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<strong>Ready</strong><br />
for<br />
<strong>Rafa</strong><br />
Creating<br />
the Next<br />
Generation<br />
<strong>USPTA</strong> Southern Division: Where Excellence is STANDARD<br />
The <strong>USPTA</strong> Southern Division<br />
Volume 12 Issue 3 : June, 2011<br />
INSIDE:<br />
pg 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Convention Highlights<br />
pg 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2011 Hall of Fame & Award Winners<br />
pg 11 . . . . . . . . . . Should You Be Offering a Buying Club?<br />
pg 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Security for Your Facility<br />
pg 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Core Training
Page 2 Volume 12 Issue 3<br />
HANDLING The Situation!<br />
Handling the Situation is YOUR opportunity<br />
to share how you handle various<br />
situations. Everyone that sends in a<br />
response will be entered into a drawing for a<br />
<strong>USPTA</strong> shirt/T-shirt or other prize.<br />
Situation: You have a player who would like<br />
to play on a league team. This player does not<br />
get picked up by any of your league captains and<br />
comes to you to complain that they cannot get<br />
on a team. What do you do to get this player on<br />
to a team?<br />
As pros, we can only try to help but we really<br />
can’t dictate whether a player is picked up for a<br />
league team or not. We can try to ask a captain<br />
who might be sympathetic to the situation but<br />
there is really nothing we can do to force a team<br />
to take a player. One option might be to help<br />
that player form their own team! This would<br />
offer a great alternative if there are enough<br />
players available at that level. The player would<br />
get the experience of captaining a team and<br />
another team would be added to the league! If<br />
this is not possible perhaps the player could join<br />
a regular game. While this would not be in the<br />
“league” it would still afford the player to play on<br />
a regular basis and perhaps meet more players<br />
and join a league in the future!<br />
Fast Facts<br />
-Ed Gaskell, LA<br />
I would try to identify a team with an easy<br />
going captain and non-cut-throat-competitive<br />
players, and explain the situation to the captain,<br />
asking if the team could do me (not the<br />
player) a favor by taking on the player. In most<br />
cases, teams are more than willing to help out<br />
the teaching pro.<br />
-Neil Witherow, MS<br />
At our club, the policy is a maximum of 2 nonmembers<br />
per team. Most of our teams take<br />
advantage of this. So, I simply tell the captains<br />
that they must take all club members interested<br />
in playing before accepting or asking<br />
non-members. They (the captains) absolutely<br />
cannot have non-members on their team if they<br />
refuse to take another interested member. A<br />
side note...we really haven’t had an issue with<br />
this. I bend over backwards to help our captains<br />
before, during, and after the seasons, so in<br />
turn, they help me when it comes to placing<br />
interested players.<br />
-Jeff Hawes, LA<br />
nEXt Situation: Is it professional to socialize<br />
with clients? At all? How much? Send your solution<br />
to usptasouthern@gmail.com.<br />
Philadelphia Freedom was written by Elton John in the seventies for the<br />
Philadelphia Freedom <strong>Tennis</strong> Team and Billie Jean King.<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Rackets kept growing in length until the USTA decided to regulate<br />
the length to 29 inches. Before this Dunlop made a racket that was 32<br />
inches long in 1996.<br />
The first tie-break that was used in tournaments was a nine point tiebreak<br />
that had a sudden death point at 4 all.<br />
Pressureless or zero pressure balls can be used in tournaments at high<br />
altitude or 4000 feet above sea level.<br />
Jimmy Connors is and will be the only player to ever win the USOPEN on<br />
three different surfaces.<br />
Southern Officers<br />
The “Standard” is the official newsletter<br />
for the Southern Division of the <strong>United</strong> <strong>States</strong><br />
<strong>Professional</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong> Association.<br />
President<br />
Bill Phillips - 337-849-5821<br />
phillips@sta.usta.com<br />
Past President<br />
Pat Whitworth - 678-482-6357<br />
pwhitworth@aol.com<br />
1st Vice President<br />
Todd Upchurch - 704-258-7220<br />
tupchurch1@gmail.com<br />
2nd Vice President<br />
Sophie Woorons-Johnston - 864-202-1917<br />
sophie@brookstonemeadows.com<br />
Secretary-Treasurer<br />
Matt Grayson - 770-475-3802<br />
tennis@ccroswell.com<br />
Executive Director<br />
Fred Burdick - 800-438-7782<br />
usptaexdir@windstream.net<br />
State Presidents<br />
alabama<br />
Kevin Theos - 337-981-0543<br />
theos@sta.usta.com<br />
arkansas<br />
Jimbo Hobson - 501-835-9793<br />
jimbopro@ipa.net<br />
Georgia<br />
Andrew Minnelli - 770-368-7040<br />
ajm@acc1.org<br />
Kentucky<br />
Keith Cecil - 859-608-4640<br />
kcecil@transy.edu<br />
Louisiana<br />
Ed Gaskell - 225-924-6273<br />
edgaskell@bocagerc.org<br />
Mississippi<br />
Kevin Jackson - 662-840-3528<br />
kjackson@tupcc.com<br />
north Carolina<br />
Scott Mitchell - 704-334-7361<br />
nescott10s@yahoo.com<br />
South Carolina<br />
Teodora Doncheva - 803-326-3842<br />
teodoradoncheva@yahoo.com<br />
tennessee<br />
Bill Riddle - 615-824-6642<br />
tennisun@aol.com<br />
Head tester<br />
Tommy Wade - 256-341-4948t<br />
wade@decatur-al.gov
Standard Page 3<br />
Southern Board Steps Up For Justice<br />
STEP 1: Executive Committee takes Stand against<br />
rogue actions (April 9th)<br />
STEP 2: Judge Rules in favor of <strong>USPTA</strong> in the Randy<br />
Mattingley vs. <strong>USPTA</strong> case (April 29th)<br />
Recent events at the National Board Meeting (January) have brought<br />
about swift and firm actions by the governing body in our association, the<br />
<strong>USPTA</strong> Executive Committee (April). This committee is made up of two representatives<br />
from each division in addition to eight National Board members<br />
and three National Past Presidents. Your Southern Executive Committee<br />
members and Board could not consent to 5 National Board members over<br />
ruling the power of the nominating committee and the Executive Committee.<br />
Nine <strong>divisions</strong> share a similar view on the events that have taken place.<br />
It is not just large <strong>divisions</strong> that were unhappy with the process, we just felt<br />
too strongly that it is imperative to abide by the democratic process.<br />
14. When Tom Daglis convened the meeting<br />
he shared that he was visited by Mattingley<br />
and several other board members in his hotel<br />
room that morning, and was asked whether<br />
he would accept the nominating committee’s<br />
decision to nominate him for President for a<br />
second term. Tom shared that he had not yet<br />
been informed of any decision of the nominating<br />
committee. The first day of the board of<br />
directors meeting was routine business.<br />
15. The second day of the Board of Directors<br />
meeting (held in January) was like witnessing<br />
bullies in a playground. In what appeared<br />
to be pre-orchestrated, the plaintiff and<br />
four members of the Board made a series of<br />
motions against Tom Daglis, which I recorded<br />
in my notes as follows:<br />
Motion: President Daglis shall not make<br />
any binding commitments with any entity<br />
without prior Board approval.<br />
Motion (Bunny Brunning): All written<br />
communications between Pres. Daglis and<br />
the national office shall be copied by the<br />
president to the Board. All written communications<br />
by national to Pres. Daglis shall be<br />
copied by the national office to the Board<br />
Motion (Mark Fairchild): The <strong>USPTA</strong><br />
Now It’s Your Turn<br />
national Board of Directors expresses a<br />
vote of “no confidence” in Tom Daglis as<br />
president of the <strong>USPTA</strong>.<br />
Motion (Randy Mattingley): The Board<br />
requests a special Executive Committee<br />
meeting in Houston for the purpose of<br />
removing Tom Daglis from the office of<br />
president of the <strong>USPTA</strong>.<br />
Motion (Randy Mattingley): The Board<br />
moves that the <strong>USPTA</strong> send another representative,<br />
rather than President Daglis, to<br />
the USTA meeting in March.<br />
16. The protests of these board members<br />
were revealing of their true motivation, as<br />
they expressed their sentiment that the<br />
nominating committee had chosen the<br />
wrong person for president, that it was Randy<br />
Mattingley’s turn to be President, that Tom<br />
should resign, that it had only happened<br />
once before that a president was permitted<br />
to serve two consecutive terms, that<br />
the nominating committee didn’t interview<br />
enough people, and so on and so forth. I was<br />
asked by these board members to find some<br />
illegality in the nominating committee’s decision.<br />
I said that the nominating committee’s<br />
decision was legal, explaining that regard-<br />
An unfortunate consequence is that two industry standouts, Jim Loehr<br />
and Jack Groppel tendered their resignation if the original slate was put<br />
forth. By no means was this the intention of any of us, but we still felt<br />
strongly about the entire events that preceded this declaration: and as difficult<br />
as it was, we were not deterred by their actions.<br />
Rather than try to explain the details of these events, we felt it would best<br />
serve our Southern members to utilize excerpts from the affidavit of our<br />
<strong>USPTA</strong> legal counsel, Paul Waldman, to paint a clear picture. Paul has served<br />
our association for 36 years and authored our national bylaws back in 1974.<br />
EXCERPTS FROM AFFADAVIT OF PAUL WALDMAN (<strong>USPTA</strong> General Counsel) NATIONAL BOARD MEETING (January 8-9)<br />
PLEASE VOTE: In July you will receive a ballot. You will have an opportunity<br />
to vote on a slate of officers. The President and First Vice President<br />
cannot be run against according to the by-laws. However, every other<br />
office will have two candidates. This is a turning point in the history of our<br />
STEP 3: YOU…vote for Candidates that Support<br />
REAL CHANGE! (July/August)<br />
STEP 4: Go to www.ServetheFacts.com to learn<br />
more and view legal documents<br />
less of what the board members may think<br />
about the nominating committee’s choice,<br />
the nominating committee was duly elected<br />
by the Executive Committee and under the<br />
bylaws you have to live with their decision.<br />
22. The events of the January 8-9 board<br />
meeting were a concern to me because it<br />
was the first instance in thirty-six years that<br />
a board of directors was circumventing the<br />
bylaws and negating the nominating committee’s<br />
choice for president. Regardless of<br />
individual preference one may have for any<br />
particular candidate, in my view this action<br />
threatened the democratic processes set<br />
out in the bylaws and thus the ability of the<br />
<strong>USPTA</strong> to effectively govern itself. If the board<br />
can use blackmail to cause a nominee to<br />
decline his/trer nomination, then the board<br />
of directors - not the nominating committee<br />
- is effectively choosing the nominees.<br />
This would allow the board of directors in the<br />
future to effectively elect themselves, which<br />
is the opposite of democratic.<br />
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING (April 8-9)<br />
32. It was well within the general powers of<br />
the Executive Committee, as set forth in Article<br />
VI, section 1, to reinstate the nominating committee’s<br />
original choice for president.<br />
association. Who will prevail? That is up to you. Ask questions and get<br />
the facts. The entire affidavit of Paul Waldman is something every member<br />
should read and is available on the www.ServetheFacts.com website.<br />
The future is in your hands.<br />
Please know that The Southern Division Board of Directors and these Past Presidents support the actions and motions of the Executive Committee at<br />
the April meeting and will support those candidates that agree…<br />
Past Southern Division Presidents<br />
Bill Phillips, President<br />
Jimbo Hobson, AR President Keith Cecil, KY President Fred Burdick<br />
Randy Stephens<br />
Todd Upchurch, 1st VP Andrew Minelli, GA President Kevin Jackson, MS President Tom Daglis<br />
John Stone<br />
Sophie W. Johnston, 2nd VP Bill Riddle, TN President Kevin Theos, AL President Dave Dvorak<br />
Reedy Toney<br />
Matt Grayson, Sec/Trea. Tedi Doncheva, SC President<br />
Greg Grover<br />
Tommy Wade<br />
Ed Gaskell, LA President Scott Mitchell, NC President<br />
Jeff Hawe<br />
Tom McGraw<br />
Pat Whitworth<br />
www.ServetheFacts.com<br />
Please visit this site for a complete list of information on these events and the importance of this election.
Page 4 Volume 12 Issue 3<br />
Convention Wrap-up<br />
What a great time we had at the<br />
Bocage Racquet Club in Baton<br />
Rouge. The weather was excellent,<br />
the agenda was world class, and the attendees<br />
helped make this an event to remember<br />
by their participation and energy. There was<br />
something for all experience levels with the full<br />
on court tract and full off court tract. Add to<br />
that, where else would we learn to eat crawfish<br />
prepared Cajun style??<br />
Special thanks to Rod Heckelman, Feisal<br />
Hassan, Joe Dinoffer, Ajay Pant, Butch Staples,<br />
John Callen, and Sophie Woorons-Johnston for<br />
their presentation efforts. Scott Mitchell gets<br />
an honorable mention for staying on court for<br />
4 hours as a hitter, and working harder than<br />
he has in years!! Our Pro-Am raised $500 for<br />
Children’s Care. Personal Career Consulting was<br />
a new item this year, and 20 people took advantage<br />
of this opportunity to meet with an expert<br />
in various work related areas. We learned during<br />
Rod Heckelman’s presentation that he indirectly<br />
helped the San Francisco Giants win the<br />
World Series. You will have to hear his reasoning<br />
behind that statement!!<br />
Lastly, a special thanks to convention chair<br />
Todd UpChurch, president Bill Phillips, past president<br />
Pat Whitworth, LTA president Brett Schwartz<br />
for sponsoring the welcome party, and Fred &<br />
Beth Burdick for all their efforts to make every<br />
convention a great memory. This will be their last<br />
since Fred is retiring at the end of this year.
Standard Page 5<br />
Congratulations to all of our<br />
award winners and Hall of Fame<br />
inductees for 2011<br />
Hall of Fame Inductees<br />
Kurk Kamperman Wade Herren<br />
Pride of the South<br />
Jeff Hawes<br />
Tester of the Year<br />
tommy Wade<br />
Male Player of the Year<br />
45’s - Kevin Gillette<br />
Industry Excellence Award<br />
Brett Schwartz<br />
General Manager of<br />
the Year<br />
Joanne Wallen<br />
Director of <strong>Tennis</strong> of the Year<br />
Louis (Boo) Mason<br />
Assistant <strong>Professional</strong><br />
of the Year<br />
Eric Baumgardner<br />
Rookie of the Year<br />
teodora (tedi) Doncheva<br />
Seminar Contest Winner<br />
Marcus Rutsche<br />
Male Player of the Year 55’s<br />
Randy Stephens<br />
Alan Henry Southern<br />
<strong>Professional</strong> of the Year<br />
adam thomson<br />
Ed Gaskell<br />
Bocage Senior Invitational,<br />
Tournament of the Year<br />
Matt Grayson<br />
Country Club of Roswell<br />
Charity Event of the Year<br />
award Winners not pictured<br />
Female Player of the Year 45’s<br />
Diane Fishburne<br />
Male Player of the Year 35’s<br />
Jan Deener<br />
Male Open<br />
Rawleigh Martin<br />
Touring Coach of the Year<br />
Brian De Villiers<br />
High School Coach of the Year<br />
Bernie McGuire
Page 6 Volume 12 Issue 3<br />
State News<br />
Alabama<br />
After tornadoes devastated areas of Alabama on April<br />
27th, it didn’t take long for <strong>USPTA</strong> pros to help families<br />
in need. Tommy Wade immediately volunteered to get food, water and other<br />
essentials to victims. Keith Swindoll saw to it that proceeds totaling $5,000 from<br />
the 24th Annual Keith’s Classic <strong>Tennis</strong> Tournament went to disaster relief. Meanwhile,<br />
Boo Mason donated proceeds from a mixed doubles round robin to tornado<br />
relief and personally helped cleanup in Pratt City. <strong>Tennis</strong> pros do a great deal of<br />
good through charity and examples like these make me proud to be a <strong>USPTA</strong> pro.<br />
On behalf of USTA Alabama, thanks to all those who assisted the Alabama <strong>Tennis</strong><br />
Foundation with getting folks to pre-commit to purchase specialty tennis tags. The<br />
state requirement was 250 by May and the official count is 357!! The state will now<br />
start printing tags. Proceeds will support junior tennis in Alabama.<br />
Please mark your calendar as Hoover Country Club will host the <strong>USPTA</strong> Alabama<br />
Workshop on Saturday, August 20th. We still have speaking slots available and if<br />
there are any particular topics that interest you, please let me know at theos@sta.<br />
usta.com.<br />
The crazy weather has pushed school until the middle<br />
Arkansas of June. Pros are adjusting their schedules after a<br />
winter of snow and a spring of tornados and floods. I guess we should consider<br />
ourselves lucky if we didn’t get hit directly with the tornadoes and our thoughts<br />
go out to those who are struggling to get through these weather catastrophes. We<br />
had a great test in Conway in early May and had seven candidates that did a bang<br />
up job. Special thanks to Harold Henderson who takes the time each year to line<br />
up lessons and furnish the <strong>USPTA</strong> his indoor courts to host the test. The conference<br />
in Baton Rouge was fantastic. I was saddened that I was the only Arkansas pro that<br />
attended a conference that had some of the best speakers I have ever seen at a<br />
southern conference. Bocage was an incredible facility and had some of the best<br />
convention food I have ever had.<br />
We just had a meeting of the Arkansas pros and only had nine pros attend. It<br />
looked like the numbers were up at our Junior Qualifying which is a good sign that<br />
tennis is healthy and growing. I am starting an Arkansas <strong>USPTA</strong> facebook page that<br />
should help us communicate better. Please contact me if you can’t get on the site<br />
or if you have any questions involving our association. Congratulations go out to<br />
Bob Wagstaff and his 3.0 senior men’s team that captured a national championship.<br />
That makes three national champions for the state of Arkansas in adult team tennis.<br />
Is that hot or what??<br />
<strong>USPTA</strong> Georgia had an outstanding time at the Southern<br />
Georgia Convention in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Thank you to<br />
Ed Gaskell and Bocage Racquet Club for hosting an incredible event. Some of us<br />
finally learned how to properly eat a crawfish; however, everyone had the opportunity<br />
to come together and share educational and personal moments with each<br />
other.<br />
What’s more, Georgia certified pros represented the Chapter well at the Southern<br />
Awards Luncheon. Congratulations to following pros who were honored: Marcus<br />
Rutsche – Seminar Speaking Contest; Country Club of Roswell – Charity Event<br />
of the Year; Randy Stephens – Men’s 55’s Player of the Year; Brian de Villiers – Touring<br />
Coach of the Year; Eric Baumgarnder – Assistant <strong>Professional</strong> of the Year.<br />
Make sure, <strong>USPTA</strong> pros, that you “Save the Date” for our first annual Summer<br />
Workshop hosted by Reynolds Plantation, August 13th and 14th. National caliber<br />
speakers such as Rod Heckleman, Jorge Capestany, Tim Wilkinson, Kevin Jackson<br />
and Mike Imbornone will be on hand to share their expertise on and off the court.<br />
Don’t miss out on a chance to get away for a weekend and enhance your career<br />
with top notch seminars, relax with a round of golf, and hang with your colleagues<br />
by the pool. We look forward to seeing you this summer.<br />
Hope everyone is off to a great summer! We jump<br />
Kentucky started the summer with a trip down to Baton Rouge<br />
for the <strong>USPTA</strong> Southern Convention. It was a long trip, but there were several great<br />
presentations, tennis professionals, and, of course, good food! Kentucky was well<br />
represented at the awards lunch with Jan Deener receiving the Female 35’s Player<br />
of the Year, Dennis Emery named College Coach of the Year, and Joanne Moore Wallen<br />
honored as General Manager of the Year.<br />
If you weren’t able to make the trip down to Baton Rouge, the <strong>USPTA</strong> Kentucky<br />
workshop will be October 21-22 in Lexington. This is going to be a fantastic<br />
workshop, with some great presentations, giveaways, awards, good food, and a<br />
Keeneland trip squeezed in as well! We’ll be getting more details out soon, but<br />
keep those dates open for <strong>USPTA</strong> in your calendar!<br />
I hope everyone received our first <strong>USPTA</strong>-KY digital newsletter. If you didn’t get<br />
a copy, email kcecil@transy.edu and we’ll email it to you. Visit our facebook page<br />
“<strong>USPTA</strong> Kentucky Chapter” that is open to everyone to share ideas/stories/pictures/<br />
news and stay connected with <strong>USPTA</strong> Kentucky.<br />
Louisiana<br />
Contact info for all officers at www.usptasouthern.com/contact.php<br />
Louisiana is warming up and league play is in full<br />
swing! Players are hitting the lesson courts getting<br />
ready for league matches and tournament play. Juniors are taking to the new<br />
QuickStart format and having a blast! Did anyone see the QuickStart lines on the<br />
court during the Sampras/Agassi and McEnroe/Lendl exhibition at Madison Square<br />
Garden in New York? We are showcasing the 36 foot courts and equipment at our<br />
USTA National Level II $15,000 Bocage Senior Invitational Tournament April 13-17 in<br />
a fun event on Friday night during the tournament with prizes! Click the link to the<br />
tournament to see the event: http://tennislink.usta.com/Tournaments/TournamentHome/Tournament.aspx?T=96099<br />
This is a great way to get the kids and parents, parents and pros together with<br />
some hands on fun with the Quickstart format. Try doing this with a mixer or other<br />
fun event at your club!<br />
Louisiana was proud to host the <strong>USPTA</strong> Southern Convention at the Bocage<br />
Racquet Club in Baton Rouge May 12 – 15. There were great seminars with nationally<br />
renowned speakers, a great Pro-Am Friday night that raised $500 for St. Jude’s<br />
Children Hospital and 500lbs of boiled crawfish! Many of the attendees I spoke<br />
with enjoyed the venue and the educational opportunities. Personally I had a<br />
blast participating on the winning team of “knockout” played with the orange 10<br />
& under balls. Two of my own staff took the certification test and even thought<br />
they could not take as many of the seminars as they would have liked to, they felt<br />
reenergized from the ones they did take as did my other pros! I would encourage<br />
everyone to attend state or division conventions and workshops as much as your<br />
time allows as the camaraderie and education that are available at these events are<br />
beneficial in so many ways to your professional career and positive outlook to the<br />
industry!<br />
Mississippi<br />
I would like to thank the <strong>USPTA</strong> Southern board<br />
for all their hard work with the 2011 Southern<br />
Convention. In all my years of being a part of the <strong>USPTA</strong>, this was the strongest and<br />
most rewarding convention I have ever attended. The dual track of both on court<br />
and off court presenters was perfect. Having served on so many boards the past<br />
10 years, I get to see all the hard work put into these types of events. A thank you<br />
goes out to Ed Gaskell and Bocage Racquet Club for hosting this year’s convention.<br />
I would also like to thank the Mississippi professionals that attended. It is these<br />
types of educational events that will help take your career to the next level. We all<br />
need to do our part and encourage as many of our fellow professionals to make<br />
attending educational opportunities a necessity. Mississippi is working on partnering<br />
with Alabama for a joint dual state convention in August. We want to offer more<br />
chances for our professionals to continue their education. Our state workshop will<br />
be in conjunction with USTA Mississippi’s annual meeting which is in January 2012.<br />
Knowing that we would move our workshop to January of next year, the Alabama/<br />
Mississippi workshop will be a great way to have 2 workshops for our state in less<br />
than 6 months! Last but not least, I would like to give big congratulations to Kevin<br />
Gillette in winning Southern 35’s Player of the year.<br />
N. Carolina<br />
What a great <strong>USPTA</strong> Southern Convention in<br />
Baton Rouge in May. Bocage Racquet Club<br />
provided a great facility for one of the best conventions <strong>USPTA</strong> Southern has put<br />
together in recent memory. The food was amazing, the speaker presentations were<br />
top notch and you combine that with great weather and it was just a great experience<br />
for all that attended.<br />
We want to invite all <strong>USPTA</strong> southern professionals to our summer workshop<br />
August 21-22 in Winston-Salem, NC in conjunction with the new ATP Winston-<br />
Salem Open. We will be spending some time at the beautiful Forsyth Country Club<br />
as well as the brand new Winston-Salem <strong>Tennis</strong> Center. We have put together some<br />
great presentations and will be hosting a kids day on Monday morning for all the<br />
pros to attend. We have worked out a discount package for those <strong>USPTA</strong> pros that<br />
buy one of the tournament packages. Bring your players along to enjoy the great<br />
tournament as you get to see and hear some of our industry’s best, share their<br />
secrets with you.<br />
S. Carolina<br />
South Carolina <strong>USPTA</strong> is excited to present Tedi Doncheva<br />
as Southern Rookie of the Year! Also, South<br />
Carolina’s Sophie Woorons-Johnston is our State Liaison on the Southern Board as she<br />
is 2nd Vice-President for <strong>USPTA</strong> Southern so don’t hesitate to contact her at Sophie@<br />
brookstonemeadows.com. The Southern Convention in Baton Rouge Louisiana was<br />
terrific! Our SC workshop will be help on August 22nd at the Spartanburg Westside<br />
Club. Applications for the convention will be sent by email, email tedi at teodoradoncheva@yahoo.com<br />
for more information. We will discuss new ways to implement<br />
Quick Start at your Club. The 1 day tournament is a new format for Sanctioned tournaments<br />
in South Carolina. Fitness for your game. Mental training for your members. I<br />
look forward to seeing you all at our SC workshop.<br />
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DRILL DETAILS<br />
type: Singles<br />
time & Players: 15 min. [1, 4]<br />
Prepared by: Kevin Jackson<br />
DRILL DETAILS<br />
type: Singles<br />
time & Players: 15 min. [1, 4]<br />
Prepared by: Kevin Jackson<br />
DRILL DESCRIPTION & GOALS<br />
Games Galore<br />
Category: Other<br />
Level: Intermediate<br />
tennis organization: <strong>USPTA</strong> Southern<br />
DRILL DESCRIPTION & GOALS<br />
• Players play singles points out on half of the court.<br />
• Players start the point by feeding down the line to their opponent.<br />
• Both Player 1 and Player 2 must feed the ball at the same time.<br />
• Once one team finishes playing the point the other team can then finish their point<br />
anywhere in the court.<br />
• The 1st point won is worth 1 point. The “Dingles” point is worth 2 points<br />
DRILL ORGANIZATION<br />
When one team finished the half court point they yell “Dingles” to alert the other 2 players<br />
that they can use the entire court to play. For large groups playing on 3-4 courts. Let each<br />
court play to 21 and winning team moves up a court and losing team moves down a court<br />
DRILL KEY POINTS<br />
Category: Other<br />
Level: Advanced, Competitive, Intermediate<br />
tennis organization: Inter<strong>Tennis</strong><br />
• This drill is a fun way to get your junior players to exercise while in clinic.<br />
• This is a competitive drill for intermediate to advance players.<br />
• 4 players start playing a doubles point.<br />
• When a point is lost, the player that lost the point drops out and begins to jog around<br />
the outside of the court.<br />
• Players that are jogging around the court race to any open spots to play.<br />
• First player that wins 20 points wins the drill!<br />
DRILL ORGANIZATION<br />
There are lots of fun variations to throw into this type of drill.<br />
Variations:<br />
1. If you hit a ball into the net at anytime you lose all your points<br />
2. If you hit a volley or overhead winner you win 5 points<br />
3. All 4 players must use slice while playing the point<br />
DRILL KEY POINTS<br />
Consistency, Cardio and fun.<br />
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Dingles<br />
Musical Chairs
Page 8 Volume 12 Issue 3<br />
Southern<br />
Spotlight<br />
Francis ali - Sun City Peachtree, Griffin, Ga<br />
Brief description of your tennis career: Started playing at 14 in Fiji. There<br />
was an opportunity to come to Atlanta to play college tennis when I was<br />
19. About 2yrs later returned to Fiji to play for Fiji in Davis Cup competition.<br />
Teaching career started with a stint working as a National Coach<br />
for another Pacific island country- Tonga. My teaching career included<br />
working for two 5 star resorts in Fiji as a <strong>Tennis</strong> Director, working for the<br />
International <strong>Tennis</strong> Federation as a Pacific Development Officer and then<br />
finally returning to the <strong>United</strong> <strong>States</strong> where I have worked at various clubs.<br />
I have been teaching for 19 yrs now!<br />
What other sports did you play? Soccer, rugby, track sprint<br />
Who were mentors that helped you develop as a professional? Dan<br />
O’Connell (ITF Development Officer in the Pacific) Paul Albares (PBI pro)<br />
What is your favorite shot to teach? Drop shot<br />
What are you teaching right now? Strokes & strategies!<br />
What advice do you have for someone starting in the tennis profession?<br />
You have to love this game to enjoy doing this!<br />
Which personality traits are most important for tennis professionals to<br />
master? -Friendly, patient, outgoing, some humor and FUN!<br />
What are your hobbies? Love meeting new people, music, travelling<br />
What is your favorite movie? I have quite<br />
a few of them…all action movies like<br />
“The Expendables”.<br />
Are you reading anything right now?<br />
“The 21 Indispensable qualities of a<br />
leader” by John C Maxwell.<br />
What is your favorite sports team? Manchester<br />
<strong>United</strong> (English Premier League<br />
soccer)<br />
Favorite player of all time? Pete Sampras<br />
Person you would most like to have lunch<br />
with: My wife!<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> player you would like to play a set<br />
with: Nadal!<br />
First thing you would purchase if you won<br />
the lottery: My own tennis club!!<br />
Do you have other ambitions in your<br />
career? To help develop tennis in my<br />
Francis Ali<br />
home island of fiji!<br />
What would you be doing if you were not in tennis? Be an attorney<br />
What was your most inspirational moment? Meeting a tennis legend in<br />
Fiji…Evonne Cawley Goolagong!<br />
tom McGraw - Louisville Country Club, KY<br />
Brief description of your tennis<br />
career: I played high school<br />
tennis my sophomore through<br />
senior years and continued<br />
to play tournaments while<br />
teaching part time shortly after<br />
graduation. I accepted a full time<br />
position at Louisville <strong>Tennis</strong> Club<br />
in 1979 and became a <strong>USPTA</strong><br />
certified professional in 1980. I<br />
was the Director at Big Spring CC<br />
in the summers of 1983-87 while<br />
continuing at LTC during the<br />
winters. I will celebrate my 32nd<br />
year at Louisville <strong>Tennis</strong> Club this<br />
year and my 16th year as <strong>Tennis</strong><br />
Director at the Louisville Country<br />
Club.<br />
What other sports did you play?<br />
Basketball, track, cross country<br />
and tournament softball in the<br />
Tom McGraw<br />
summer.<br />
What moved you to teach tennis? I loved being around people, teaching<br />
outside and it was exciting to help my students improve their tennis<br />
game.<br />
Who were mentors that helped you develop as a professional? Chuck<br />
Cooper and Chuck Saacke<br />
What are you teaching right now? Beginners to tournament juniors and<br />
all ages. I recently taught two brothers, who are 7 & 8 yrs. old and then<br />
taught their 84 year old aunt.<br />
What advice do you have for someone starting in the tennis profession?<br />
Search for a quality director that will serve as your mentor. Place as much<br />
emphasis on learning the off court aspects of our job<br />
as the on court. Place a priority on attending education<br />
opportunities and getting involved in the <strong>USPTA</strong>.<br />
What are your hobbies? Cooking, golf and biking.<br />
What is your favorite movie? The Grinch that Stole<br />
Christmas with my children and grandchildren during<br />
the holidays<br />
What is your favorite book? All the David Baldacci books<br />
What is your favorite sports team? University of Louisville<br />
Basketball<br />
Favorite magazine? Food and Wine<br />
Favorite player of all time? Roger Federer<br />
Person you would most like to have lunch with: Any<br />
President of the <strong>United</strong> <strong>States</strong><br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> player you would like to play a set with: Agassi<br />
Do you have other ambitions in your career? Serve on<br />
the <strong>USPTA</strong> National Board and help move the association<br />
on a positive path for the future<br />
What was your most inspirational moment? Very early in my career I<br />
taught a young girl that was physically handicapped and it opened my<br />
eyes to being creative in how I taught and what a person can achieve with<br />
desire and determination.
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“Success Secrets”<br />
The Keys to Building a Successful 10 and<br />
Under Program<br />
By Butch Staples, Head <strong>Tennis</strong> <strong>Professional</strong> – Midtown <strong>Tennis</strong> Club<br />
Five years ago when we set sail on the journey known as our<br />
“Junior Development Pathway”, it was impossible to have created<br />
an image of our current success. Midtown <strong>Tennis</strong> Club in Chicago<br />
is proud of the 581 participants a week who are involved in the<br />
10 and Under Program using appropriate courts, balls and racquets. To<br />
embellish this statistic, this past Saturday evening we had 141 juniors<br />
competing in a play night at the club. To give a relative sense to the<br />
growth of our program, note that in 2006 we had 391 participants in the<br />
program and we averaged 28 kids playing in our monthly Saturday Rallyball<br />
evenings. What caused this incredible growth? To put it simply; we<br />
have stayed focused, consistent, and we recruited and trained the right<br />
people. At the heart of everything is a vision that includes a long-term<br />
development belief.<br />
10 keys to our success!<br />
1. Commitment from the top! – We are fortunate to have our company<br />
(TCA) and the club General Manager as passionate supporters of the<br />
Junior Development Pathway.<br />
2. Relentless leadership – The individual(s) driving the program have<br />
been courageous and resilient (thick skinned).<br />
3. Recruit apostles – you cannot do it alone! Don’t forget to include<br />
some parents in this group.<br />
4. Pros must support the program through their privates – consistent<br />
courts, balls and racquets.<br />
5. Parental support – This is a process and requires a lot of educating<br />
and nurturing.<br />
6. Use a planned, well thought out curriculum that is growth and<br />
development based – We hired a consultant Mike Barrell (Evolve 9) to<br />
design our Junior Development Pathway curriculum.<br />
7. Provide competitive opportunities and make competition a part<br />
of the pathway – Practicing without a competitive structure is practicing<br />
without a purpose!<br />
8. Patience – The learning occurs over time through a process we call<br />
shaping. Allow the kids to learn. It is a progressive journey!<br />
9. Simple set-up! Formal courts are only necessary for competition.<br />
Defining spaces is all that is necessary for the program (practices). We are<br />
able to set-up and take-down very quickly!<br />
10. Many of our coaches have more fun than the kids! Make it contagious!<br />
Here’s how it works:<br />
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Page 10 Volume 12 Issue 3<br />
<strong>USPTA</strong> Invited Guest<br />
Ten and Under <strong>Tennis</strong><br />
The Proof is in the Specs! By Jason Miller, Ph.D.<br />
a Quality Start<br />
It is hard to argue with the level of positive<br />
energy being generated by 10 and Under <strong>Tennis</strong><br />
featuring the QuickStart <strong>Tennis</strong> Play Format. The<br />
logic of meshing age appropriate equipment<br />
and competition models is sound. Throw in science<br />
driven, play based, coaching methods and<br />
a winning combination is in place. The goals of<br />
building a larger base of tennis players while<br />
developing the next wave of American champions<br />
begin to come into focus. As expected, the<br />
<strong>USPTA</strong> Southern Division and the USTA Southern<br />
Section are at the forefront of this trailblazing<br />
initiative. Proven leadership is tough to beat<br />
and quality partnerships enable success.<br />
one Challenging Scenario<br />
Despite the positive energy, there is still work<br />
to be done. Coaches and administrators across<br />
the South have undoubtedly observed one con-<br />
cerning trend. At issue are facilities and coaches<br />
claiming to support and use the QuickStart<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Play Format while not embracing or correctly<br />
implementing all six specifications: age,<br />
ball, racquet length, court size, net height, and<br />
scoring format. In most instances it is nothing<br />
more than an easily remedied matter of education.<br />
In other cases it is a matter of personal<br />
preference or convenience. Regardless of the<br />
situation, the overall success of the 10 and<br />
under growth initiative is greatly enhanced by<br />
appropriate use of all six specs. Uniformity is a<br />
cornerstone of successful youth sport organizations<br />
in soccer, baseball, and basketball. <strong>Tennis</strong><br />
now has the ability to benefit from the strength<br />
of such uniformity.<br />
Moving the Ball Forward<br />
Whether you are an old school Project 36/60<br />
veteran, a QuickStart <strong>Tennis</strong> convert, or new to<br />
the 10 and Under <strong>Tennis</strong> bandwagon, compliance<br />
with the six specifications gives coaches,<br />
administrators, manufacturers, officials, and most<br />
importantly players the best chance is attaining<br />
the lofty goals set forth by the growth initiative.<br />
In short, competing with other youth sports for<br />
players and talent becomes less daunting, while<br />
winning championships on the international<br />
stage becomes the norm. The bottom line: the six<br />
specifications are a winning combination.<br />
For more information on the six specifications<br />
please see the chart below and visit www.southern.usta.com<br />
and www.10andundertennis.com.<br />
Jason Miller is the USTA Southern Section<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Service Representative in Kentucky. He is<br />
also a <strong>USPTA</strong> P1 <strong>Professional</strong>, PTR <strong>Professional</strong>,<br />
and member of the USTA Recreational Coach and<br />
QuickStart <strong>Tennis</strong> training faculties.
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Many tennis shops have been using “Buying Clubs” to help maintain a<br />
loyal customer base and avoid price wars with other local retailers. Here<br />
are some pros and cons to think about as you try and determine if this<br />
will work for you.<br />
This type of program will help keep a set customer base. You have<br />
“members” join by paying a set fee for the year and they receive a set discount<br />
on merchandise from your shop. You can have different discount<br />
amounts for different type products in your shop (racquets, apparel,<br />
stringing, etc.) This program will allow you to generate a set amount of<br />
income with the annual membership dues, but your revenue from sales<br />
will be exceptionally low due to all of the deep discounts from the program.<br />
The deeper the discounts for the year, the higher the dues should<br />
be on the front end. This is a price analysis you will have to run to see if<br />
this type of program is needed or beneficial to your situation.<br />
Some of your vendors do have strict policies preventing their products<br />
from being included in these type “clubs”. Make sure that you check with<br />
all your accounts before you include all of your merchandise in the program.<br />
You would not want to lose a vendor over a breech in policy.<br />
Some tennis shops have even paired with the golf shops at their facilities<br />
to give the members of the buying club a wider range of products to<br />
choose from, increasing the number of members who would be willing<br />
to buy into the program. The division of funds between the two shops<br />
will have to be negotiated very clearly to prevent an accounting nightmare,<br />
but with some open communication this should be possible.<br />
This type of strategy needs to be looked into very carefully before it is<br />
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begun because it must be a long term strategy. Once someone pays into<br />
the program, the program needs to be offered long enough for them<br />
to see the perceived value of being in the buying club. At the absolute<br />
least, it would need to be offered for one calendar year. If you are going<br />
to run it as a test for a year, I would make that clear up front with everyone<br />
who joins the program. You want to encourage loyalty, not drive them<br />
away with a program in which they feel like they were not being dealt<br />
with honestly.<br />
If you are hesitant in starting a program like this you may want to look<br />
into a program that is based off participation (string club where a family<br />
receives a set discount after a set number of stringing a year) or activity<br />
(top ten most active players at the club get a set discount in the shop).<br />
The activity level can be measured by assigning points to every activity<br />
or volunteer position someone takes at the club. The winners from 2011<br />
would get the discount program in 2012. These type program lets members<br />
earn their way in, while the other programs are bought into.<br />
Both of these type discount programs can be very effective in driving<br />
business into your shop if you are having customer loyalty issues strictly<br />
motivated by price from competitors. If your customers are looking<br />
elsewhere due to limited selection or lack of customer service, these programs<br />
will not address those issues. Make sure that you understand what<br />
the program you design is addressing and make sure that it matches up<br />
with your problems.<br />
Good luck and make sure to do your research and cost analysis of your<br />
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Page 12 Volume 12 Issue 3<br />
Tech Corner<br />
Make Your Facility Secure<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> professionals wear lots of hats in our industry.<br />
Over the past few years I have tried to find ways<br />
to save time, increase revenue, and look<br />
more professional. Technology can<br />
be intimidating but once embraced, it<br />
will prove very valuable. In this issue of<br />
Tech Corner, we will be addressing video<br />
surveillance. Most tennis professionals never<br />
utter the words video surveillance until something<br />
bad has happened. Either your tennis shop was<br />
broken into, or someone was injured on the<br />
courts after hours. In an effort to be pro-active,<br />
you should start to look at how it can actually<br />
make your work easier. Let’s first discuss the types<br />
of surveillance that are on the market and which ones are<br />
more important for your business. First you have to decide if you<br />
need it to view the activity on your courts or record activity while<br />
you are closed. If you have a large pro-shop and lots of inventory<br />
you may want to have a video recording of the shop overnight.<br />
Everyone hopes that they are never robbed, but the chance does<br />
exist. Having a video recording of the robbery occurring can help<br />
identify the robber which can lead to an arrest. It might not sound<br />
like that big of a deal, but getting an arrest could lead to getting<br />
your property returned. Having a video system can also lower your<br />
shop insurance. Most insurance companies lower your price for an<br />
alarm and/or surveillance system.<br />
The second way tennis professionals can benefit from a surveillance<br />
system is with live monitoring. Some tennis facilities that<br />
have lots of courts or courts that are not easily seen from one<br />
Ladies Vantage by<br />
During the <strong>USPTA</strong> Southern Conference<br />
at Bocage Racquet Club in Baton Rouge La,<br />
the women’s committee had a chance to<br />
meet all the ladies that attended the conference.<br />
The ladies were very well represented.<br />
Over lunch, we got to know each other and<br />
shared stories of how we each got started in<br />
this wonderful sport.<br />
After lunch, we had a<br />
round table discussion about<br />
various issues. One issue in<br />
particular dealt with a promotion<br />
to a head pro position<br />
(go girl!). She was dealing with<br />
people who thought she may not have<br />
enough experience<br />
Others discussions were about dealing<br />
with general managers who don’t know<br />
anything about tennis and do not want to<br />
give the pro any authority.<br />
I believe these are not only women pro<br />
By Kevin Jackson<br />
vantage point use live video. Video can also<br />
allow you to check court conditions<br />
during inclement weather as well as<br />
determine if players are still playing on<br />
certain courts. During tournaments you<br />
could send players to the courts sooner rather<br />
than waiting for the players to return to the<br />
desk. Another benefit is the ability to be in<br />
2 places instead of one! When you can look<br />
over your entire facility from one place and<br />
view all the court activity, you can save time and<br />
deliver better service to your membership. Most security<br />
surveillance systems now come with a hard drive, cameras,<br />
and internet connectivity. Having a system with the ability to stream<br />
direct to the internet can be a huge asset. Most systems give you<br />
the flexibility to stream video of your courts or facility to your staff<br />
or even your membership. With today’s technology, video streaming<br />
can be viewed on your smart phone.<br />
In most of my technology articles I do recommend a few products<br />
that I have firsthand experience. Currently Sam’s Club online store<br />
has a very nice 8 camera video surveillance system. It comes with 8<br />
indoor/outdoor night vision cameras, 500 gigabyte hard drive (which<br />
can store over 1 year of video), and a DVR box that connects directly<br />
to your television or computer monitor. For those that are a little savvy<br />
with technology, the system can be installed without the need of a<br />
professional installer. The best thing about this particular system is the<br />
price. The entire system is less than $500 bucks! You may have never<br />
seen the need for a video system, but now is the time to protect your<br />
shop and your members.<br />
Joanne Wallen<br />
issues but issues that all pros<br />
endure from time to time.<br />
Our advice was to stay strong<br />
and show the managers how you can<br />
make their job easier and make them<br />
look good. Always try to put a positive<br />
spin on everything you do.<br />
In our next issue, I would love to hear<br />
from women pros with success stories.<br />
Send in your feedback from people<br />
you are working with, and ideas you have<br />
implemented that are successful. Please<br />
email them to: Joanne@ltctennis.com.
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One Good Idea!<br />
Doubles Coaching tips Scott Mitchell<br />
When coaching your club doubles teams make sure your players<br />
understand how important communication, positioning, patterns of<br />
play and placement of their shots are and you’ll see their level of awareness<br />
and actual play increase dramatically.<br />
the Value of a tennis Pro Rod Heckelman<br />
What is the value of what you do? What makes you different that the<br />
other pros in your area? What do you do really well? Many pros do not<br />
lock in to a specialized area. We are in an age of specialization. If another<br />
pro in the area is the known expert on movement, then send your<br />
students to that person for their movement work, and you can continue<br />
to work in your best areas. Create a market and get known for your<br />
specialty. This gives you an edge in your marketing.<br />
Stay in Front of Your Leaders Matt Grayson<br />
Stop your club from finding ways to grab portions of your income by<br />
staying in the drivers seat and creating income first. Matt continues to<br />
create income areas for the club that will not impact their tennis lesson<br />
income. By being responsible for multiple departments, he has been able<br />
to make $10,000 and up for the club each year. Not only is this helpful for<br />
All ideas from the 2011 Southern Convention<br />
the club, but it keeps the financial department happy and eliminates the<br />
constant fight to take a percentage of the tennis income. Being proactive<br />
in finding income sources is the key to protecting your income.<br />
Your Club Should Pay Lee Stall<br />
Everyone should have their professional dues and education<br />
expenses paid by your club. HOWEVER: it will take some work on your<br />
part also. You must show your club the value of the conventions and<br />
events you attend. Bring ideas back to your club that either save money,<br />
make money, or produce a big enough hit at your club and create<br />
attention in the area. Lee paid his own dues and education expenses<br />
his first year as a GM. Upon returning from the first CMAA meeting, he<br />
saved the club 10 times the cost of the price of membership. From then<br />
on, the club paid all his dues and education expenses, and Lee continue<br />
to show value to the club each year.<br />
the #1 Complaint about tennis Pros CMaa national Meeting<br />
The #1 complaint about tennis pros is that they are self serving. Pros<br />
do a great job going the extra mile in creating income for themselves,<br />
but they don’t show this same perseverance in creating income and<br />
positive growth for the club.
Page 14 Volume 12 Issue 3<br />
Fit to Hit<br />
Core Training<br />
by Keith Cecil, MS, CSCS<br />
Stability, energy, and balance are some of<br />
the most important aspects of a great tennis<br />
game. One way to help improve these three<br />
key pillars is to increase core strength. When<br />
strengthening the core muscles, (namely in the<br />
abs, back, hips, and pelvis) it helps to remember<br />
a few key things when performing virtually any<br />
exercise: keep your shoulders back, head high<br />
and straight, and squeeze your abs. If you focus<br />
on balance and stability during your workouts,<br />
it will translate to the tennis court, and even<br />
your day-to-day activities. Here are some of the<br />
exercises we do with our athletes to improve<br />
core strength:<br />
• Side Bridges (forearm and side of foot, try<br />
to keep head and body as straight as possible).<br />
• Reverse crunches (lie on a stability ball<br />
with feet spread on ground and heels against a<br />
wall for balance and arms crossed, extend body<br />
until you are just past parallel to the ground and<br />
lower. For a tennis “twist”, rotate to each side<br />
during repetitions!).<br />
• Push Ups!<br />
• Squats (Technique is very important when<br />
performing this exercise, so be sure to be balanced<br />
when doing squats and keep your feet<br />
flat on the ground with knees over the toes and<br />
maintain fantastic posture!).<br />
• Rotating lunges (hold arms out in front,<br />
use medball for additional resistance, step out<br />
into a lunge keeping knees over toes but not in<br />
front of toes, and rotate at the torso. Perform in<br />
each direction and maintain great balance).<br />
• Rotating stability ball crunches (lie on<br />
stability ball with feet flat on ground. Crunch up<br />
and rotate and touch the outside of the opposite<br />
knee, and repeat to other knee).<br />
• If you only find time to incorporate one exer-<br />
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<strong>USPTA</strong> Certification Tests & Upgrades<br />
JUNE<br />
6/11/11 - Atlanta, GA<br />
Dunwoody Country Club<br />
6/26/11 - Birmingham, AL<br />
Highland Park Racquet Club<br />
JULY<br />
7/10/11 - Myrtle Beach, SC<br />
The Dunes Golf &<br />
Beach Club<br />
7/17/11 - Memphis, TN<br />
Racquet Club of Memphis<br />
7/23/11- Metairie, LA<br />
Metairie Country Club<br />
7/24/11 - Jackson, MS.<br />
Courthouse Health & Fitness<br />
AUGUST<br />
8/13/11-Atlanta, GA<br />
Dunwoody Country Club<br />
8/20/11 – Lafayette, LA<br />
the City Club<br />
C<br />
8/20/11 - Gastonia, NC<br />
Country Club of<br />
the Carolinas<br />
8/28/11 - Nashville, TN<br />
Williamson County <strong>Tennis</strong><br />
Complex<br />
SEPTEMBER<br />
9/11/11 – Rome GA<br />
Coosa Country Club<br />
9/11/11 - Lexington, KY<br />
Lexington <strong>Tennis</strong> Club<br />
9/11/11 - Hilton Head, SC<br />
Haig Point Club<br />
OCTOBER<br />
10/8/11 – Atlanta, GA<br />
Dunwoody Country Club<br />
10/22/11 - Fayetteville, NC<br />
Methodist University<br />
“In the business world, the rearview mirror is<br />
always clearer than the windshield.”<br />
-Warren Buffett<br />
“The quality, not the longevity, of one’s life is what<br />
is important.”<br />
-Martin Luther King Jr.<br />
“You can’t do today’s lesson with yesterday methods<br />
and be in business tomorrow.”<br />
-Todd Upchurch<br />
“The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and<br />
mentally tight.”<br />
-Arthur Ashe<br />
“I fear no one, but respect everyone.”<br />
-Roger Federer<br />
“Nobody beats Vitas Gerulaitis 17 times in a row.”<br />
- Vitas Gerulaitis, on finally beating<br />
Jimmy Connors<br />
<strong>USPTA</strong> Welcomes Our New Members<br />
Aybar, Richard Fayetteville, NC<br />
Baldwin, Jessica Birmingham, AL<br />
Berumen, Jeff Canton, GA<br />
Conradi, Janusz Lafayette, LA<br />
Darbar, Kethan Adamsville, TN<br />
El-Kheddiwi, Mehdi Murrelle Inlet, SC<br />
Flowers, Stanfill Charleston, SC<br />
Fly, Robert Memphis, TN<br />
France, Lee Greenville, MS<br />
Harmon, Mitchel Lake Charles, LA<br />
Hutchinson, Cari Matthews, NC<br />
Irvin, David Baton Rouge, LA<br />
Isaccs, Don Prospect, KY<br />
Kahle, Gerald Baton Rouge, LA<br />
Kee, Stephen Madison, AL<br />
Klyuyenko, Oleksandr Adamsville, SC<br />
Lindsay, Clifford Charlotte, NC<br />
McNulty, Lane New Orleans, LA<br />
Moultrie, Julie Arlington, TN<br />
Noblitt, William Raleigh, NC<br />
Osterhold, Bill Alpharetta, GA<br />
Pastorek, Jon New Orleans, LA<br />
Reeves, Samatha Clemmons, NC<br />
Shoptaugh, Matthew Baton Rouge, LA<br />
Simonetti, Alex Charlotte, NC<br />
Stapp, Ben Memphis, TN<br />
White, Michael Charlotte, NC<br />
‘90 percent of kids would rather play on a losing team than sit on<br />
the bench of a winning team.’<br />
‘The more they enjoy it, the more they will do it. The more they do<br />
it, the more they will learn. The more they learn, the better they will<br />
perform.’ Gary Avischious (Youth Sports Advocate and Founder of<br />
www.coachingschool.org)<br />
The QuickStart <strong>Tennis</strong> play format addresses considerations that<br />
affect young children’s ability to learn and enjoy tennis. These considerations<br />
include, age, court size, ball weight and bounce, racquet<br />
length, net height, and scoring system. There is, however, one more<br />
component to keep in mind, and that is team play. Lessons help kids<br />
improve their skills, but kids enjoy being part of a team. By placing<br />
kids on teams and using a cumulative scoring format, we can make<br />
competition meaningful even for weaker players while providing<br />
them the opportunity to enjoy being part of a team. Through combining<br />
the QuickStart play format with team play, we give ourselves<br />
a greater chance of keeping players in tennis than by emphasizing<br />
lessons alone.
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