Agenda Thursday 12:00-3:00 Southern Board Meeting 2:00 - 7:00 Registration 3:00 - 4:00 Farley Youman Doubles: How to win with and against all for mations (cour t) 4:15-5:15 Bill Anderson Pickleball Build it and they will come! (cour t) 5:30 - 6:30 Tom Parkes Quick fixes for your club players (cour t) 6:30 PM Welcome Party (courtside)
Friday, May 13th 8:30-9:00 Tracy Almeda-Singian USPTA National update (Ballr oom) 9:00 - 10:30 Dr. Mark Brouker Lessons fr om the Navy Pt 1 - A Study in Leadership (ballroom) 10:45-12:15 Dr. Sophie Woorons Live Games by the Numbers-Drills with Odd Number of Players (court) 11:30 -12:30 Tik Tok Talks (Overlook) 12:30- 2:45 Awards and Hall of Fame Lunch Ballr ooom 3:00-4:00 Dr. Mark Brouker Lessons fr om the Navy Pt 2 (ballr oom) 3:00-4:00 Rob Carver Ladies Doubles: Dr ills, Games, and Str ategy (cour t) 4:15-5:15 Pat Whitworth Favor ite Drills fr om the Top Pr os in the Countr y (cour t)
Saturday, May 14th 8:00 - 8:45 Faith Fellowship meeting (Library) 9:00 -11:00 Jeff Salzenstein 7 Ser ve Drills to Tr ansfor m Your Tennis Pr ogr am (cour t) 10:00 -2:00 Trade Show 11:00 - 12:00 Darryl Lewis Cr ossover Dr ills – Use Your Tennis Skills to Teach Pickleball (court) 12:00 - 2:00 Trade show and luncheon 2:15 - 3:15 Jeff Salzenstein How to Get Your Players Competing Like The Pr os (cour t) 3:30-4:30 Bill Riddle & Todd Upchurch Bill and Todd' s Excellent Adventur e-Entertainment meets Education (court)
Sunday, May 15th 8:30-12:30 Pickleball Certification (additional fee $220 – limited space – must preregister and must log in to register)
From USPTA Southern 1st VP / Convention Chair & Tennis Director Ken Andriano Dear Fellow USPTA Professionals:
On behalf of myself as the Director of Tennis and Bryant Plese, our General Manager, I would like to welcome you to your 2022 May Convention at Atlanta Country Club. We have assembled an extremely talented group of speakers including Jeff Salzenstein, Mark Broukers, Dr. Sophie Woorons, Master Pro Pat Whitworth, Master Pro Darryl Lewis, Bill Anderson, Farley Yoman, Rob Carver, Master Pro Bill Riddle, and Master Pro Todd Upchurch. With this amazing group of presenters, I believe we have a great variety for everyone attending this year! Awards Chair Allan Jensen and his committee has done fantastic a job in planning our Awards Ceremony to honor exceptional individuals who have contributed to the USPTA and to the tennis industry, and Tradeshow Chair Jason Hazley has done a terrific job in planning an outstanding tradeshow which will feature a great line-up of vendors who will be showing off the latest and greatest products in the industry. We are excited to have Tracy Almeda-Singian USPTA Vice President joining us this convention and to provide us a much-anticipated USPTA National Update. Finally, I want to thank our Executive Director, Pat Whitworth for his leadership, and hard work in ensuring our Convention is of the highest quality. We are truly fortunate to have Pat in our Southern Division. On behalf of the entire USPTA Southern Board of Directors, thank you for being with us and for your commitment to education. Your drive to be better is what makes USPTA!
Ken Andriano
Featured Speakers Dr. Mark Brouker Captain Brouker is an internationally recognized leadership expert and author of the highly acclaimed book Lessons from the Navy: How to build trust, lead teams and create organizational excellence. Forbes calls it a “concise and highly readable book…gives a fascinating glimpse into leadership.” He served in an array of leadership positions during and after his 30-year naval career, including 15 years in the C-suite. Captain Brouker served as Commanding Officer at one of the largest naval hospitals worldwide. He also served as Chief of Staff for Navy Medicine West, responsible for 10 hospitals spanning the West Coast to the Indian Ocean and healthcare for 800,000 patients. After transitioning from the military, Dr. Brouker founded Brouker Leadership Solutions, a company passionate about helping leaders succeed on their leadership journey. Captain Brouker volunteers as an executive coach at The Honor Foundation, a non-profit organization that helps U.S. Navy SEALs and other Special Operations Forces military transition from the military to the corporate environment. His next book, The Nimitz Way: Leadership lessons from America’s greatest naval commander, will be published in 2024. Dr. Sophie Woorons, is the Owner/Director Brookstone Tennis, 10court tennis facility, Anderson, SC. She has her PhD in Sport Pedagogy from the University of Georgia. A former All-American for Clemson University in both Singles and Doubles, she was
the ACC Player of the year and is a member of the ACC 50-year anniversary team. She was a NCAA Nationals Semi-Finalist in Singles, Division 1. She is the author of Strategy Book: A New Spin on Tennis. Sophie has been a presenter at International, National and State conferences. Her articles have been featured in TennisPro, TennisWeek.com and Educational magazine. Sophie was named the 2015 USPTA Professional of the Year, USTA South Carolina Teaching Professional of the year, USTA SC Female Player of the year, and Brookstone was named SC Club of the year. Her Pro Career includes former WTA Pro Tour ranked 429 in singles (age 17), 511 in doubles. As a junior, she represented France in the European championship 12u. Her Senior Tour accomplishments are amazing, and Team USA 2013, 2014, 2019, 2021. She was a Bronze Medalist at Senior Fed Cup World Championships with Team USA. A 10 Time National Champion – Ranked #1 in the Country in age group, and there is much more.
Jeff Salzenstein Founder of Tennis Evolution, Jeff is a former Top 100 ATP singles and doubles player, 2 time All American and national champion at Stanford, USTA High Performance Coach, and USPTA elite professional. He has been obsessed with tennis, and understanding the game on a deeper level.A year and half into his pro career, Jeff suffered his first major injury on his right ankle (which was misdiagnosed for 9 months). And by the age of 25, had suffered a second major injury, his left knee (meniscus separation that was misdiagnosed for 6 weeks.). He worked with countless coaches, and soon discovered that a lot of the traditional training methods were overly
analytical, and riddled with flaws – keeping many players from reaching their true potential.With the help of all of the experts he sought out, and his own insatiable appetite for learning, he discovered the techniques, tactics, and strategies which really work in the heat of battle. And as a result, he went on to become the first ever American to break the top 100 in the ATP singles rankings, after the age of 30. (Back when 30 was considered “ancient” in the world of pro tennis.)
Tracy Almeda Singian is a VP on the USPTA National Board, and is the Vice President of Marketing Community Credit Union Florida and former Director of Product Marketing for the NBA team, New Orleans Pelicans. As an Athlete Marketing Manager for Red Bull for five years, she worked with athletes such as NBA All-Star Anthony Davis, LPGA golfer Lexi Thompson, MLB All-Star Evan Longoria, Red Bull's Air Force Team, and many more. Prior to her time at Red Bull, Tracy led Wilson Sporting Goods to be the first brand in the tennis industry on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, and Snapchat and established over a 500k social reach. Also, during her tenure at Wilson, she won a NATAS Emmy as a Producer for Wilson's Brand Anthem. As a former WTA Tour player, Tournament Director of the USTA Pro Circuit Challenger in Indian Harbour Beach, 20052006 & 2007-2008 USPTA Florida District Pro of the Year and US National Team member, Tracy has spent her life in tennis and loves sharing marketing best practices with the forward thinkers of today's game.
Darryl Lewis USPTA Master Professional, is the Director of Athletics at Old Town Club in Winston Salem, NC where he manages Aquatics, Fitness, and Racquet Sports (Tennis, Platform Tennis, and Pickleball). He is certified by both USPTA Pickleball and PPR. Darryl is one of less than 20 pros that are designated as both a USPTA Master Professional, and a PTR International Master Professional. He has worked in all areas of the industry, including private country clubs, corporate clubs, public parks, resorts, the USTA, and was part of the management team that ran the tennis event at the Atlanta Olympic Games. He is a leader in coach education and enjoys growing the game and expanding the knowledge of racquet professionals.
Bill Anderson, USPTA Elite Professional, has been a fulltime teaching professional is Atlanta for 22 years and currently serves as Director of Tennis at Capital City Club. He was the 2016 and 2021 Georgia Professional Tennis Association Director of the Year and USPTA Georgia President 20192021. In addition to managing one of the largest ladies league programs in the metro area he has successfully launched a comprehensive pickleball program after growing a love for the sport. He is certified by USPTA, PTR, PPR, IPTPA, and PPTR.
Featured Speakers Tom Parkes USPTA Elite Professional, has worked with more than 20 top nationally ranked juniors as well as working with many top 50 ITF juniors. Tom has won USTA Pro of the Year for North Carolina and USPTA Manager of the Year. He has been award with USTA North Carolina volunteer of the month multiple times. Tom has over 50 USTA teams qualify for USTA North Carolina State Championships, with 1 team making it all the way to nationals. Farley Youman M.Ed., USPTA Elite Professional, has 20 years of experience teaching ALTA team tennis, USTA, and private lessons in the Atlanta area. Youman has taught 3950 juniors (including players that received full Div. I scholarships); and 3800 adults over the course of his career. Youman provides more than just teaching on the court; he has conducted college scholarship searches for both players he coaches and players that he does not coach. He calls the college coaches and has set up full scholarships for these players.
Pat Whitworth, USPTA Master Professional, is the owner of Tennis Services in Suwanee, Ga. He is a 2 time past president of the USPTA Southern Division, and currently the Executive Director. He was honored as the 2001 USP-
TA Alan Henry Southern Professional of the Year, and is a two-time USPTA Pride of the South and Georgia Professional of the Year. Pat has been creating unique drills and games for over 25 years, stays on the bleeding edge with computers and software, and continues to perfect service to his clients. His talks have been heard at the USTA National Tennis Teachers Workshop, SuperShow Workshops, and USPTA National & Division Conventions. He is a member of the nWilson Advisory Staff.
Bill Riddle, USPTA Elite Pro, has been a tennis teaching professional and coach for over 28 years and has been fortunate enough to teach and coach at all levels. For the last 20 years he has served as the Director of Tennis overseeing all aspects of the tennis program on and off court. He is the only 3 time USPTA Tennessee Pro of the Year and 2 time PTR Tennessee Pro of the Year award recipient. He spent 9 years coaching college tennis where his players and teams where nationally ranked making 3 appearances at the National Championships. Bill received the USPTA Southern College Coach of the Year twice and was also an Intercollegiate Award winner twice for his community support. No stranger to entertainment, Bill has done TV commentating for professional tennis events, had a weekly tennis radio show, served as an event Emcee and hosted numerous Internet interviews for Around the Court Around the World. Bill has been a featured speaker at a number of tennis industry workshops, conferences and conventions including at the Australian Open Grand Slam Coaches Conference and a variety of USPTA and USTA conferences.
Todd Upchurch USPTA Master Profesional, is the Director of Serve It UP Tennis Academy. His management company, founded in 2010, manages club tennis programs and administers afterschool elementary classes in North and South Carolina. He is also the founder of 3v3 World Tennis Tour, an alternative tournament format for juniors. He is a very active Social Media user with accounts on multiple platforms and frequently writes articles on tennis, business and how to maintain a positive attitude. Todd has been a USPTA member since 1996 and in 2017 he earned the USPTA Master Professional distinction. Todd is the current Regional Vice-President of USPTA Southern Division and was the 1999 NC USPTA Pro Year and 2008 & 2017 Fred Burdick Pride of the South winner for USPTA Southern. Rob Carver, USPTA Elite Professional, played collegiate tennis at Berry College, where he was a Psychology Major. He is the owner of Rob Carver Tennis, Inc. and has been an Independent Pro in Marietta/Roswell since 1992. Rob coaches approximately 160 students per week. He was honored as the 2016 Tennis Pro of the Year by Best Self Atlanta Magazine. A Certified Cardio Tennis Instructor. Rob has also been a Special Olympics volunteer. He is the creator of The WILSON CHALLENGE, author of the recently published book 366 DAYS OF TENNIS, and a member of WILSON Advisory Staff.
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Doubles: How to Win With and Against All Formations Presented by Farley Youman
-improving students transitioning net skills; and lesson plans (games) for doubles instruction
-how to win at the net against the opposing net player
-how to win more service and return games in doubles
-how to control the other team's formations
Pickleball Build it and They Will Come! Presented by Bill Anderson
Who is passionate?
Don’t take baby steps
Be prepared and flexible
Don’t forget about tennis
Quick Stroke Fixes for the Club Player Presented by Tom Parkes Tom will work through the quick fixes for their club players on the below strokes. This will be an interactive presentation where the professionals attending will be encouraged to share their thoughts and ideas on how they address the same stroke issues.
The Serve
The Return of Serve
The Volley
The Approach Shot
USPTA National Update Presented by Tracy Almeda-Singian
Lessons from the Navy Pt 1 Presented by Dr. Mark Broucker
Live Games by the Numbers Presented by Dr. Sophie Woorons
You come prepared. You have a theme, a lesson plan, but then 1 person is late, you now have to run your drill with 3 players, oh wait, this other person brought a friend, how about these 2 people who didn’t register and just show up? This presentation is about running games for different size groups. We’ll start with some private lesson ideas, semi-private lesson drills, drills for 3 players, 4, 5, 6, 10 players. Giving you practical ideas on how to adjust your games by the numbers. We’ll add some progressions and regressions so you can adjust your live games to different level players.
Tik Tok Talks
Lessons from the Navy Pt 2 Presented by Dr. Mark Broucker
TRADE SHOW
TRADE SHOW
TRADE SHOW
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The Supplemental Savings Program, will feature a vendor-supported savings plan, with select vendors providing concessions to the USPTA for the benefit of participating member pros. Payments will be made on a quarterly basis to member accounts. These contributions will be considered taxable income.
Contact Bo Gard at Wells Fargo Advisor to set up this program, or join many other USPTA tennis professionals that are investing for their future.
TRADE SHOW
TRADE SHOW
TRADE SHOW
Ladies Doubles: Drills, Games, and Strategy Presented by Rob Carver
Drills-warm up Dead Ball drills: Directionals Groundstrokes and Net Play = Repetition Live Ball drills: Conditions and Scoring Games/Strategy: Goals for Each Player Point Begins at 2 Volley/Overhead 2pts, 1pt 2 Up vs 2 Back 1pt, 3pts, 5pts 10 Feeds to 21 Win and IN Poaching 1 Up 1 Back Volley = 3 Win 1 and Overhead = 3 Serving Points 2 in row = 1 Push/Pull I Formation Tug of War Serving and Baseline Accumulating Points
Doubles Connection
Favorite Drills from the Top Pros In the Country Presented by Pat Whitworth
Rick Macci Ken DeHart Rosie Bareis Jorge Capestany Butch Staples Hans Romer Sophie Woorons
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7 Serve Drills to Transform Your Tennis Program Presented by Jeff Salzenstein
What if more players could learn how to serve properly? What if players were inspired to follow a plan to help them learn how to serve? The serve is the most challenging shot in tennis that causes tremendous frustration for players because they can’t seem to make the progress that they want. The good news is that there are tangible serve drills and progressions that we can give our students that will help them improve. In this presentation, we’ll explore a step-by step formula to help players learn to serve more like the pros.
Crossover Drills – Use Your Tennis Skills to Teach Pickleball Presented by Darryl Lewis
Intro
Warm Up Drills
Skill Development Drills
Game Development Drills
Questions
How to Get Your Players Competing Like The Pros Presented by Jeff Salzenstein
What are many of the top pros in the world doing to play their best tennis? Clearly, they have mastered the technical, movement, and athletic development skills required to be elite players. Those are the aspects of tennis that we can all can see. But what about the tennis skills that aren’t always visible, specifically the mental and strategic aspects of the game. In this presentation, we’ll explore how can students train their minds like the pros, learn to play smarter tennis, and optimize their practice time so that they can win more matches and experience more joy on the court.
Bill & Todd’s Excellent Adventure Presented by - Bill Riddle and Todd Upchurch
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