Know your benefits
Familiar with all the benefits of USPTA membership?
Benefits range from the financial security offered by the $9 million on-court liability insurance to career-building tools and the Find-a-Job service and everything in between.

This month’s featured benefit: USPTA personal Web sites
Did you know that every USPTA member already has a personal Web site? Even if you’ve never accessed this great benefit, your site is listed alongside your name in the Find-a-Pro site.

Your site allows you to market yourself and your accomplishments in the broadest sense. This benefit is worth thousands of dollars, yet it’s free to certified members of USPTA. It also serves as a portal to other important benefits, including free access to Tennisplayer.net and other online resources. A new feature is a video tip that appears on your tips page. Of course, you can always supply your own tip if you wish.

Get started!

• Go to usptafindapro.com to find your Web site.
• Click on the "Find-a-Pro" button under "Players," and do a search for your last name.
• Click on the personal Web site link in your listing.
• Log in with your last name and member number. The login is at the top left corner. There’s also a help manual.

U.S. Pro Tennis Shop offers holiday specials
Now through Jan. 4, 2008, buy any new DVD release of USPTA seminars or episodes of "On Court with USPTA™" and get a second DVD for half price, excluding specialty courses.

Also, earn credits toward your Master Professional designation and take advantage of discount prices. Buy any three specialty course DVDs - a $134.85 value - for only $99.95 now through Jan. 4, 2008.

Click here to see new releases and other DVDs.

Flash video tips now offered in Lessons online
USPTA video tips are now offered in Flash in addition to Windows Media Player, and can be viewed by members and students who use Mac computers. Click here to view tips.

USPTA Hard Court open winners are Oren Motevassel and Shareen Lai

 
Click here for tournament details.

Tennis on the tube!
Get the latest news on the Tennis Channel’s instructional TV series that features USPTA Professionals - "On Court with USPTA™" Click here to see show trailers, look up showtimes, shop for shows on DVD and more.

This month’s "On Court with USPTA" features Rick Macci and his "Secrets of Today’s Serve." Look for next month’s message of positive thinking from Jim Loehr, Ed.D.

Coming next month: Results from the USPTA National Indoor Championships at Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Mich.