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6 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.
“Teaching Club/Recreational Players to Play Like the Pros” by Brad Humphreys, USPTA Certifi ed Our USPTA San Diego Division is alive and well! We are lucky to have such great-dedicated leadership in our Division and a large number of teaching professionals willing to take time out of their busy schedules to share their knowledge. Another USPTA San Diego Division successful TPFL took place on September 5, <strong>2012</strong>, at the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club, thanks to over 25 teaching professionals attending and participating! Most of those attending seized the opportunity to share their expertise and engaged an open mind in thought provoking dialog. A special “Thank You” to Marc Assaraf, Derrick Miller and Matt Previdi for helping me get things started. Following is an extremely condensed version of some of our “Tennis Tips”: Develop the athlete and then the tennis player. Soccer ball return of serve. Teaches player to move with their feet, stepping out at a 45-degree angle. Start play right away with serve and return. Run for every ball in or out. Spilt step, squeak shoes, lean forward on toes. Anticipate and turn right or left quick. Two steps for groundstrokes, one step for volley. Utilize ITF Coaching handout ‘Assessing Your Tennis’. Volley – push the door open, do not slam it shut. Keep elbow in front of body on volleys. See backside of strings when hitting volley. Lift glass of water up for the toss without a shower, push label on ball straight up, let wrist bend down as hand goes up. Use exhale words like “hit”, watch the “ball”, to create breathing, relaxation, release of tension. Eight board theory – toss off the hip, integrate with body. Top four male players do not land with both feet at the same time in a split step – they land 1–2, or “tap–tap”. All movement begins from the core. Abdominal center turns fi rst to hit a volley. Teach like the pros play. The better the player, the less they think. Train student to develop sub conscious. Imagine a diamond shaped graph of the developing tennis player's thinking. When starting to learn tennis, the beginner does not know what to think and the expert thinks very little. (In between there may be a lot of thinking.) Focus on the big picture. Students work on strokes, pros work on strategy. “Mind your own business.” Face ahead, focus ahead in doubles. continued next page 7
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