Spring has sprung and (most days) the weather is great. Use that rebirth of flowers and trees to inspire you to do something healthy and new today! Here is what is going on at HRC right now…
TENNIS: Junior Tennis, TryTennis, Tennis 201, USTA League, Tennis Pros, Pro Shop Corner
Junior Tennis. The next junior program session will be April 22-May 30. We are proud to announce new improvements geared toward ensuring your child gets the best value during the next session. Participants get six group clinic sessions, a L6 Play Day for match experience and a half hour one-on-one lesson with an HRC pro! Other changes include: There will be no more junior programs hosted on Saturday; Junior Red and Orange will now be held on Monday and Wednesday evenings; Junior Green and Yellow will both be held on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. High School continues on Wednesday. HYPE (our tournament player part of the junior program) will be HYPE Blue Mondays and Wednesdays and HYPE Black on Tuesdays and Thursday. More info can be found at our website…sign up today!
Try Tennis: Our spring Try Tennis session starts this week! We are having fun with the newbies getting them up to speed and enjoying tennis. This session will begin April 24th on Wednesdays at 7 pm. Sign up today!
Tennis to keep an eye out for… Tennis 201: Tennis 201 is our follow-up program for the beginner tennis classes. It’s also a great option for players who have taken some time off and are looking to get back into it! Now Thursdays at 6 pm! Summer League Registration: Mixed and Tri-Level league teams are now forming. If you want to be on a team, let Cindy know and we’ll do our best to find you a team! Try Tennis League: April 27th marks the opening of Try Tennis League. We hope to see lots of Try Tennis alum forming teams and going out and playing! Junior Team Tennis: JTT is back in WNC! Let’s get some teams from HRC out there playing! More info is here, but contact Lois at HRC if you want to be part of a team. The Henderson County JTT kickoff event is April 26 4-6 pm at Jackson Park. Matches will be Fridays 4-6 pm at JP from May 3-May 31. League winners advance to state tournament in June. Summer Camp: Junior Summer Camp dates will be June 24-28 and July 22-26. Half day and full day camp is available to all the kids. This popular program has some fun improvements so be sure to sign the kids or grandkids up soon! Registration forms are here.
Tennis Pros at HRC. As of April 6th, Dylan will be only be teaching private lessons on a part time basis at HRC so that he can expand and teach as well at other area facilities. There will be no change in the HRC clinic schedule. All clinics formerly taught by Dylan are being reassigned to Bobby and Lois and will continue as scheduled. Private lesson appointments may be booked with any of HRC’s certified teaching pros: Lois Alexis, Bobby Garrett, and Chris Bull. Dylan has been with HRC since October 2015 and we thank him for all he has done for HRC and wish him the best in his new direction.
Pro Shop Corner. Everyone is always asking us when they should get their racquet restrung…to answer that question, here is an excerpt from an article written by Crawford Lindsey of RacquetSportsInsdutry.com:
“Touring pros restring every day. Recreational players restring anywhere from every three or four times they play to once a decade, or until the strings break. But the pros’ frequent restringing tells us something: String–especially fresh string–matters a lot. What possible difference could restringing your racket every day make?
Tennis string has an unfortunate property–beginning from the very second it is put into the racket, it loses tension. A racket strung at 60 pounds will most likely be at 50 pounds the next day, and tension continues to decline with every second and with every hit. Tension loss is the only physically significant process impacting your tennis racket (and string wear). This is why rackets need to be restrung.
To fully appreciate the benefits of fresh strings, you need to consider what tension loss does to racket performance. As tension goes down, the strings stretch more upon impact. This cushions the ball’s landing, minimizing the squashing effect. When the ball flattens, it loses a lot of energy. So less squashing means more energy for rebound. The strings always return almost all the energy that goes into stretching them, whatever the tension. So power is all about what happens to the ball, not what happens to the strings.
Power is good if you want it, can control it, and know how much to expect from day to day. That is how you groove your stroke–by responding the same way to the same situation. But your strings deliver varying amounts of power from day to day and from hit to hit. This works against grooving anything. As you struggle to keep the ball in, you constantly change your stroke. When the strings stretch more, the ball stays on the strings longer. The increase is only a millisecond or two (depending on where on the racket you hit and how violent the impact, dwell time is typically 5 to 7 milliseconds).
During that extra millisecond, your racket will sweep through both a larger vertical and horizontal arc. This will launch the ball on a higher and more sideways trajectory than you are used to. The ball goes long and wide. This, coupled with more ball speed from less ball squashing, is a double whammy. You can’t figure out what technical flaw has emerged in your stroke, and you begin to mess with perfectly good mechanics to fix your mysterious ailment.”
So as a general rule of thumb, take the number of days a week that you play and use that as the guideline for how many times a year you should have your racquet restrung. Stop by the pro shop and we can help you with all your restringing needs. Next newsletter, we will discuss the different types of strings on the market and what the differences are.
FITNESS NEWS: Health Seminars, New Barre Class, Insurance Sponsored Fitness Programs, Kids Fit Club and Homeschool PE
Health Seminar “5 Sneaky Causes of Weight Gain” On April 29th, we will have a presentation on “5 Sneaky Causes of Weight Gain.” Are you eating well and staying active, but noticing that the scale keeps creeping up? Find out about five potential pitfalls that may be causing you to gain. 11:45-12:45 in the Classroom in the arena building here at HRC. Sign up or for more info, see Briana.
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Health Seminar “Diabetes Workshop” in May. Friday, May 17th at 11:45 AM Diabetes workshop with with Julie Cunningham, RD (in classroom in arena building.) All are welcome. More details to come. For more information, please contact Briana.
No Classes on Monday May 27th (Memorial Day)
Insurance Sponsored Fitness Programs. The new year brought in several changes in health care plans. HRC is a staunch supporter of senior fitness and still honors Silver Sneakers and Silver & Fit. In addition, HRC is now offering two more insurance sponsored fitness programs: Renew Active and UHC Medicare Supplement (both through United Health Care). If you have lost your Silver Sneaker benefit, come check with Briana and see if you are eligible for another program.
Kids Fit Club and Homeschool PE. Bobby has two great kids fitness programs. Both programs focus on making fitness fun while also learning about nutrition, proper exercise technique, and healthy lifestyle changes in a positive and encouraging environment. Kids Fit Club Sessions will be Tuesdays 7-8 pm and Saturdays 1-2 pm. Homeschool PE sessions are Mondays and Thursdays 1-2 pm and 2-3 pm.
MASSAGE AND STRETCHING SERVICES AVAILABLE
Lee continues to work at WTA events in April and part of May. She will be available May 15 through beginning of July. If you are at one of the pro events, meet up and say hi! Here at HRC, book some time for when she is here at 860-985-5834!
RACQUETBALL NEWS
Morning racquetball is in full swing! The guys and gals have lots of fun and exercise weekday mornings…come check it out! Court 3 is the challenge court where you find a doubles partner and see if you can beat the best!
Tournament racquetball is back at HRC! The 2019 NC Mountain Racquetball Championships will be held April 27-28. It’s a nationally sanctioned tournament, but there are divisions from young to old, beginner to pro. All players will receive tournament t-shirts and be well fed! The flyer can be found here. Come and check out the action this weekend…viewing is open to the public!
If anyone is interested in being in a league or ladder, contact Bobby!
POOL SEASON COMING SOON
We start prepping the pool for the new season in a couple of weeks! Opening day will be announced later but it will be open by Memorial Day! Full members get free use of the pool all season long. For HRC Fitness members, they can upgrade their membership for the summer to include the pool for an additional $109.00 for an individual or $139.00 for a family or couple. HRC is running a Summer Pool Promotion for the first 100 non-member participants. This year the pricing is $165.00 for an individual and $269.00 for a family of four and is good for June, July, and August (additional family members are $40 each). This includes use of the pool and fitness center. It does not include full membership/racquet sports. So upgrade your fitness membership or invite some non-members to be a part of the club soon, spots will be filled soon! Contact Briana to sign up or for any questions.”
HRC Member June Social: Take Me Out to the Ballpark
We have organized a group purchase of reserved box seats for club members to go support the local home baseball team the Asheville Tourists for Saturday, June 1 against the West Virginia Power. Zooperstars are the special night entertainment for the game. Come out and enjoy the game with your fellow club members. Seats are discounted to a low price of $9.50 and need to be purchased in advance. Just stop by Briana at the arena front desk or e-mail Cindy. Game time is at 6:05pm and the gates open at 5pm.
CLUB UPGRADES
April was all about dewinterizing and doing maintenance to the clubhouse and outdoor tennis facilities. We put 10 tons of clay on the courts, put two new nets up, put down new lines on all six courts, repaired the upper and lower fences, repainted deck and benches and got the irrigation and water fountains up and going again.
On the LED upgrade/retrofit front, we have installed the new lighting in the women’s locker room in the clubhouse. The men’s locker room and hallway to the pool is next! The lighting levels should be the same or greater than you are enjoying now!
We have several other big projects in the pipeline. Just waiting for contractors and other factors. We also did the first round of pothole filling in the parking lot. It was difficult to find the right weather and resource availability to get that done. Sorry for the wait! We hope to do a second round of asphalt repair in the next week or so.
Dottie has started cleaning up the pool area! We will be taking the cover off the first of May and getting things ready for the new pool season. Opening day won’t be announced until we see what winter has done to the pool and when DOH can inspect everything, but we will definitely be open by Memorial Day. The new solar water heater will warm things right up and we will be ready for another great pool season!
….thanks for being a part of the HRC family. If you need anything or have any comments/questions, please don’t hesitate to ask any of our staff. It’s a busy time at the club. Be sure to take advantage of it! Let’s all keep active and see you at the club!
Sincerely,
Chris, Cindy and staff