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Page 4 Volume 12 Issue 2<br />
<strong>Southern</strong><br />
Spotlight<br />
Dickie anderson - Sea island tennis, Sea island, Ga<br />
Please give a brief description<br />
of your tennis career: Served<br />
as assistant professional for 3<br />
years at Knoxville Racquet Club<br />
1975-77. Coached men’s and<br />
women’s tennis at University of<br />
the South in Sewanee, TN from<br />
1978-81. Joined Sea Island<br />
Company in 1981 as Head<br />
Professional. Became Director<br />
of Tennis in 1997.<br />
When did you start playing<br />
tennis? At age 19 as a result of<br />
college P.E. class<br />
What other sports did you<br />
play? Baseball mostly<br />
What moved you to teach<br />
tennis? I was in love with the<br />
sport and the industry was<br />
growing at that time. I had<br />
some good friends who encouraged me to do what I loved.<br />
Who were mentors that helped you develop as a professional? Roy Barth,<br />
Dave McLean<br />
What advice do you have for someone starting in the tennis profession?<br />
Persevere if that is your dream.<br />
Which personality traits are most important for tennis professionals to<br />
master? Patience, curiosity, and flexibility. Things don’t always go according<br />
to plan.<br />
What are your hobbies? Reading books and raising a seven year old son.<br />
What is your favorite movie? “Lost in America” with Albert Brooks. It is<br />
hilarious.<br />
Are you reading anything right now? “Failure is Not an Option”, about the<br />
space program.<br />
Who is your favorite player of all time? Rod Laver<br />
What person you would most like to have lunch with: Larry McMurtry<br />
(author “Lonesome Dove”)<br />
What tennis player you would like to play a set with: Bobby Riggs (all time)<br />
Roger Federer (current)<br />
What is the first thing you would purchase if you won the lottery: I have<br />
too much stuff already.<br />
If you had a “do over”, what one thing would you have done differently in<br />
your teaching career? I wouldn’t change a thing. I have learned the most<br />
from mistakes and failures.<br />
What was your most inspirational moment? <strong>The</strong> birth of my son.<br />
Katherine Miness - Charlotte Country Club, Charlotte,<br />
north Carolina<br />
Please give a brief description<br />
of your tennis career:<br />
I would have to say that<br />
my tennis teaching career<br />
began when I was a senior<br />
in High School. Every Friday I<br />
would teach at a local school<br />
for a couple hours. Teaching<br />
tennis quickly turned into<br />
my summer job. For six summers<br />
I taught tennis at the<br />
Nike Tennis Camp at Williams<br />
College. Once I graduated<br />
from College, I became a<br />
high school English teacher;<br />
and every day after school I<br />
would teach tennis at Weddington<br />
Swim and Racquet<br />
Club. I taught tennis there<br />
for a year and a half before<br />
getting a full time position at Charlotte Country Club as the Assistant Tennis<br />
Pro; I have been at CCC for seven years.<br />
When did you start playing tennis? I was 13 years old when I started playing<br />
tennis.<br />
What other sports did you play? In sixth grade I attempted softball. That<br />
was an amusing experience to say the least.<br />
What moved you to teach tennis? I just can’t think of anything more motivating<br />
than seeing someone improve…to see someone really “get it.”<br />
What is your favorite shot to teach? A two-handed backhand<br />
Do you enjoy working with certain age groups or ability levels more than<br />
others? If I had to choose one, I would say that I enjoy working with beginners<br />
the most.<br />
What advice do you have for someone starting in the tennis profession?<br />
Continue to reinvent yourself and your teaching style, while always holding<br />
on to your truest self.<br />
What are your hobbies? Walking the dog with my husband, cooking (eating<br />
more so), traveling, reading, going to the movies, hanging out on the<br />
couch watching my favorite shows and teams compete, being with family<br />
and friends.<br />
What is your favorite movie? So hard to choose! I love going to the movies<br />
and have seen so many, but the one that keeps popping up in my head<br />
is Inception.<br />
Are you reading anything right now? Yes. I am reading Room by Emma<br />
Donoghue<br />
What is your favorite sports team? <strong>The</strong> Charlotte Bobcats…go Cats!<br />
What is your favorite magazine? Bon Appetit<br />
What person you would most like to have lunch with: Ina Garten or Giada<br />
De Laurentiis<br />
What tennis player you would like to play a set with: Steffi Graf<br />
What would you be doing if you were not in tennis: I’d love to be a food<br />
critic, but we can all dream!<br />
If you had a «do over», what one thing would you have done differently in<br />
your teaching career? Gone to more educational and benchmarking trips,<br />
but there is still time.
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