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Our tennis industry is going through some very tough times. Certainly the efforts are there to maintain players, but we are losing a good many of our senior players to pickleball. Many of those tennis players were not tennis players in the first pla ...
by Denny Schackter, USPTA Midwest Hall of Fame In my long and very unspectacular career in tennis I had the privilege in college of coaching high school tennis for one season. While at the University of Wisconsin, the Athletic Director of a local ...
It's always rewarding to catch up with long-time industry professionals. I crossed paths recently with a very respected USPTA Pro in Wisconsin. Like you, when having lunch with a contemporary, many subjects, tennis-wise, are discussed. The USTA M ...
Click here for the full article published by Racquet Sports Industry Two-year college PTM programs, rather than a four-year duration, may be all that’s needed to produce qualified pros. Recently I was reading a newspaper article on the shortag ...
Click here for the full article published by Racquet Sports Industry Pickleball seems to do a much better job advocating for what it needs. Can tennis state the case for itself? With the pandemic, sports that have a built-in degree of physical ...
Date: Thursday, November 5, 2020 Time: Noon (East) / 11 a.m. (Central) Featured speakers: Frank Barnes, Men's and Women's Tennis Coach, University of Wisconsin-WhitewaterBrandon Currie, CEO, Stryv365; Tennis Club OwnerCy Dofitas, US Gr ...
by Denny Schackter, USPTA Elite Professional Several years ago, I was invited to sit in on a staff meeting at a very large multi-purpose club. Fitness, tennis, paddle, swim, snack bar were all included. Discussed was a forthcoming event that ...