Practice and Courses 

Outdoor season, may - October 2018.

Indoor season, 2018/19, september 2018 - april 2019:

Indoor Sessions - Spring 2019:

All sessions during spring 2019 take place at OTA (Oslo Tennis Arena) with the exceptions of:

Beginner: Saturdays at 16-18: Holmenkollen Tennisklubb

Advanced: Saturdays at 16-18: Holmenkollen Tennisklubb

Intermediate: Sundays at 16-18: Njård Tennisklubb, Njårdhallen

Beginner:

Intermediate:

Advanced:

Others:

Serve & Return practice:

Division team practice:

Booking of practices and Courses

We use an online booking system called “Spond”, where you can book your spot at practices and courses. You will receive an invitation to join our group on Spond after you sign up for a membership, and you will have to create a user with the same e-mail used to register for the membership. You can use the system either on pc/tablet (https://spond.com/welcome), or as an app for phones. We recommend downloading the app, and turning off email notifications.

Please note that you are not eligible to book spots at practices or courses before you have paid your invoice (semester fee)!

How booking works: 

• You can maximum book a spot on 3 common sessions per week during the outdoor season, and 2 common sessions per week during the indoor season. Note that you still can book spots on other types of sessions in addition to this the same week (e.g. serve practices, team practices, courses etc.). 
• Sign up only if you are certain you are going to attend (important!). We have experienced that many people just book a spot, and only show up if they feel like it. This is not okay (obviously) as many spots (and lots of money!) go to waste. This kind of mindset really hurts our club-culture.
• It is not allowed to cancel your spot at any session when there is 24 hours or less until start on Spond. If the session is not full at this point(e.g. 3/4 spots taken), you may still join in even though it's not allowed to cancel spots anymore (comment in the event on Spond that you will attend if the "join"-button is not working at this point). Taking an open spot in this way after the "sign-up/sign-off deadline" does not count as one of your 2 (indoor) / 3 (outdoor) sessions. 
• The first ones to fill up available spots get to play. You can also sign up for the waiting list. If someone cancel their spot, you might get to play after all.
• It will be possible to sign up for practices/courses 5 days in advance.
• Common practices are usually run with a maximum of 4 players per court. They will usually have 4 or 8 spots available, dependent on if it’s outplayed on one or two courts.
• A coach might be present on sessions to help the players (typically beginner common sessions and serve practices). The specific Spond-event will tell you if there is planned for a coach to be there. 
• Practices and courses might get canceled for various reasons.

• Canceling your spot: Players are not meant to cancel their spot when they have signed up. However, we do recognize that unexpected situations may arise, and in this case, players are allowed to cancel if done according to our guidelines:
  • 24-hour Rule: If there are at least 24 hours until the practice starts, you may cancel your spot without further notice. This gives other members a chance to react if they are given your spot through the waiting list, or if they are browsing our practices for free spots.
  • Warnings: If you fail to follow the 24-hour rule for canceling, and don’t show up when you are signed up, you will receive a warning. If you get a second warning (same semester), you will be suspended from all tennis activities for the next 2 weeks. (As for courses, you will need to pay for the course if you fail to follow the 24-hour rule).
  • Illness: If you suddenly become ill (within the 24 hours prior to a session you're signed up to), make sure to notify people on Facebook and Spond that you can't make it. We might consider not giving you a warning if your spot gets utilized by another player. However, hangovers, sleepiness, slight flues etc. are not valid excuses.

• What if I'm the only one signed up? 
  • If you see that you are the only one signed up to a session a little while before session start, it is a good idea to encourage people to join you. Maybe you have some friends who are members as well that you can ask (?), or you can try to ask in the Facebook group. 
  • It is also a good idea to go by yourself and practice your serve (don't pretend you don't need it ;). If the session is at Hasle, OTA, it is also possible to rent a ball-machine for 100 kr./hour. This is a superb way to hit a lot of balls even if you're there alone. 
  • If you see that you still are the only one signed up right before start, you don't need to show up if you don't want to.