OMG Tennis

Teen-Founded 501(c)(3) Nonprofit

Where grind meets greatness. Community powers our purpose.

Because too many young athletes quietly disappear from sports long before they stop loving them.

OMG Tennis exists to help young athletes stay connected to confidence, community, visibility, and opportunity through sports.

See what belonging through sports can look like ↓

Built by athletes who understand the pressure, the setbacks, and the importance of feeling like you truly belong.

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Innovation fuels our mission, but community powers our purpose.

What community looks like

Real community cannot be staged. It has to be felt.

From public court sessions to weekend Grind Labs, OMG Tennis creates spaces where young athletes build confidence, connection, and belonging through sports.

OMG Tennis: Grind Lab

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Sometimes changing a young athlete's future begins with something as simple as making them feel like they belong.
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OMG Tennis mobile app showing a personalized Tennis Success Plan with daily goals, progress tracking, badges, and upcoming Grind Lab sessions

Every athlete deserves a pathway built for them.

OMG Tennis combines mentorship, community, and future-focused technology to help young athletes grow with confidence both on and off the court.

Through the OMG Tennis platform, athletes receive customized Tennis Success Plans designed around their goals, confidence level, development pathway, wellness, and long-term growth.

The goal is not just to teach tennis.
It is to help young athletes stay connected to opportunity, consistency, mentorship, and belief in themselves.

Built by student-athlete co-founder Aspen Wooten.

The heart of OMG Tennis

Belonging is the real retention strategy.

OMG Tennis was created from a simple realization: talented young athletes quietly disappear from sports every day, not because they lack potential, but because they stop feeling supported, visible, or like they belong.

Why we exist

Why OMG Tennis Exists

After experiencing financial hardship, instability, and losing consistent access to competitive tennis herself, co-founder Aspen Wooten began rethinking what young athletes actually need in order to stay connected to confidence, community, and opportunity through sports.

Aspen Wooten mentoring a young girl on the tennis court at night under the lights

It started with moments like this. Showing up on public courts, putting a racket in a young athlete's hand, and making sure they felt like they belonged.

OMG Tennis was born from the belief that every young athlete deserves access, mentorship, and community.

Youth-led by design

Built With Young Athletes, Not Just For Them

OMG Tennis is intentionally peer-led. From weekend Grind Labs to peer mentorship conversations and community events, young athletes encourage, mentor, and grow alongside one another instead of feeling judged or overlooked.

Aspen coaching a young athlete on the tennis court, both demonstrating serve form together

Peer-led from the start. Whether it's a public court, a community session, or a professional stadium, the energy stays the same: show up, support each other, grow together.

OMG Tennis creates spaces where young athletes lead, learn, and lift each other up.

Representation

Visibility Matters

For many young athletes, especially girls and athletes from underrepresented backgrounds, representation matters. OMG Tennis exists to help more young people feel seen, welcomed, and confident in spaces where they may not always feel represented.

Aspen Wooten with younger athletes on the tennis court

Representation matters. Sometimes confidence begins the moment a young athlete sees someone who looks like them leading the space.

For many young athletes, feeling welcomed matters just as much as learning the sport itself.

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The Grind Labs

The Grind Labs began as informal weekend sessions on public courts where young athletes trained together, pushed each other, and built confidence through community. Music plays through Bluetooth speakers. Players rotate through drills, match play, fitness work, and peer mentorship conversations. Some athletes arrive with private coaching and expensive gear. Others show up in slides with borrowed rackets. Once they step onto the court, none of that matters.

The peer-lessons and encouragement built during Grind Labs do not stop when players leave the court. OMG Tennis is also developing personalized Tennis Success Plans and future digital tools designed to help athletes continue building confidence, consistency, and connection beyond practice sessions.

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Growing up, I watched talented players quietly disappear from the sport. Eventually, I started disappearing too.
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Who this is for

The Players We Do This For

Every athlete's story looks different. Some need coaching. Some need confidence. Some simply need a reason not to quit.

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The athlete who slowly stopped competing because tournaments became too expensive.

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The girl who felt invisible walking into elite tennis spaces.

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The player balancing pressure, confidence, and belonging behind the scenes.

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The athlete who needed community just as much as coaching.

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The athlete who felt pressure to hide parts of their reality just to fit into elite sports spaces.

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The athlete trying to stay connected to a sport they still love.

Sometimes the hardest part is not losing passion. It is losing access, confidence, or the feeling that you still belong.

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β€œSome athletes do not need more pressure. They need belief, visibility, and someone reminding them they belong.”

OMG Tennis combines real-world mentorship with personalized athlete pathways designed to help young players feel supported both on and off the court.

The real thing

What OMG Tennis Looks Like

OMG Tennis is built around real connection. The laughs between drills. The conversations after practice. The moments young athletes realize they are not alone.

Aspen and young athletes taking a group selfie inside an indoor tennis court
Aspen kneeling on the court mentoring a young girl during an evening practice session
Young athlete practicing serve toss on outdoor court with palm trees
Meet Me in the Lab - Grind Lab event flyer with Aspen

OMG Tennis is not just about developing athletes. It is about helping young people stay connected to confidence, community, and possibility through sports.

What we do

What We Do

OMG Tennis serves youth ages 5–25, families, schools, and community partners. You don't need fancy gear or experience. Just heart, hustle, and a dream.

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Free gear & accessible community sessions

Tennis equipment for those who need it. Personalized success plans so every athlete gets guidance that fits.

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Mentors who show up

Real people who care about your confidence and your goals. Community events on the courts where you are.

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Beyond the court

College prep, life skills, leadership opportunities, and a digital app to track progress and stay connected.

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Personalized Tennis Success Plans

Designed around each athlete's goals, confidence level, development pathway, and long-term growth.

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Future digital tools & athlete pathways

Through the upcoming OMG Tennis platform and app experience.

Innovation is helping us scale mentorship, accountability, and personalized athlete development, while keeping community at the center of everything we do.

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No one turned away

No one is turned away for financial reasons. Ever.

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OMG Tennis app dashboard on an iPad showing a personalized Tennis Success Plan with progress tracking and Grind Lab schedule

Why it matters

Why Join OMG Tennis?

We're more than a nonprofit. We're a community-driven tennis and mentorship movement built around belonging, visibility, and confidence.

Real Impact

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80%+Participant retention
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280+Community service hours
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100%Commitment to every kid

Kids come back because they feel seen, supported, and part of something real. Every hour on court or in the community opens doors for young athletes who don't always get a shot.

Word on the Street

β€œAspen is a triple threat β€” leader, scholar, athlete.”

β€” Jason Gilbert, USTA Florida

β€œIncredible integrity, grit, and purpose. Aspen leads by example.”

β€” Chief Warrant Officer Anthony Moon, U.S. Army

β€œDiscipline, resilience, and community β€” that's what Aspen brings.”

β€” Coach Chris Jackson

β€œAspen is a force for youth opportunity and equity.”

β€” LaShea Reeves, Executive Director, 8 Cents in a Jar

Your Support Matters

Every donation puts rackets in hands, mentors on courts, and dreams within reach.

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Or text omgtennis to 53555

🀝 Sponsors & brand partners β€” use the contact form below to connect.

More than tennis. A smarter pathway forward.

OMG Tennis combines mentorship, community, and personalized development with a future-focused digital experience designed to help young athletes stay connected, supported, and growing.

Our OMG Tennis app helps athletes access customized Tennis Success Plans, mentorship pathways, wellness support, skill development resources, progress tracking, and opportunities tailored to their goals both on and off the court.

The goal is not just to teach tennis.
It is to help young athletes build confidence, direction, consistency, and long-term opportunity through sports.

Currently in development by student-athlete co-founder Aspen Wooten.

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I helped start OMG Tennis because I understood what it felt like to slowly lose connection to a sport I still loved.
Aspen Wooten

About Us

Meet the Co-Founders

OMG Tennis is youth-founded and youth-led, shaped by two young leaders bringing complementary perspectives to the mission.

Aspen Wooten, Co-Founder and Executive Director of OMG Tennis Inc.

Aspen Wooten

Co-Founder & Executive Director

Aspen co-founded OMG Tennis Inc. after experiencing firsthand how quickly young athletes can lose connection to sports when financial hardship, instability, or lack of support enter the picture.

As Executive Director, Aspen helps set the direction of OMG Tennis, blending athlete perspective, leadership, and community-building to expand access and keep young athletes connected.

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Ethan Wooten, Co-Founder and Student Programs + Wellness Lead at OMG Tennis Inc.

Ethan Wooten

Co-Founder & Student Programs + Wellness Lead

Ethan Wooten is Co-Founder and Student Programs + Wellness Lead, helping shape the youth experience at OMG with a focus on wellness, mentorship, leadership, and meaningful opportunities.

His perspective reflects a core belief behind the movement: young people need more than programs. They need people who see them, understand them, and help them recognize what is possible.

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Speaking & Engagements

Aspen is available for youth or donor speaking engagements. Follow her journey and the OMG Tennis movement.

Sometimes changing a young athlete's life begins with something as simple as making them feel like they belong.

OMG Tennis exists to create spaces where young athletes feel seen, supported, and connected through sports.

Sometimes changing a young athlete's future begins with making them feel like they belong in the room.

β€œCommunity-first. Future-focused. Built to help young athletes feel seen, supported, and connected through sports.”

Lake Nona

The Grind Lab (Free)

Pull up to the Grind Lab in Lake Nona. This is a peer-led, free community session. Tennis is the science. We perfect the formula. Technique. Intensity. Smart Work. Champions. Donations to OMG Tennis Inc (501(c)(3)) are welcomed and accepted.

Grind Lab Schedule

Step into the lab. Level up your game. Fewer mistakes. More weapons. Bigger results.

Free Β· Peer-Led

Next Grind Lab dates coming soon.

Use the contact form or follow OMG Tennis for upcoming Grind Lab sessions.

To sign up: DM @omgtennisfoundation on Instagram.

Not just practice. It's experiment. Execute. Elevate.

The Grind Lab is 100% free and peer-led. Donations to OMG Tennis Inc (501(c)(3)) are welcomed and accepted.

If you need a racket or gear, DM us. We will do our best to help.

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To sign up: DM @omgtennisfoundation on Instagram.

Donate via PayPal β€” OMG Tennis Inc is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit.

Contact Us

Want to get involved, donate, or learn more? We'd love to connect and serve up change together.

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Sports gave me confidence, community, and purpose. I want other young athletes to feel that too.
Aspen Wooten

FAQ

Here are answers to the most common questions we get.