"Life is like tennis. If you serve well, you will seldom lose."

Our Goals:
-Introduce tennis as a lifetime healthful, interactive pastime.
-Make tennis available to any citizens of the Sioux Falls area, without regard to age, gender or origin.
-Bring players who have left the sport back to the game.

Affiliations:
-Member of the Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce, National Public Parks Association, South Dakota Tennis Association, United States Tennis Association.
-Maintains cooperative relationship with the Parks and Recreation Department and with the Section office of USTA.

For more information, e-mail: sfta@live.com.

I love the winning, I can take the losing, but most of all I love to play.
―Boris Becker

Equipment:

• Hand sanitizer will be available at the tennis shack for participants
• No sharing of equipment: towels, water bottles or racquets.
• Balls will be provided in unopened cans for leagues.
• Players and students will be given the option to turn in scores via text/email.
• Lights will be turned on by shack attendants.
• All teaching aides and equipment will be sanitized following use.
• If benches and trash cans remain on courts, they will be sanitized. Gates will be sanitized and left open for participants.

Activities:

• Class times are staggered by 10 minutes to eliminate any lag time or overlap of parents and children arriving or leaving. Parents are discouraged from arriving any earlier.
• Adult league play start times are spread out in 2-hour increments.
• Class size will be limited to 6 students plus instructor. No ball touching by students outside of the service lessons.
• Emails will communicate changes in participant behavior during activities (for example no shaking hands, high fives, no ball touching during lessons outside of serving.)
• Officials, players, and coaches will be informed about playing conditions and/or activity rules being modified to support social distancing (for example – where officials stand, number of players on court, no use of score cards.)
• Email will be sent to each parent with the link to the CDC guidelines:

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/prevention-H.pdf

Communication:

• All participants, officials, students, instructors, and parents are advised to stay home if they are not feeling well. Social distancing of at least 6 feet is easily achievable on a 78-foot court.
• All non-compliant spectators and participants will be instructed on rules and regulations. No one is allowed on court other than participants. (All participants will receive the rules and regulations waiver via email before lessons begin and uploaded to the Parks Department google files.) The shack attendant and instructors will be responsible for enforcing these rules.
• Signage will be up at each facility for spectators and reminding parents and attendees to stay home if sick, to social distance of at least 6 feet, and other rules directly from the CDC website. The link will be provided in all communications to parents. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/youth-sports.html
• Emails will communicate changes in participants behavior during activities (for example: no hand shaking, high fives, no ball touching during lessons.) Waivers will be sent to all parents or guardians and league participants and will be collected before any play or on court presence. A checklist will be used to verify all proper information has been received by parents and guardians.

12 new tennis courts @ Tomar Park

ATTENTION ALL TENNIS PLAYERS AND FANS OF THE GAME.

The SFTA is working with the Parks and Recreation department on a Master Plan to develop a 12 court tennis complex at Tomar Park.  This 12 court complex will allow Sioux Falls to host larger tournaments and help with summer league play and lessons.

The SFTA currently runs the largest adult tennis tournament (SD Open) in the Midwest/Northern section with the largest prize payouts and the most players and this expansion will definitely help us grow even larger.

Winter is coming and we’ve all moved indoors and that’s great but please don’t forget about the SFTA and your outdoor play. We will begin fundraising for our new complex in April 2020 and persevere until it is built.

Tomar park was chosen due to its favorable location with access to many local accommodations, its proximity to the interstate and of course it natural wind breaks already in place (Trees).

The current estimate for project is around two million dollars so we are going to need all the help and support you can give.

IT WILL BE GREAT FOR TENNIS !

IT WILL BE GREAT FOR YOU !

IT WILL BE GREAT FOR THE CITY !     

So remember, if you are doing any year end planning that SFTA needs your support.

We will keep you posted as to other funding opportunities but for now all donations should be directed to:

Sioux Falls Tennis Association

PO Box 89512

Sioux Falls, SD 57109

(makes checks payable to the SFTA) or use the link above:

 Thanks again and see you on the court!

From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life. - Arthur Ashe

I hate to lose more than I love to win. - Jimmy Connors

Hear Ye Hear Ye!!

Our third annual fundraising dinner is being rescheduled from June. Stay tuned for the new date TBA.

 If you would like to become a sponsor please reach out to Lydia at 351-1631 or to another Board member.