Know your benefits - Post-a-Job
Let your fellow USPTA members know when you or your club need to fill teaching professional positions. Use Post-a-Job to advertise the opening and view additional resources, including an explanation of USPTA's certification ratings, job descriptions and more.

And, the winners are ...
USPTA members showcase themselves, facilities in personal Web site contest. Read about the winners, their sites and prizes here.

New partnership offers discounts on electronics
USPTA's partnership with Nui Digital provides members with discounts of up to 35 percent off DVD players, digital photo frames and more. Check out "Electronics" at www.usprotennisshop.com or begin shopping at http://www.nuidigital.com/v/vspfiles/uspta.html.

Free Clay Court ticket, lunch with early specialty course registration
Register by April 7 for specialty course to be held in Houston at USPTA World Headquarters and get a ticket to the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships and lunch at the River Oaks Country Club. More

Need ideas for your lessons?
Access tips and drills through USPTA's High School Coaches Resource Center Web site. Members access the site for free using your last name and member number. There's no need to register.

Tennis Across America nears; don't forget to register events
Tennis Across America will be officially celebrated on May 10, but we encourage you to hold a free, fun event anytime this spring or summer. USPTA will promote clinics that are open to the public on its Web site, and your registrations help divisions get recognition at the annual awards program. Click here for more information and to register events.

T-shirt season is here! Shirts for $3.80
Promote your USPTA membership with logo T-shirts. Order now for spring and summer. Additional printing is extra. Click here for details.

Use Avis discount for summer travel
Check out USPTA discount with Avis. Visit the site, and enter the USPTA Corporate Awards AWD No. U353920 or call 800-831-8000.

National Surface Championship Series kicks off in Minneapolis
Entry deadline for the USPTA Indoor Championships is April 18. Tournament dates are April 25-27. For an application or more information, log in to the "members only" section of the USPTA Web site at www.uspta.com and click the "tournaments" button on the upper right side of the page. 

Sneak a peak at April issue of Tennisplayer.net
• Ever wonder why you could never hit a consistent, heavy wide slice? Check out a jewel of an article from Dennis Ralston on the secrets he learned from Pancho Gonzales that made the wide slice his best serve and a cornerstone of multiple Grand Slam doubles titles.

• The straight arm forehand hit by Rafael Nadal, Fernando Verdasco, and, sometimes, Federer is getting a lot of attention in coaching and playing discussions on the Internet. But it's not really new. Jeff Counts uses slow-motion video to take a look at players like Alex Coretja and Mark Philippoussis who hit it throughout their careers. But something makes Nadal's different. Find out what.

• The pro backhand volley is hit with many variations of spin and pace from a range of heights from the ankles to over the head. A new article from John Yandell using superhigh-speed video shows how the fundamental elements are combined in all these shots and why there is so much confusion and disagreement about how to hit this critical shot.

All this, plus two insider pieces on the matches at Indian Wells, Dmitry Tursunov in the Stroke Archive, and more!

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.

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.

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