SUMMER
TENNIS
We will be offering Beginner/Year Round Clinics (no match play) as well as team play this summer.
All players who play team matches need to be members of the USTA ($20 fee for 1-year membership), and will also be responsible for a small team fee (< than $20) payable to the USTA. Instructions for team sign up will be provided closer to the start of the season.
The program focuses on introducing beginner players to the basic skills and scoring. The older intermediate and advanced level players will learn to improve their skills, develop strategies, and compete in league matches.
Levels:
Meet the Coaches!
Meet the Coaches!
Gene Beachak
Head Coach
Gene is originally from Yonkers, NY and moved here to sunny NC in 2007 for an IT job in RTP. As a child Gene went from season to season playing football, basketball, baseball and tennis all through high school. His love and dedication to tennis has him teaching and playing to this very day. Gene began teaching as a junior instructor at the NYAC in Pelham, NY. He attended Fordham University in NYC and spent his summers as an assistant pro at Beckwith Pointe Beach and Tennis Club on the Long Island sound in Westchester County, New York. Gene has been Lead Pro of the Junior Team Tennis Program at Cary Tennis Park since 2017, where he has coached all ages and skill levels including their Academy Team program. He is thrilled to be coaching at Wood Valley this spring and summer
Ketan Ryan
Assistant Coach
Ketan is a graduating senior at Leesville Road High School and has been on their varsity tennis team all four years of his high school career. He has been playing tennis since he was 7 years old, and has been on the Wood Valley team for 5 years. This is Ketan’s second year as an assistant coach, and he also helped out as a volunteer assistant in past years. He is excited for another great season!
Nicholas Greene
Assistant Coach
Nicholas is a rising senior at Leesville Road High School. He has performed in musicals at Leesville and is also a member of Capital Pride, Leesville's highest level choir. He has been playing tennis for seven years and has been playing tennis with Wood Valley for the past five years. This is his first year assistant coaching and he is very excited to start the summer season!