June 2007 Monthly Archive
June 2007
Corporate Structures
Before restructuring and downsizing became widespread practices, corporations customarily employed a variety of recruiting tools to impress prospective workers. It wasn't unusual, for example, for a generous benefits package to include membership to a corporate tennis facility among its...
Champions of Tennis 2007
Help us recognize the people who are making a difference in the business of tennis.
At-Ease!
Make potential customers as comfortable as you can and you'll turn them into regulars.
Inside Track
Two indoor court winners provide local players with year-round tennis.
Racquet Sports Industry Relaunches Website
Racquet Sports Industry recently relaunched its website, www.racquetsportsindustry.com, to allow access to news from the industry as it happens. Visitors to the new website will find continually updated information on the business of tennis and other racquet sports. The...
HEAD’s New Please String Responsibly Campaign Offers Stringers Plastic Racquet Bags
HEAD/Penn's new "Please String Responsibly" campaign is hitting pro shops around the country. The goal, says a Head spokesperson, is to drive awareness for Head string, such as the FXP, FXP Power, FXP Blend, Sonic Pro and the new...
DirecTV to Launch Tennis Channel
Tennis Channel and DirecTV Inc., the nation's leading satellite television provider, announced a multi-year distribution agreement that begins with a "Sneak Peek" of the French Open, May 27 to June 10, followed by the launch of Tennis Channel later...
Babolat Extends Contract with Nadal, Introduces New Aeropro Drive Frame
News from Babolat includes a 10-year contract extension by World No. 2 player Rafael Nadal, and the introduction of the new Babolat Aeropro Drive racquet with the Cortex System, which Nadal started using in April. The contract extension includes...
New Penn Website Launched
Penn has an updated and redesigned website, www.pennracquet.com that has the company's complete product line, its print advertising campaigns, a video about making tennis balls called "How to Make America's No. 1 Selling Ball," games, and wallpaper to download....
USPTA Launches Online Resource for H.S. Coaches
The USPTA recently launched a new website that offers extensive resources to high school tennis coaches and others who work with high school tennis teams and players. The new site — www.highschoolcoaches.uspta.com — will help support the "No-Cut" high-school...
Industry Continues Bullish Streak Into '07
The tennis industry, after finishing a strong 2006 in racquet and tennis ball sales, has begun 2007 with more good news. First-quarter shipments of tennis racquets to all dealers were up 11.5 percent in dollars and 8.9 percent in...
Penn Introduces New Transition Ball Program
Penn recently launched its Pro Penn Tennis Instructional Program (T.I.P.) — a series of transitional tennis balls designed to help beginning players learn the basic skills of tennis in a fast and fun way — in conjunction with the...
2007 Facility Awards Application Available
Applications for the USTA's 2007 Facility Awards are now available. The program, now in its 26th year, is administered by the USTA Technical Committee and promotes excellence in tennis facilities. Last year, nine facilities were honored. Awards are given...
Lendl Teams Up with Trion:Z
Tennis legend Ivan Lendl has signed on to be the official tennis spokesman for Trion:Z, which makes ionic/magnetic necklaces and bracelets worn by professional athletes in golf, tennis, football, baseball, basketball, car racing, and more. "Fitness has always been...
PTR Offers TennisOne Benefit
In a new partnership agreement, PTR members will receive a complimentary one-year membership to the tennis instruction website TennisOne. Launched in 1996, TennisOne is a premier instruction website and has twice won Forbes magazine's best tennis site of the...
Texas A&M Wins Again at National Campus Championship
The Texas A&M University Aggies took home its fourth consecutive USTA National Campus Championship title in April, defeating the University of Virginia in the championship match. It was the Aggies fifth title in six years, and Virginia's third appearance...
Wilson Promotes Adams, Springer
Wilson Sporting Goods' Racquet Sports Division announces two promotions. Jeffery Adams is the new national sales manager and Cory Springer is the new U.S. marketing director. Both are newly created positions. In his new role, Adams will manage the...
Own the Zone Offers VibrationDampeners
Are your players looking to improve on the simple rubber-band vibration dampener that top pros such as Andre Agassi, Andy Roddick, and Maria Sharapova have used? Now, according to Own the Zone band vibration dampeners, they can. The manufacturer...
USTA Honors Junior Tennis's Seena Hamilton
The USTA honored the Easter Bowl and its founder and tournament director, Seena Hamilton, for the tournament's longevity and success at the opening reception for the 2007 event on April 15. Hamilton has been the tournament director since 1968....
New Championship ball from Prince
Prince's new Championship tennis balls are hand-covered for quality and consistency, says the company, with an optic yellow felt that provides controlled "fluff" during use. They come in Extra Duty, Regular Duty, and High Altitude Extra Duty. Visit www.princesports.com....
USPTA Accepting Nominations for Awards
The USPTA is accepting nominations for its 2007 National Awards Program. Each year the USPTA seeks inspiring stories of USPTA Professionals who go above and beyond the call of duty to provide their students with the highest level of...
Gamma Debuts 2 New Strings
Gamma has come out with two new strings: Live Wire Professional Spin and Zo Pro Spin. The new 16-gauge Live Wire Professional Spin has an outer wrap added that allows the string to bite the ball better for more...
New Fabric Structure for Tennessee Club
Baseline Sports Construction of Knoxville, Tenn., recently completed its fourth project using a structure supplied by Universal Fabric Structures. The new project was the four courts of the Centre Court Racquet Club in Louisville, Tenn. Unlike other fabric structure...
Prince Releases New Junior Racquets
Prince has come out with a line of new junior racquets named for two of its biggest stars, Maria Sharapova and James Blake. The new Air O Sharapova and Air O Blake frames are each available in three different...
Cardio Tennis Does Ireland
More than 60 coaches from around Ireland gathered at the National Tennis Centre in Dublin to attend a Cardio Tennis workshop in late April, put on by the TIA's Michele Krause and two other teaching pros from her Cardio...
Babolat Debuts New Team All Court Shoes
In tennis, 80 percent of the movement on court is lateral and diagonal, says Babolat. That's why the company says it designed two new shoes specifically to aid in lateral movement. The Team All Court 3 and Team All...
Classifieds
NOW HIRING: REGIONAL SALES REPRESENTATIVES Fischer, one of the leading manufacturers of ski and tennis equipment worldwide, is accepting applications for Regional Sales Representatives in the Tennis division. If interested, please submit a cover letter and resume to info@fischertennisusa.com...
Peoplewatch
Steve Bellamy, the founder of The Tennis Channel, is launching The Ski Channel in early 2008, in conjunction with his company, Atonal Sports and Entertainment. Bellamy said the network will focus on "everything you can do on a mountain...
Letters
Keep Members Happy and Offer Many Programs To the Editor: The Your Serve article "Teaching Assistance" (April) by Liza Horan was well written, and it is very important to understand why pros are underpaid. First, teaching pros still teach the...
Shortsets
Dunlop Sports Group Americas has been granted the worldwide licensing rights for the use of the legendary Peanuts characters, created by Charles M. Schulz, in the marketing and sales of its children sports products. Dunlop will use the characters...
Tennis Resorts Online Travel Website Names Top 100 Resorts and Camps
Tennis Resorts Online has come out with its annual top tennis resorts and camps, based on evaluations submitted by vacationers. "The best sources of information about a tennis resort or camp experience are the players who go there on...
N.Y.C. Campus Gets Classic Turf Surface
Rockefeller University in New York City recently converted a 100-year-old concrete parking garage deck into a tennis court using the Classic Turf System, a cushioned sheet-goods surface system. The Classic Turf engineering department redesigned the drainage system, among other...
USPTA Magazine Now Available Online
The USPTA's member magazine, ADDvantage, is now entirely available online in PDF format at www.addvantageuspta.com. In addition to the current events, news and advertising, the online version also features the following topics monthly: CEO's message, board member's message, classified...
Deadline for ASBA Award Entries July 1
The deadline for submitting entries for the American Sports Builders Association awards program is July 1. This year the applications are available only online to ASBA members. There is a $100 fee for each entry. In other ASBA news,...
RSI Industry Resource Guide 2007
Listing by company 10-S Tennis Supply 1400 NW 13th Avenue Pompano Beach, FL 33069 phone: 800-247-3907 or 561-547-1772 fax: 954-969-5451 email: sales@10-s.com web: www.10-s.com Alpha Sports 7208 McNeil Drive, #207 Austin, TX 78729 phone: 800-922-9024 or 512-250-1499 fax: 512-279-9454 email:...
Keep 'Em Interested!
When it comes to promoting lessons and clinics, don't take a "wait and see" attitude.
A Look Into the Future
Recently I had the good fortune to address the students in the Professional Tennis Management program at Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Mich. If you're not familiar with this program — and the handful of others like it...
Isospeed Professional 17
Isospeed Professional is a multifilament string composed of Power Ribbons and polyamid filaments. According to Isospeed, the polyamid filaments are pre-stretched during manufacturing, which helps with tension maintenance. The Power Ribbons are made of a unique polyolefin, which Isospeed...
Playing the Numbers
A No-Cut Program at your local high school will increase your business in every way possible.
A Profitable Future for All
Tennis is an amazing sport. Think about it — what other sport combines all the positives that you find in tennis. It's fun to play, it keeps you fit and healthy, it's a very social sport, yet it can...
Hit Your Target!
The latest research from the TIA can show you exactly what your customers are looking for.
Pre-lacing
Q: I'm having an argument with another stringer who pre-laces his racquets, and insists I should do so as well. He claims I'll get a faster, more accurate string job. I disagree. What do the experts say?...
Stringing 'one ahead'
Q: Is stringing the crosses one-ahead a mandatory procedure for stringers who string at professional tournaments? If a stringer decides not to string one ahead, what are the potential risks of this practice? What is the USRSA position regarding stringing...
Machine cleaning
Q: In a past issue I read an article regarding how and what type of products to use to clean your stringing machine. I have a lockout machine, if that makes a difference....
Gut life
Q: What is the life resiliency of a gut string? How often do pros restring their racquets when using gut? How often when using synthetics?...
Moving grommets
Q: While stringing certain racquets, some of the grommets fall out. Would you have any suggestions on how to prevent this?...
Best machine height
Q: After stringing about three racquets, my back starts to bother me. Is there an ergonomically best height to set the table of my machine to avoid (or at least mitigate) this situation?...
Cutting out strings
Before I cut out the strings, I mount the racquet in my machine as for restringing, and then cut the strings out in the reverse order that they were installed. I then check the racquet mountings for tightness before restringing....
Broccoli bands
I use overgrips, but I flip them over to get wear on both sides before I'm done with them. This means I can't use tape to secure the overgrip, because removing the tape tears the overgrip. Instead of buying grip...
Calibration locking
To help my lockout machine stay in calibration longer, I use a small dab of thread locker on the calibration adjustment screw. I happen to use Loctite. Pay attention when purchasing thread locking fluids or gels, though, as they come...
Pointless stringing
After cutting off the excess string near the knot on polyester string jobs, I take an emery board and sand off the sharp point. I find the emery boards in packs of 20 in the cosmetics section (some people use...
Slick bumperguard trick
We have each struggled from time to time with the installation of bumperguards. I use suntan lotion (any SPF!) applied with my finger along the inside of the bumper guard. This allows the guard to slip into the grommet holes...
Custom string selector
To help my customers select the correct string, I created a string list of all the strings I stock, separated into one of three categories: Power, Mid-range, and Controllable/Durable. This allows them to look over the list and then ask...
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