FISD and the City of Frisco are implementing a new reservation system on Jan 30, 2023 to improve community access to tennis courts. 

With this new system, the city encourages the community to book courts on friscocommunitytennis.com, they believe that this system can allow more people to have a fair chance at playing tennis. 

“It helps keeps the courts organized which is very important because there are often arguments regarding court occupation,” said Akhilesh Singu, varsity tennis player. 

Individuals who reserve courts for exclusive access are required to pay an $11 fee for 90 minutes of playing time.

“It is a bad price,” said Meghana Tummala, varsity tennis player. “A lot of us are high schoolers looking to practice and get better, but we have to pay in order to play. This price can add up as some of us play for 3-4 hours at a time, sometimes multiple times a week,”

Coaches organizing private lessons are restricted to limited practice time, reduced playing space, and are banned from reserving middle school tennis courts. 

“I think that is a great idea because there are only two courts at middle schools and, if coaching occurs on them, the public cannot use them,” said Singu.

Student players feel that FISD and the City of Frisco should take a different approach to expand the availability of local tennis courts. 

“I think they should have a pardon fees for students or at least a student discount,” said Tummala. “[This would allow the] tennis team to improve, while also avoiding paying a fee every time they want to play.” 

Overall, People find that the reservation system achieves the opposite of its goal. 

“[This] makes [it so] the courts are less accessible because the payment and the time restriction prevents us to go and use them at our convenience,” said Tummala. 

For more information visit friscoisd.org.