emphasis on sportsmanship!
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TIA (Tennis Industry Association) recognizes “tennisbuddys” as, “An Official Cardio Tennis Site”. Cardio Tennis is a new, fun, group activity featuring high intensity drills to give players of all abilities an ultimate, high-energy workout.
(What is Cardio Tennis? CLICK HERE to find out more!)
coach Aruna is also involved in many different causes cause. She and her son rushed to Nepal (her birth country) from June 12th-July 14th, 2015, on humanitarian earthquake relief aid work, and completed the immediate goal successfully, all because of her friends, family, neighbors love and support and donations from worldwide help. To learn more you can read her blog pages at www.arunasnepalrelief.org.
When you expose and encourage yourself and your children to any sport, it is mentally and physically beneficial in life.
When you enjoy that sport you’ve found a new passion in life.
When one chooses to take it to the next level and get competitive, the choice should be yours and yours alone!
In the process who knows we may even have some future stars born in our neighborhood tennis courts.
Quality tennis and high coaching standard is key to learning tennis successfully with the right coach and right tennis program.
We, at tennisbuddys make sure that each student is constantly learning and improving and we review and correct their “form” very meticulously, as this is the main foundation to good tennis.
We also have high standards on teaching proper tennis etiquette, and sportsmanship, which is the key to building character and determination, both important on and off the court. We motivate and boost confidence in children off all ages, starting from very young, by educating them that there is always a winner and a loser, but both teaches one very good lessons if we learn cope with both gracefully and strive to do our best. A very tough but valuable lesson in life.
Coach Aruna teaches all her classes by herself ensuring every student get’s attention they need and making sure they are constantly progressing.
Her main emphasis: have fun learning, with good work ethic and great sportsmanship!
