February 2008

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Posted on: Tuesday, February 5, 2008
February 2008

USPTA e-Newsletter - Volume 2 • Issue 2

February 2008

In this issue...

Receive additional product from HEAD
Know your benefits
New online services to make certification process easier
New USPTA programming hits the Tennis Channel this month
New in February on TennisPlayer.net
USPTA and Tennis Week magazine announce 2008 partnership
Deadline to enter USPTA Personal Web Site Contest nears
Last issue of ADDvantage - if you haven't paid dues
USPTA World Conference CD available at usprotennisshop.com
Tech talk featured in ADDvantage
Save the date

Receive additional product from HEAD
Two important programs allow you to get additional free racquets in addition to the others you may secure within the racquet program. More

Know your benefits - Specialist degrees
The USPTA specialist program provides education and certification opportunities to those who specialize in certain areas of the tennis-teaching profession. The specialist program was designed to:

Create a market demand for USPTA-certified Professionals by promoting the benefits of hiring specialists to owners, managers and others who employ tennis-teaching professionals.
Offer continuing education to USPTA members who seek to improve their skills and their competencies throughout their careers.
Provide measurable opportunities for the best USPTA Professionals to demonstrate their skills, allowing them the prestige of being recognized as among the most elite in their chosen profession.

For more information about individual specialist degrees, click here.

New online services to make certification process easier
USPTA has created a new, improved and more convenient way for applicants to prepare for the Certification exam - studying the Certification Review Course online. In addition, applicants will be able to take the written and grip portions of the exam online as well. Look for details in the February issue of ADDvantage.

New USPTA programming hits the Tennis Channel this month
Look for new "USPTA Sweet Spots" and "USPTA Between the Sets" information to be aired this month. "Sweet Spots" offer technical tips from USPTA Professionals and "Between the Sets" feature information from USPTA's Player Development Program. Both short subjects run for about one minute and offer lots of valuable advice on today's game.

Coming next month is: the newest "On Court with USPTA" episode - "The Tactical Component of Tennis." Click here for a Tennis Channel schedule.

New in February on TennisPlayer.net
Brian Gordon concludes his groundbreaking series on the quantitative analysis of the serve by analyzing how the top players actually execute the upward swing - a movement that adds 70 mph of racquet speed in one-tenth of second.

We've all noticed that certain players straighten out the hitting arm completely on the forehand, rather than keeping the familiar double bend shape. Nadal, for example, and Federer on many balls as well. What are the differences in the hitting arm structures and what do they mean for most players? Read Jeff Counts' analysis of this fascinating and controversial subject.

How many actual playing styles are there on the tour? Dave Hagler returns from a stint coaching and studying pro women in Australia and offers some new categories based on the way the players and coaches actually describe how the modern game is played. He also finds that there is tremendous value in this understanding for the average club player.

All this and more, including Novak Djokovic's service motion in the Interactive Forum Just go to www.Tennisplayer.net, click on the USPTA link and login!

USPTA and Tennis Week magazine announce 2008 partnership
The United States Professional Tennis Association and Tennis Week magazine are proud to announce they will continue their alliance after reaching an agreement to extend and expand their partnership in the coming year. More

Deadline to enter USPTA Personal Web Site Contest nears
Enter your USPTA personal Web site by March 1, to win HEAD racquets and more! Click here for contest details.

Last issue of ADDvantage - if you haven't paid dues
USPTA members who have not paid their dues will receive their last issue of ADDvantage in February. To pay your dues and not miss out on any of your benefits, click here.

USPTA World Conference CD available at usprotennisshop.com
The CD-ROM contains the audio recordings of all 29 seminars that were recorded at the 2007 USPTA World Conference on Tennis in Wesley Chapel, Fla. More

Tech talk featured in ADDvantage
Look for an article on the change from analog to digital technology for TVs, cell phones and more in the February issue of the magazine. More technical articles will be featured in the coming months.

Save the date
2008 USPTA World Conference on Tennis
Sept. 15-20, 2008
La Quinta Resort & Club, La Quinta, Calif.

FREE USPTA resources
We have developed many USPTA resources that you can download and use free of charge. Please click on the links below to download these resources.

Teaching tools

PR tools

Lessons online

Another free resource - USPTA Career Center
Also, remember to go to www.uspta.com, log in to the members-only section and check out the USPTA Career Center. We have incorporated a large assortment of job search and PR tools to enhance the success of your job search or daily operations. Please let us know how you like these benefits and what else we can do to assist you in your career.