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22 Industry Events Calendar
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ASSOCIATION TIM MILES COLETTE LEWIS PHILIP VAN ASSELT SAMMY GIAMMALVA
COR TENNIS/READING RECREATION COMMISSION NEW BALANCE HIGH SCHOOL
CHAMPIONSHIPS MARK FABER PGA TOUR SUPERSTORE MARTY HENNESSY
INSPIRING CHILDREN FOUNDATION JACKS ABBY SOCIAL TENNIS LEAGUE
USTA MISSOURI VALLEY KIRK ANDERSON
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C O U RT E S Y U S TA / B A B O L AT/ T G A P R E M I E R YO U T H T E N N I S
taff from seven USTA sections gathered in Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 18-20
for a TSR Regional Meeting designed
to strengthen professional development
in both sales and customer service.
The 67 attendees included section Tennis Service Representatives, marketing
directors, and diversity and inclusion staff.
The Midwest, Northern, Missouri Valley,
Mid-Atlantic, Texas, Northern California
and Southern California USTA sections
were represented.
The keynote speaker was Craig Morris,
USTA general manager of Community
GA Premier Youth Tennis, which delivers tennis programming to communities around the U.S., is launching its own line of custom tennis racquets for boys and
girls. The racquets are availalable in five sizes19, 21, 23, 25
and 27 inchesand can be purchased at shop.playtga.com.
Expanding to provide properly fit tennis equipment to
our customers is only natural, says TGA CEO Joshua Jacobs.
With access to tens of thousands of first-time tennis participants, we plan to directly introduce our customer base to the
equipment line and progress them through the sizes. !
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Cardio Tennis Schedules
2017 Training Courses
The Cardio Tennis staff is in the process
of setting its training courses for 2017.
Currently on the calendar are Level 1 and
Level 2 training courses, along with other
training and appearances at national
events. Go to CardioTennis.com to find the
current schedule and sign up for a training
course near you.
Antiguas New
Polo Line
Features
Perfected Pique
C O U RT E S Y A N T I G UA G R O U P/ DA N S M I T H : J O H N P O W L E S S
he Antigua Groups 2017 collection of mens performance tennis apparel is highlighted by its
new Perfected Pique polo, which the
company says uses fiber with a specific
filament count and four-way stretch
construction to create a fabric that
possesses the softest hand, drape and
comfort while still providing moisture
wicking. The new line includes the
Endure, Channel and Revive jerseys,
available in a variety of colors and
styles. The line also includes two new
pairs of tennis shorts, the Rally Short
and the Sport Short.
Antigua also specializes in custom
embroidery to outfit tournament
officials, teams, schools and tennis
pro shops with bradned apparel. As an
example, Antigua provides officials,
umpires and ball kids with logoed
apparel for the Volvo Cars Open pro
event. For more information, visit
Antigua.com. !
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Demolish Olympic Tennis Venue
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Andy Murray became the new No. 1
player in the world in November during
the Paris Masters. Murray, the first
British player to be ranked No. 1 since
the calculations became computerized
43 years ago, dethroned fellow Head
player Novak Djokovic, who had held
the top spot for 122 straight weeks.
Former ATP No. 2 and BNP Paribas
Open Tournament Director Tommy
Haas has joined PlaySight as an investor and partner in its marketing and
media campaign.
Michael Redlicki of Arkansas and
Francesca Di Lorenzo of Ohio State
took the mens and womens singles
titles at the 2016 USTA/ITA National
Indoor Intercollegiate Championships
in November. In doubles, Wake Forests Skander Mansouri and Christian
Seraphim claimed the mens crown,
and Kentuckys Mami Adachi and Aldila
Sutjiadi won the womens title.
Roger Federer is No. 1 in the athlete category of the Forbes Fab 40,
which picks the most valuable sports
brands in four categories: athletes,
teams, businesses and sporting events.
Federers current brand value,
according to Forbes, is $36 million.
Neal Cassidy is the new tennis
director at The Buccaneer in St. Croix,
U.S. Virgin Islands, where the tennis program is run by Peter Burwash
International.
The International Tennis Hall of Fame
and the International Tennis Federation
honored Masaaki Morita recently with
the 2017 Golden Achievement Award
for his work to grow tennis in Japan.
Mark Winters, the communications
manager for USTA Southern California,
is retiring after 42 years of service to
the section. Annette Buck, SoCals
director of adult tennis, is also retiring
after 31 years of service to tennis and
the section.
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Congratulates
JACKS ABBY SOCIAL TENNIS LEAGUE
Adult Tennis Provider of the Year
KIRK ANDERSON
PTR Member of the Year
USPTA Member of the Year
January 2017
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rounds of the March Madness basketball
tournament will move out of Greensboro.
C O U RT E S Y F E R R I S S TAT E U N I V E R S I T Y P T M
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CONGRATULATIONS
Top-Selling Racquets at
Specialty Stores
January-September, 2016 vs. 2015
Units
2016
483,373
2015
523,689
% change vs. 15 -8%
Dollars 2016
$71,798,000
2015
$76,931,000
% change vs. 15 -7%
Price
2016
$148.53
2015
$146.90
% change vs. 15 1%
Top-Selling Racquets
at Specialty Stores
By year-to-date dollars, Jan.-Sept. 2016
1. Babolat Pure Drive 2015 (MP)
2. Babolat Pure Aero (100) 2016 (MP)
3. Babolat Pure Aero Team 2016 (MP)
4. Wilson Pro Staff 97 (MP)
5. Babolat Pure Drive Lite 2015 (MP)
Top-Selling Strings
at Specialty Stores
By year-to-date units, Jan.-Sep. 2016
1. Babolat RPM Blast
2. Prince Synthetic Gut Duraflex
3. Wilson NXT
4. Wilson Sensation
5. Luxilon Alu Power
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(Source: TIA)
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six USTA Sections and the Intercollegiate
Tennis Association. Visit universaltennis.com for more information.
Wilson Introduces
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Short
Sets
The U.S. will meet Germany on Feb.
11-12 in the 2017 Fed Cup World
Group First Round at the Royal Lahaina
Resort in Maui. The matches will be
played on an outdoor hard court.
Pro/Specialty
Retailer of the Year
Marty Hennessys
Inspiring Children Foundation
The USPTA will partner with SelectQuote to provide health and life insurance options for USPTA members.
PepsiCo is an official sponsor of the
USTA National Campus in Orlando,
Fla., which will feature the companys
soft drinks, water and isotonic drinks.
PepsiCos Gatorade brand will be the
Official Sports Drink.
Denver, Colorado
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Congratulations Randy!
All of us at California Sports Surfaces
would like to congratulate our friend and
colleague, Randy Futty, on being given the
2016 Tennis Industry Service Award.
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USTA, says Tisdale,
with his wife, Gerri,
at the US Open.
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GRASSROOTS CHAMPION
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Sea Colony
Tennis Club
Like many resort communities, the Sea Colony Tennis
Club in Bethany Beach, Del.,
has first-rate playing options
and programs. Its 34 hard,
clay and indoor courts run
clinics, lessons, and tournaments for all playing levels,
and the club has a half-mile
private beach, multiple
pools and a recently renovated fitness center.
What earns Sea Colony
accolades as our Private
Facility of the Year is its
atmosphere. As Director of
Tennis Thomas Johnston
explains, You always hear
people say, Everybody is
welcomed here. Well, thats
the whole idea! Johnstons
goals are that participants
have fun and learn something new in a welcoming
environment.
As Maiysha Warren, USTA
National Manager, Tennis
Facilities and Development, explains, I talk with
many people about facilities
around the country. Rarely
is the praise as unanimous
as it is concerning Sea
Colony. Kent Oswald
Tip for Success
Create the right atmosphere
by hiring staff who believe
in making sure players will
have fun and learn.
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Scott Hanover
For nearly 20 years, Scott
Hanover has made a difference through tennis.
Whether its a clinic for
children or stepping up to
organize a new league for
young professionals, his passion and desire for growing
this sport knows no bounds.
Thats why he is Tennis
Industrys Grassroots Tennis Champion of the Year.
Hanover, the tennis director at the Plaza Tennis Center in Kansas City, Mo., first
learned the game through
an NJTL and then playing
for his high school, seeing
first-hand the benefits the
sport brings to the grassroots. Today, he organizes
USTA Flex Leagues, World
TeamTennis Rec Leagues,
among others. Hanover also
has served within the USTA
at the national, sectional
and district levels, including
three years as president of
USTA Missouri Valley.
I developed a great fondness for community tennis,
Hanover says. Its important to provide that opportunity. Andrew Robinson
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T E N N I S A DVO C AT E O F T H E Y E A R
P R O / S P E C I A LT Y R E T A I L E R
M U N I C I PA L T E N N I S FAC I L I T Y
OF THE YEAR
OF THE YEAR
Game-Set-Match
Game-Set-Matchs string of
stores has been servicing the
greater Denver area since
1989proof that brick-andmortar is alive and well.
To Adam Burbary and
his talented staff, its all
about connecting with the
customer and providing the
best service. Years of studying buyer behavior have
honed his skills and kept the
retailer agile and adept at
figuring out what works.
With an array of racquets
and apparel, stringing while
you wait and the option to
drop off racquets for customers who cant make it to
the store, Game-Set-Match
is a sought-after commodity in the retail business.
Aside from daily business,
the store participates in
fundraisers, donates to kids
programs and sponsors the
Intermountain Tennis
Associations playoffs.
It comes down to relationships and making the
deal, Burbary says. Its not
always about volume, but
about growing the business.
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Oklahoma City
Tennis Center
Steve Henry, director of
programming, is more than
ready for the Oklahoma
City Tennis Center to be
open year-round. For four
decades, the facility only
had outdoor courts, with
nearly 45,000 players coming through the doors every
year. But every November,
things would come to a
screeching halt, Henry says.
Then wed have to reinvent
the wheel every spring.
In early 2016, the center opened six new indoor
courts (to join its 24 outdoors) as part of an ongoing
$3 million capital improvement campaign. Following
the implementation of six
dedicated youth courts and
accompanying programming, the USTA recognized
the center with an Outstanding Facility Award, and
it is TIs Municipal Facility
of the Year.
It has to be one of the
best public tennis facilities
in the country, says David
Minihan, executive director
of USTA Oklahoma.
Andrew Robinson
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Dan James
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COR Tennis/
Reading Rec
Commission
At a time when many parks
and recreation departments
are cutting budgets and
programs, COR Tennis & the
Reading (Pa.) Recreation
Commission has helped tennis thrive through the power
of community partnerships.
Starting small in 1998,
COR provided staff to
conduct USTA school tennis
assemblies. From there,
COR expanded outreach to
local schools, businesses and
clubs, with support from
tennis retailer Fromuth.
COR Tennis Director
Larry Zerbe has been
instrumental. Larry sets
high expectations for staff
and players, says Renee
Lenz, tennis service rep for
USTA Middle States. He develops great tennis players,
but, more importantly, he
develops great kids.
Today, the courts in Reading are filled with families,
a testament to the positive
impact COR Tennis continues to have.
Peg Connor
Tip for Success
Dont forget your roots
always remember why
you started the program
in the first place.
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M A S S M E R C H A N T/ C H A I N O F T H E Y E A R
I N N OVAT I V E T E N N I S E V E N T
OF THE YEAR
OF THE YEAR
New Balance
High School
Championships
The New Balance High
School Championships was
created in 2014 to honor top
high school tennis players from across the United
States. The tournaments
growing popularity, both
with players and their families, makes it our Innovative
Tennis Event of the Year.
The event, which is run
by the USTA and funded by
Boston-based New Balance,
is held over four days in July
at Harvard University. It
features 64-player singles
draws, uses the Universal Tennis Rating system
to determine entries and
seedings, and the girls and
boys winners receive wild
cards into the main draw of
the ITF International Hard
Court Championships.
This tournament represents an incredible opportunity for the countrys top
young players to compete on
a national stage, says Bruce
Schilling, general manager
of tennis for New Balance.
James Maimonis
Tip for Success
Create the best consumer
experience for playersand their
parents. Make the participants feel
welcomed and valued.
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Mark Faber
USPTA Elite Professional
Mark Faber is not only head
tennis coach at Toledo St.
Francis High School in Ohio,
hes also director of tennis
at Twos Athletic Club and
serves as vice president of
the Ohio Tennis Coaches
Association.
Faber has been a no-cut
coach for 22 years, and he
helped create a program
at his club that allows high
school teams to practice
during the off-season, without memberships. Over the
past three years, weve also
created several fun, outof-the-norm events geared
toward the needs of high
school students, says Faber.
Faber also serves on the
USTAs national High School
Task Force. Marks undying commitment and his
leadership on the Task Force
has helped develop a clear
vision for enhancing high
school tennis, says Glenn
Arrington, director of high
school tennis for the USTA.
Tracy Maymon
PGA Tour Superstore earns customer and manufacturer plaudits with the retail equivalent of
an all-court game. Its 27 (and growing) big-box
locations each devote about 5,000 square feet to
tennis inventory, have in-store hitting alleys and,
in some cases, actual courts. Many stores also
have Master Racquet Technicians on staff.
The company also works well with its vendors.
PGA is a good partner in helping educate consumers and advocating for our sport, according
to Mickey Maule, Wilsons regional commercial
director of racquet sports. They go above and
beyond in their merchandising support and in
showcasing tennis.
For those questioning why a store with golf in
its name is so interested in tennis, Chief Marketing Officer Matt Corey answers: Golf and tennis
go hand-in-hand, with many households having
family members playing both. We focus on taking
care of our customers one at a time, and our goal
is to inspire them to play their best.
Kent Oswald
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U S TA S E C T I O N O F T H E Y E A R
Missouri Valley
C O U R T E S Y M A R T Y H E N N E S S Y F O U N D A T I O N / U S T A N E W E N G L A N D / U S T A M I S S O U R I V A L L E Y / U S P T A
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Kirk Anderson
When asked to suggest possible candidates for Tennis
Industrys PTR Member of the Year and USPTA Member
of the Year, the heads of both organizations didnt hesitate: They both picked longtime pro Kirk Andersonthe
first time weve had a unified choice.
Anderson, who was named our Person of the Year in
2006, retired in September after 20 years with USTA
national. One of only 11 people worldwide to hold Master
Professional distinction with both the PTR and USPTA,
Anderson recently won the USPTAs 2016 Alex Gordon Award for Professional of the Year. His numerous
honors include PTR Professional of the Year, in 2012,
and the Educational Merit Award from the International
Tennis Hall of Fame, in 2003.
One of the things I take pride in is changing the way
weve introduced tennis to so many people, says Anderson, who is a popular speaker for both teaching pro organizations. More than 100,000 people have gone through
our workshops, and Im proud of how we delivered them,
the quality of the faculty, and being able to give people
the best experience possible.
While Anderson may be retired, he admits his career
is by no means over. I hope to be doing a lot of things
with coaching and coaching education, he says.
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A: Because you describe having difficulties over the years, you must not be
referring to the new FSI grommet sets,
which present an added challenge because they are directionalthat is, they
have to be mounted a certain way on
the racquet. For older Babolat racquets,
the most common type we see is the
original-style Pure Drive. This racquets
bumper guard is easy to service if you
approach it the right way.
After removing all the old grommets
Bumper guards
experience regular
abuse during play,
and require careful
repair.
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Brother TZeS231 tape, which prints out
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String Playtest
Conclusion
Babolat RPM
Blast Rough 16
In the Lab
We tested the 16-gauge RPM Blast Rough
in black. The coil measured 38 feet, one
inch (Babolat assures us the length of the
retail sets will be 40 feet). The diameter
measured 1.26 mm prior to stringing, and
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Playtester Comments
While challenging to install initially due
to the texture, the string held tension well
and allowed for excellent spin without
changing my swing path. This would be a
great string for a moderate- to high-level
player seeking more spin and durability.
4.0 male all-court player using Wilson
Burn 100S strung at 54 pounds CP (Wilson
Revolve 17)
This string is my new favorite. I played a
week-long, high-level tournament with it,
Playtester Ratings:
Ease of Stringing
(compared to other strings)
Much easier: 2
Somewhat easier: 3
About as easy: 11
Not quite as easy: 9
Not nearly as easy: 0
Overall Playability
(compared to the string played most often)
Much better: 2
Somewhat better: 5
About as playable: 5
Not quite as playable: 11
Not nearly as playable: 3
On the Court
Overall Durability
Much better: 6
Somewhat better: 6
About as durable: 11
Not quite as durable: 3
Playability: 3.3
Durability: 4.2
Power: 3.3
Control: 3.6
Comfort: 3.1
Touch/Feel: 3.1
Spin Potential: 3.9
Holding Tension: 3.3
Resistance to Movement: 3.9
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a softer feel. 4.0 male baseliner with moderate spin using Babolat Pure Drive strung
at 55 pounds CP (Babolat VS 16)
If I liked an all-polyester string bed, this
would be a candidate. 4.5 male touch
player using Babolat Strike strung at
55/52 pounds CP (Babolat VS/Babolat
RPM Blast 16/17)
Pretty good string. Nothing out of the
ordinary. 5.0 male all-court player using
Wilson BLX 5 strung at 55/57 pounds LO
(Wilson NXT 16/17)
Not a bad string, but not something that I
would use. 5.0 male all-court player using
Head Prestige strung at 58 pounds LO
(Prince 16)
Not my favorite string. It was harsh and
hurt my arm. 3.5 male baseliner with
heavy spin using Wilson BLX Blade 98
strung at 58.5 pounds LO (Wilson Natural
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