ABOUT US

Kurt Collis Tennis Academy

Teaching & Coaching Methods

Our teaching method goes beyond teaching tennis skills. Our goal is to develop character and create great decision makers, problem solvers and leaders. Our slogan is “Changing Lives Through Tennis!” We connect with our clients and aim to have a positive daily contribution in each and every one of our clients’ lives, changing the world one person at a time.

Since 2003 Kurt Collis Tennis Academy has been a strong presence in the tennis community of West Volusia County in central Florida.  We have grown to 4 locations as of 2015: Victoria Park, David E Disney Tennis Center, Wes Crile Park and Bill Keller Park.

Before Kurt Collis Tennis Academy started providing the tennis management for the Victoria Park Community, there was only one GVTL(Greater Volusia Tennis League) team located in the Victoria Gardens subdivision and almost no activity at the Victoria Commons tennis courts.  Now there are 2 GVTL teams in the Victoria Gardens subdivision and 7 GVTL teams in Victoria Commons, 6 teams for the Junior Team Tennis located at the David E Disney courts.
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Kurt Collis Tennis Academy is an established business that runs year-round tennis programs for children and adults. We introduce tennis to the community and have introductory classes for all ages.

Programs for Juniors and Adults include:

​Juniors:

• Junior Clinics
• Preschool Programs
• Leagues
• Tournaments
• Camps
• Birthday Parties
• Ball Machine Parties

Adults:

• Adult Clinics
• Private Lessons
• Round Robins
• Tournaments
• Leagues
• Cardio Tennis
• Ball Machine Parties

Services:

• Ball & Serving Machine Rentals
• Racquet Sales
• Racquet Stringing & re-gripping

THE TEAM

Kurt Collis

Owner and Director

Rosalei Olazar

Program Administration
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Coach Brenton

Head Coach

While on and off the tennis courts our staff is committed to our mission and work within our Core Values:

• Create rocking fans through outstanding coaching
• Live with integrity
• Do and give more than is expected of you
• Treat everyone respectfully and fairly
• Share ideas and contribute to grow and be better
• Be energetic and passionate
• Play hard and work smart
• Put team success before your own
• Be humble. Gratitude is your daily attitude

Developing Leaders

Kurt Collis Tennis Academy is about  developing all elements of the individual, the body, the mind and the spirit, so they can become a strong leaders and great team player not only on the court but in real life as well.

Develop Athletes, then Tennis Players

We teach athletes how to create the most amount of power with the least amount of effort and how to be efficient in everything they do athletically.
We develop the balanced athletes through:

• ​hand-eye coordination (tracking,  judgement of the ball, adjustment through footwork, etc.)
• footwork (develop foot work patterns) and agility drills
• train explosiveness

Injury Prevention

We’ve worked with thousands of people that have had tennis elbow, wrist and shoulder problems, lower back strain, teaching them to use their kinetic chain efficiently and to move each link of their body in the correct order to maximize power through momentum and eliminate body strain.

It’s about flexibility and range of motion.
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The more flexible you are the more momentum you can create.

Tennis and Life Coaching

• Developing a certain playing style, and a level of aggressiveness
• Getting an education in tennis to empower students to understand why the top-tour players are successful and how they win their points and why they lose their points and helping them understand the reason why some are successful and some fail because of techniques, strategy and tactics.
• It is about:
  •  leadership development
  •  mental development
  •  problem solving and how-to-handle-adversity skills

We build life skills and leadership skills that will affect our clients beyond just tennis but into every part of their lives.
We build leaders who will go around the world. By impacting one individuals’ live we impact the world: Individuals impact their family who have an impact in their community who will contribute to the country which will affect the world.

Kurt Collis Tennis Academy only issues house credits on a case by case basis and is decided upon solely by Kurt Collis Director of Tennis. No payment refunds are given at any time.