Tennis at UCT Prague
For whom: Intermediate to advanced (competitive) players
When: Fridays 12:00–13:00 and 13:00–14:00; both semesters
Where: Tennis centre of the Czech Technical University
Na Kotlářce 2603/7, Prague 6
Fees: up to 300 CZK (ca 13 EUR)/semester
Equipment: Balls are provided, rackets can be rented free of charge
Credits: If you sign-up to Physical education in SIS and attend ≥ 70% lessons (illness and labs/test excluded), you may get 1 credit
Reservations: from Tuesday (you will receive an e-mail with link)
Contact (organisation, foreign players):
Jan Vališ jan.valis@vscht.cz +420 220 44 2072
Contact (Czech-speaking players):
Jiří Hamáček jiri.hamacek@vscht.cz +420 733 604 234
Tennis at UCT Prague
The Tennis club of UCT Prague is a sport club supporting tennis players from the ranks of students and employees of the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague (UCT Prague). The players, usually intermediate to advanced (competitive), can play in the courts of the Sport centre of the Czech Technical University – Kotlářka, which is situated within a 10 min walking distance of the Dejvice campus of UCT Prague. There are synthetic carpet courts in the sport centre as well as lockers, showers, and restrooms. Autumn to spring, there is an inflatable tennis hall allowing for all-year operation. The tennis club provides tennis balls and allows students to rent a tennis racket free of charge. Due to operational reasons, it is unfortunately not possible to provide training to absolute beginners.
Every semester, there is a fee paid to CAUS (Czech association of university sport), for which CAUS supports sports at UCT Prague. Given the fact that the fee is supposed to be paid only by students of less than 26 years of age and with the Czech/Slovak birth number, some players would be unfairly burdened by a fee while others wouldn’t. It is for this reason why the particular amount is every semester evenly and fairly distributed between the players of the Tennis club of CUT Prague. The fee does not exceed 300 CZK (ca 13 EUR) per semester.
During the teaching period of the semester, we play in two courts for two hours every Friday from 12:00 till 14:00. Since the Tennis tournament for students and employees of UCT Prague is usually held on the Friday of winter semester, the first regular class is usually moved to the second Friday of the teaching period in the winter semester. Furthermore, one week, both in the winter and in the summer semester, is cancelled due to the construction/deconstruction of the tennis hall. Playing during the assessment period is organized and paid individually.
After signing-up to the Physical education (subject code AV827001) in the Students Information System (SIS), every student can get 1 credit for ≥ 70% attendance. Obstacles to attandence like illness, block laboratories or tests are not counted as absence. (Model example: there are 10 regular classes in the semester, out of which the student has 2 tests on Friday, therefore only 8 classes are considered to be 100% attendance and the minimal attendance is thus 6 lessons.)