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  Posted on: Wednesday, December 5, 2007
December 2007

USPTA
USPTA e-Newsletter - Issue 12
December 2007

In this issue...


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: $9 million on-court liability insurance
USPTA membership protects you and your family with on-court liability insurance. See details. Read about your 60 benefits here.

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USPTA Personal Web Site Contest
Have you developed the free Web site you get just for being a member of USPTA?

If you have added your personal touches to your site and think it’s prize-worthy, then you'll want to enter the USPTA Personal Web Site Contest for a chance to win HEAD racquets and more. If you haven’t visited your site or made changes in years, then it’s time to get busy before the contest ends March 1, 2008. MORE

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Michigan’s Alex Palladino and Amy Sun win singles titles at the USPTA Indoor Championships MORE


Special insert in December ADDvantage
Don’t miss the special coaching insert and the HEAD racquet contract in December’s ADDvantage magazine. Look for the online version soon followed by your mailed copy.


Traveling during the holidays?
Use your USPTA discount with Avis. Visit the site, and enter the USPTA Corporate Awards AWD No. U353920 or call 800-831-8000.

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USPTA member receives top education credit earner honors
USPTA recognizes Ken DeHart, others with top education honors. MORE

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Several USPTA members honored as Racquet Sports Industry magazine’s 2007 "Champions of Tennis"
Click here for USPTA’s press release on this topic.

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Lessons for Life™ fundraising reports due by Dec. 31
Whether you've given one lesson for charity or helped to organize a $1 million charity gala, it’s important to register your fundraising efforts so they are counted toward USPTA’s 2007 total.

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Look for the following in the December issue of Tennisplayer.net:

  • John Yandell begins his high-speed analysis of the net game, starting with the forehand volley. This work looks at high-speed video of the world’s top players, including Roger Federer, Tim Henman, Pete Sampras and other great volleyers.
  • The High Speed Archive will feature more than two dozen high-speed forehand volley clips that you can study frame by frame.
  • Also review Australian footwork guru David Bailey's analysis of the Power Move, the key footwork pattern on the running forehand, and Nick Bollettieri and Lance Luciani's latest installment from their groundbreaking Strategy Zone training system.
  • Allen Fox analyzes dominance in the pro game and how Roger Federer exemplifies it not only physically, but also psychologically.

Remember your subscription to Tennisplayer.net is now free as a USPTA member. Just go to www.tennisplayer.net, and use the USPTA login link at the top of the page.

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See historic Sampras-Federer matches online for free
The Tennis Channel is offering fans the chance to see the recent showdown between Pete Sampras and Roger Federer, as well as the Rafael Nadal-Richard Gasquet exhibition in Malaysia. The events can be viewed online at www.TennisChannel.com. All matches are free and posted on the Web site at least through the end of the year. Fans can watch the entire match or just click on a particular set.

Dates and matches on www.TennisChannel.com:

Wednesday, Dec. 5 - Sampras vs. Federer
Thursday, Dec. 6 - Sampras vs. Federer

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USPTA gives Grand Valley State University’s wheelchair tennis team $2,000 grant
USPTA presented a $2,000 grant to the first collegiate wheelchair tennis team at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Mich. USPTA first vice president, Tom Daglis, was on hand to present the check to the Rolling Lakers. MORE

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Can’t visit your family? Send flowers for the holidays using USPTA’s FTD discount
Visit www.ftd.com/uspta/ and use the promo No. 11575 or call 800-SEND-FTD and mention the promo number.  

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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.

Draw sheet Drill diagram Lessons online
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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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