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Ward 1 Councilman James Greiner talks tennis for kids with Emmy Hufnagel, Executive Director, First Serve OKC Foundation.
http://okctenniscenter.net/first-serve
A
A
Well,
I
think
that
most
of
the
residents,
probably
in
Oklahoma
City,
have
heard
of
First
Tee.
It's
been
around
for
a
long
time,
so
that
kind
of
they
might
associate.
You
know
this
this
with
that,
but
first
serve
is
somewhat
new,
so
just
got
just
to
walk
us
through
what
first
serve
is
well
in
anything
anything
about
it
that
you
think
the
residents
should
know
sure.
B
Well,
first
serve
like
first
tee.
We
have
the
mission
of
exposing
a
lot
of
kids
in
Oklahoma
City
to
tennis
and
really
serving
the
population
that
couldn't
afford
to
go,
have
a
private
tennis
membership
at
a
club
and
introducing
them
not
only
to
tennis
but
life
skills
programs
that
they
learn
through
tennis,
and
we
are
affiliated
with
the
United
States
Tennis
Association,
which
is
our
sanctioning
body
for
competitive
tennis
and
recreational
tennis
in
the
US.
B
The
program
was
started
actually
in
1969
by
arthur
ashe,
and
it
has
grown
significantly
since
the
early
2000s,
when
Andre
Agassi
and
his
foundation
devoted
a
lot
of
money
to
it.
There
are
over
600
chapters
in
the
country,
and
some
of
them
are
very
large.
Some
are
small.
Ours
has
been
identified
as
a
chapter
that
the
USDA
wants
to
grow
and
they're,
providing
a
lot
of
resources
for
us
so
that
we
can
have
an
impact
in
our
city.
I
think
geographically,
they
want
to
be
more
present
in
the
oklahoma
city
market
and
in
oklahoma.
B
In
the
midwest
in
general,
you
have
a
lot
of
tennis
up
in
edmond
and
norman
and
kind
of
the
West
parts
of
the
city,
but
not
a
lot
in
the
center
and
Oklahoma
City.
Tennis
Center
is
where
we
primarily
operate
out
of
the
matteson
will
rogers
park
36
in
portland,
the
largest
most
centrally
located
park
in
the
city,
and
so
we
look
out-
and
we
see
all
these
tennis
courts
and
we
want
it
to
reflect
the
population
of
that
area
of
Oklahoma
City,
and
so
that
is
our
goal.
B
There
was
a
pilot
camp
that
was
two
weeks
long
that
was
started
in
2013,
and
that
was
done
in
conjunction
with
the
Briton
christian
tennis
academy,
which
is
a
wonderful
program.
They
they
operate
that
through
their
church
and
serve
a
lot
of
children
that
have
come
up
and
really
progressed
in
tennis,
and
so
that
was
a
two-week
program
with
the
church
to
see
how
you
know
how
it
would
work
and
then
we
decided
to
expand
it.
B
Last
summer,
some
of
the
kids
from
the
church
are
still
involved
in
the
summer
program,
and
so
it
was
a
nine-week
program.
Last
year
and
and
this
summer
we've
continued
that
nine
weeks,
but
we've
broken
it
up
into
three
sessions,
and
so
now
our
our
goal
and
the
thing
that
we're
quickly
approaching
is
making
it
year-round
in
oklahoma.
A
B
Right
now
and
we're
in
a
capacity
building
phase,
which
you
know
and
short
terms,
means
that
basically
we're
adding
resources
and
developing
curriculum
and
really
testing
the
waters
and
making
sure
that
our
our
curriculum
and
in
our
methods
of
delivering
that
or
sound,
and
so
our
capacity
for
each
session
is
50.
But
we
have
30
right
now
in
each
session
that
are
kind
of
regularly
enrolling
and
registering
the
program
so
50
and
three
sessions
we
could
have
up
to
150
kids
this
summer.
A
lot
of
the
kids
continue
on
and
that's
really.
B
The
goal
is
to
see
that
we're
focusing
on
youth
development,
not
just
on
introducing
kids
to
tennis,
a
lot
of
them
will,
you
know,
want
to
continue
and
need
that
development
pathway
and
then
through
partnerships
with
other
organizations
like
the
Boys
and
Girls
Club,
primarily,
and
also
a
newer
partnership
with
the
YMCA
and
also
the
Oklahoma
City
Public
Schools
were
able
to
reach
a
lot
of
kids
just
introducing
them
to
the
game.
We
actually
reached
over
800
in
the
last
year,
through
our
partnership
with
the
public
schools
and
so
they're
introduced
to
it.
B
A
B
In
the
morning,
and
we
have
a
drop
off
between
7
30
and
eight,
they
kind
of
get
there
get
there
sunscreen
on
find
their
tennis
racket
fill
up
their
water
bottle
and
get
going.
Then
we
go
out
on
the
court,
we
stretch
and
do
a
warm-up,
and
then
we
do
a
life
skills
lesson
which
is
provided
by
the
USDA.
B
So
it's
tested
and
results-oriented,
and
you
can
show
outcomes
which
is
important
for
for
us
to
know
that
we're
having
that
impact-
and
so
we'll
learn
about
things
like
what
it
means
to
be
a
team
player,
what
it
means
to
stay
positive,
what
it
means
to
have
good
tennis
etiquette,
even
things
down
to
like
you
know,
hygiene
and
and
how
to
present
well
and
how
to
introduce
yourself
to
other
people.
So
that's
a
really
cool
part
of
the
program.
B
A
B
Then
we
go
about
8
45
we
go
on
to
the
court.
We
have
a
wonderful
set
of
coaches
that
are
either
students
in
high
school
from
the
Oklahoma
City
public
schools
or
teachers
who
are
also
high
school
tennis.
Coaches.
We
break
out
into
the
various
age
groups
they
play
until
about
10
30,
and
then
we
have
a
snack
break
and
that's
provided
by
the
food
bank.
We
have
a
partnership
with
them
at
no
cost
us.
They
provide
healthy
snacks
and
lunches
at
ten-forty-five.
B
We
go
over
to
the
Oklahoma
City
to
the
Will
Rogers
garden
center
and
we
do
classroom
activities
and
those
focus
on
literacy,
math
and
nutrition.
And
again
we
have
some
wonderful
knockout
tutors
from
okis
Oklahoma,
City,
Public
Schools,
and
it's
a
really
cool
thing
to
see
the
kids
engaging
with
them
and
continuing
to
to
learn
things
over
the
summer
and
not
yeah.
You
know
plugging
in
yeah.
B
Three-Week
session
is
$75
and
we're
able
to
do
that
through
partnerships
with
several
local
foundations
that
support
the
program.
Individual
donors,
who
was
who
have
also
given,
and
so
it
is
subsidized,
but
for
the
$75
they're
able
to
attend
for
three
weeks.
They
get
a
pair
of
tennis,
shoes,
a
racket,
water
bottle,
a
hat
and
a
t-shirt
so
plus
lunch,
and
we
hope
that
it's
a
really
good
option
for
kids
and
for
families
working.
A
B
B
A
B
Well,
it's
it's
kind
of
a
funny.
History.
I,
of
course
grew
up
playing
tennis
and
loved
tennis
and
started
coaching
when
I
was
pretty
young
about
18
and
then
just
never
really
got
away
from
coaching
I.
Did
it
full
time
for
about
a
year
in
between
undergraduate
and
law
school,
and
so
I
was
coaching
for
that
year
and
then
I
went
to
law.
School
knew
that
I
wanted
to
continue
my
education,
but
didn't
realize
that
that
wasn't
probably
the
best
fit
for
me.
B
I
did
practice
for
five
years,
and
I
really
appreciate
my
friends
who
love
to
practice
law.
It's
a
it's
a
really
challenging
field,
but
I
knew
that
I
wanted
to
be
outdoors
and
wanted
to
be
connecting
with
with
kids
and
so
in
two
thousand
and
two
thousand
eleven.
I
was
hired
by
oh
you
University
to
Oklahoma
to
run
their
indoor
tennis
facility.
It
was
new
six
indoor
courts
that
the
team
uses,
but
there
was
a
lot
of
empty
space
and
time,
and
so
we
opened
it
up
to
the
public.
So
there
I
got.
B
You
know
more
involved
with
the
business
side
of
tennis
and
after
three
years
with
oh
you,
this
opportunity
became
available
or
board.
President
is
Mark.
Allen
he's
invested
heavily,
as
you
know,
in
the
tennis
center,
and
he
saw
this
as
the
the
next
evolution
of
being
able
to
create
a
program
that
that
really
changes
the
the
demographics
of
tennis
that
are
played
at
the
Oklahoma
City
Tennis
Center,
so
that
it's
really
representative
of
that
area,
central
oklahoma
city,
right
well,.
A
B
B
B
A
The
on
the
women's
side,
but
so
that's
one
of
the
benefits
I
see
because
we
focus
a
lot.
You
mentioned
also
an
earlier
about
a
teaching
em
team
play,
and
this
I
know
most
people,
think
of
tennis
as
an
individual
sport
in
a
lot
of
ways.
It
is,
but
we
focus
a
lot
on
with
kids
on
basketball,
baseball
football,
these
team
sports
and
there's
a
lot
of
things
a
lot
of
ways
to
get
involved
in
those
sorts
of
things.
B
B
First
session
and
your
daughter
Lydia,
of
course-
and
you
brought
up
a
lot
of
really
great
points
about
talent,
identification
and
the
really
you
nailed
the
focus
of
the
usta
and
the
USDA
has
a
foundation
as
most
large
large
organizations
do
and
they
are
supporting
these
national,
junior
tennis
and
learning
programs
like
ours
and
JT,
LS
and
they're.
Looking
at
that
for
the
next
talent
from
the
US,
because
the
US
over
the
last
couple
of
decades.
B
As
you
know,
we
haven't
been
as
deep
and
we
haven't
been
able
to
produce
the
players
that
some
smaller
countries
are:
the
European
countries,
some
South
American
countries,
Russia
now
China
they're,
really
producing
quality
players
at
the
rate
that
the
u.s.
is
not
especially
disproportionately
with
our
population
and
one
of
the
theories
there.
A
couple
of
different
theories.
One
is
that
we're
not
teaching
two
children?
They
don't
want
to
stand
in
the
line.
They
don't
want
to
use
adult
size,
rackets.
A
B
B
A
B
B
Work
and
then
the
other
thing
that
is
really
significant
is
that
they've
said
what
about
the
work
ethic
you
know
it
can
be.
It
can
be
a
sport
where,
as
with
any
sport,
you
have
parents,
you
have
coaches
that
are
really
leading
that
child
in
the
individual
pursuit
of
you
know
reaching
their
potential.
But
you
know
through
these
programs
that
the
usta
is
developed.
You
know
they're
really
teaching
those
characteristics
of
accountability,
and
you
know
with
hard
work
you
can
achieve
and
creating
opportunities
for
kids
that
probably
wouldn't
have
that
opportunity.
B
Otherwise,
and
so
they're
really
gravitating
toward
that.
You
know
we
work
with
the
boys
and
girls
club
like
I
mentioned
some
of
those
kids.
Most
of
them
have
never
heard
of
tennis,
and
so
it's
something
new
and
it's
something
that
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
athletes
I
think
young
athletes,
especially
that
are
naturally
going
to
gravitate
toward
the
basketball
or
the
soccer
ball,
they're
kind
of
like
when's
it
going
to
be
my
turn.
You.
A
A
B
Tennis,
every
other
ball
is
you,
which
is
really
cool,
but
it's
also
really
it
can.
It
can
be
very
vulnerable
feeling,
and
so
there
are
so
many
different
things
that
you
learn
about
life
when
you're
on
the
tennis
court
and
that's
really
what
the
the
central
tenets
of
the
program
are
is
that
we
can
change
lives
through
what
we
teach
kids
on
tenants.
They
become
engaged
it's
important
to
them.
They
want
to
do
well
in
the
classroom
so
that
they
can
yeah
achieve.
We.