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On The Ball Fall 2014 USPTA Middle States Division 2014 USPTA MIDDLE STATES ™ CONFERENCE AND COACHES WORKSHOP What’s inside this issue.... 2 USPTA Player 3 President’s Message 4 Featured Speakers 7 Conference Agenda & Registration 8 The Continuing Education Policy 9 How to Earn Required Credits November 14 –15 at the Marriott Forrestal in Princeton, NJ A New Way to Register BOARD OF DIRECTORS for the Conference Using Executive Board District Presidents USPTAplayer President Eastern Anthony J. DeCecco Suresh Ramamurthi 610-721-7003 610-781-7876 [email protected] [email protected] USPTAplayer.com Regional Vice President Western Pennsylvania FOR USPTA MEMBERS Bruce Levine Ron Christman To sign on to USPTAplayer.com for the first time if you do 908-698-9044 724-413-5315 not know your password: [email protected] [email protected] 1. Click http://www.usptaplayer.com/ Second Vice President communities/middle_states/ Central Pennsylvania 2. Harold Conway Click Sign In and then click “?” Marybeth Williams 610-584-5502 3. Use your email address that is on file with your 717-329-3983 [email protected] USPTA membership to get a new password [email protected] 4. IMPORTANT – Do not create a new account as you Treasurer already have an account and you do not want dupli - Philadelphia David Price cate accounts in the system Kevin Ryan 814-880-1986 5. After taking the steps above, if you need more help, 610-304-8855 [email protected] you may contact the USPTA Player Manager, Randy [email protected] Jenks at [email protected] Secretary Delaware Beth Ann Myers FOR NON USPTA MEMBERS Jackie Roe 570-584-4963 443-206-1456 Steps for Non-USPTA Members who would like to [email protected] [email protected] register through www.USPTAplayer.com 1. Click Join USPTA Player at upper right of page (if you Director of Membership New Jersey are not logged in). Becky Desmond Joao Pinho 2. Complete the brief registration fields (including the 610-269-8037 435-764-6252 optional Child/Family account information if you have [email protected] [email protected] other family members that play tennis), click the box to agree to the terms and then click Sign Me Up Awards Chairman Testing & Education 3. Enter Pennsylvania in the search drop down on the Mark Centrella Mark Centrella right. http://www.usptaplayer.com/ 302-893-4524 302-893-4524 communities/middle_states/ [email protected] [email protected] 4. The Middle States Page will come up and on the right under upcoming events is the conference. Simply hit register and you are on your way! 5. Executive Director Tim Irwin Any questions please call 610-730-0442 You can still register by application on p 1 by filling out 610-730-0442 application and sending it in but if you like the conven - [email protected] ience of applying electronically, please use USPTAplayer.com USPTA Middle States Division Newsletter is published quarterly. The opinions expressed in this newsletter are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Middle States Division. 2 On The Ball —Fall 2014 Presidmeenssta’gse t is a fantastic time to be a part of the USPTA, especially if you are in the Middle States division! Last year’s Conference set attendance records and this year promises to be better! USPTA/National’s core pillars include education, increased membership, and a U-30 pres - Ience. The 2014 Middle States Conference will deliver all of this and more! The dates are November 14th and 15th and the place is the Princeton Anthony J. DeCecco Jr. Marriott Forrestal Conference Center and Spa. The presenters are world- class: Butch Staples presenting on 10-U, Rodney Harmon speaking on Coaching, Mark Kovacs presenting on Sports Science, James Fusco on Sales and Marketing, Mike Kennedy on Competition and Tournament Play, Oscar Wegner on the Future of Tennis, Emilio Sanchez-Vicario on Player Development and a special guest who will be discussing leadership. In ad - dition Tim Irwin is offering a specialty course on the “7 Habits of Highly Effective People” and Mark Centrella is conducting Testing and Upgrades. We also have our annual Awards Banquet with live music by Dan Frantz and an after-banquet party at Triumph at Palmer Square in Princeton Proper. Diane Selke will be holding a general USPTA Meeting Saturday morning and will be available throughout the Conference to answer any questions about the National Initiatives. In addition, we’ll have 15 vendors hosting booths throughout the weekend and a “Vendors Cocktail Party” Friday evening. Join us in Princeton, NJ for a World-Class Event, centrally located, for a fraction of the cost of the National Conference. The Conference fee includes 2 days and one night accommodations, 4 meals, and all the workshops as well as the specialty course! It is an exciting time to be a part of the USPTA and I’m hoping you decide to join us for a weekend of education and fun!! Sincerely, Anthony J. DeCecco, Jr. USPTA/Middle States President Hyperlinks If you are viewing this newsletter online, you can click onto an email address or website address and you should go directly to that address. USPTA Middle States Division USPTA Middle States Division 3 Featured Speakers: Emilio Mark Kovacs, Butch Staples Sanchez-Vicario Ph.D., CSCS Born in Madrid, Spain, Sánchez turned Dr. Kovacs currently oversees the Sport Over the past 5 years, Butch has man - professional in 1984 and won his first top-level Science, Strength & Conditioning and aged a team of 36 professionals and the singles title in Nice, France in 1986. He won Coaching Education areas for the United largest Adult and Junior programs in the 15 singles titles during his career, including the States Tennis Association. He was an country as the Head Tennis Professional at Italian Open (Tennis Masters Series event) in All-American and NCAA doubles champion Midtown Tennis Club in Chicago. Prior 1991. His career-high singles ranking was at Auburn University. After playing profession - to that, he was the Director of Tennis at World No. 7. ally, he pursued his graduate work at Auburn the Athletic Club at Weston in Weston, FL. Sánchez captured 50 men's doubles titles, University and earned his Ph.D. in Exercise From 1995 - 2002, he worked with Gavin including three at Grand Slam events. In 1988, Physiology from The University of Alabama. as the Director of Special Projects for Van he won the men's doubles titles at both the Dr. Kovacs is a certified strength and condi - der Meer Tennis. French Open (with Andrés Gómez) and the tioning specialist through the National Butch is a USPTA Professional 1, a US Open (with Sergio Casal). He won the Strength and Conditioning Association, a USPTA Specialist in Competitive Player French Open title again (with Casal) in 1990. certified Health/Fitness Instructor through Development, a PTR Master Professional Sánchez and Casal were also the men's doubles the American College of Sports Medicine, a and a Tennis Canada Certified Level 3 runners-up at Wimbledon in 1987, and the United States Track and Field Level II sprints Coach. He holds a B.A., a B.P.E. and a pair won the silver medal for Spain at the 1988 coach and certified tennis coach. He is M.S. in Physical Education. Olympic Games in Seoul. Sánchez was ranked currently the Assistant Editor-in-Chief of the He was named the 2006 and 2009 World No. 1 in men's doubles in 1989. Strength and Conditioning Journal and sits on USTA Recreation Coach Workshop Sánchez won two Grand Slam mixed the editorial board for the Journal of the In - Trainer of the Year. He is a QuickStart doubles titles in 1987, at the French Open ternational Society of Sports Nutrition, Master Trainer conducting workshops for (with Pam Shriver) and the US Open (with Journal of Coaching Education and the Inter - both Community Tennis and Player De - Martina Navrátilová). national Journal of Exercise Science. He is also velopment. Butch is co-owner of Tennis - He was a member of Spain's Davis Cup a reviewer for over a dozen scientific journals, club of the Low Country at Rose Hill. team from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, and has published five books including Butch and his wife Lynn, have a home compiling a 32–23 record. And he was part of Dynamic Stretching and Tennis Training: En - in Rose Hill. They previously lived in the Spanish teams that won the Hopman Cup hancing On-Court Performance. Dr. Kovacs Bluffton and are very happy to have re - in 1990 and the World Team Cup in 1992. has been the recipient of the Editorial Excel - turned to the Low Country. Sánchez is the brother of Javier Sánchez lence Award for his work with the Strength Vicario and former World No. 1 Arantxa and Conditioning Journal and in 2010 he was Sánchez Vicario. In 1987, Emilio and Javier awarded the prestigious Plagenhoef Award for met in the final at Madrid, with Emilio sport science achievement. winning the match 6–3, 3–6, 6–2. Emilio and Javier faced each other 12 times during their careers, with Emilio winning 10 of their matches. Sánchez retired from the professional tour in 1997. 4 On The Ball —Fall 2014 Rodney Harmon Oscar Wegner Mike Kennedy Rodney Harmon has been the head Oscar Wegner is one of the most Mike Kennedy is the Senior Director women’s tennis coach at Georgia Tech known tennis coaches in the world. After of Junior Competition and Player Devel - since July, 2012.