tennisbuddys, llc

Growing Tennis, Growing Fitness

The first, family, neighborhood and community oriented fun tennis for all ages!
You are here: Home / Policy

tennisbuddys,LLC online tennis policies

Important Notification: It is your responsibility to read our tennisbuddys online Policy below completely and thoroughly. Once you’ve read our online policy, registered, paid and signed our 2 online “liability and consent forms, you have willingly agreed to comply with it and have entered our tennis program with the agreement to follow all our policies!  It is at the discretion of tennisbuddys,LLC and the coach, any noncompliance (hindrances, harassment or any other form of misconduct) by students or parents is actionable by tennisbuddys,LLC program: You will be asked to leave with partial refund!!

tennisbuddys,LLC policies are subject to change! It is your responsibility to check tennisbuddys,LLC website for programs, updates and notifications as well as any changes that occur!

  • LIABILITY & CONSENT FORMS
    Click on the links to print the 2 Liability & Consent forms! Only need to fill it once for each year!! Without this you cannot participate!
    PDF1
    PDF2
  • PAYMENTS, DEADLINE AND LATE FEE
    Payments: must be postmarked by the 25th of the month, prior to the 1 month session (full rate) or 3 months season (discounted rate) that you are signing up for. Any payments mailed after the 25th, is subject to a Late Fee charge of $15 in addition to the class rate.
    NO EXCEPTIONS!
    Please make checks payable to and mail to:
    Aruna C Bernier, tennisbuddys, LLC, P.O. Box 202892, Austin, TX , 78720-2892
    Deadline: Registration/Payments and forms, all 3 must be postmarked the 25th of the month prior to the 3 month season or 1 month session you are signing up for. It is first come first served, first 8 registrations/payments and forms that will get the spot, so, don’t wait till the deadline date, classes fill up fast, sometimes even before the 25th. Registration reserves your spot but only once payment and forms are received, your spot is confirmed!
  • TENNISBUDDYS SEASONS
    Month to month classes are called monthly sessions. 3 monthly session is called a season. tennisbuddys monthly sessions runs from January 4th to December 19th year round!
    You can sign up for ANY 3 consecutive months (register once and pay once, discounted rate) or 1 month class option is available but you must register each month and pay each month and it is at a normal fee,  non discounted rate.
    tennisbuddys seasons:
    Season 1: Jan, Feb, Mar
    Season 2: Apr, May, Jun
    Season 3: Jul, Aug, Sept
    Season 4: Oct, Nov, Dec
    Note: It is your responsibility to check your personal schedule, the “holiday’s” link to find out which classes fall under which “holiday’s”. There will be no makeup, refund or credit for a class/classes that fall under holidays and for absences and personal conflicts!
  • DISCOUNTS
    Discounts are already applied to all the classes in each 3 month season (depending on 1 cl/wk, 2cl/wk).
  • LATE PICK-UP FEE
    Children must be picked up on time. Late pick-up charge of $5 for every 10 minutes will be applied. The coach has classes back to back and cannot be responsible for your child after class is over. The instructor’s are only responsible for your children for the duration of the class. It is your responsibility to ensure on-time pickup and drop-off and to ensure your child is safe.
  • CLASS DURATION
    All Classes are 1 hour long. Classes run the first four weeks of the month. 1st to the 28th of each month. Example: the first 4 Mon’s, the first 4 Tue’s … If there is a 5th Mon, there is no class! If a class falls under a holiday, there is no class, makeup, credit or refund!
  • Makeup Class Policy:
    It is your responsibility to read this and all our other policy very carefully before you sign up! Once you have registered and signed up you have willingly agreed to everything and signed off on it! There will be no exceptions or hindrance! tennisbuddy,LLC reserves the right to cancel, combine classes, or adjust group lesson fees to private lessons with insufficient enrollment and more!

    1. Makeup classes are strictly held only in case of rain, bad weather, or instructor absence (sickness or any other reason).
    2. All Makeup classes are at the coach’s discretion to call anytime during the week or weekend, combine classes, or do individual group classes! If you are absent there will be no makeup of a makeup, rescheduling, credit or refund!!
    3. If any “Makeup Class” get’s rained out as well, it will be dismissed. A makeup of a makeup class will not be held. There will be no credits, refund or rescheduling!
    4. The only time a regular tennis class can overflow or a makeup class can overflow with extra students, is when the coach decides to call a “Makeup” It is at the coach’s discretion!
    5. There are no makeup’s, credits or refunds if a class falls under a holiday.
    6. There are no makeup’s for student’s personal conflict or absences! (If you have a documented injury and bring a doctor’s note, you will be credited)If the weather is doubtful, never assume a class has been cancelled or is still running, you may lose a class or have to drive to the court when the courts are still wet. On a rainy day, or after it has rained, please don’t just show up for class, or assume it is cancelled, always call first. Sometimes, the court dries quickly sometimes it is too wet to run a class. If coach knows ahead of time, she will send an e-mail otherwise it is always a good idea to call 512-565-6915 twenty minutes before class starts or before you leave!
  • 2019 HOLIDAYS:
    Saturday, December 22nd 2018 to Thursday, January 3rd, 2019 we are off for winter holiday.
    Classes will resume, Thursday, January 4th 2019!
    All other 2019 holidays will be posted soon!
    Our Policy:
    Any tennis classes that fall under the below holiday’s will not be refunded, credited or madeup! It is your responsibility to check the calendar and sign up for tennis classes with the above holiday’s in mind. Any tennis class/classes that falls under a holiday will not be refunded, made up or credited.

  • CLASS SIZE
    1. Group tennis Class Size – Minimum 4, maximum 8 in a Class (the class will overflow “only” when makeup classes are held, which is at the coach’s discretion!)
    2. Group tennis Classes will run only if the minimum of 4 player requirement is fulfilled. If there are less than 4 players, you will be notified before a monthly session begins. You have the option to apply your payment towards private lessons, or move to another similar class to fill the number of 4 student minimum group requirement or get a full refund or apply it towards the next session!
    3. Once a group lesson has started with the minimum of 4 students, if only 1 or two students show up and the other’s are absent: class only runs for 1/2 hr.
    4. We reserve the right to cancel, combine classes, adjust group lesson fees to private lessons with insufficient enrollment.
  • CREDIT AND REFUND
    If you wish to withdraw from a 1 month or 3 month program, we need 2 weeks prior notification before classes start, and you will get a full refund! No refund will be granted after a session or season begins that you have pre-paid for in advance, and you decide to leave! A credit will be issued in case of any injury that documented medical problem, with a doctor’s note, which will be honored for the 3 months thereafter.Within the 3 months if you do not take advantage of your credit you will lose it.
  • ATTENDANCE
    1. Please be on time for classes so you don’t miss out on valuable instructions and get behind and also you don’t hinder the class in session!
    2. If you will be absent, please kindly e-mail the instructor, so the drop-in’s can attend and I can also get a head count to notify the other’s if it will turn into a half hour class. Please be courteous about this. You can also call 512-565-6915 and leave a message.
    3. If you miss a class due to sickness or a personal reason, there will be no makeup, credit or refund as the instructor still has to run the class. You may not attend another class to makeup your absence either.
    4. Attending other classes other than the one you are signed up for is not permissible, to makeup sick days or absences.
    5. If you have paid for 3 months in advance and have a conflict with your schedule, you may change your class schedule with instructor permission before the monthly session’s begins. This depends on if there are spots in the other classes.
  • COURT ETIQUETTE “Student’s and Parent’s”
    1. Disruptive and unruly behavior is not tolerated by a student or a parent. In the case of any hindrances (misconduct, harassment, or noncompliance to our policies) with fair warning the student will be removed from our tennis program with partial refund.
    2. Please kindly refrain from coaching your child while the instructor is present, it is very distracting and difficult for both student and coach to focus and it put’s a lot of pressure on the student.
    3. We encourage parents to cheer and clap and encourage their children from outside the tennis court.
    4. The instructor request’s that all family members of a student to watch from outside the tennis court and wait outside. It is a safety hazard with balls and rackets and students chasing balls during drills and it makes it easier for the student to focus on the instructions while class is in session! Thank you in advance for your cooperation!.
  • WHAT TO BRING/What to wear
    • Please bring sufficient water (1 or 2 water bottles) as there are no water fountains at the park.
    • Sunscreen, sunhat, loose clothing is advised during summer.
    • Jackets are a must in winter, please send the kid’s with one. The temperature drops in the eve very quickly.
    • Tennis or comfortable running shoes must be worn, but no slippers or sandals, they will not be allowed to attend due to risk of injury and will be sent home.
    • We advise that kid’s were loose comfortable clothese according to weather, shorts or warmup pants and shirts (Not tight jeans). Students can run and move freely and more comfortably and run faster in loser clothing.
    • Note: There are no restrooms at the park. Please make sure that your children are ready for a 1 hour tennis class before leaving, if they can’t please stay to take your children to the restroom!
  • WHAT IS PROVIDED
    1. Tennis balls and other tennis related training items are provided.
    2. Tennis racket’s can be borrowed for the duration of the class (please do not take it home), if you don’t own one and have indicated that on the registration form.
  • COST OF CLASS
    Tennisbuddys, LLC’s cost of class goes towards, court reservation fees to the city parks and recreation, tennis balls, free loanout rackets, tennis tools used for training and conditioning and more. tennisbuddys helps keep our neighborhood’s Oakview park courts, maintained. tennisbuddys, LLC put’s in work order’s with the city of Austin Parks and Rec dept. to upkeep: the backboards, nets, trees and grass trimmed, signs around the courts to keep vandalism to a minimum, picnic benches and more. tennisbuddys has been serving our neighborhood since 2004 and is proud of our park and courts.tennisbuddys, LLC is sponsored by LONA and the City of Austin parks and recreation department, Pickfair Community Center. Please click on the link Events to find out how tennisbuddys is always striving to give back to our neighborhood community and striving towards a goal of a healthier and fitter community. “Growing Tennis, Growing Fitness” that is our motto.