Goodbye and Thanks for All the Memories

To The Tennis Players of Clear Brook, Past, Present, and Future,

I write this letter as one of my last acts as Tennis Coach at Clear Brook, on the pending birth of my second son. It is because of my growing family that I am leaving Coaching.

Thank you all for your time, commitment, and drive. I always tried to do what I thought was best for you. To get the most out of you. I know that some issues arose through the years, but I tried to do what was best for the team and the individual. 

I appreciate the love through the years. I’m not sure how it started, but the tradition of celebrating my birthday still lives on, which is crazy. I might not remember what year you played or graduated, but each of you has a place in my soul. You have made me the man I am today and given me practice as a dad before my first child was born. You have been with me through sleepless nights, emotional days, sickness, and all my experiences. 

While I will no longer be at Clear Brook, you might still see me around the tennis courts. I am pursuing a career as a writer, and part of that will be writing for the SwingVision app. I will also provide tennis lessons while I begin my writing career.

This isn’t farewell, but thank you, and I will always be there if you need me. If you ever need me, please feel free to contact me. I will do what I can to help you, no matter what. 

With much love in my heart,

Coach Smith

Tryouts quick info

Tryouts will start at 8am at the Clear Brook tennis courts. Arrive early to make sure all needed paperwork is cleared and warm up as needed.

Players will compete in 3+ matches during the day with breaks between. Bring water and Gatorade, snacks, and anything else you might need. Players will be allowed to leave between matches.

The top competitors from competition class tryouts might be invited to come back the next day for varsity tryouts.

In case of bad weather, I will post messages here. Please don’t bombard me with remind messages or emails.

See you in the morning!

Info and Sign up for Clear Brook Tennis Tryouts 2022-2023

Tryouts are quickly approaching (sad and happy about that). They will begin on August 2nd for everyone that was not on varsity last year, has a verified UTR rating of less than a 5, is unrated on UTR, and is not a senior.

Everyone will need to have a cleared physical with the trainer and everything checked off on RankOne to be able to try out. Please don’t wait until the last minute to get that done.

We will also need everyone to sign up for tryouts here. We will be using that list to make sure players are cleared. Results from tryouts will also be entered into UTR to help with rankings.

Tryouts will start at 8am on August 2nd. Players will have 3-4 matches throughout the day. Please make sure to send them with food, water, and a change of clothes. Players will be allowed to leave between matches.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask the coaches.

Tryouts Sign up link here again

Match play camp canceled

Unfortunately, I am in the middle of a family emergency that will keep me from running match play camp.

If you had registered and paid, I will get you your refund.

Summer Tennis Info 2022

Summer Camps

We will be running 4 summer camps and 1 match play camp this summer. You can find the camp info and registration here.

The coaches at Clear Brook strongly encourage everyone to play this summer, and camps are a great way to do that, whether it be here at Clear Brook or elsewhere. 

Tennis Classes


Students will be required to try out to make the varsity or competition class.  

Everyone on the tennis team must be in a tennis class. We currently have 3 classes, Varsity, Competition, and beginner. In the fall, only Varsity and players in the competition class will compete against other schools. In the spring, we will take students from all three classes. If you have never played before, taken a lesson, or played outside of intermediate tennis, and wish to just learn more, we will move you to the beginner class. You don’t have to try out for that class

Tryouts

JV try-outs start on August 2

Varsity try-outs on start August 3

Players must start tryouts on JV unless they have previously been on varsity, have a UTR rating of 4 or higher, or have coach approval.

Please try to make it to tryouts! If you can not, please let me know early so we can arrange an alternate method.

Stay up today with info about camps, tryouts, and all things CBHS tennis on twitter @ClearBrook10s or on instagram @ClearBrook10s

If you have any other questions, please don’t hesitate to ask!

Tryout 2021 Details

okay, Ladies and Gents, the season returns- and it is bringing some normalcy with it.

Tomorrow, Tuesday, August 3 JV tryouts start. If you haven’t already registered, and you plan to try out, please register now! You can do that here – although if you have never signed up for a UTR account, you will need to do that. You will also need to make sure you are cleared to play by completing everything on RankOne.

Everyone MUST attend JV tryouts if you want to try for Varisty unless you were previously on Varsity, have a verified UTR of 5 or higher, or you will be a senior this school year.

You will be placed into pods once you get there. You will play a match against everyone in your pod in the morning. Then you will have a little lunch break. Then you might have 1-2 matches more in the afternoon.

Make sure you sleep the night before, eat a good breakfast, and bring snacks.

We will have water jugs on-site, so don’t worry about running out of water. It will be a hot day, so dress appropriately.

The top players from JV tryouts will be brought back up to Varsity tryouts the next day.

If there is rain, I will post something here on the website. Please don’t bombard me with questions about playing. Canceling the day is not really an option, so we will try to play some time during the day.

See you tomorrow!

Tryouts Sign Up is live

Every player trying out for the Clear Brook Tennis team will need to register for Tryouts here.

JV tryouts will be held August 3 at 8am. Anyone trying out that is not already on Varsity, has a verified rating of 5+, or is not currently a senior will need to start here.

Varsity tryouts will be August 4 and possibly the 5th. To try out for varsity, you must be a current Varsity member, have a verified UTR rating of 5+, or be a senior.

All players trying out must have a physical on file and completed everything through RankOne prior to the start of tryouts.

If you have any questions, touch base with Coach Smith