Tennis Academy

The Tennis Academy enrolls highly motivated male and female student-athletes who share a common goal – to obtain a premier college-preparatory education and world-class tennis training within a single, competitive program. Both boarding and day students may participate in the program.

2021-22 Tennis Academy Fees for Day Students
Full year, full-time training	$2,500
One semester, full-time training	$1,300
2020-21 Tennis Academy Fees for Boarding Students
Full year, full-time training	$3,800
One semester, full-time training	$2,100

Optional Additions:

Student-athletes train Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from approximately 4:15 to 6:15 p.m. Wednesday training sessions will begin at 4 p.m. with in-class video analysis. Optional weekend training and match play may be scheduled with transportation provided. All training takes place off campus.

Participants are trained by the professional tennis staff at the Rome Tennis Center and have access to both the new, state-of-the-art Rome Tennis Center at Berry College – the largest single surface facility in the nation – as well as the City of Rome’s downtown facility. As any Darlington student does, players have complete access to the Huffman Memorial Athletic Center, a 96,000-square-foot facility with a natatorium, indoor track, weight room, swimming pool, and four multi-purpose courts.

Our goal is to provide the highest quality tennis instruction and learning atmosphere, while creating a productive environment. Character development, skill improvement and a competitive, attitude-driven training ambience are qualities that our USPTA-certified staff professionals adhere to.

Weekly training sessions include warm up and cool down stretching, live ball and dead ball drills, competitive pressure drills, chalk talks, match charting, video stroke analysis, mental toughness sessions, match play with highlighted rule changes, and a private lesson in addition to group training.

Darlington School has a contract with Floyd Medical Center to provide medical services. Floyd provides full-time athletic trainers, physical therapists, orthopedists and weekly doctor’s visits for our students and players.

All Darlington students are supported by the school’s full-time college guidance staff and their resources. The staff of the Rome Tennis Center at Berry College also contact college coaches directly; track grades and extracurricular activities; and review videos and player profiles so that these items can be shared with the schools in which the player is interested.

The training programs designed by the Rome Tennis Center at Berry College paired with Darlington’s rigorous college-preparatory offerings push each member to reach his or her potential – whether that is to play recreationally or to strive for the college game or beyond. Participants train nine months per year with highly qualified coaches and have numerous opportunities to compete both locally and regionally.

All boarding students in one of the school’s six student houses - three for boys and three for girls. The house system is the backbone of the family-like atmosphere at Darlington, developing strong student-faculty relationships. Click here for more information.