USPTA Midwest Connection - Fall 2023

FALL 2023

MIDWEST CONNECTION This issue: President's Message

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Slate of Officers

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Dates that Rate

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Competitive Drills

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Summer Symposium Pics

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2023 Hall of Fame Inductee & 2022 Award Winners

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Certification Updates

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How to get it Done!

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USPTA Hall of Fame Speech

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World Conf Experience Wheelchair / Para Clinic

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Conference Pictures

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Disabusing Disability

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Disability Doesn’t Mean Inability

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Spanish Drills / Keeping Members Engaged

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Pickleball

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Years of Service Recognition

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Job Listings

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President's Message MATT DAVIS

2022/2023 Midwest Officers

Greetings USPTA Midwest Members and Racquets Professionals around the Midwest. I always love when Fall arrives to see how beautiful the foliage is here in the Midwest. Many of you will now be teaching indoor racquet sports and for some outside teaching continues. Let’s review what has been going on in the Midwest and what is coming your way in the future.

The USPTA Midwest Board decided to try Cleveland out this Summer and host the Summer Symposium there in late August. The event went well with over 50 people in attendance for the workshops and Hall of Fame Luncheon. Congratulations to Molly Card Beckmann for being inducted into the USPTA Midwest Hall of Fame. Thank you to Cleveland State University for letting us host the educational workshops. A big thank you to our presenters Katie Orlando, Carey Powell and Erick Martinez for presenting at Cleveland State. With rain in the forecast that was a great back up plan. We were able to enjoy some fun Ladies Tennis at the Tennis in the Land tournament. So nice to see Midwest Cities host tennis events. The USPTA Midwest Board always welcomes members to join us for conferences and social gatherings. A large group of us even went to a Guardians Baseball Game. I highly encourage all of you to attend some of these events that our association puts together for you.

As you know, each year the USPTA puts on a National Conference. This year the conference was held in Sunny Orlando, Florida at the Rosen Shingle Creek. The highlight of the event was the induction into the USPTA National Hall of Fame with our very own Kirk Anderson and world famous Chris Evert. If you haven’t seen Kirk’s award acceptance speech, please do on the USPTA website or a USPTA social media outlet. It brought everyone to tears that was in attendance that day. We all know how amazing Chris Evert is and she even said I don’t know how to follow that speech by Kirk. I must thank Kirks friends and family for also making the trip to see him accept the award. There were over 40 Midwest Members that attended the conference and the week in Orlando. The attendees came from all of our states and we even had some Ferris State PTM students in attendance. Another highlight for our USPTA National Conference was the Midwest Networking Breakfast. Thank you to all that attended and shared your feedback with us on certain topics in the Racquet Industry. We had at least 20 that attended and participated with their thoughts and suggestions. We want to hear you and understand what makes you tick. The USPTA Midwest Board had at least one Midwest Social gathering each day we were in Orlando. Next year the conference will be in Sunny Indian Wells, California.

Save the dates February 9, 10 for our Midwest Winter Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin at the WAC. Featured speakers are Mark Bey, Erick Martinez, Greg Aten, Timon Corwin & more.

President Matt Davis • 224-247-2483 tenace4@gmail.com Regional Vice President John Frausto • 920-860-0751 johnefrausto@gmail.com Second Vice President Cathy Thomas • 513-218-0782 cthomas6@cinci.rr.com Third Vice President Matt Boughton • 715-559-3168 mboughton@ymca-cv.org Treasurer-Secretary Chip Fazio • 313-670-3277 chipfazio@gmail.com Past President Mike Graff • 248-866-0508 mike@baselinetennis.net Executive Director Greg Aten- 330-283-5837 greg.aten@uspta.org

State Presidents Ohio Todd Wojtkowski • 216-905-7463 todd.wojtkowski@gmail.com

A proud fact for our division in 2023, is the 9 completed Pickleball Tests so far and over 60 new USPTA Certified Pickleball Instructors. We lead the way in front of all Divisions as of midOctober. I must recognize Scott Ficks, our Pickleball Coach Developer, who has organized all of these exams around the Midwest Division. If you are interested in hosting a location, please reach out to one of the Board Members or our Executive Director Greg Aten.

Please enjoy this addition of the Midwest Connection Newsletter as you will see the pictures from the conferences and read some reviews of the presentations. Thank you to the USPTA Midwest Board for their service to the organization and their leadership and the unsung hero Greg Aten our Executive Director who never misses a beat. We all appreciate what he does for the USPTA Midwest Division.

Wisconsin Dan Oliver • 920-227-7005 danonhgb@aol.com Illinois Andrew Coon • 314-814-7959 Andrew.coonstl@gmail.com Michigan Kyle Warner • 269-207-9236 kywar8@gmail.com Indiana TBD •

Midwest Strong!!!

Matt Davis, USPTA Midwest President

USPTA World Headquarters 407-634-3050 uspta@uspta.org

The USPTA Midwest nominating committee has completed the slate for the USPTA Midwest Division Executive Board of Directors and is submitting the following: President – Johnn Frausto Regional VP – Cathy Thomas 2nd VP – Matt Boughton 3rd VP – Dan Oliver Sec/Treas – Andrew Coon Immediate Past Pres – Matt Davis

Wisconsin President - Costin Fink Illinois President - Sonthana Thongsithavong Indiana President – To Be Determined Ohio President – To Be Determined Michigan President – Kati Gyulai

The USPTA Midwest Division calls for further nominations from the membership. Nominations must be received by Mike Graff (MPGraffx@gmail.com) Nominations chairman, no later than December 1, 2023 For a nominee to be added to the ballot, he/she must receive nominations from at least 10 members, only one nominee per office. The one with the most nominations will be added to those people nominated by the Nominating Committee. Thereafter, the Executive Director will send out ballots to the membership to be returned no later than January 10, 2024

MIDWEST DATES t hat RATE 2023/2024

November / 23 11th - Pickleball Certification, Appleton, Wi. - Fox Cities Racquet Club HERE December / 23 1st - 3rd Level 2 - In Person Workshop (Teaching Groups), Ferris State University, Big Rapids, Mi. HERE January / 24 26-27 Michigan High School Coaches Workshop, Hope College February / 24 1st-3rd Indiana High School Coaches Conference, IRC Dean Rd. 2nd - Illinois High School Coaches Winter Workshop, Plainfield, IL. HERE 9th - USPTA Specialty Course, Mark Bey, WAC, Lake Country, Wi. 10th - USPTA WINTER FORUM / Wisconsin High School Tennis Coaches Clinic, WAC, Lake Country / 2 days, 15 Continuing Education Points 24th - Ohio Tennis Coaches Association, Specialty Course 25th - Ohio Tennis Coaches Association Clinic, Chagrin Falls, Oh.

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Competitive Drills to learn Tactical Skills, Erick Martinez, USPTA Elite Professional

By Dan Oliver, USPTA Elite Professional I recently attended the seminar presentation by Erick Martinez, a USPTA professional as well as a certified USTA High Performance Coach, at the USPTA Midwest Summer Symposium in Cleveland. His brief yet informative presentation covered competitive drills to learn tactical skills. Erick’s drills were based on consistency, movement, using your forehand when you can, and accountability. He presented some 2-on-1 drills for players to work on movement and introduced some scoring into these drills to raise the level of competition. One of the key takeaways Erick left us with was the reminder that not only are these high-performance players he was using to demonstrate; he said he does the same competitive drills with his green dot players. Erick said that he starts young players early on thinking tactical skills during competitive drills.

All in all, this was a great presentation—very entertaining and full of good takeaways for coaching players at all levels.

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S U S M Y MM E P R O S I U M

2023 USPTA Midwest Hall of Fame Inductee: Molly Card Beckmann

USPTA Midwest Division 2022 Award Winners: Midwest Pro of the Year John Pickett Illinois Pro of the Year Chuck Kuhle Ohio Pro of the Year Troy Budgen Wisconsin Pro of the Year Aaron Kolz Midwest Fay Tooley Award Denny Schackter Midwest Star Award Marty Badt Midwest Nancy Mickler Award Trude Pletcher

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Midwest College Coach of the Year Todd Wojtkowski Midwest High School Coach of the Year Linda Lied Tm Gullikson Touring Coach of the Year Erick Martinez Midwest Individual Coach of the Year Chase Thomas Midwest Large Facility Manager of the Year Michelle Witzky Midwest Small Facility Manager of the Year Monolito Kehoss Midwest Diversity Award Jim Amick

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USPTA Certification Updates Orlando, FL. In August, there was a Coach Developer training in Orlando Florida that our new Coach Developers Mike Lange and Amy Nestle were able to attend on behalf of the Midwest Division. Here are a few links to give you an idea how much the USPTA certification process has been simplified to help make the process easier to understand. It is important that we all understand this process so we can help guide other pros on our staff to become a part of our USPTA family.

Please reach out if you have any questions. We hope this simplified framework will help everyone to better understand our USPTA pathway.

Certification Levels: Click HERE Instructor: Click HERE Professional : Click HERE Elite Professional: Click HERE

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HOW TO GET IT DONE! The other day I met with a guy who had a vision and saw to it that the vision was carried out.

Lee Woyahn of Waukesha, WI is a tennis advocate who took his experience from the beer distribution and travel business to the tennis business. There is no greater learning that can be done unless you live through both success and failure. Lee never failed, but just moved on to the next thing.

While running businesses to make a living, Lee never lost his love for tennis and his hometown of Waukesha, WI. Lee played two seasons of tennis at Michigan State and went on to compete for 2 years at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater where his successes landed him in the school’s Hall of Fame.

In 1984 the city of Waukesha found itself with a large portion of land. On that property they built a few tennis courts, which in time, became 18 courts. The partnership between the Waukesha Park and Recreation Department and the Waukesha Tennis Association has made this facility an integral part of the Waukesha landscape.

Granted, this is a perfect storm; land, partnerships, leadership, passion and enthusiasm. However, it is proof that a community can come together and do things for the common good if the effort is there. Lee made that effort.

The program touches 75-100 kids a summer. The radius of those attending summer programs can be up to 30 miles. No less than 8 communities feed kids into this program. The staff is made up of local high school coaches, tennis pros, and former attendees to the program.

I have attended camp, as an observer, here for many years, as a Wilson Rep and now as a resident of Waukesha. I am recognizing Lee for his work, but he dislikes receiving credit. One time I was given an award and was embarrassed and flattered at the same time. A good friend told me “Recognition should be accepted readily because your accomplishments might positively affect others who could engage and make a difference.”

The question for all of us is “can we make a difference?” Of course, we can, but we cannot pass the buck; we need to lead if we believe.

Perhaps in your community there is an opportunity that just needs someone to take charge. Like Lee Woyahn, can you be that person?

USPTA Hall of Fame Speech, Orlando Florida

By Kirk Anderson, USPTA Hall of Fame/ Master Professional I can’t begin to express what this means to me. To be with you and Chris Evert and accept this recognition is an honor I never expected. I am grateful to the committee for the courage to recognize someone who has spent a career in the development stage of tennis players. Like most of you, I taught in parks, camps, schools, resorts, and clubs. I coached Special Olympians, taught in prisons and worked with our Wounded Warriors. I worked with people who wanted to get better, be with friends or develop new friends, become more fit, learn something new, play in a league, or participate on their high school team.

We got the very best from our students. We encouraged them, challenged them, laughed with them, made them believe in themselves, and turned them into better players and lifelong participants who enjoy our great sport and continue to play with friends and family.

You have seen me walking with a cane and have wondered or even asked if I am okay. The simple answer is “No.” I have a non-curable, degenerative brain disease that affects my movement, motor skills, strength, balance, voice, and mood. I have Parkinson’s Disease and can longer play nor coach. Not being able to do these things that I love has given me a new perspective on tennis, coaching and life.

As I began planning this speech, I was drawn to two memorable end of career speeches, rather than a lengthy acceptance speech. One was by Lou Gerhig, and the second by Jim Valvano.

Please allow me to recap these brief and profound speeches.

Lou Gehrig, played 2,130 consecutive games over a 17 year career for the New York Yankees. He was nicknamed “The Iron Horse” for his grit, strength, and determination. He succumbed to ALS at the age of 37, now commonly called Lou Gehrig’s disease.

Two years before his death, he addressed the fans at Yankee Stadium by saying, “Fans, you’ve been reading about my bad break. But I consider myself the luckiest man of the face of the earth. I’ve been in ballparks for 17 years and have never received anything but kindness and encouragement from you fans.”

While his playing days came to an abrupt halt, he was grateful for the career he had and the relationships he made.

If I can borrow from Mr. Gehrig, I want to say in my own words, “Friends, you now know about my bad break. But I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth. I have had the privilege of teaching and presenting around the world for over 50 years and have never received anything but kindness, respect, and encouragement from my students and fellow pros.”

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A second speech I was drawn to was given by Jim Valvano, the colorful and enthusiastic basketball coach at North Carolina State University. He spoke at the ESPY Awards in 1993, passing away just two weeks after giving his legendary speech at the age of 47. In his speech, he included three things we should do every day.

Number one is laugh. The second is to think. And the third is that your emotions should bring you to tears.

(John Embree, you had a good day yesterday.) He closed by saying, “Cancer can take away my physical abilities. But it cannot touch my mind, my heart and my soul. These three things will carry on forever. Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up.”

Now, borrowing from Jimmy V. let me put this in my own words. “Friends and family, keep learning, keep laughing, and bring your passion to everything you do in life every day. One day you will not be able to coach, but your legacy will live on. Your students will remember that you always gave your best. They will remember how you made them feel and that you loved them and made them better people. You believed in them, supported them, and pushed them to accomplishments they never thought possible. You taught them to never give up on their dreams. Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up.”

Recognition like this does not occur in a vacuum. I have been surrounded by friends and family who have picked me up when I needed a boost and challenged me to new heights. I have a loving family who sacrificed for me and put up with long hours of teaching in evenings, on weekends, and holidays while I was pursuing my dream of becoming the very best coach I could be.

I want to thank those at my table, Tracy, Mike, Barb, Pat, Dede, Vaughn, and Carol, and friends who have come from all over the country to share this special time with me, especially my long-time teaching pro friends from the Midwest, where it all started. And to my workshop training faculty who were willing to learn and lead and become the best training team in the country.

I had the best job in the world and have the best friends and family on the planet…. I truly am the luckiest man on the face of the earth.

Now, if my son Vaughn, and my wife, Carol could join me on the stage, I want to recognize you. I am a little shaky now and need your help getting back to my seat.

May God bless each and every one of you. Thank you, and farewell.

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World Conference Experience

By Sydney Patin, USPTA, President -Ferris State Professional Tennis Management Student Association As a student in the Ferris Professional Tennis Management Program, I had the opportunity to attend my first USPTA World Conference in Orlando, Florida. When I first heard about this opportunity through my advisor during a Professional Tennis Management Student Association meeting, I was excited to pursue it.

The USPTA Midwest division offered a scholarship which I was selected for and made attendance possible.

Being at the conference was a rewarding experience. It was empowering to be surrounded by hundreds of passionate individuals in the Tennis/Racquet Sports Industry. All the professionals in different areas of the industry who are driven to continue learning and perfecting their craft contributed to a powerful sense of community. During the conference, several social events took place. Inside and outside of these events, I was greeted by friendly attendees who did not hesitate to introduce themselves and offer their help when they spotted my red lanyard (which signified it was my first conference) in between presentations.

The days of the conference were filled with speakers who delivered presentations on various topics, including mental/physical performance, tactical play, character/team culture, and other parts of tennis and the industry. Learning information about all these different facets has been extremely valuable, especially as a young professional new to the industry.

Attending these presentations was broken up by a couple meetings: the Elevate & Mentoring Meeting and the Women’s Networking Meeting. During both, there were discussions regarding the demographics of the Tennis/Racquet Sports Industry. I was surprised to learn that the average age for a USPTA certified tennis professional is in the low fifties, and the number of female professionals is less than twenty percent. Topics of discussion for these meetings were the importance of diversification and how members can contribute to this process, both of which resonate with me as an aspiring female coach.

Attending the USPTA World Conference proved to be a fulfilling experience. It was eye-opening to hear about different coaches’ experiences and their life-changing impact on others. After having been in the presence of numerous caring professionals, I am excited to continue my journey in the Tennis/Racquet Sports Industry, as a part of something bigger than myself.

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“Disabusing Disability: Demonstrating DISability Doesn’t mean INability”

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By Cathy Thomas, USPTA Elite Professional DR. Oluwaferanmi Okanlami’s session was focused on how we all should take a deeper look at our programs and facilities to make sure we can include everyone. The population of people who have challenges of mental and/or physical difficulties should be given the same opportunities as everyone else. This would include having the facility that one can access easily if in a wheelchair for example. Clubs and recreational venues should be able to offer classes to the visual and hearing impaired along with the physical ones as well. Dr O has started bringing programs to college & high Dr. O with Cathy Thomas, Tate Whitlinger, John Frausto & Matt Davis school students to help them to understand they can help their peers feel more included during a physical education class where most people with challenges do not feel a part of.

The goal was for the typical student to participate, as though they had the challenges of their peers. Once this happened, they understood the challenges their classmates were having doing the activity. Training our staff members to be more patient if a student is struggling helps them be productive rather than dismissing them due to the challenges faced in front of them.

Unless we work as an industry to make a total change and make our racquet sports be ALL inclusive, we then really will be servicing all people. DR O said” If you can sit you can play.”

We are thankful for people like Dr O speaking from his personal challenges, which happened later in life, to open the eyes of many all over the world to start making their facilities and programs not just for the physical and mentally able.

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DISability doesn’t mean Inability

By Tate Whitlinger, USPTA At the USPTA World Conference I had the wonderful opportunity to observe many great speakers and one of them was Dr. Oluwaferanmi Okanlami, and he spoke about overcoming adversity, that DISability doesn’t mean INability. I really took away so many great themes from his talk, but a few topics he addressed really spoke to me. I was very intrigued with the idea that everyone needs help with something, making tomorrow better than yesterday, to always be in a constant learning process, and making your passion your profession. I will expand a little more on each of these topics and what I learned from Dr. O. Dr. O was a very successful track and field star at Stanford University and then went on to med school at the University of Michigan and then into Orthopedic surgery at Yale. In his 3rd year at Yale he experienced a spinal cord injury and became paralyzed from the chest down. This is when Dr. O realized that he needed to ask for help and his idea that everyone needs help with something came to fruition. Asking for help is sometimes looked at as a weakness and I fully disagree with this and think it is a great strength and the start of amazing growth. Asking for help on the tennis court or in life creates a wonderful learning environment for the person asking for help and for the individual giving the help and this is where I believe great growth and improvement occurs. The tennis player/coach relationship is a great example of this at work and why players and coaches that have an open line of communication and the idea that both a player and coach can learn and grow from one another if they ask for help when help is needed. I believe that a lot of progress can be made by asking for help, and so much growth as a human being, player, and coach can and will occur.

The second piece of wisdom I took away from hearing Dr. O speak was trying to make tomorrow better than yesterday. I absolutely love this theory and do believe by doing the daily reps on the tennis court or whatever it is you are working at you can make tomorrow better than yesterday. This also means you must show up and be willing to do the necessary work today. One day at a time is how this process needs to work, and I you can think about always being a work in progress to make this mindset work.

Trying to always make some sort of progress each and every day will make this idea of making tomorrow better than yesterday possible. Whatever venue it is be it on the court, in the classroom, or just on the daily path of life showing up, doing the work, and being grateful that you get to do it can make this philosophy easier to attain. I just love the thought of striving to become just a little bit better than I was yesterday and I do believe it is possible.

The third point that Dr. O hit on that I really enjoyed was to constantly be in a learning process and what came to me was humility. I am a big believer in humility and to always have a willingness to learn and grow no matter what. Humility is a key ingredient to becoming a lifelong learner and gives individuals so much opportunity to grow and then it gives people the gift of sharing their knowledge with others. I like to look at it this way, you can only keep what you have by giving it away. The continual willingness to learn will allow everyone to grow and be better at whatever it is they are doing. What makes this so relatable to tennis is that the more a player and coach are willing to learn the better they will become and the better they become the better others will become as a result of this.

The last idea that I got from Dr. O was to make your passion your profession. To me this means to love what you do and to put your heart and soul into every aspect of this. Whatever it is for each individual be it a coach, a player, or an orthopedic surgeon like Dr. O, making passion, purpose, and profession align will give each person the ability to be of service to others and really create an impact on everyone they come in contact with. Finding your true passion and purpose in life can be trying sometimes, but if goals are set, values are instilled, and morals are followed that go with the passion and purpose I do believe the profession will plant itself in the path of everyone in the right time. Hard work, persistence, and most importantly patience will need to be the guiding factors in this adventure. Dr. O ended his amazing talk with this quote which is an African proverb, “if you think you are too small to make a difference you haven’t spent the night with a mosquito.”

Always Grateful,

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Spanish Drills for Singles & Doubles, World Conference, Orlando, FL.

By Dan Oliver, USPTA Elite Professional ® I recently attended Emilio Sánchez Vicario’s seminar “Spanish Drills for Singles & Doubles” at the USPTA 2023 World Tennis Conference in Orlando.

One key takeaway I got from this exciting seminar was using the legs more on groundstrokes — loading the weight on the back foot and then pushing forward into the shot. The emphasis was on letting the hand go and not worrying as much about rotation.

The seminar also focused on cross-court shots, specifically getting good angles and stepping into the ball whenever a player has the chance. The demonstrators used different spins, heights, and strokes, which all demonstrated the effect of loading on the legs and stepping into the ball when the opportunity arises. This also led into approach shots: moving forward using your legs more while keeping your arm and your volleys steady but putting more emphasis on the legs during the volley. The transition ball led into doubles, closing on the volley, and shifting. Emilio ended the seminar with the closing drill featuring volleys, a semi-lob over your head that you had to run back for to get behind it, load it up, and pick your target to hit (either angled cross-court or down through the middle).

With Emilio’s energy and knowledge — gained in part from his experience as an ATP player reaching No. 7 in singles and No. 1 in doubles — the clinic was very well-received.

USPTA World Conference Article, by Andrew Coon, USPTA Elite Professional

Keeping Your Members Engaged: Creating & Running Innovative Programs and Events, Chuck Gill, USPTA Elite Professional Monday at the USPTA World Conference brought us many great presenters, one of which was Chuck Gill, who presented “Keeping Your Members Engaged: Creating & Running Innovative Programs & Events.

Chuck Gill is a past president of the USPTA and is the Director of Tennis at Wellington Tennis Center.

The basic of this presentation is, “There is no one right way, when it comes to creating and running programs and events at your club.”

Chuck gave us an overview of his past clubs and his long time serving the UPSTA in nearly every fashion throughout the years. He ran us through some programs that have and have not worked in his clubs the past many years.

He said that every club is different but very much the same, Tennis Clubs are just that, and its members expect different Drills classes, play in classes, USTA leagues, etc…You have to give a program time, and if it works, great, if not, pull it and start something new, that way its members stay engaged and excited, as attendance will show this with time.

When it came to Country Clubs, some clubs have a strong USTA league presence while others do not, which is okay Chuck said.

You have to get to know what your members want and adapt programs accordingly, all with a little extra because it is a country club, and members expect a little extra. This little extra could range from little appetizers, a small bar for each event, to small prizes as an extra surprise. Whatever it is, you want members to feel important and thank them all for being a part of the event or program.

After his presentation was done, Chuck took questions from the audience as well as asking what programs have and haven’t worked for each of them. I personally thought it was a great presentation and very informative for all of those in attendance.

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The Midwest Division is leading the way #1 in USPTA Pickleball Certifications offered. A special Thank-You to Scott Ficks our PB Coach Developer for his dedication to making the Midwest Division one of the top divisions in the Country.

Upcoming PB Certification Workshop coming to Appleton Wisconsin, Fox Cities Racquet Club on November 11th from 12:00-4:00 pm, registration closes on Nov 5th. Please register asap if interested.

Scott would love to come to your area and get your staff certified and better prepared for the ever growing game of Pickleball. If you have professionals that want to take their Pickleball knowledge to the next level reach out to our Pickleball Coach Developer Scott Ficks, PICKLEBALL DIVISION Breakdown for # of Certifications to date: MIDWEST 9 Florida 9 Southern- 8 Texas 8 Mid Atlantic 4 Intermountain 4 Southern Cal 4 Middle States 4 Northern Cal 4 New England 4 Northern 3 Pacific NW 2 Eastern 2 Southwest 1 San Diego 1 Hawaii 0

Pickleball Certification, September in Plain City, Ohio

Pickleball Certification, August in Cleveland Ohio

The MIDWEST DIVISION would like to recognize the following Professionals for their Years of Service to the USPTA: 25 YEARS

40 YEARS

Michael Levy Robert Cook Chris Maglocci David Richmond Janette Karner Nicole Jackson Molly Card Beckmann Shannon Tully Daniel Sternfield Shelly Kindig William Segraves Christopher Brown-Borden Mindy Weiner-Horne

Kris Najdowski Ryan Shaffer Mary Beth Killian

30 YEARS Lynn McNally Mike Reid Mark Faber Darius Ivaska Nancy Alfonso Kevin Vaughn Jeff Long Rob Black Michael Kuriniec Cathy Simpson Michael Lardino Michael Burt Chouyu Se Katie Orlando Dan Oliver Mark Bearby

45 YEARS Joe Lyden Lyle Schaefer Rex Nyquist James Love Jay Morgan Phillip Weil Marcia Brown Don Martin Bruce Gould John Cook

50 YEARS Denny Schackter Rick Vetter Theodore Gordon

35 YEARS Pharrington Douglas Tim Gasko Bradley Seegart Daniel Moster Michael Romisher Donna Marks Timothy Morgan Julie Riukka Daria Javid Rick Shy Philip Norville Jeff Stassen

Congr at ul at i ons t o Ji m Lov e on 45 y ear s of Ser v i ce as a USPTA member !

Ji m r ecent l y r et i r ed f r om coachi ng at t he Col l ege of Lake Count y i n Gr ay s l ake, I L. Al l t he bes t Ji m i n r et i r ement f r om t he Mi dwest Di v i s i on! ! !

JOB LISTINGS: The IU Recreational Sports Tennis Center is hiring - and it’s an exciting time to be a Hoosier! Campus Recreational Sports (our home base) is now part of the Campus Wellbeing Pillar in the Office of Student Life, and we are incredibly excited for the new opportunities this will create. As we evolve and strive to become leaders in Health and Well-being, we would love for you to consider our new position – Head Tennis Professional, Junior Programs (Tennis Pro). Joining our team gives you the opportunity to grow with a group of professionals who are progressive, innovative, fun, and inspirational. The IUTC offers 8 indoor air-conditioned courts under LED lighting with PlaySight technology, a full-service fitness area, locker rooms, and more. The instructional programs are led by USPTA Master Professional Chris Chopra. If you have any questions about the position, the culture, and/or the University, please feel free to reach out to me.

Check out the job posting.

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