USPTA San Diego - Spring 2019

The OďŹƒcial Publication of the USPTA San Diego Division

Spring 2019

What's Inside The Annual Divisional Awards were given out at the Awards Luncheon during the Division Convention. Pictured at right is Debbie Ouye, winner of the Ben Press Pro of the Year Award. Awards are shown on page 4. Pictures of the convention are on pages 12, 14 and 15.

Fitness and Nutrition Workshop scheduled for Sunday, May 19. Pictures at right are Chris Guarin, above, and Mackenzie White, below. They are the presenters of this 4 hour workshop that will be held at the San Diego Jewish Academy from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm that day.

Article titles "Common Tennis Injuries, Why They Occur, and How to Stay on the Court"

by Brittany Lillie, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS. Pages 6-7.

An ad for Idea World convention is on page 10. This is a huge fitness and nutrition convention. If you or your club are involved with fitness or nutrition, this is a great place to get all the info.

Plus it all was started by Peter and Kathie Davis, tennis players that attended San Diego State many years ago.

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USPTA San Diego Division Board of Officers President Dophie Poiset 858-756-4459 dpoiset@aol.com Regional Vice President Conan Lorenzo 619-846-3094 clorenzo@ljbtc.com First Vice President Amanda Fink 818-624-7107 afink15@gmail.com Vice President (North County) Jami Jones 858-793-5430 jyj@san.rr.com Vice President (North County Coastal) Marc Assaraf 858-342-1128 marca52@gmail.com Vice President (Coachella Valley) Tom Fey 760-200-8200 tfey@iwtg.net Vice President (City of San Diego) Josh Jorgensen 858-610-0000 joshjat@yahoo.com Vice President (At Large) Nigel O'Rourke 760-486-3294 norourke@toscanacc.com Vice President (County of San Diego) Geoff Griffin 619-838-1533 griffintennis@msn.com Secretary Amelia Larkin 858-245-1993 alarkin@ljbtc.com Treasurer Steve Kappes 619-948-4596 stevekappes@hotmail.com Executive Director and Head Tester Don Gomsi 760-636-8061 Don.gomsi@uspta.org

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Hello San Diego Division Tennis Professionals: Spring has finally arrived in San Diego. We should all be very well rested after one of the wettest Winters on record in Southern California! Summer camps, clinics, and lesson programs are now in the planning. Wishing each of you a fun and successful Spring and Summer season ahead.

I hope many of you had the opportunity to participate in our division activities so far this year. Starting with our annual divisional convention in March, a FREE ticket to Indian Wells BNP Paribas Open Pro Tournament, U30 and Activities Committee sponsored Camp Forum seminar, and Fitness Workshop coming up in May, Tennis Fest in June, and Tennis Thanks the Troops opportunities to serve.

The USPTA National Executive Committee held its April semi-annual meeting at National headquarters in Lake Nona, Florida. Our San Diego Division representatives attending this meeting were Conan Lorenzo and our Executive Director Don Gomsi.

Roll-out of the updated national website, coordination with USTA on new testing standards, mentorship programs, and planning for the World Conference on Tennis to be held in Las Vegas this September were just a few of the topics of note.

We have an active division with many opportunities to improve teaching knowledge and skills, and network with your fellow teaching professionals.

Hope to see you all on the courts soon!

Dophie Poiset Conan Lorenzo wins the 2019 Janet Louer USTA JTT Organizer of the Year Award Conan has been involved with Junior Team Tennis since 2011. He has exponentially grown the number of league players through various initiatives including the creation of a website. Additionally, Lorenzo works with local schools to develop leagues and participates in a tennis ball donation committee, donating thousands of tennis balls to after-school tennis programs, hospitals, school classrooms and animal shelters. Congratulations Conan!

U30 Report

San Diego Division Committees

by Amanda Fink This has been an exciting quarter of tennis and happenings for U30. This year’s USPTA division convention awards highlighted the accomplishments of U30 members/advisory members Stephen Thom, Nathan Welden and Michelle Okhremchuk. April Bisharat was also recognized for her business Love15 Tennis in the Business Lifestyle and Psychology quarterly publication and Matt Previdi just released a book/program that he created with his father called the 90 Day Doubles Diet. I encourage members to share their accomplishments with the USPTA community!

U30 organized and presented its first “Forum” where coaches come together to exchange ideas/thoughts. The first Forum was themed on tennis summer camps and led by Matt Previdi, Stephen Thom and Nathan Welden. We hope it will be the first in a series of Forums to come. U30 is also working on planning a junior pro-am open to all USPTA pros sometime in August. Stay tuned to your emails for date and details.

I also want to take this time to remind our members that U30 isn’t all about people who are literally under the age of 30. The initiative is to encourage all up and coming pros to be more active in the USPTA community. Whether you are learning to take more of a leadership role at your club or program, are interested in serving the community more, want to contribute new ideas or if you are interested in what the USPTA does and just don’t know how to get connected….this group wants to include you and hear what you think! Never hesitate to reach out to me with any questions you may have! I encourage all directors and leaders to tell newer/rising pros about this group. The networking, community and contributions have already been incredible, and I cannot wait to see the things this group will contribute in the future!

Diversity Jamie Jones USTA Liaison Geoff Griffin and Steve Kappes Education and Speakers for TPFLs Josh Jorgensen and Amanda Fink Nominations Nelson Alapi, Angel Lopez and Jeff Dollins Juniors Karen Ronney (kronney@yahoo.com) Awards Geoff Griffin, Dophie Poiset and Conan Lorenzo Tournaments Marc Assaraf, Amanda Fink and Josh Jorgensen Newsletter Don Gomsi and Josh Jorgensen U30 and Activity Amanda Fink

Happy Hitting!

Please feel free to contact U30 leader Amanda Fink with any interest/questions at afink15@gmail.com

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DIVISION AWARDS At the San Diego Division Annual Awards Luncheon, the following people were presented their awards for their achievements in 2018. Congratulations all!

Debbie Ouye with presenter Juan Garcia Ben Press Pro of the Year

Stephen Thom and Nathan Welden (on left) Community Service

Michelle Okhremchuk with presenter Geo GriďŹƒn Player of the Year

Neil Johnson and presenter Dophie Poiset Industry Excellence

Amanda Fink and presenter Josh Jorgensen Star Award

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FITNESS AND NUTRITION WORKSHOP SUNDAY, MAY 19 Fitness and Nutrition Workshop Sunday, May 19 9:00 am – 1:00 pm San Diego Jewish Academy, 11860 Carmel Creek Rd., San Diego Cost - $45 Register online at: tickettailor.com/events/usptasandiego/257242 or call Marc Assaraf at 858-342-1128 to reserve a spot.

Speakers: Chris Guarin and Mackenzie White

Fitness for Tennis This four-hour workshop will cover ďŹ tness as it relates to tennis. It will teach preparation, performance and speed for students. Joint by joint movement sequence will be discussed along with position for performance, better balance, staying calm, and excite what is underactive. Speed and agility will be a topic as well as the journey through the match (breakdown, recovery, and resilience).

Sports Nutrition for Tennis Players During the workshop, we will discuss key sports nutrition topics for tennis athletes. The topics will include: food timing & type (pre-match fueling, during the match fueling, post-match fueling, performance foods); hydration; supplements/doping; and food trends. The target audience will be higher level junior and adults, but will include some information for recreational players as well.

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Host for the workshop will be Marc Assaraf.

Pro at the San Diego Jewish Academy and Vice President of the San Diego Division.

Contact him by email at marca52@gmail.com or phone 858-342-1128.

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TLC for the Troops

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If you are into fitness or nutrition, this is the convention for you. They even have a free Expo that has hundreds of exhibitors. Check it out online at www.ideafit.com.

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The San Diego District Tennis Association Is proud to work with the USPTA/San Diego Sec on We couldn’t do it without you!

Thanks to the many USPTA pros who par cipated in the 2018 Tennis Fest.

Mark your calendars for Sunday, June 9, 2019 and plan to par cipate.

T-shirts, lunch and gi card for each of you!

Over 800 tennis enthusiasts from throughout San Diego come out to Balboa Tennis Club to take part in the clinics run by our fabulous pros.

Plan to be one of them!

We are also reaching out to local pros who are willing to teach a Drop-In Tennis clinic in their area.

Classes are free to par cipants, who must be beginners.

The San Diego District will pay the pros to teach the six hours of clinics.

For more informa on email: sddta@yahoo.com The San Diego District Tennis Associa on is the local aďŹƒliate of the USTA and Southern California Sec on.

Visit www.sandiegotennis.com for more informa on on local tennis ac vi es.

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Pictures from Division Convention

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More Convention Pictures

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Certification Exam A certiďŹ cation exam was held at the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club on March 4, 2019. Pictured, left to right are Raul De La Torre (San Diego), Allison Pavlansky (Goodyear, AZ), Rylan Rizza (Redondo Beach) and Edward Sengendo (San Diego). In front is Steve Baldwin (San Diego). Don Gomsi conducted this exam. Thanks go to Conan Lorenzo, Director of Tennis at LJBTC for making arrangements for this exam.

More Convention Pictures

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Tennis Fest will be Sunday, June 9 at Balboa Tennis Club. This is a huge event with over 700 people from the public playing tennis on 25 courts. We try to get as many USPTA pros to help out with this event as possible.

Long-sleve shirts are provided to each pro participating. This is a great opportunity to give back to tennis and volunteer for the few hours. Check-in is at 11:30 am and lasts until about 3:00 pm, but you would only be on court for two hours. To register for it, click on the link in the eblast, or send Amanda Fink an email at: afink15@gmail.com.

9 1 4 A l y s s u m R d . • C a r l s b a d , C A 9 2 0 11 Editor Don Gomsi Asst. Editor Josh Jorgensen Contributors Dophie Poiset, Karen Ronney, Brittany Lillie, and Amanda Fink.

San Diego is published quarterly by the San Diego Division of the United States Professional Tennis Association, Inc. The opinions expressed in San Diego are those of the authors and not necessarily those of San Diego or the USPTA San Diego Division.

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Reinstatements Mario DiLonardo (San Diego), Todd Elliott (Coronado) and Narelle Pettee (Coronado).

Upcoming Events

Date

Time

Event

Sat. May 11

All day

Certification Exam at Eastlake High School

Wed. May 15

Noon

Board meeting, location TBA

Sun. May 19

9:00 am - 1:00 pm

Fitness and Nutrition Workshop - San Diego Jewish Academy

Mon. June 3

All day

Certification Exam at The Omni La Costa Resort & Spa

Sun. June 9

12:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Tennis Fest - Balboa Tennis Club

Sat. and Sun. Jun. 23-24

All day

Mon. - Fri. Sept. 23-27 All day

PTCA 1 and Certification Exam at Fairbanks Ranch TC USPTA World Conference - Las Vegas

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If you change your address, phone or email, change your information online at uspta.com in the members section or call the USPTA World Headquarters at 800-USPTA-4U (877-8248) and ask for the Computer Services Department.

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