1. Girls Tennis 2012 Lawrence Free State Firebirds

2. Oather Strawderman AP Physics Teacher Head Coach 26 th Season coaching LFS Tennis Contact Information ostrawde@usd497.org Cell: 785-841-8512

3. Lindsey Wiegele Math Teacher Assistant Coach 3 rd Season Coaching at LFS Contact Information Cell: 913-481-4839

4. Four Focus Items Academics Conditioning Sportsmanship Tennis Skills

5. Websites www.highschoolsports.net fc.usd497.org/~ostrawde/ fshs.usd497.org/Services/Athletics/ www.kshsaa.org/Public/Tennis/Main.cfm

6. Try outs and the Ladder Will cut to 24 if necessary Direct head to head play decides cuts These matches also decide ladder order #1-6 = Varsity #7-24 = JV

7. Challenge Matches You can challenge up to 2 spaces up 8 game Pro set with add Challenger wins 8-3 or better = switch Challenger wins 8-4 or closer = rematch Any win by challenged player results in challenge being finished If challenging 2 spaces up the person in middle is unaffected All challenges go through me

8. Practice Monday – Friday, including Labor Day 3:30-5:30 Temperature Extremes ◦ Hot to Cold Missing Practice ◦ Email me

9. Lettering Guidelines You letter by earning 100 or more team points as awarded below: ◦ 20 points Varsity Tournament ◦ 15 points Varsity Duel ◦ 15 points JV Tournament ◦ 10 points JV Duel Guidelines: fc.usd497.org/~ostrawde/

10. Food and Drink Water jug at practice every day Bring personal food for all-day events Parent supplied snacks for events Team Dinners ◦ Tuesday August 21 st 6:30 @ McReynolds

11. Season Schedule 8 ‘Events’ max Varsity Schedule ◦ Junction City Quad ◦ LHS Quad ◦ Salina Central Invite ◦ Mill Valley Duel ◦ STA Invite ◦ LFS Quad ◦ Emporia Invite ◦ Sunflower League ◦ LHS Duel All other events are JV even if listed as Varsity

12. Post Season Regionals ◦ Saturday Oct. 6th ◦ Hosted by Olathe South @ Lawrence High ◦ Olathe Schools and Lawrence Schools State ◦ Friday/Saturday Oct. 12 th & 13 th ◦ Hosted by SMS @ Harmon Park

13. Team Uniform Order Online Every girl needs two shirts ◦ White polo, same as last year ◦ Green ‘cool-max’ shirt, different every year Shorts or skirt colors ◦ White ◦ Green ◦ Grey ◦ Black

14. End of Season Banquet Pot Luck LFS Commons Monday Oct. 8 th @ 6:30pm

15. Questions?