HEARD AROUND ATLA NTA REPORTED BY MICHELLE RUIZ, CORY SEKINE-PETTITE AND JOHN HANNA
Mark Your Calendars for the Miracle Babies Charity Event Be sure to mark your calendar for April 13, 2020 for a wonderful charity tennis and golf event. In partnership with the Northside Hospital Foundation, Miracle Babies was launched in 2012 and its fund provides resources and financial assistance to families with critically ill newborns in the Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. By providing financial assistance to parents, Northside Hospital helps relieve families of stress and increases time parents are able to spend in the NICU with their newborns. Come be a part of this worthwhile event. There is a tennis round-robin, a sports massage, or you can choose the golf option. Both are followed by awards and dinner. For more information, go to: give.northside.com/about-us/miracle-babies-fund
MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2020 The Standard Club 6230 Abbotts Bridge Rd., Johns Creek, GA 30097 TENNIS SCHEDULE 12:00 p.m. Registration at the Club House & Box Lunch in the Gathering Room 1:00-3:30 p.m. Tennis Round-Robin & Sports Massage 3:30-5:00 p.m. Awards and Dinner GOLF SCHEDULE 8:00-10:00 a.m. Registration & Continental Breakfast & Sports Massage 9:00-10:00 a.m. Driving Range Open 9:30 a.m. Box Lunch Pickup 10:00 a.m. Shotgun Start 3:30-5:00 p.m. Awards and Dinner
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PTR Accredited by USCCE and USTA Professional Tennis Registry (PTR) has been successfully re-accredited by the United States Center for Coaching Excellence (USCCE) and National Council for Accreditation of Coaching Education (NCACE) at Level 5 accreditation for its PTR Master of Tennis – Performance program. Additionally, PTR has received provisional accreditation from the USTA. Originally accredited by USCCE in 2011, PTR is still one of only 30 accredited coach education programs within the United States. Through this accreditation process, NCACE ensures that the PTR program adheres to the characteristics of excellence as prescribed by SHAPE America’s National Standards for Sports Coaches. These standards feature eight domains of coaching responsibilities and within them, 40 standards and subsequent benchmarks representing the body of knowledge associated with each coaching responsibility and provide concrete examples of actions and orientations that constitute coaching competence. Accreditation reviewers from USCCE noted that the PTR program provided “in-depth coverage of all topics for coaching, including a substantial number of hours.” “These accomplishments were made possible by the hard work and dedication of the entire PTR staff and support of the PTR Board,” said PTR CEO, Dan Santorum. “Special thanks to PTR COO, Brian Parkkonen and renowned educational consultant, Dr. Anne Pankhurst. PTR has even more quality education initiatives planned for 2020. We look forward to working with the USTA to achieve Full Accreditation.”
