Kids, Incorporated and the Alex O’Brien Tennis Foundation (AOBTF) are excited to team up to provide Learn to Play Tennis for the 2026 season.
Click here to learn more about the Alex O’Brien Tennis Foundation and their partnership with Kids, Inc.
4 program dates
Shirt
New tennis racket
End-of-year medal
The best thing about tennis is that it grows with a child, with a wide array of racquets, balls and courts to match their level of play and athleticism. Kids, Inc. & AOBTF Learn to Play will offer red ball tennis instruction. Red ball tennis is named after the red foam or felt balls that are used at this stage. Red tennis balls bounce lower and move more slowly through the air, giving beginning players a chance to set up and take a good swing at the ball. Courts at this level are 36 feet long and 18 feet wide, with a net that is 2-foot-9.
Difficulty increases as the child progresses through the different stages with orange, green, and yellow ball. Tennis instruction at orange, green, and yellow levels is available at Amarillo National Tennis Center, Rebel Tennis Center, Amarillo Country Club, and Tascosa Athletic Center.
The best thing about tennis is that it grows with a child, with a wide array of racquets, balls and courts to match their level of play and athleticism. Kids, Inc. & AOBTF Learn to Play will offer red ball tennis instruction. Red ball tennis is named after the red foam or felt balls that are used at this stage. Red tennis balls bounce lower and move more slowly through the air, giving beginning players a chance to set up and take a good swing at the ball. Courts at this level are 36 feet long and 18 feet wide, with a net that is 2-foot-9.
Learn to Play Sessions are held at the Amarillo National Tennis Center, located on the corner of John Stiff Memorial Park.
*Any inclement weather announcements will be published on the Kids, Inc. & the Alex O’Brien Tennis Foundation Facebook pages.
For more information about our tennis partnership and to view upcoming events
For local Junior Team Tennis, Play Days, tournaments, events, and places to play locally
For all info on equipment, court sizes, etc.
For the Texas 10 and Uner Rules and Tournament Process
Alex O’Brien was a student and star tennis player at Tascosa High School who went on to be a four-time All-American at Stanford University and had an accomplished professional career. The Alex O’Brien Tennis Foundation uses tennis as a platform to inspire, educate, and give hope to youth and has proudly served the Amarillo community since 1998, introducing thousands of children to the sport of tennis. AOBTF is proud to be a USTA CTA, part of and supported through USTA Texas, the USTA NJTL network, and the USTA Foundation.
notice to all parents/guardians: at any time, at the sole discretion of kids, incorporated, we reserve the right to require the parent and/or legal guardian to submit an original birth certificate, a current report card, and/or a current school-validated class schedule to verify the accurate age/grade. for adult participants, we reserve the right to require the participant to submit one or more of the following valid forms of identification: 1) driver’s license from a u.s. state, 2) federal or state id card, 3) military id card, 4) u.s. passport.
revised and adopted by the kids, incorporated board of directors, October 4, 2023.
at any time, at the sole discretion of kids, incorporated, violation of the code of conduct is subject to suspension or expulsion from our program.
