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November/December 2011 Con gratulations! USPTA 2011 Years of Service Awards Steve Chapman..... 30 Arun Jetli............ 30 Mike Lewis........... 30 Lee Libby............ 30 Matt Stiltz........... 30 Geoff Crawford..... 35 Jim Davis............. 35 Greg Dredge......... 35 Mark Medow......... 35 Andy Moffat......... 35 Barb Mueller......... 35 Karen Neuman...... 35 Vicki Patton......... 35 Celeste Pregracke.. 35 Sue Selke............ 35 Ted Sprinkmann..... 35 Muriel Stine.......... 35 Holly Weitendorf... 35 Wayne Wookey...... 35 Bob Bayliss........... 40 Laurel Holgerson.... 40 Jeff Unger........... 40 Ed Gordon........... 45 Bob Luedtke......... 45 Carlton Buerger..... 55 Matthew Boughton, Eau Claire, Wis., USPTA Industry Excellence Award; Tim Heckler, USPTA CEO, Jackie Mueller Egelhoff, High School Coach of the Year, Mike Andrews, USTA/USPTA Community Service Award Greatest number of participants in Tennis Across America - Third Place Midwest Division! More information on 2011 USPTA World Conference on Tennis on pages 9-11. 2 3 4 President’s message 2012 Midwest Conference and awards information Lessons for Life 5 Play Days 6-7 Drills 8 Tennis Medicine 9 New members, Test dates, For Sale 9-11 12 2011 USPTA World Conference on Tennis Little Mo Tournament a message from the president Fellow USPTA Pros, I hope the fall/winter season is starting off well. The past couple of months have been an exciting time for the USPTA!! First we had an exciting National Election that included people from all parts of the country and our industry. I’m sure everyone saw the election outcomes. As Midwest President, I would like to congratulate Dan Moster on being elected to the national board. Great job Dan; I’m sure you will represent us well. The World Conference at Saddlebrook in Tampa, Fla., was fantastic. It is always great to see all of my USPTA friends and see some of the great presentations. This year the Midwest was well represented with five speakers. Great job to Matt Detkas, Wendy Whitlinger, Scott Ficks, Jorge Capestany, and Doug Cash. The Awards Breakfast at the World Conference was also great for the Midwest as we had three Midwest members receive awards. Mike Andrews of Fort Wayne, Ind., won the USTA/USPTA Community Service Award, Jackie Mueller Egelhoff of Milwaukee, Wis., was crowned High School Coach of the Year and Matthew Boughton of Eau Claire, Wis. received the prestigious USPTA Industry Excellence Award. Great job Mike, Jackie and Matt! Remembering that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month reminds me to mention the USPTA’s Lessons for Life campaign. This is a great program the USPTA offers. Any fundraisers that you hold need to be turned into our national office along with the money total that was raised. We also really appreciate articles or pictures for our newsletter highlighting your event. Our division, in turn, will provide you with Pro Penn balls. I know there are many of you out there who are running great events who do not even think to register them as Lessons for Life events. So go ahead and register those events through our Division office or on the USPTA website, www.uspta.com and go to Quick Link’s drop down menu to Lessons for Life. Takes only a minute to register. Sincerely, Molly Card Beckmann 2012 Midwest Division Conference January 26-28 Lincolnshire Marriott Lincolnshire, Ill. 2 | Midwest Connection • November/December 2011 Sh-h-h-h Can you keep a secret? There is something special when you renew your membership by Dec. 31. hurs., Jan. 26 evening – USTA High Performance Workshop open to all riday, Jan 27 all day – court and classroom seminars, awards breakfast, state meeting luncheon, exhibitors aturday, Jan. 28 half day – court and classroom seminars peakers include Frank Barnes, Mark Bey, USPTA; Wayne Bryan, USPTA; Geoff Gluck, USPTA; Craig Jones, USPTA; Nancy Hoekstra, USPTA; Neeru Jayanthi, M.D., USPTA; Michele Krause, USPTA, Paul Lubbers, USPTA, Denny Schackter, USPTA Paula Scheb.and Mike Woody, USPTA. Sh-h-h-h Can you keep a secret? There is something special when you renew your membership by Dec. 31. wards deadline is Dec 15. Information on USPTA Midwest website or contact Mark Faber, Awards Chair- 419-381-9661 or [email protected] Touring Coach, College Coach, High School Coach, Men’s Player of the Year (Open, 35, 45, 55), Women’s Player of the Year (Open 35, 45, 55) Facility Manager and Midwest Pro of the Year, State Pro of the Year (Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan). Charity Event of the Year (Under $10,000, Over $10,000), Nancy Mickler Memorial Award, Fay Tooley Memorial Award and Rookie of the Year. 2012 Midwest Division Conference January 26-28 Lincolnshire Marriott Lincolnshire, Ill. Midwest Connection • November/December 2011 | 3 The Midwest Connection, the official newsletter of the USPTA Midwest Division is published six times a year. Submit items to the editor. 2011 Officers Five Seasons Sports Club-Dayton, under the direction of Kevin Brandalik, USPTA, recently held a “Rally For The Cure” Tennis Clinic and Luncheon. There were over 50 ladies who participated in a tennis clinic, silent auction, fashion show by Kohl’s department store and emotional talks from some breast cancer survivors! Over $2,000 was raised from this exciting event. Helping with the event were USPTA professionals Kendon Warren, Al Pico and Rob Downey, plus Cami Hubbs, University of Dayton Assistant Tennis Coach. President Molly Card Beckmann 317-582-1550 x229 [email protected] Regional Vice President Paul Marcum 248-626-9880 x4006 [email protected] Second Vice President Mark Faber 419-381-9661 [email protected] Third Vice President Scott Ansay 262-241-4250 [email protected] Treasurer-Secretary Mike Graff 248-866-0508 [email protected] It All Starts with the Serve Mark Centrella, USPTA; Past President and current Head Tester for Middle States. E ach point in a match starts with the serve. In beginner through intermediate levels of play, too many players fall into the trap of going for a “freebie” on their first serve. They attempt to launch in a serve with maximum pace in hopes of a service winner. They then follow this up with a second serve that is so slow and short that their opponent starts to drool at the thought of all the responses they could deliver to bring the server to their knees. Since these types of servers make roughly 30 percent of their first serves, they are inviting their opponent to take control of the point the other 70 percent of the time. This does not make for a winning strategy. A player must realize that there are three other ways to gain the advantage during service games. This starts with figuring out which side off the ground your opponent likes less and exploiting it to the fullest extent. Most players can comfortably drive their forehand, but are happy just to keep their backhand in play. Knowing this, it makes much more sense to slow the first serve down so that it can be more accurately placed to the opponent’s backhand. This will result in your opponent starting off each point either neutral or on the defense – a much different scenario compared to sending over tons of second serve lollipops for the opponent to feast on. Of course the last thing you want to do is hit the same serve so often that your opponent begins to figure out how best to handle it, which is why it is important to incorporate a variety of serves to keep your opponent guessing. Similar to a pitcher versus hitter dual in baseball, the returner should never be fully aware of what kind of serve the next one will be. Whether it’s aiming to a different spot, adding a different kind of spin or hitting with a wider variety of pace (sometimes a softer serve works!), your opponent will be less inclined to be aggressive when there is a large element of mystery to what they are about to receive. Finally, a player can use the serve to set up the shot that they really want to hit next. The key to this is the use of angles. If the server’s forehand is a weapon, they should consider serving out wide on the deuce side. Since angles are typically greeted with another angle, the server can expect the ball to come back to their forehand. If the server wants to take away angles from their opponent, they can serve it right down the “T”. Once a player realizes that pace on the serve is just one of the many ways to gain the advantage at the start of each point, the more often the player will find themselves on the winning end of their service games. 4 | Midwest Connection • November/December 2011 Past President Dan Moster 260-249-9424 [email protected] State Presidents Ohio Katie Orlando 330-346-0513 [email protected] Wisconsin John Frausto 920-929-9150 [email protected] Illinois Matt Davis 847-593-0580 [email protected] Indiana Chris Chopra 812-855-8750 [email protected] Michigan Sharon Cleland 989-631-6151 [email protected] Head Tester Mike Lange 630-978-6746 [email protected] Editor Carol L. Anderson, Editor USPTA Midwest Division 888-740-3318 [email protected] USPTA World Headquarters 800-USPTA-4U [email protected] Towpath hosts 10 & under Play Day New junior players kicked off their competitive tennis season in a 10 & Under Play Day at Towpath Tennis Center. Fourteen participants were able to compete in a fun, non-threatening, beginner setting as opposed to an intimidating first tournament. The two-hour event started off with fun games to get the players warmed-up, running, and ready to play. The players then participated in a racquet skill competition that was geared toward getting them focused and ready to play out some points. Next, the players competed in friendly matches on appropriately sized 36’ or 60’ courts. After each game, participants shook hands to promote sportsmanship. USPTA Professionals Nick Laskaris, Brian Kowell, and Dallas Aleman, and high school tennis volunteers were available to help the young players keep score and learn to play tennis. Medals, hats and snacks were passed out to all the participants, and parents took home the 10 & Under Tennis Parents’ Guide. “It’s really encouraging to see the players you work with in drills focus and rally with other kids,” said Nick Laskaris, USPTA. “It’s great to see what adjustments the kids make in a live match play setting—they are playing real tennis.” USTA/Midwest Section Provider Incentive Plan Provider Incentive Plan The USTA/Midwest Section has created a Provider Incentive Plan (CTAs, Schools, Park & Recs, Clubs, pros, and individuals) for the development of new Play Days and tournaments aimed at providing 10 and under children with new opportunities to play tennis and to receive a free USTA membership as part of the program. The following programs are eligible: 1. Play Days (minimum of 20 participants) 2. Tournaments (36’ and 60’ tournaments only) Play Days Play Days are designed for kids – from those just learning to compete to those who are already in competition – to play in a fun, non-threatening yet competitive environment. Over a duration of a few hours, these events give kids the opportunities to play – whether they are getting ready for the next step of playing sanctioned tournaments or if they already are competing and are looking for additional play time. Emphasis is placed on participation, effort and sportsmanship. Tournaments The goal of 10 and Under Tennis is to get kids playing as quickly and capably as possible, and this includes tournament tennis. The purpose of tournaments utilizing the QuickStart Incentive Plan Provider Payout Tennis play format is not to crown champions or to establish rankings, but to help kids learn the strategy and tactics of tennis by playing matches. The more matches kids play, the more they will learn about the game. For every new event created by the provider, they will receive $100. There will be a maximum of five events/$500 per year. All Play Days and Tournaments must be registered with the USTA Midwest Section to receive incentive. The tournaments are held on the appropriate-sized courts (36’ and 60’ courts) and require the appropriate racquets (21-, 23- or 25-inch) and balls (foam or low compression). There are both tournaments organized by USTA volunteers and staff as well as non-USTA tournaments. For more information, contact USTA/ Midwest Section 10 and Under Tennis Coordinator, Michael Hughes at [email protected] or 317-577-5130 ext. 242. The formats of the tournaments vary, but most feature non-elimination formats such as compass draws and round robins, and are played in three to four hours. These formats allow kids to play many matches against a variety of opponents in one tournament—meaning little travel for maximum play opportunities. The modified scoring system advocated through 10 and Under Tennis is used in these tournaments. The nature of the scoring system introduces a time-defined element that makes these tournaments attractive for players new to competition. 10 and Under Tennis Play Days What A Play Day is a great way for kids 10 and Under to play tennis in a fun, non-threatening, nonelimination, competitive environment. Over the duration of a few hours, a Play Day allows kids to experience serving, rallying, and scoring in an informal competition. When Pick an available date with a three hour slot for the event. How Visit www.10andundertennis.com -Click on “Organizers” -Click on the “Register Your Play Day” button Cost Figure out your potential expenses and assign a cost of your own or offer it for free! There is no USTA associated fee and a USTA Membership is not necessary for participants. What You Get For Your First Play Day: -Start up manual -12 foam balls -12 orange balls -Play Day Banner -25 Parent Guides -Access to downloadable content (i.e. kid’s certificates, promotional flyers, draw sheets, etc.) -12 red felt balls (upon completion of the Play Day) For Each Subsequent Play Day: -$25 to spend through www.NetKnacks.com Contact Michael Hughes USTA/Midwest Section 10 and Under Coordinator [email protected] 317-577-5130 Provider Incentive: For every new Play Day created you will receive $100. There will be a maximum of five Play Days/$500 each year, per provider. The Play Day must be registered at 10andUnderTennis.com. Midwest Connection • November/December 2011 | 5 Run Your Badunkadunk Brian Shoman, USPTA; Akron, Ohio Purpose: Work on mid-court volleys and covering lob Champions start at service line and pro feeds ball into play. If champs win the point, then there are new challengers. If challengers win the point, the pro feeds another ball into play. If challengers with two points in a row, then they have three seconds to get to the other side before the pro puts up a lob and the game starts again. X2 X3 P X1 X X4 X X X X X Pro’s Friend P Matt Davis, USPTA; Schaumburg, Ill. X 6 | Midwest Connection • November/December 2011 Purpose: Dominate net with quick hands Pro has six balls ready to go. X2 and X3 must get three out of six balls as their winning points. The player that wins ball three point is the new friend of the pro. If the pro side wins, then X2 goes out and X3 and X4 are in against pro and friend. If five students play, rotate two in and two out. Crazy Wheel Sharon Cleland, USPTA; Midland, Mich. Purpose Players learn to hit passing shots on the run. Target Audience: 2.5 level and higher Number of students: 6-8 players • • • • • Pro feeds wide ball to the first player in line X1. The difficulty of the feed depends on the level of the player. X1 runs down the wide feed and plays it out against the 2 net players X2 and X3. If X1 wins the point they hussle over and take X2’s spot. X2 slides over to X3’s spot and X3 hussles over to the end of the line on the other side. Here is the kicker… Pro does not wait for X1 to hussle over to X2’s spot. As X1 is running over the pro feeds to the next player in line and X2 has to cover the whole court until X1 is over. If X1 loses the point they quickly get out the way and go to the end of the line. Variation: Defensive lobs P X1 X2 X4 X3 X5 View a demonstration of this drill on USPTA Midwest Division Facebook page. Midwest Connection • November/December 2011 | 7 Tennis Medicine Section Neeru Jayanthi, M.D., USPTA The Relationship between performances at 14 and under international youth tournaments and later success in tennis Authors: Jessie Brouwers, Veerle De Bosscher, Hebe Schaillée, Jasper Truyens, Popi Sotiriadou Published in Journal of Science and Medicine in Tennis, Oct. 2010. The purpose of this study was to determine if results at the U14 (under 14) international tournaments would predict successes in tennis later in a player’s career. This was done by looking “top down” (looking at current successful players, and their prior results in U14 tournaments), and “bottom up” (looking at results of the U14 tournaments and determining who was later successful at professional level). Performance progress of players was examined using analysis based tournament results from three international 14U youth tournaments from 1990 to 2006 for 1,897 male players, and from 1990 to 2005 for 1,624 female players. The results showed that using 6.2 percent (n =117) male and 9.1 percent (n = 147) female youth tournament players reached the ATP/WTA top 200. Additionally, 39 percent of males and 47 percent of females who were winners of 14U international tournament reached the top 200 ATP/WTA ranking in the 8 | Midwest Connection • November/December 2011 world. This makes us think that winning the tournament is predictive of success. Meanwhile 91% of players who did not reach the quarterfinals did not reach top 200 in ATP/WTA. Finally, looking at current top 200 ATP/WTA professionals who are eligible for these tournaments, suggest that less than 50 percent participated in these tournaments. Only a minority of players did well, and in fact for male players, more of them were early round losers in the top 200 ATP then those who reached later rounds In conclusion, early successes can be attributed to some degree of later success at a professional level. However, it seems clear that this path is not necessary, and possibly not even predictive of later success at all in males. We can try to use this data to help modify our goals for USTA tournaments. 2011 Professional Tests and Upgrades contact USPTA 1-800-USPTA-4U Nov. 12-13 Big Rapids, Mich. Welcome New Members For Sale Used Indoor Tennis Lighting System Indirect 1000 watt fixtures and ballasts. 52 Fixtures, good condition, $6000. Call Bud Schroeder, USPTA, 937-669-5552 2012 Midwest Division Conference January 26-28 Lincolnshire Marriott Lincolnshire, Ill. Pat h w a y f r o m P r o t o P r e s e n t e r Wendy Whitlinger, USPTA; Appleton, Wis. I have a passion for teaching and coaching. I aspire to be a motivator with a positive impact. My inspiration comes from my father, Warren “Baba” Whitlinger. He is my parent, my coach, my mentor. I watched Dad work consistently and persistently to develop the physical skills necessary for his students to be outstanding players. More importantly, I observed how he stressed mental training because he knew that to be good competitors his players had to be mentally tough and emotionally balanced. Dad was the master of mental training. He has been called the John Wooden of tennis. Even though Dad never played competitive tennis, he coached three national champions in our family and countless other ranked players. My pathway from pro to presenter has had three phases. PHASE I: When I began my coaching career in 1970 in Dayton, Ohio, I wanted to be like Dad. I wanted to do what he had done. I wanted to have the positive impact on my players that he had on his. That phase spanned 30 years producing Ohio State singles and doubles champions; state, Midwest, and nationally ranked players; scholar athletes; collegiate AllAmericans; a NCAA doubles semi-finalist and a NCAA singles champion. PHASE II: In 2000 when I was hired as the Director of Tennis at Fox Cities Racquet Club in Appleton, Wis., my mission was to grow the game by innovating, organizing, and administering Brian Anderson Maksym Bartiuk David Beilinson Joseph Leo Stephanie Hazlett Zachery Kerr Zach Long Scottie Patthana Scottie Rifkin Joshua Trunck Paul Thomas Glenview, Ill. DeKalb, Ill. Buffalo Grove, Ill. Maineville, Ohio Evansville, Ill Alma, Mich. Ashland, Ohio. Algonquon, Ill. Fort Wayne, Ind Hudson, Ohio Broadview Heights, Ill. Sh-h-h-h Can you keep a secret? There is something special when you renew your membership by Dec. 31. I wanted to be like Dad. I wanted to do what he had done. I wanted to have the positive impact on my players that he had on his. a variety of tennis programs. My time on the court was spent teaching the young, the new and the inexperienced students. My goal was to have fun with them, to give them a good foundation, and to get them to love the sport. The high performance training was done by other outstanding pros on staff. PHASE III: In 2010 when I retired from my position as Director of Tennis, I began to pursue my other dream – that of motivational speaking. I felt at this point in my career I could have greatest impact by teaching the teachers, coaching the coaches, preparing the pros. I looked forward to the opportunity to discuss their role as a COACH, to emphasize the importance of mental training, to share with them tools, techniques, and materials, and to encourage them to develop TOUGH competitors. With the inspiration of my father, I developed my program. With the encouragement of fellow USPTA pro Dan Oliver, I spoke at the 2010 WIAA Coaches Clinic and the 2011 USPTA Midwest Convention. I applied to speak at the 2011 USPTA World Conference on Tennis. It was an honor to be chosen as a speaker and a privilege to present my program, TRAIN TO GAIN – Building Mental Muscle. Midwest Connection • November/December 2011 | 9 I mp re s s i o n s o f 2 0 1 1 U S P TA Wo r l d C o n f e r e n c e o n Te n n i s Brian Brian Schubert, USPTA; Cincinnati, Ohio Having the chance to attend this conference is a special opportunity. It was my first World Conference and it was my most valuable conference experience to date. The presentations were great, but the chance to meet and interact with other pros from around the country adds to the experience. I was able to take a few things from every presentation, whether a drill, concept or idea that can improve myself as professional. Being able to help in some of the presentations done by the top Midwest coaches was also a good eye opener and learning experience to help me as I can, hopefully, present at more conferences myself.” Rob Rob Price, USPTA; Franklin, Ohio This was my first World Conference and all I can say is that I had a blast! The weather was great but besides that, being able to meet fellow teaching professionals and see them speak was even better. Anyone can go on the internet and watch some tennis instruction but being able to see it live brings a whole new dimension.You are able to be face to face with the world’s greatest teaching professionals and even ask them questions about how they do things on court. I could not have been anymore happy to be on court twice at the convention with Scott and Matt. Being out there made me feel special and that pushes me to be in their shoes one day. It was an awesome experience and can’t wait to go back for my next one! New USPTA Vice President, Dan Moster, greeting at the World Conference. 10 | Midwest Connection • November/December 2011 Ira Ira Meiling, USPTA; Milwaukee,Wis. I especially enjoyed going to Saddlebrook for my first USPTA World Conference because of the warm weather we enjoyed I was able to attend many different presentations from recognized tennis professionals. I found so many different ways to say things to communicate better to my students. The 10 and Under presentation helped me find more ways to keep kids moving and participating instead of standing in line. One of the best parts of being at the conference happened once all of the tennis activities were finished. Sitting at the pool talking with other pros about what they do. Eating at the bar, meeting people from around the United States that share the same interests you do. Networking with other Directors/Pros allows your career to take so many different paths. Being at this conference gave me the reassurance that there is a positive future for the USPTA! Scott Ficks, USPTA;West Allis,Wis. My week at the convention was packed with information and fun. I was fortunate to be the first presentation of the conference on Tuesday morning and then get to be an on-court hitter with Matt Dektas later in the day. We saw some great speakers, but as usual, the best part of the conference was meeting pros from around the country and learning what is going on in the tennis industry. The time spent with other pros always sends me home motivated and ready to bring some new ideas to our club. Also, I can’t stress enough to those of you who have not presented before to take the plunge and get involved. I heard so many great ideas from pros that need to be presented to everyone. If your club isn’t receptive to covering your expenses to education events, become a speaker. Management is more likely to send you if you are involved and in front of a crowd. I hope to see you all next year. S c ot t M at t Matt Dektas, USPTA; Cincinnati, Ohio The conference was great. Saddlebrook is a world-class resort and we were able to see Isner practice and some other pros. One thing that I was reminded about here was to be a teacher first and a coach second with most of the students that I teach. This was the reiterated message from Jose Higueras and came through in some of the other pros’ speeches.” 2012 U S PTA Wo r ld C o n fe re n c e o n Te n n i s Hy at t R e g e n cy M o nte rey M o nte rey, C a l i f. S ept. 16-21 2012 Midwest Division Conference January 26-28 Lincolnshire Marriott Lincolnshire, Ill. 2011 USPTA World Conference on Tennis, Saddlebrook, Fla. Brian Egelhoff (C) with fiancee Missy Lind (L) and mother Jackie Mueller Egelhoff (R) Anish and Lauren Manrai Dan Moster, Paul Marcum, Rick Calton and Mike Andrews Jorge Capestany and Molly Card Beckmann Ruth Whitlinger, Wendy Whitlinger, Sidney Boynton, Craig Boynton (Top L-R) Tim Brielmaier, Matt Dektas, Brian Schubert, Scott Ficks (Bottom L-R): Rob Price, Ira Meiling, Scott Carson Patrick McEnroe signing book for Brian and Jackie Egelhoff Boughton family Matthew, Jillian and Sara Midwest Connection • November/December 2011 | 11 United States Professional Tennis Association Midwest Division 246 Route 37 New Fairfield, CT 06812-2202 2012 Midwest Division Conference January 26-28 Lincolnshire Marriott Lincolnshire, Ill. Sh-h-h-h Can you keep a secret? There is something special when you renew your membership by Dec. 31. Why pay a monthly fee for your tennis programs? In fact, why pay anything at all? 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