Elite Academy

The Region’s Best Tennis Facility and home to Kansas City’s Premier Junior Tennis Program.

Features

  • Aspiring Professionals
  • Division I Collegiate Tennis Players
  • USTA National Champions
  • USTA Missouri Valley Sectional Champions
  • College Bound Juniors and Scholarship earners
  • International Tennis Federation (ITF) Tournament Participants

Elite Academy sessions are by invitation only, and are designed for OPRC’s most committed, talented, high performance players. Practices feature unique college style format and truly prepares players for collegiate and professional ranks.

OPRC Elite Academy Features Dartfish

A state of the art computer software program that allows Academy Coaches to provide video analysis to better communicate, analyze, and share game improvement information to their students.

Click Dartfish to learn more.

 

ELITE ACADEMY OFFERINGS –

  • Attracts players from all over the Midwest / Nation
  • Academy coaches contact college coaches and work with players to secure scholarships
  • Tournament Travel (available as a team and individually)
  • Personalized developmental goals featuring a personalized plan to assure maximum development

Winter Schedule – Elite Academy

Clinic Times:     Monday – Thursday 4:00-6:00pm
Fitness Times:   Monday & Wednesday 6:00-6:30pm

Summer Schedule – Elite Academy

Monday 3:00-6:00pm, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 1:00-4:00pm
Sport specific training will be done the last hour of clinic


More Information -

Contact the Director for more information regarding class times, pricing, tournament coaching, private lessons, etc… Call the front desk at OPRC 913-642-6880.

OPRC Elite Academy Coaching Staff

 

  • OPRC Academy Director
  • NCAA All American Virginia Tech – 2009 Inductee – Virginia Tech Hall of Fame
  • 2007 Heart of America “Junior High Performance Coach of the Year”
  • Holds 3 National Title Gold Tennis Balls
  • NCAA Rankings as high as #2
  • Certified USTA Regional Training Center Coach

Aaron Marchetti

 

  • 15 years teaching experience
  • USPTA certified
  • OPRC: Marco works with the Academy and Futures programs and teaches private and semi-private lessons

Marco Rodriguez

 

  • 10 years teaching experience
  • USPTA certified
  • Former high school coach (Norman North H.S., Oklahoma)
  • OPRC: Kevin directs USTA tournaments, works with the Academy, teaches private/semi private lessons and strings racquets

Kevin Hammell

 

  • Tennis Instructor – Genesis Health Club in Wichita, KS
  • Former coach – MB Sports Camps in Boston, MA
  • Former college player – Northwest Missouri State University
  • NMSU – All-conference team 4 years consecutively, ranked Top 50 in the nation
  • Native of Brazil
  • OPRC: Academy coach and teaches private and semi-private lessons

Felipe Gennari

 

  • West Virginia Wesleyan scholarship
  • West Virginia 3A #1 Doubles Champion
  • OPRC: Academy, Futures, & Quickstart coach and teaches private and semi-private lessons

Steve Wahl