07/30/2018
***FINAL UPDATE***
Good afternoon everyone! Just wanted to inform you all that after 6 years, 4 months and 14 days, Eddie's Tennis Academy will be coming to an end and our official last day of tennis class will be August 2, 2018. After careful consideration, I have accepted a tennis teaching position at Bay Oaks Country Club located at 14545 Bay Oaks Blvd. Houston, TX 77059 (6 miles from San Jacinto College). On behalf of my family, I would like to thank everyone who has ever participated in our tennis program including coaches Juan Mauricio Amaya, Jenna Pyland, Manuela Gomez-Rhodes and Andres Padilla (I hope I didn’t forget anyone). Please know that your continued participation has allowed me to do the following:
1. Achieve a dream of mine of starting a tennis academy
2. Spend more quality time with my family, particularly my sons who needed extra help with school work at that time (my wife - not so much , )
3. Continue to pursue my calling and passion, which is working with children through tennis.
It has been an awesome, fun run the past 6 years but the ride is not over by any means. I have met someone (Diego Casco - Director of Tennis at Bay Oaks) who shares similar interests in building a fun, positive and challenging junior tennis program along with adult leagues, mixers, fun tournaments, etc. Also, the tennis facility at Bay Oaks Country Club has (9) well-maintained hard courts (with lights). Parents - you will no longer have to watch from the parking lot or camp out just outside the tennis court to view your children play (you know who you are!).
Aside from the facility being far better than what we have had the past 6 years, here are 3 other things to consider for all current and former students interested and available to continue taking tennis lessons with me and Diego at Bay Oaks Country Club:
1. Free Kids Hit For Prizes event on August 12 (see attached)
2. I will be there, I will be there and I will be there (all 3 of my personalities)
If you'd like to register or have any further questions regarding club membership and/or tennis programming, please contact Diego Casco at [email protected] and let him know that you are a student of mine.
Lastly, I really hope to continue providing lessons to your children in the future but I also understand if you are unable to do so because of scheduling, distance or any other reason that may apply. I truly enjoyed working with all of your children: the young ones and the older ones, the funny ones and the serious ones, the outspoken ones and the more reserved ones. For several years now, they have provided me a "constant breath of fresh air" that I have often needed in a sometimes polluted atmosphere. I thank them for that and I thank you for bringing them.
See you soon,
Coach Eddie
