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USTA’S TENNIS ON CAMPUS - HOW SWEET IT IS!
As a USPTA Tennis Teaching Professional you not
only teach those that come through your doors, you
provide a circle of tennis information for your students
every day. I am sure your older students are
encouraged to sign up for lessons, drill and play,
tournaments and league play while you encourage
younger students to enter the game through play
days, tournaments, high school tennis and eventually
progress them towards college tennis and leagues.
You might even ask all of them to attend local tennis
events to show support for the sport and potentially
ask them to join the USTA.
When the USTA began the Tennis On Campus program
a little over 10 years ago, no one had any idea
what the program would bring. In those 10 short
years the program has progressed to upwards of 600
colleges and universities working with over 35,000
non-varsity collegiate intramural and club tennis team
players. According to many industry analysts, this
has been one of the brightest spots in aiding tennis
growth over the past few years.
As a USPTA member serving on the USTA’s Tennis
On Campus Committee, I have seen tremendous
growth of this program. I believe the reasons are
By Denny Schackter, USPTA Professional
Membership News
New Members:
David Brummitt (San Diego), Michael Espinosa (San Diego), Donald Johnson IV
(Rancho Santa Fe), Kristijonas Mazeika (San Diego), Emmanuel Mensah, (Imperial
Beach) and Dane Thomson (San Diego).
Reinstatements:
Stephen Deller (San Diego) and Ken Malley (Rancho Santa Fe)
many; they socialize, they fundraise, they budget time,
participate in community service projects, travel and network
while actively supporting one another in a socially
coed team environment. It is the future. As a USPTA
Professional, this group is extremely important to you
because it will be your next generation of frequent players.
Your facility should actively begin marketing to this
expanding group for building membership and programming
revenue, equipment sales, court time and for your
survival.
If you are working with high school age tennis players,
please be sure they are aware of Tennis On Campus. For
the young person who wants to play in college, but may
lack the skills required for Varsity play, this is the answer.
Please relay the TOC website, www.tennisoncampus.com
to all your high school age students and their parents. You
will be glad you did.