Your going there for the tennis NOT a five star country club.... They work you hard, the food is plentyful, but not gourmet ... YOUR GOING THERE FOR THE TENNIS...They work well for all levels and the groups are small. The accommodation is basic but fine .. YOUR GOING THERE FOR THE TENNIS ... you don't do much more than crash in the room because they have worked you so hard with drill after drill .. No time to relax ... cause YOUR GOING FOR THE TENNIS.... in the evening they make it really fun in the bar... So bottom line is if your looking for a country club don't come ... if you want your tennis to improve and your a 3.0 to 4.5 player ... you will get supportive coaches that are only too happy to answer questions... the beds are clean. So go for the tennis and have a blast! I will be going back for my fourth visit.

I stayed at the Newcombe ranch over New Years (Dec 2010-Jan 2011). I was very impressed with the quality of instruction and the amount of attention. We had 9 adults and 3 pros. The food was good and very plentiful. The ranch grounds were well kept.

The only negative was the accomodations. I had a courtside room. Although you don't spend much time in the room, the condition of them really made it almost hard to stay there. The room was very sparsely furnished. You have to put your suitcase on the floor because there is nothing to put it on. No cable TV (not an issue for me, but could be for some). The bathroom was in terrible condition; it was clean but it felt dirty because of how old it was. The units have cute porches outside the rooms but no furniture on them. The beds were comfortable, which was great because you are really tired from so much tennis. There was nothing on the walls, no sense of decor. We had to run the heat because there was only a thin blanket on the bed.

The price is so reasonable for this camp that it's hard to complain about the rooms. However, if I did it again, I would spend more and stay in nicer accomodations. They are building a Newcombe tennis community just across the street from the current ranch and maybe it will have rental units. I absolutely recommend this place as long as you have low expectations for the accomodations.

Stayed in a two bedroom condo with my junior tennis player while they were attending a weekly tennis program. Switched units because the first one had food and debris in the silverware drawer and garbage in one of the kitchen cabinets. Second unit had a clean silverware drawer but after we unpacked, noticed the very stained carpet, grimy phone, sliding door with a broken lock, peeling wallboard in the shower and below the bathroom sink, mold, dirty walls and missing lights in fixtures. Aside from a coffee maker, the kitchen was unusable as there were insufficient supplies--a couple of plastic bowls was about it. The unit also had no smoke detector. We simply could not wait to leave and in retrospect, we should have. The resort is in a general state of disrepair. Go elsewhere.

A group of four tennis friends went for a weekend of tennis instruction. We had a 2 bedroom condo. The set up in the condo is one very small bedroom with two twin beds and a much larger room with two queen beds. The larger room had its own A/C unit so that room did stay pretty cool. I had read the other posts so I wasn't expecting luxurious accomodations but I was expecting something nicer than a Motel 6 or Super 8. Cleanliness, bedding and linens were on par with Motel 6. Air conditioning did not work properly in the living room and smaller bedroom and we were told there were no other rooms and that it was just hot in the loft rooms due to no insulation. Funny, their website does not mention that this is "just the way it is." Our living area and small bedroom were always over 80 degrees in the afternoon and early evening. After 3 requests, they did finally provide us with an commercial type fan that was so loud that we had to shout. Their was a washer/dryer in the unit but we didn't use it because we didn't want to heat the room up any further. The water was turned off for a few hours on our second day. We were told it would be just a few minutes. This would not have been a big deal but it was the time in between our tennis sessions so not everyone got to shower. The toilet was stopped up and again, took 3 calls to get attention for this problem. Ok, so you get the picture; accomodations are really lacking. Onto the tennis program, which is what we were there for anyway. We had a social hit Friday night for about 2 hours that was pretty good. No real instruction but some fun drills. There was 1 pro for every 5-6 players. The next day we had two clinics, one from 9-11:45 and another from 2:00-4:00 and a round robin tournament from about 4:30-5:30. The drills were good and you definitely get a workout. The program is run by a man named Joe and he has about 7 college students assisting him. There were 5 male pros and 2 female pros. Noone in my group received much individual instruction and I do have to point out that the young college men did spend alot of time working individually with the younger women there. Not bitter; this is just a fact. I still got some very useful things from the clinics. There was a lot of time spent explaining the drills and then always some confusion among Joe and the pros about how to run the drills so the time could be more efficient. They do adult weekends alot so I'm not sure why they don't have it down to a science by now. Just something simple like having the pros rotate courts instead of the players would help so that you're not always having to go back to where your bag is for water or a towel. They did keep the water jugs well stocked and that was good since it was extremely hot everyday. Overall, we did hit a lot of balls just didn't get much individual instruction. The food is provided as part of the package. All the meals were buffet style and were pretty standard "camp fare", nothing gourmet but ok. There is a bar with very reasonable priced drinks. Pros socialize with the guests in the evening. Front desk staff are not the most efficient. After making our reservation, we didn't get a confirmation email or anything stating what to bring. When I called with questions, they would answer the exact question but did not volunteer any additional information. We originally planned to stay Sunday night as well and then changed our plans so I called to cancel that night. Then, when we checked in, we confirmed that our last night was cancelled. When we checked out, we were charged for the extra night and it took some time for them to rerun cards and credit the over charge. We all agreed that while we had a fairly good time, we probably would not return and definitely not in the middle of the Texas summer heat.