Summer Varsity Tennis League 2025

Competitive Tennis Program for Experienced Teens Designed for skilled teen tennis players, this program offers valuable competition experience and live-ball training.
It’s the perfect opportunity for players ages 13 to 18 to continue refining their game between varsity seasons, stay active, build friendships, find practice partners, and elevate their competitive tennis skills.

This program features, tennis team practice essentials, rules,singles and doubles competition.

Train with Suffolk County’s experienced Varsity Tennis Coaches. Organized team practice run by experienced varsity tennis coaches. Participants will sharpen their abilities through a dynamic live-ball format, competing alongside peers to develop essential match-play strategies. This program is ideal for players preparing for varsity tennis team competition while fostering a lifelong love for tennis.

Many Yellow Division athletes currently play on, or are training to try out for, varsity tennis teams.

Ages 13* to 18, intermediate, varsity, and tournament level players, 2-1/2 hour sessions, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, up to 4 weeks.

• Days: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays*
  (*Fridays are rain make-up days.)

• Dates: Starts July 22 thru August 14, 2025
  

• Time: 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm

• Flex-Reg: Flexible registration for 4 weeks or less. Minimum 2-week registration.
  You choose the dates.

• Location: Lake Ronkonkoma Beach Park: Rosevale Ave, Ronkonkoma

Varsity Division Qualifications:

• Ages 13* thru 18. Some exceptions for younger players with tournament competition and rankings.
  

  School Varsity tennis experience. and may have played tournament level matches.

• Players with High School UTR.
• Participants of previous varsity tennis team workshops qualify.
• Experienced players of Varsity age from schools that do not have teams.
• SCJTL Skill level = minimum 35+
  Click here to go to the the SCJTL Skill Level Calculator.
  

• Please note: NOT APPROPRIATE FOR BEGINNERS AND ADVANCED BEGINNERS.
  *Some exceptions made for middle school age players with advanced tennis experience.
  Contact SCJTL to inquire: Phone (631-590-5019) or email SCJTL.
  

Players:

• Improve tennis skills using rally progressions.

• Learn tactics by playing games including singles and doubles.

• Rules of tennis and how to practice with others included in every training theme.

• Training format develop and supervised by top Suffolk County Varsity Tennis Coaches including, 2 USTA National Coaches and Specialist in Competitive Player Development.

• Work on match play skills and experience by playing challenge matches and games against members of school tennis teams from all over Suffolk  County.

Activities include:

• Tactical games

• Singles and doubles.

• Site Ladder matches

• Site Team Matches.

• Challenge Week Tournament preparation..

• Activities include tennis skill building team drills and Game Based tactical skill building games including: USTA nationally recognized Top 10 Games.

• SCJTL Summer Varsity Tennis League ladder match play standings posted here weekly.

   

  

  

Coaching staff is made up of Suffolk County's experienced Varsity Tennis Coaches with many years of experience coaching Suffolk County's top varsity tennis teams:

• Gavin Costanzo: Bay Shore Boys #1 Division 2 Team Champs for 7 years 2015 to 2023),

• Joe Arias: USTA National Coach - SCJTL Founder & Executive Director.

Registration Includes:

• 1 SCJTL program commemorative medal.

• Program tennis balls and training equipment.

• Challenge Day Team tournament medals for players whose registration includes Challenge Week.

Players will need to provide:

• Age specific tennis racquet. - Yellow: 27” (full size).

• Clothing: Shirts, shorts, sneakers (no sandals or flip flops).

• Personal: Water, sunscreen and anything personally required.

SCJTL Challenge Week!

Program culminating event for players whose registration includes Challenge Day.

Singles Challenge is a Singles Tournament event . Scheduled for Tuesday, August 12, 2025*

Doubles Challenge is a Doubles Tournament. Scheduled for Wednesday, August 13, 2025*

Team Challenge is a Team Tournament event. Players will experience team competition for Challenge medals and Challenge Site Cup points. Scheduled for Thursday, August 14, 2025*.

*August 12th 13th, and 14th are League CHALLENGE DAYS. Players must be registered for these dates to participate.

Everyone plays!
Challenge Competition medals for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place.
Players will receive their SCJTL program medal at the end of the Challenge and meet receive SCJTL program and Challenge Day medals are distributed after the games.