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<strong>California</strong><br />
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<strong>USPTA</strong> <strong>Professional</strong>s Descend on UCLA at Inaugural <strong>California</strong><br />
Division Summer Workshop at the Farmers Classic<br />
As the ATP’s top competitors at the Farmers<br />
Classic were getting ready for their semifinal and<br />
finals matches at UCLA on July 30-31, <strong>USPTA</strong><br />
professionals were getting educated at the first-ever<br />
<strong>USPTA</strong> <strong>California</strong> Division Summer Workshop at the<br />
tournament. Pros and some of their students came out<br />
to hear Wayne Bryan speak on Successful Small and<br />
Large Group Drills, Hank Pfister on Coaching Club<br />
Doubles, Chris Ojakian talk about Cardio <strong>Tennis</strong> and<br />
Ken DeHart on Dynamic Drills. The attendees didn’t<br />
just listen though, they got to hit and go through the<br />
drills with the speakers.<br />
Turn to page 5 for more highlights of the event.<br />
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Fall 2011<br />
Afterward each day, attendees got to network over<br />
lunch, and on Saturday, everyone then took in the<br />
semifinal match between Mardy Fish and Ryan<br />
Harrison. On Sunday, the group watched Mark<br />
Knowles/Xavier Malisse defeat Somdev Devvarman/<br />
Treat Conrad Huey in the doubles final, and Ernests<br />
Gulbis defeat Fish in the singles final.<br />
<strong>USPTA</strong> member Tin Capulong won free <strong>USPTA</strong><br />
dues for 2012 in the drawing held for early-bird<br />
registrants. That could be you next year, so be sure to<br />
sign up when we host next year’s <strong>California</strong> Division<br />
Summer Workshop.<br />
Inside Regional VP’s Message • World Conference Highlights • District News • Meet Our Newest Members
2011 Division<br />
Board of Officers<br />
President<br />
Pierre Mareschal<br />
(626) 744-1650<br />
pmareschal@valleyhuntclub.com<br />
Regional vice president<br />
Mike Gennette<br />
(805) 495-0111<br />
totaltns@aol.com<br />
First vice president<br />
Stan Carter<br />
(213) 321-8699<br />
stan@stanthetennisman.com<br />
Second vice president<br />
Gabriel Jacob<br />
(909) 534-9839<br />
tennislesson4u@hotmail.com<br />
Treasurer<br />
Cari Buck<br />
(310) 314-9492<br />
cbuck@tennischannel.com<br />
Secretary<br />
Karl Akkerman<br />
(805) 676-7372<br />
ka10s@verizon.net<br />
Past president<br />
Eric Stephens<br />
(562) 496-3530<br />
kid6@ca.rr.com<br />
<strong>California</strong> Division<br />
Office<br />
Executive administrator<br />
Yvonne Kingman<br />
P.O. Box 2264<br />
Seal Beach, CA 90740<br />
(310) 367-0364<br />
socal.uspta@verizon.net<br />
Head tester<br />
Lee DeYoung (310) 283-6131<br />
CCenter<br />
ourt<br />
<strong>USPTA</strong> Fall Update: Industry Cooperation and<br />
Cross-Promotion<br />
Dear fellow <strong>USPTA</strong> professionals:<br />
There have been a lot of things going on with the<br />
tennis industry this year and especially within <strong>USPTA</strong>.<br />
The recent national board elections were very heated,<br />
but hopefully the new national board will become a<br />
united voice for the best tennis coaches’ organization<br />
in the world. This is an incredible time for tennis. It<br />
has been the fastest-growing sport in the U. S. every<br />
year for over a decade now.<br />
There are so many great things happening with<br />
tennis these days. Every time I turn on the TV or go<br />
to the movies, I notice more and more exposure at<br />
all levels. The entertainment and movie industry is<br />
putting tennis in more scenes than ever. There has<br />
been a concentrated effort from the tennis industry to<br />
push for this. And it has been well-received.<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong>-for the health of it has also made a huge<br />
splash across the country. Last year, Dr. Jack Groppel<br />
announced that this initiative had successfully<br />
partnered with many other national health initiatives<br />
and organizations. These other health organizations<br />
are now cross-promoting tennis as a means to<br />
achieve overall physical and mental health.<br />
Another exciting step in the effort to cross-promote<br />
from within the tennis industry was our recent<br />
<strong>USPTA</strong> workshop hosted at the 2011 Farmers Classic<br />
at UCLA. We had several great speakers at this<br />
training session for coaches including Wayne Bryan,<br />
Ken DeHart, Chris Ojakian and Hank Pfister.<br />
All participants were then able to stick around for an<br />
exciting semifinal on Saturday and final on Sunday,<br />
where Ernests Gulbis defeated the new local favorite<br />
Mardy Fish in a close match.<br />
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District<br />
Representatives<br />
District 1<br />
President<br />
Tom Rohrbacher<br />
(805) 640-2109<br />
ojaitennis@sbcglobal.net<br />
Vice president<br />
Dave McKinney<br />
(805) 236-1626<br />
dmckinney@nfpsi.com<br />
District 2<br />
President<br />
Jeff Richards<br />
(818) 222-2782<br />
REESHCO@aol.com<br />
Vice president<br />
Ron Hightower<br />
(818) 687-4870<br />
hightowertennis@gmail.com<br />
District 3<br />
President<br />
Chuck Melkent<br />
(310) 276-6104<br />
melkent@thelacc.org<br />
Vice president<br />
Craig Cignarelli<br />
(818) 317-2876<br />
renaissanceboy@aol.com<br />
District 4<br />
President<br />
Chuck Kingman<br />
(562) 598-8624<br />
ckingman10s@yahoo.com<br />
Vice president<br />
George Sulc<br />
(310) 530-0630<br />
geogesulc@yahoo.com<br />
District 5<br />
President<br />
Stephen Vorhees<br />
(951) 274-7907<br />
stephen.vorhees@ourclub.com<br />
Vice president<br />
Mandy Gamble<br />
(626) 319-2787<br />
gamblegrrl@gmail.com<br />
Vice president<br />
Scott Harris<br />
(951) 743-2132<br />
andulkascott@gmail.com<br />
District 6<br />
President<br />
Tom Brennan<br />
(714) 323-5145<br />
irishace@cox.net<br />
Vice president<br />
TBD
2011 <strong>USPTA</strong> World Conference on <strong>Tennis</strong><br />
Women’s Open Player<br />
of the Year<br />
Amy Alcini<br />
Co-College Coach<br />
of the Year<br />
Peter Smith<br />
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Co-College Coach<br />
of the Year<br />
Mike Gennette<br />
Saddlebrook Golf & <strong>Tennis</strong> Resort<br />
Wesley Chapel, Florida<br />
Men’s 45-and-over<br />
doubles champion<br />
Rob Horsch<br />
(partner Kevin Gillette)<br />
World Conference <strong>California</strong> Division attendees: Cari Buck • Mike Gennette • David Hagler • Gregory Hanessian •<br />
Rob Horsch • John Huebner • Pierre Mareschal • Chuck Melkent • Valter Paiva • Richard Spurling<br />
Summer Workshop @ the Farmers Classic attendees (<strong>USPTA</strong> members): Karl Akkerman • Tom Brennan • Cari Buck •<br />
Tin Capulong • Stan Carter • Ed Charles • Rajeev Datt • Lynn East • Mike Gennette • Charlotte Godbee • Bowie<br />
Hahn • Rocio Hererra • Ron Hightower • Steve Johnson • Chuck Kingman • John Kuramoto • Rosa Kuramoto<br />
• Dave LaBat • Patty LaBat • Elliott Law • Cathy Lombardo • Pierre Mareschal • Dave McKinney • Mindy Oki<br />
• Nick Page • Thomas Reynolds • Jeff Richards • Julio Rivera • Chris Robb • George Sulc • Stephen Vorhees •<br />
Nancy Watson • Lorene Whitehouse • Jamey Wilson • Danny Yee
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<strong>USPTA</strong> <strong>California</strong> Division Summer Workshop Highlights<br />
<strong>USPTA</strong> Pros Help Out at Farmers<br />
Classic Kids Day<br />
By Karl Akkerman, <strong>USPTA</strong><br />
Thursday, July 28 was Kids Day at the Farmers Classic at UCLA.<br />
Approximately 1,500 kids, ages 2-17, from Orange County to Santa<br />
Barbara showed up for the 17th annual event. Wayne Bryan kicked<br />
it off, entertaining the kids and introducing tennis by playing fun warm-up games. He made sure that each child had<br />
a chance to play by bringing 60 kids at a time onto Grandstand Court, where ATP pros would eventually play in the<br />
tournament. Wayne then brought out ATP pros Somdev Devvarman and Treat Conrad Huey, who had upset the No. 1<br />
doubles seeds Marcelo Mello and Bruno Soares 6-3, 6-4 the previous day. The pros put on a demonstration and then<br />
hit with the kids. They had the kids’ attention for every minute.<br />
Wayne then handed it over to <strong>USPTA</strong> professional Jeff Richards to introduce 10-and-under tennis using the smaller<br />
courts and transition balls. <strong>USPTA</strong> pros Karl Akkerman, Scott Harris and Aki Ono assisted Jeff, along with many<br />
other volunteers who helped keep kids in the lines and give direction and encouragement. There were four small<br />
courts and many smiling faces experiencing the new dimensions and format.<br />
The kids, who each received a tournament t-shirt or hat, broke for lunch and then stayed to watch Alex Bogomolov<br />
defeat Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 6-3 in an exciting match on the same court they got to hit on. It will be a lifelong memory<br />
for all the kids, and the pros knew that the kids all left with a positive feeling for the game by all the smiles, loud<br />
applause and screams given all morning long.<br />
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districtnews<br />
District 1<br />
Tom Rohrbacher<br />
District 2<br />
Jeff Richards<br />
District 3<br />
Chuck Melkent<br />
District 4<br />
Chuck Kingman<br />
District 5<br />
Stephen Vorhees<br />
District 6<br />
Tom Brennan<br />
District 1: Santa Barbara & Ventura Counties<br />
By Karl Akkerman, <strong>USPTA</strong><br />
Join your fellow <strong>USPTA</strong> pros on Columbus Day for a golf and tennis<br />
network day! On October 10 from 9 a.m. until 1:30 p.m., District 1<br />
will host its annual golf-tennis-speaker-networking event, which is<br />
free and open to all <strong>USPTA</strong> members. The event will be held at Pacific<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> and Golf Club. Call Karl Akkerman at 805-302-7523 or e-mail<br />
KA10s@verizon.net to R.S.V.P. Lunch will also be provided.<br />
By Dave McKinney, <strong>USPTA</strong><br />
As part of the<br />
Bryan Brothers<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Fest, on<br />
Sunday, October<br />
23, District 1 will<br />
host a <strong>USPTA</strong><br />
Coaches Workshop<br />
from 10 a.m.-noon<br />
at Spanish Hills<br />
Country Club in<br />
Camarillo. The<br />
workshop is open<br />
to all <strong>USPTA</strong> pros,<br />
who can then stay<br />
after the workshop<br />
and enjoy the Bryan<br />
Brothers <strong>Tennis</strong><br />
& Music Fest and<br />
Wine Tasting.<br />
Workshop speakers<br />
include <strong>USPTA</strong> P-1<br />
<strong>Professional</strong> Hank<br />
Pfister on Coaching<br />
Successful Club<br />
Level Doubles.<br />
Hank, a popular<br />
speaker at <strong>USPTA</strong> conventions and workshops, is a past ATP Tour<br />
champion, three-time U.S. Open senior singles champion, Wimbledon<br />
senior men’s doubles champion, and still plays in some senior Tour<br />
events. Hank is the Director of <strong>Tennis</strong> at the Stockdale Country Club.<br />
Also, Ryan Krane, <strong>USPTA</strong>, will speak on Sports Medicine to Help<br />
Your Students. A sports nutritionist, personal trainer, and strength and<br />
conditioning coach, Ryan has been involved in tennis for more than<br />
20 years as a player and tennis-teaching pro. He is a Certified Personal<br />
Trainer (CPT) and Performance Enhancement Specialist (PES) through<br />
the National Academy of Sports & Medicine (NASM), the global<br />
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leader in providing evidence-based certifications<br />
and advanced credentials to health and fitness<br />
professionals.<br />
The cost for the Workshop and <strong>Tennis</strong> Fest is $60 for<br />
<strong>USPTA</strong> members and $100 for non-<strong>USPTA</strong> members.<br />
Proceeds benefit the Bryan Brothers Foundation.<br />
To sign up for both the Workshop and <strong>Tennis</strong> Fest,<br />
go to www.bbtennisfest.com and click on <strong>USPTA</strong><br />
Workshop on left side of the main page. You must<br />
sign in and use the code “<strong>USPTA</strong>” for the discount.<br />
<strong>USPTA</strong> pros who wish to attend just the workshop and<br />
plan to leave immediately after the workshop is done<br />
may attend at no cost. In this case, please e-mail me<br />
directly at dmckinney@spanishhillscc.com, or call me<br />
at 805-388-5000 to register for the workshop only.<br />
District 2: San Fernando Valley/Kern Cty.<br />
By Jeff Richards, <strong>USPTA</strong><br />
Around the district... Braemar Country Club has<br />
hired Rick Workman, former <strong>USPTA</strong> <strong>California</strong><br />
Division board member, as its new Director of <strong>Tennis</strong>.<br />
After a 10-year stint running two clubs in Florida,<br />
Rick is back “home” at his old club. Look for new<br />
and exciting things coming out of Braemar in the near<br />
future. Calabasas <strong>Tennis</strong> hosted its first-ever Men’s<br />
Pro Challenge in late September. It was the former<br />
wildcard tournament for the $50,000 Calabasas<br />
Pro Circuit Challenger. Calabasas is not having the<br />
challenger in 2011 but will consider hosting a new<br />
$100,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in 2012. District<br />
2 was pleased to have a number of <strong>USPTA</strong> pros<br />
attend the inaugural <strong>USPTA</strong> <strong>California</strong> Division<br />
Summer Workshop during the Farmers Classic this<br />
summer. The workshop was a great success, and we<br />
are looking forward to working with the tournament<br />
committee for 2012. Speaking of the Farmers Classic,<br />
the world’s first tennis reality game, “The Weakest<br />
Dink,” was played before one of the night sessions<br />
during the tournament and was received quite well.<br />
A large crowd was on hand to watch the southern<br />
<strong>California</strong> finals. A number of clubs were represented<br />
by the contestants, including El Caballero in Tarzana,<br />
Braemar Country Club, Spanish Hills Country Club in<br />
Camarillo, the Los Angeles <strong>Tennis</strong> Ladder, Calabasas<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> & Swim and the Hidden Hills <strong>Tennis</strong><br />
Association. With so much tennis activity going<br />
on in the San Fernando and Santa Clarita Valleys,<br />
Bakersfield area and Lancaster/Palmdale vicinity, we<br />
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encourage all of our <strong>USPTA</strong> pros from District 2 to let<br />
us know of any newsworthy activities at your facility,<br />
in your program, or with your tennis organization.<br />
Contact me at jeff.richards@racquetproductions.com<br />
with any news items. Have a great fall season!<br />
District 3: Los Angeles (Malibu to Marina del Rey)<br />
If any District 3 pros have news you’d like to share<br />
with your fellow <strong>USPTA</strong> professionals, we want to<br />
hear from you! Please send information and articles to<br />
Yvonne at socal.uspta@verizon.net.<br />
District 4: South Bay to N. Orange County<br />
By Chuck Kingman, <strong>USPTA</strong><br />
On Sunday, Sept. 4, <strong>USPTA</strong> professionals came<br />
together to help Seal Beach <strong>Tennis</strong> Center host its<br />
second annual inner-city girls’ high school clinic and<br />
fundraiser. The event, which provides equipment<br />
including racquets, string, bags, balls and clothing,<br />
also provides funding for the girls’ tennis teams of<br />
inner-city schools, which have a typical budget of<br />
$5 per girl for the season and necessitate that girls<br />
share racquets. More than 70 girls, mostly from<br />
Bell High School and Huntington Park High School<br />
in the Los Angeles area, received instruction from<br />
<strong>USPTA</strong> professionals and their own racquets and other<br />
equipment, and enjoyed lunch afterward. They also<br />
heard from local college coaches, who encouraged<br />
them to stick with school and the importance of<br />
continuing their education.<br />
The event is organized by Seal Beach <strong>Tennis</strong> Center’s<br />
Director of <strong>Tennis</strong> Chuck Kingman as well as SBTC<br />
member Hector Huffington, a Huntington Park High<br />
alum who sparked this initiative. Many others are to<br />
thank for making this event such a success, including<br />
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<strong>USPTA</strong><br />
professionals<br />
Gary Victor,<br />
Peter Smith,<br />
Mandy Gamble,<br />
Mikey Yelverton<br />
and Gabriel<br />
Jacob, who took<br />
time out of their<br />
holiday weekend to come provide the instruction for<br />
the clinic. Thanks also to SBTC members Elizabeth<br />
Kane and Marc Loopesko, who helped out on the<br />
courts that day. Big thank yous also go to Darren<br />
Potkey (SCTA), <strong>USPTA</strong> pro Jerome Jones (HEAD/<br />
Penn Racquet Sports), Tim To (Wilson Racquet<br />
Sports), Rich Francey (Babolat), Christine Hutchings<br />
(Big Five Sporting Goods), and <strong>USPTA</strong> pros Dave<br />
McKinney (Spanish Hills Country Club) and George<br />
Sulc (South End Racquet Club), who all donated<br />
products and equipment. And finally, a big thank you<br />
goes to <strong>USPTA</strong> professional Cathy Jacobson-Guzy,<br />
General Manager of SBTC, who donated the use<br />
of the facility, and all of the SBTC members who<br />
donated to the event.<br />
Looking forward, District 4 will host a pro gettogether,<br />
HEAD demo day, round robin and luncheon<br />
on Monday, October 24 from 9 a.m.-noon at Seal<br />
Beach <strong>Tennis</strong> Center. Come play some tennis, try out<br />
the new IG, Prestige and Radical racquets coming<br />
out in 2012, and network with your fellow pros over<br />
lunch. HEAD’s Jerome Jones will be on hand to talk<br />
about and answer any questions about the products.<br />
This event is open and free to all <strong>USPTA</strong> members. To<br />
R.S.V.P., contact me at ckingman10s@yahoo.com or<br />
562-335-3467.<br />
District 5: E. LA County/Inland Empire<br />
By Stephen Vorhees, <strong>USPTA</strong><br />
I hope everybody had<br />
a successful summer;<br />
I know most of you<br />
were very busy. I want<br />
to thank Stan Carter,<br />
Gabriel Jacob, Gil Duran,<br />
Mandy Gamble, John<br />
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WELCOME<br />
to <strong>USPTA</strong>!<br />
New Members:<br />
Sarah Anderson (San Juan Capistrano), Yushi Ayabe<br />
(Covina), Ryan Blanchette (Long Beach), Keith<br />
Coleman (Los Angeles), Jason DeCosta (Woodland<br />
Hills), Jorge Garcia (Pico Rivera), Amy Garrity (San<br />
Marino), David Giannandrea (Tehachapi), Chris<br />
Harradine (Agoura Hills), Rex Kehoe (Porter Ranch),<br />
Christy Le Duff (Valencia), Jason Le Duff (Valencia),<br />
Daryll O’Donoghue (Los Angeles), Kenneth Puvogel<br />
(Valencia), Rachael Stone (Long Beach), Trevor<br />
Thorpe (Santa Barbara), Jeremy Tuite (Los Angeles),<br />
Minh Otis Vu (Riverside), Jon Wood (Pasadena) and<br />
Stacy Wood (Pasadena)<br />
Reinstatements:<br />
Johnny Allen (Chino), Alex Anselme (Santa Barbara),<br />
John Christopher (Long Beach), Cynthia Doerner<br />
(Agoura Hills), Linda Paulding (Whittier) and Philippe<br />
Rodrigue (Tarzana)<br />
Dyer, Larry Loeb,<br />
Scott Harris, Otis Vu,<br />
Anthony Chatfield and<br />
Mark Hashemian for<br />
attending our Sneaks<br />
& Eats event. We had<br />
a great time playing<br />
tennis, networking<br />
and eating. I will be<br />
hosting another Sneaks & Cleats event soon, so keep<br />
your eyes open for the next one.<br />
If any District 5 members have upcoming events or<br />
news you’d like to share with your fellow pros, let me<br />
know so we can post it. Around the district, Canyon<br />
Crest Country Club will be hosting a junior satellite<br />
tournament the weekends of November 5-6 & 12-13.<br />
District 6: South Orange County<br />
If any District 6 pros have news you’d like to share<br />
with your fellow pros, we want to hear from you, too!<br />
Please send information and articles to Yvonne at socal.<br />
uspta@verizon.net.
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The event was a great example of how the ATP/<br />
Farmers Cup and <strong>USPTA</strong> helped each other out.<br />
There were lots of winners that week, but tennis was<br />
the biggest winner of all.<br />
Another successful front for the growth of our game<br />
is <strong>Tennis</strong> Across America (TAA). All across the<br />
country, clubs, parks and schools are hosting these<br />
free tennis lessons and camps to introduce the sport<br />
of a lifetime to thousands of new players. It has also<br />
proven to be a great way to reintroduce tennis to<br />
former players. I host several TAA events every year<br />
and encourage you to do the same. It is a great way<br />
to fill summer camps or help to get a new pro lots<br />
of exposure quickly. Just remember to register your<br />
event at www.uspta.org to get credit for your event.<br />
And one final note. Last fall, Wayne Bryan organized<br />
a special meeting at the Malibu Racquet Club, which<br />
brought together more than 20 of the top college<br />
All About the “<strong>Tennis</strong> Life” for Pro<br />
For <strong>USPTA</strong> pro Tom Penner and his family, it’s all about<br />
“the tennis life,” as he puts it. This is especially true every<br />
Independence Day, as he hosts a July 4 party and tournament<br />
for family and friends. This year’s event was full of fun, as<br />
Tom’s family just put in a new Har-Tru court on their property<br />
in La Mirada.<br />
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coaches and other industry experts to discuss the<br />
importance of cross-promoting within our industry.<br />
The main push was to help increase attendance at<br />
college tennis matches. But there were also a lot of<br />
ideas about high school tennis, Junior Team <strong>Tennis</strong>,<br />
the Farmers Cup, ATP and WTA tour events, World<br />
Team <strong>Tennis</strong>, Davis & Fed Cup, etc. All of these<br />
organizations and events survive off of each other.<br />
Coach Bryan’s idea was that if a high school team<br />
takes a field trip to a college match or a pro event,<br />
then they will improve more than if they practiced for<br />
a month.<br />
This in turn benefits the local teams, local coaches<br />
and so on. The more we give and participate, the<br />
more we get.<br />
So the call to action is for everyone to get more<br />
involved at the different levels, and we will all<br />
benefit from tennis’ many gifts.<br />
Mike Gennette<br />
Regional Vice President, <strong>USPTA</strong> <strong>California</strong> Division<br />
“The tournament stems from a game we call ‘French,’ which hearkens back to the ’70s, when I, my brothers, and<br />
friends were in our teens,” Tom says. “It was a little like QuickStart tennis, and we played with sawed-off wooden<br />
frames and Nerf balls on our backyard patio. The net consisted of two wooden picnic benches with three chairs<br />
positioned strategically.”<br />
Tom resurrected the game a half dozen years ago, when he made a 10-and-under-sized grass court out of his<br />
backyard, and they played “French” with junior racquets and modern foam training balls. Very brutal competition,<br />
heckling included, according to Tom. His new clay court was divided up with two 18-foot nets, 10-and-under style.<br />
They even had women’s and men’s draws. It was a great success, but what was even more inspiring was the many<br />
people— young, old, beginners, veterans—on the court at dusk, after the tournament was over, hitting, running,<br />
juggling, leaping. Said Tom, “It was all so awesome, and like a USTA advertisement!”<br />
“We have friends going back some 40 years, and a new generation of players coming up, our kids, students, those<br />
we’ve inspired, and on that particular Fourth, at least a half dozen kids who’d never picked up a racquet before!”
MEET OUR NEWEST MEMBERS<br />
Tested August 7-8 at Braemar Country Club: (front<br />
row, left to right) Walt Meyers, Stacy Wood, David<br />
Giannandrea, Rex Kehoe, Jason DeCosta, Rachel<br />
Stone; (back row, left to right) Jon Wood, Ryan<br />
Blanchette, Kenny Puvogel, Jeremy Tuite, Daniel<br />
O’Donoghue<br />
Get to know: Walt Meyers<br />
Where you teach: City of Manhattan Beach; group &<br />
private lessons<br />
College where you played: University of <strong>California</strong><br />
Berkeley<br />
Highest ranking: 863 doubles in 1975<br />
Where you learned to play the game: L.A. County<br />
Parks & Rec., Jack Kramer Club, Palos Verdes, Calif.<br />
Favorite tennis quote: “The court is not going to<br />
move, keep your eyes to yourself.”<br />
Why you are a teaching pro: I’ve enjoyed and<br />
played the great game of tennis for over 51 years; just<br />
lucky I guess.<br />
Why you joined <strong>USPTA</strong>: First joined in 1973, then<br />
again in 1984, and again in 1997; a brand for integrity<br />
and respect. Also, so I can insure my students.<br />
Your greatest contribution to the game: Creating<br />
and maintaining a location and environment where<br />
students may experiment and discover their game. All<br />
the while insuring their health and safety.<br />
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Tested August 30 at El Dorado <strong>Tennis</strong> Center: (left<br />
to right) Michael Kucharski, John Mano, Brian<br />
Collison, Damien LaFont, with Head Tester Lee<br />
DeYoung<br />
Get to know: Rex Kehoe<br />
Where you teach: Porter Valley Country Club<br />
College where you played: College of Charleston in<br />
South Carolina<br />
Where you learned to play the game: WestWinds<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Club and 4Star Academy in Virginia<br />
Favorite tennis quote: “It’s one-on-one out there,<br />
man. There ain’t no hiding. I can’t pass the ball.”<br />
– Pete Sampras<br />
Why you are a teaching pro: I love helping others<br />
learn a game that they will enjoy playing for the rest<br />
of their lives.<br />
Why you joined <strong>USPTA</strong>: To improve as a tennis<br />
instructor and to be more involved in the tennis<br />
community.<br />
Your greatest contribution to the game: Spreading<br />
my tennis knowledge to others in hopes that more and<br />
more people may be exposed to a great game that can<br />
be enjoyed throughout a lifetime.
Get to know: Jack Tadevosian<br />
Where you teach: Riviera Country Club<br />
College where you played: UC Riverside<br />
Where you learned to play the game: Burbank<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Center<br />
What is unique about your teachings: I bring my<br />
own experience from college and junior tennis to the<br />
court.<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> books you recommend: Open, You Cannot<br />
Be Serious<br />
Your greatest contribution to the game: When I step<br />
onto the court, I make sure I give 100%.<br />
More about you: I enjoy working with juniors and<br />
taking them to tournaments. Their hard work during<br />
practice shows up at the tournament.<br />
Get to know: Jon Wood<br />
Where you teach: Formerly at the Los Angeles<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Club; currently on private courts in the<br />
Pasadena area<br />
College where you played: n/a; turned pro at age 20<br />
Where you learned to play the game: the Pasadena<br />
Foothill <strong>Tennis</strong> Patrons’ Association<br />
Favorite tennis quote: “Take two weeks off, then<br />
quit.” – Stan Smith’s parting words to campers<br />
Why you are a teaching pro: It’s exhilarating to see<br />
my students become more confident in life as a result<br />
of being more proficient in tennis.<br />
Why you joined <strong>USPTA</strong>: Numerous fellow pros<br />
recommended this organization, primarily for the<br />
insurance and continuing educational opportunities<br />
Your greatest contribution to the game: Helping<br />
people, through the use of humor and enthusiasm, to<br />
develop the skills that will enable them to play a sport<br />
for a lifetime.<br />
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Get to know: Michael Nguyen<br />
Where you teach: Rancho Alamitos High School<br />
College where you played: Fullerton College<br />
Where you learned to play the game: In high<br />
school with friends and a few special people who<br />
helped me develop my game at local parks<br />
What is unique about your teachings: I emphasize<br />
mainly control and consistency, and how to play the<br />
right shot at the right time. It’s about how to win.<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> books you recommend: Andre Agassi’s<br />
autobiography – it’s very inspiring<br />
Your greatest contribution to the game: Helping<br />
dozens of juniors learn and enjoy the game of tennis;<br />
helping and coaching a U.S. Special Olympics tennis<br />
member to win the silver medal in Athens, Greece<br />
More about you: <strong>Tennis</strong> is just one of my greatest<br />
passions in life, and I just want to help kids and adults<br />
of all ages achieve the best tennis experience.<br />
Get to know: Stacy Wood<br />
Where you teach: Valley Hunt Club in Pasadena and<br />
Live Oaks <strong>Tennis</strong> Club in South Pasadena<br />
College where you played: Azusa Pacific University<br />
Where you learned to play the game: My dad, a<br />
teaching pro<br />
Favorite tennis quote: “You’re only as good as your<br />
second serve.”<br />
Why you are a teaching pro: Teaching tennis was<br />
a summer job that turned into a full-time job after I<br />
graduated from college.<br />
Why you joined <strong>USPTA</strong>: Pierre Mareschal, the<br />
co-director of tennis at the Valley Hunt Club and<br />
current president of the <strong>USPTA</strong> <strong>California</strong> Division,<br />
encouraged me to do so.<br />
Your greatest contribution to the game: Making<br />
tennis fun for people of all ages and different skill levels<br />
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Get to know: Jeremy Tuite<br />
Where you teach: LA <strong>Tennis</strong><br />
Where you learned to play the game: From my father<br />
Favorite tennis quote: My father used to tell me,<br />
“It’s okay, hit it over the fence.”<br />
Why you are a teaching pro: To encourage in others<br />
a life-long enjoyment of the game.<br />
Why you joined <strong>USPTA</strong>: To give what I can back to<br />
a community that has meant so much to me.<br />
Your greatest contribution to the game: Connecting<br />
with each student as an individual.<br />
Get to know: Jason DeCosta<br />
Where you teach: Private courts in Tarzana and<br />
Brentwood<br />
College where you played: Moorpark College<br />
Honors: 2006 Inside <strong>Tennis</strong> NTRP Player of the Year<br />
Where you learned to play the game: Braemar<br />
Country Club<br />
Favorite tennis quote: “ It doesn’t take much more<br />
than a racquet and passion to play this game. That’s the<br />
great thing about a sport like tennis... me and you, in the<br />
arena...on the court. Just me and you, Baby! Doesn’t<br />
matter how much money you have, if you went to<br />
Harvard or Yale, or whatever. Just me and you.”<br />
Why you are a teaching pro: I can honestly say<br />
that it’s an easy job being outdoors, in the <strong>California</strong><br />
sun, getting my daily dose of exercise and loving<br />
the feeling of seeing my students progress through<br />
creative and passionate instruction.<br />
Why you joined <strong>USPTA</strong>: I feel that <strong>USPTA</strong><br />
certification is a very important step concerning my<br />
desire for a lifelong career in the sport of tennis.<br />
Your greatest contribution to the game: My passion<br />
for the game has had a profound effect on almost all<br />
of my friends and family, and in turn, convincing them<br />
to take up this great sport of a lifetime. In addition,<br />
I volunteer and work closely with programs like<br />
ACEing Autism, which brings tennis into the lives of<br />
disadvantaged kids.<br />
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Get to know: David Giannandrea<br />
Where you teach: Tehachapi<br />
Where you learned to play the game: Public courts.<br />
Started social doubles with another couple when I was<br />
35. By 40, I was hanging out at Lancaster’s college<br />
courts playing with locals. Took a first lesson at about<br />
45, a summer of real lessons at 50.<br />
Favorite tennis quote: “I never lost a tennis match, I<br />
just ran out of time.” – Jimmy Conners<br />
Why you are a teaching pro: It is human nature<br />
to take pride in creating. Creating a tennis player is<br />
doubly rewarding, as I create both the player and a<br />
person.<br />
Why you joined <strong>USPTA</strong>: At first, I just needed<br />
access to the online teaching information; then, I<br />
needed liability insurance to use local high school<br />
courts. Now, after attending two <strong>USPTA</strong> World<br />
Conferences, I need the network.<br />
Your greatest contribution to the game: Starting a<br />
tennis program in Tehachapi and introducing Little<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> teaching method.<br />
Get to know: Karim Crobran<br />
Where you teach: Advantage <strong>Tennis</strong> Academy (Irvine)<br />
College where you played: Arab Academy for<br />
Science and Technology<br />
Where you learned to play the game: Saddlebrook<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Academy<br />
What is unique about your teachings: I teach<br />
efficient technique, footwork and swing. I build<br />
character that leads my students to train and perform<br />
more professionally.<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> books you recommend: Winning Ugly by<br />
Brad Gilbert<br />
Your greatest contribution to the game: I lived and<br />
trained at Saddlebrook and John Newcombe <strong>Tennis</strong><br />
Academy, and currently train top 10s in southern<br />
<strong>California</strong> in Boys 12.
Get to know: Sebastian Albelais<br />
Where you teach: Vermont Canyon<br />
College where you played: Pierce<br />
Where you learned to play the game: Bollettieri<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Academy. I was also a student of Alex<br />
Olmedo for many years.<br />
What is unique about your teachings: I like to hit<br />
the ball and move around a lot with the student.<br />
Your greatest contribution to the game: I like to<br />
get people involved in playing tennis and having fun.<br />
More about you: I speak fluent Spanish and am a<br />
certified chef.<br />
Search for jobs nationwide at www.uspta.com.<br />
To submit information for Line Calls Classifieds,<br />
contact Yvonne at socal.uspta@verizon.net.<br />
2011<br />
Upcoming<br />
EVENTS<br />
October 2-3<br />
<strong>USPTA</strong> Certification exam<br />
Braemar Country Club, Tarzana, Calif.<br />
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October 10<br />
Golf & tennis networking day (hosted by District 1,<br />
open to all <strong>USPTA</strong> members)<br />
Pacific <strong>Tennis</strong> & Golf Club, Westlake, Calif.<br />
October 10<br />
Pro get-together with Don Henson<br />
Los Coyotes Country Club, Buena Park, Calif.<br />
October 23<br />
<strong>USPTA</strong> Coaches Workshop and Bryan Brothers<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Fest (hosted by District 1, open to all <strong>USPTA</strong><br />
members)<br />
Spanish Hillls Country Club, Camarillo, Calif.<br />
October 24<br />
Pro get-together, round robin and HEAD demo day<br />
(hosted by District 4, open to all <strong>USPTA</strong> members)<br />
Seal Beach <strong>Tennis</strong> Center, Seal Beach, Calif.<br />
November 7<br />
<strong>USPTA</strong> Certification exam<br />
Claremont <strong>Tennis</strong> Club, Claremont, Calif.<br />
November 14<br />
Pro get-together with Don Henson<br />
Los Coyotes Country Club, Buena Park, Calif.<br />
December 4-5<br />
<strong>USPTA</strong> Certification exam<br />
Braemar Country Club, Tarzana, Calif.<br />
December 12<br />
Pro get-together with Don Henson<br />
Los Coyotes Country Club, Buena Park, Calif.<br />
Winter 2012<br />
<strong>USPTA</strong> <strong>California</strong> Division convention
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Balance • Timing • Point of Contact<br />
and... REALITY<br />
A number of years ago, after getting<br />
trounced by Roger Federer, Tim<br />
Henman commented, “It’s his<br />
incredible balance that sets him apart<br />
from the rest of us.” At that time,<br />
Henman was top 10 in the world, so<br />
we should take notice...<br />
When we take a lesson, your pro feeds you perfect<br />
balls to allow you to work on your stroke. “Step<br />
forward, get your weight going forward as you<br />
stroke the ball.” It’s a comment you’ll hear often<br />
from the pro. But when we play “real” tennis in<br />
match situations, how often are we really able to<br />
truly get our weight forward during rallies? Well, the<br />
operative notion should be, “Keep your balance as<br />
you stroke the ball.”<br />
With today’s slow-motion technology on TV, we<br />
often see the pros appear to be falling back as they<br />
hit the ball. This is very evident at the French Open,<br />
where the clay courts require long baseline-tobaseline<br />
rallies. With the speed of the balls, the pros<br />
cannot consistently hit the ball with their weight<br />
going forward, yet they continue to pound their<br />
groundstrokes as hard as ever!<br />
The reason? BALANCE! Try this: Stand on your<br />
right leg, swing your racquet back and hold your<br />
back swing. Now, lean back and stick your left leg<br />
and left arm out. Can you still keep your balance?<br />
Of course, your weight is not forward, yet you are<br />
balanced and not falling over. You can hit the ball<br />
without your weight being forward. However, when<br />
you hit a ball this way, you must make contact with<br />
the ball in front of your body and time it just right<br />
in order to maintain a solid groundstroke. You must<br />
also transfer your weight during the stroke and at the<br />
end of the stroke. This requires excellent balance.<br />
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By Jeff Richards, <strong>USPTA</strong><br />
I work with all my students to learn to hit the ball<br />
this way in addition to the “ideal” way. It is not<br />
the best way to hit a groundstroke, BUT IT IS<br />
REALITY! We can never be in the exact position<br />
all the time, on every shot. I look at it this way: We<br />
have practiced and worked on how to hit the ball<br />
with perfect balance on ideal balls for long enough,<br />
take time to work on the non-ideal shot, become<br />
proficient at it, so when it happens—and it will<br />
happen—you can confidently make that type of shot<br />
in a match situation.
Raising<br />
their POTENTIAL<br />
Bauerfeind opens Performance Center in Santa Monica<br />
Bauerfeind opened its Performance Center just<br />
in time for the 26th Los Angeles Marathon. With<br />
sports and orthopedic injury expertise, innovative<br />
products and a wide range of measurement<br />
technologies, the Bauerfeind Performance Center<br />
is dedicated to providing the fullest range of<br />
orthopedic solutions to the active LA population.<br />
The Performance Center is located a block and a half<br />
from the Santa Monica Pier, just across the street from<br />
Santa Monica Place and adjacent to the Third Street<br />
Promenade. With Muscle Beach, the very epicenter of<br />
<strong>California</strong>’s famed health and beauty culture right across<br />
the road, hundreds of runners, joggers, power-walkers<br />
and cyclists enjoy traversing the ocean-front every day.<br />
Bauerfeind has chosen the perfect spot to address the<br />
wide range of athletes, sports enthusiasts, weekend<br />
warriors that live and play in southern <strong>California</strong>.<br />
“The Los Angeles region, and specifically Santa<br />
Monica, where the Performance Center is located, is<br />
very active, and the lifestyle is to enjoy the outdoors<br />
and be health-conscious,” said Andrew Pritikin, Doctor<br />
of Physical Therapy (DPT), Clinical Director and<br />
Manager of the Bauerfeind Performance Center. “Here,<br />
exercise is not a luxury, but a necessity.”<br />
Precision and durability<br />
Amateur athletes and curious shoppers, drawn in by<br />
the look and feel of the new store were soon drawn to<br />
the new space. “I was attracted by the colors: I really<br />
Dr. Pritikin<br />
This is a paid advertisement.<br />
Alfredo Sabido<br />
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like the look of this store, which has such a fresh and<br />
athletic feel to it,” said Leena Wolter, 23, who decided<br />
to come inside to talk to staff member Jim Miller to find<br />
a solution for dealing with her injury. “I do kickboxing,<br />
but right now with my knee problem, all I can do is light<br />
running. I hope that with a new knee brace, I can run<br />
longer distances, more often.”<br />
According to Pritikin, the approach at the Bauerfeind<br />
Performance Center is multi-dimensional. “We are<br />
going to look not only at the joint that is the problem,<br />
but also spend the time to find the source of the problem<br />
in other areas,” he said. “We are going to educate the<br />
client so they understand what is happening to their<br />
body and, more importantly, why it is happening.”<br />
Advanced measurement technologies<br />
Alfredo Sabido, 26, in town from Mexico for the LA<br />
Marathon, had a similar experience after finishing<br />
the race. While walking along Second Street with his<br />
family, Sabido immediately came inside the store. “It<br />
is a nice place, lots of windows, very inviting,” he<br />
said. As a seven-time marathoner, tri-athlete, boxer<br />
and jujitsu athlete, he was particularly interested<br />
in learning more about injury prevention and<br />
Bauerfeind’s advanced measurement technologies.<br />
Pritikin said: “My experience has taught me that being<br />
athletic will eventually lead to some form of injury. I<br />
use a range to illustrate this point, from being 100%<br />
healthy with no problems to those who are in need of<br />
Bauerfeind Performance Center
surgery. We address those people who are between these<br />
two extremes. Some people require help to be educated<br />
on the correct type of shoes necessary for a specific<br />
sport, while others require a more intensive treatment to<br />
address bio-mechanical problems in their body.”<br />
Relationships with local sports doctors<br />
The Performance Center will also focus on building<br />
relationships with local sports doctors. “We will be<br />
working with a large number of physicians in the area,”<br />
he said. “They will refer their appropriate patients to<br />
our center. In turn, if a customer enters the center and<br />
they require a medical diagnosis after our evaluation or<br />
we feel they require additional medical attention, then<br />
we will refer these people to a medical professional.”<br />
To avoid the overwhelming visual clutter of many<br />
stores geared toward athletes, Bauerfeind decided to<br />
feature only the leading brands to complement the<br />
Bauerfeind product range. Pritikin explained: “What<br />
we aim to achieve is to understand our product ranges<br />
in-depth, the philosophy behind them, why the products<br />
have been developed, and how exactly they benefit the<br />
injured athlete.” This is exactly what Chelle Struve, 42,<br />
was looking for. She works out five to six times a week<br />
and heard about the opening from a training partner. “I<br />
love the store, a clean, modern look that offers a lot of<br />
information visually right away, so it helps you pinpoint<br />
exactly what you are looking for and then describes<br />
how to best optimize your performance.”<br />
“The demand for sports and medical supports that<br />
offer both compliance and comfort is on the rise,”<br />
said Pritikin. ”Currently, when medical doctors or<br />
other health professionals think of supports, they<br />
think of the heavy, bulky, cumbersome braces that<br />
are uncomfortable, and are impossible to hide or to<br />
be discreet. Bauerfeind products are revolutionary<br />
in this regard. First, they are bio-mechanically and<br />
anatomically correct. They can be worn under clothes<br />
so professionals can wear them for extended periods.<br />
And, equally important, they are comfortable to wear.”<br />
“My personal motivation,” said Pritikin, “is the desire<br />
to help athletes and the ordinary sports enthusiast to be<br />
better than they were before. I feel great when I know<br />
I have helped someone through a difficult period in<br />
their life by using my skills to make them better.”<br />
<strong>USPTA</strong> Pros: Come visit the Bauerfeind<br />
Performance Center at 1540 Second Street, Santa<br />
Monica, CA 90401, or contact Steve Grill at<br />
(818) 536-3634 or sgrill@bauerfeindusa.com for a<br />
personal tour or any questions.<br />
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The Concept:<br />
Individual<br />
Solutions<br />
Interview with<br />
David Rosen,<br />
Global Head,<br />
Consumer Brands,<br />
Bauerfeind<br />
The Bauerfeind Performance Center in Los Angeles<br />
is, in some ways, new ground for you. Why did you<br />
choose this location in particular?<br />
David Rosen: It was clear very early on that the U.S.<br />
was one of the most important markets. People here<br />
are used to finding solutions themselves.<br />
We also realized that sports was one of the key issues,<br />
because sportspeople – when they become injured<br />
– are desperate to find ways to recover quickly and<br />
efficiently. I am not just talking about professional<br />
athletes but even everyday athletes. And in L.A., we<br />
have a large number of people addicted to sports.<br />
The problem with sports injuries is that they are often<br />
not caused just by one thing. For example, tennis elbow:<br />
it could be your technique, your racquet, the way you<br />
stand, the fact that you have a muscle injury and so on.<br />
To solve the problem, it isn’t just about having surgery<br />
or taking analgesics. You need to deal with all of the<br />
issues if you want to solve the problem permanently.<br />
What is special about the new store?<br />
David Rosen: In our performance center, people will<br />
have a holistic evaluation. Analyzing technology and<br />
education are very important aspects. For example,<br />
with Bauerfeind Bodytronic we provide a wide range of<br />
measurement technologies. We also use sophisticated<br />
motion analysis. Normally, that analysis is applied to<br />
athletes to find out how to improve technique, but we<br />
put a diffe rent twist on it. Coming back to tennis elbow:<br />
We would film people at very high speed, frame their<br />
body over the correct way and see where the problem is.<br />
Are they hitting the ball a fraction of a second too late?<br />
Or is their back arched in a wrong way? And so on.<br />
We will have a series of packages aimed at different<br />
types of people and different types of sports which<br />
people can choose. And of course we will be there for<br />
people with ordinary injuries as well.
Where am I?<br />
Don’t know what district or region you belong to? Just check<br />
the following breakdown of districts (1-6). Your district<br />
president is listed, so feel free to give him or her a call if you<br />
ever have questions or would like to get involved.<br />
Santa Barbara &<br />
Ventura Counties<br />
Agoura Hills<br />
Arroyo Grande<br />
Atascadero<br />
Camarillo<br />
Carpinteria<br />
Goleta<br />
Isla Vista<br />
Los Alamos<br />
Los Olivos<br />
Los Osos<br />
San Fernando<br />
Valley &<br />
Kern County<br />
Arleta<br />
Bakersfield<br />
Burbank<br />
Calabasas<br />
Canoga Park<br />
Chatsworth<br />
Encino<br />
Fair Oaks Ranch<br />
Glendale<br />
Granada Hills<br />
Hanford<br />
La Canada<br />
La Crescenta<br />
Lancaster<br />
DISTRICT<br />
1<br />
Montecito<br />
Moorpark<br />
Newbury Park<br />
Oak Park<br />
Ojai<br />
Orcutt<br />
Oxnard<br />
Paso Robles<br />
Pismo Beach<br />
Port Hueneme<br />
Los Angeles &<br />
Immediate Suburbs;<br />
Beach Cities<br />
(from Malibu to Marina del Rey)<br />
Beverly Hills<br />
Brentwood<br />
Culver City<br />
Hollywood<br />
DISTRICT<br />
2<br />
Lemoore<br />
Mission Hills<br />
North Hills<br />
North Hollywood<br />
Northridge<br />
Palmdale<br />
Porterville<br />
Reseda<br />
Santa Clarita<br />
Sherman Oaks<br />
Springville<br />
Stevenson Ranch<br />
Studio City<br />
Sun Valley<br />
DISTRICT<br />
3<br />
Landera Heights<br />
Los Angeles<br />
Malibu<br />
Marina del Ray<br />
District President:<br />
Tom Rohrbacher<br />
(805) 640-2109<br />
San Luis Obispo<br />
Santa Barbara<br />
Santa Maria<br />
San Paula<br />
Santa Ynez<br />
Simi Valley<br />
Summerland<br />
Thousand Oaks<br />
Ventura<br />
Westlake Village<br />
District President:<br />
Jeff Richards<br />
(818) 388-1696<br />
Sunland<br />
Sylmar<br />
Tarzana<br />
Tehachapi<br />
Toluca Lake<br />
Topanga<br />
Tujunga<br />
Valencia<br />
Valley Village<br />
Van Nuys<br />
West Hills<br />
Winnetka<br />
Woodland Hills<br />
District President:<br />
Chuck Melkent<br />
(310) 276-6104<br />
Pacific Palisades<br />
Santa Monica<br />
West Hollywood<br />
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South Bay to<br />
North Orange County<br />
(including Fullerton &<br />
Huntington Beach)<br />
Bellflower<br />
Buena Park<br />
Carson<br />
Cerritos<br />
Cypress<br />
Downey<br />
El Segundo<br />
Fountain Valley<br />
Fullerton<br />
Garden Grove<br />
Gardena<br />
East L.A. County &<br />
North Orange County<br />
(from Yorba Linda);<br />
San Bernadino &<br />
Riverside Counties<br />
(minus Coachella Valley)<br />
Alhambra<br />
Apple Valley<br />
Arcadia<br />
Baldwin Park<br />
Brea<br />
Canyon Lake<br />
Chino<br />
Chino Hills<br />
Claremont<br />
Colton<br />
Corona<br />
Covina<br />
Diamond Bar<br />
Fontana<br />
Glendora<br />
Hacienda Heights<br />
South Orange<br />
County<br />
(from Anaheim &<br />
Newport Beach)<br />
Aliso Viejo<br />
Anaheim<br />
Anaheim Hills<br />
Balboa Island<br />
Corona Del Mar<br />
Costa Mesa<br />
Coto De Caza<br />
Dana Point<br />
Foothills Ranch<br />
Irvine<br />
DISTRICT<br />
4<br />
Hawthorne<br />
Hermosa Beach<br />
Huntington Beach<br />
La Mirada<br />
Lakewood<br />
Lomita<br />
Long Beach<br />
Los Alamitos<br />
Manhattan Beach<br />
Norwalk<br />
Palos Verdes<br />
DISTRICT<br />
5<br />
Helendale<br />
Hemet<br />
Hesperia<br />
Highland<br />
Idyllwild<br />
La Habra<br />
La Verne<br />
Monrovia<br />
Monterey Park<br />
Murrieta<br />
Nuevo<br />
Ontario<br />
Pasadena<br />
Pomona<br />
Redlands<br />
Riverside<br />
DISTRICT<br />
6<br />
Ladera Ranch<br />
Laguna Beach<br />
Laguna Hills<br />
Laguna Niguel<br />
Laguna Woods<br />
Lake Forest<br />
Las Flores<br />
Mission Viejo<br />
Monarch Beach<br />
Newport Beach<br />
District President:<br />
Chuck Kingman<br />
(562) 598-8624<br />
Palos Verdes Estates<br />
Rancho Palos Verdes<br />
Redondo Beach<br />
Rolling Hills<br />
Rolling Hills Estates<br />
San Pedro<br />
Santa Fe Springs<br />
Seal Beach<br />
Torrance<br />
Westminster<br />
District President:<br />
Stephen Vorhees<br />
(951) 274-7907<br />
Rowland Heights<br />
South Pasadena<br />
San Dimas<br />
San Gabriel<br />
Sun City<br />
Temecula<br />
Upland<br />
Victorville<br />
West Covina<br />
Walnut<br />
Whittier<br />
Wildomar<br />
Wrightwood<br />
Yorba Linda<br />
Yucaipa<br />
District President:<br />
Tom Brennan<br />
(714) 323-5145<br />
Newport Coast<br />
Orange<br />
Rancho Santa Margarita<br />
San Clemente<br />
San Juan<br />
Capistrano<br />
Santa Ana<br />
Silverado<br />
Tustin<br />
Tustin Ranch
You have news,<br />
and we want it!<br />
The <strong>California</strong> Division encourages all members<br />
to submit articles and photos for the newsletter.<br />
Contact any of your <strong>California</strong> board members<br />
(see Page 2) with news, or you can e-mail it to<br />
Yvonne at socal.uspta@verizon.net. Remember,<br />
this newsletter is created for you, so take<br />
advantage of the opportunity and share your<br />
ideas with the entire division.<br />
Classifieds<br />
Wanted: Used ball machines, ball mowers and<br />
stringing machines. Contact Tom Rohrbacher at<br />
805-509-0456.<br />
Do you have a classified ad you’d like to list free of<br />
charge? Contact Yvonne at socal.uspta@verizon.net.<br />
Start Thinking Now<br />
for 2011 Award Winners<br />
Miss out on nominating a deserving <strong>USPTA</strong><br />
pro for this year’s awards? Maybe it was even<br />
yourself. Don’t miss the opportunity again<br />
next year; you can start thinking now about<br />
honors for 2011. Award nominations will<br />
open this fall and be announced at the 2012<br />
<strong>California</strong> Division convention. Consider...<br />
<strong>Professional</strong> of the Year – Considerations<br />
include: contributions to <strong>USPTA</strong> (e.g.,<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Across America, Lessons for Life,<br />
free clinics, <strong>USPTA</strong> division board service,<br />
etc.); teaching accomplishments (juniors –<br />
USTA Junior Team <strong>Tennis</strong>, ranked players;<br />
adult – leagues, ranked players, student’s<br />
awards; grassroots – beginner clinics, school<br />
participation, USA 1-2-3, <strong>USPTA</strong> Little<br />
<strong>Tennis</strong>); continuing education; activities<br />
promoting the game beyond present position;<br />
and <strong>USPTA</strong> rating.<br />
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Upgrades<br />
If you’re a <strong>Professional</strong> 2 or 3 and want to<br />
upgrade on the written, grips or stroke analysis<br />
exam, you now need to retake the entire section,<br />
not just the missed portions. To schedule an<br />
exam or for more information, please call the<br />
World Headquarters Membership Department at<br />
(800) <strong>USPTA</strong>-4U.<br />
***<br />
Have you moved?<br />
If you change your address, phone or club, please<br />
give <strong>USPTA</strong> World Headquarters a call at (800)<br />
<strong>USPTA</strong>-4U (877-8248) and ask for the Computer<br />
Services Department. Let them know, so you won’t<br />
miss out on any important national or division news!<br />
Deadline<br />
***<br />
All submittals for the winter issue of <strong>California</strong><br />
Line Calls must be received by December 15,<br />
2011. Please send your photos or news to Yvonne<br />
at socal.uspta@verizon.net. Hard copies can mailed<br />
to: <strong>USPTA</strong> <strong>California</strong> Division, P.O. Box 2264, Seal<br />
Beach, CA 90740.<br />
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<strong>California</strong><br />
Line Calls<br />
the official newsletter of the <strong>USPTA</strong> <strong>California</strong> DIvision<br />
P.O. Box 2264 • Seal Beach, CA 90740<br />
Editor Yvonne Kingman<br />
Contributors Karl Akkerman, Sebastian Albelais, Stan Carter,<br />
Karim Crobran, Jason DeCosta, Lee DeYoung,<br />
Mike Gennette, David Giannandrea, Rex Kehoe,<br />
Chuck Kingman, Pierre Mareschal, Dave<br />
McKinney, Walt Meyers, Michael Nguyen, Tom<br />
Penner, Jeff Richards, Jack Tadevosian, Jeremy<br />
Tuite, Stephen Vorhees, Jon Wood, Stacy Wood<br />
Line Calls is published quarterly by the <strong>California</strong> Division of<br />
the <strong>United</strong> <strong>States</strong> <strong>Professional</strong> <strong>Tennis</strong> Association. The opinions<br />
expressed in Line Calls are those of the authors and not necessarily<br />
those of Line Calls or the <strong>California</strong> Division of <strong>USPTA</strong>.<br />
Copyright© <strong>California</strong> Division/<strong>United</strong> <strong>States</strong> <strong>Professional</strong><br />
<strong>Tennis</strong> Association, Inc. 2011. All rights reserved. Reproduction<br />
of any portion of the newsletter is not permitted without written<br />
permission from the <strong>USPTA</strong> <strong>California</strong> Division.<br />
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