Volunteer in 2014 with KCTL!

There may be inches of snow on the ground, but at KCTL, we're counting down the days until we can hit the tennis court! If you're interested in joining the KCTL volunteer crew, please do! We're always looking for more dedicated and enthusiastic individuals to help us on the court and off. People of all ages, backgrounds and tennis levels are welcome to participate!

Sign-up on our Volunteer page. And we'll keep you updated on upcoming volunteer training dates in April (for on-court volunteers). If you want to help behind the scenes, complete the form on the Volunteer page and a KCTL representative will get in touch with you as soon as possible.

And if you have up to 15 hours to spare each week, KCTL is also currently hiring a PT Administrative Fellow to help with the program's logistics. You can view more details on our Jobs page.

Reminder: Class Tomorrow!

Hope you enjoyed the holiday last weekend -- but tomorrow we're back on the courts at all four sites! 1:00 - 3:00pm for the kids. 12:30 - 3:00pm for the volunteers. Cya tomorrow!

KCTL is Making a Difference on NBC

We are so excited and proud that NBC Nightly News covered KCTL in their "Making a Difference" segment on September 4, 2013. Thank you to all our volunteers and supporters, we couldn't do this without you!

"We might have the future President here and we don't even know it." - Jonathan Williams, KCTL Vice-President.

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Wake Up with KCTL

This past Saturday morning, while the kids were enjoying the action at Arthur Ashe Kids' Day at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, KCTL was being broadcast into livings around the country. CBS This Morning aired a clip highlighting KCTL. Watch it below!

Tennis program serves inner city kids
In the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn, New York, Michael McCasland has taken a sport often found in private clubs and teaching it to kids right off the street. CBS News' Vinita Nair reports.

Positively Black: NBC New York

There's no class recap today since we had to cancel Saturday's class due to weather. But enjoy this super great video of President and Vice President, Michael McCasland and Jonathan Williams, on NBC New York's segment: Positively Black.

"Michael, I've never won anything before. This is amazing. It's a rule class is from one to three?"
"Well, class is from one to three. It's not a rule."
"Can you make it a rule it's one to four, one to five?!"

KCTL in the Press & No Class on Saturday, July 6th!

Reminder no class this Saturday due to the July 4th holiday!

DNAinfo.com covered our Davis Cup event last Saturday! Read the article, 'Global' Tennis Tournament Teaches Bed-Stuy Kids Backhands and Borders.

"Kids from The Marcy, Tompkins, Sumner and Lafayette Gardens houses broke into teams representing Russia, Japan, France and Spain and hit the courts, learning facts about their respective countries along the way.

"We try to use tennis as a way to get kids out there - get the kids active, get the kids thinking," said league founder Michael McCasland. "Tennis is the instrument to teach life skills."

KCTL in the Press: Wall Street Journal

What Kings County Tennis League is all about:

"This isn't a program for kids who have a hard time finding courts or rackets," said Michael McCasland, the league's founder. "This is about starting tennis in places where there was absolutely no tennis."

Read the full story at the Wall Street Journal, A Tennis Project for Brooklyn.