Tennis Companies Youth Instruction TI Awards NOVA SPORTS USA 10-and-under tennis Honoring our builds up its 'family' WORKSHOPS reach CHAMPIONS around the world 100,000 coaches OF TENNIS AUGUST 2016 / VOLUME 44 / NUMBER 8 / $5.00 Plus: Latest racquet technologies Guide to Stringing Machines • How to find the right model • Our exclusive 2016 listings • Shops that are ‘stringing stars’ 08_TI_COVER(IK).indd 1 6/23/16 11:17 AM ads.indd 1 4/29/16 12:43 PM Stars_Stripes_Net_News_Print_Ad_8.125x10.875v3paths.indd 1 6/6/16 9:08 AM Te nnisIndustry www.tennisindustrymag.com AUGUST 2016 DEPARTMENTS p.16 p.32 4 Our Serve 7 Industry News 16 Racquet Tech 18 Youth Instruction 20 Company Profi le: Nova Sports USA 22 TIA News 36 Ask the Experts 38 String Playtest: Tecnifi bre Pro Redcode Wax 17 40 Your Serve, by Denny Schackter INDUSTRY NEWS 7 Annual TIA Tennis Forum in NYC 7 USPTA World Conference set for Indian Wells 7 PTR Tennis Tech Conference and Expo in November p.24 FEATURES 8 USPTA, USTA FL break ground for new HQs 24 TI Champions of Tennis 8 IART Symposium offers PRESENTS continuing education credits Honor Roll CHAMPIONS We honor our winners from the past 15 years. 8 Enter 2016 CTA Photo Contest OF TENNIS 10 New book from tennis writer 2016 Michael Mewshaw 27 Machine Learning 10 USTA Foundation names new board members Assess your needs, determine what features 10 PTI scholarships help junior are important and consult our exclusive chart wheelchair players to fi nd the right stringing machine for you. 11 Ball Magnet keeps play moving, courts clear 32 Stringing Stars 11 Short Sets 12 Peoplewatch With their stringing and service expertise, 13 Isner teams with Nulo for these shops grow their bottom lines while “Aces for Animals” helping customers play better tennis. 2 TennisIndustry August 2016 www.tennisindustrymag.com www.tennisindustrymag.com 08_TI_TOC(IKEM).indd 2 6/24/16 9:48 AM TI MAG AD pg.indd 2 5/31/16 2:16 PM Our Serve PUBLISHER JEFF WILLIAMS EDITORIAL DIRECTOR PETER FRANCESCONI MANAGING EDITOR SCOTT GRAMLING CREATIVE DIRECTOR IAN KNOWLES SENIOR EDITOR ED MGROGAN The Best Part ART DIRECTOR CRHISTIAN RODRIGUEZ SPECIAL CONTRIBUTOR of Your Day BOB PATTERSON CONTRIBUTING EDITORS IN EARLY JUNE, I HAD THE GOOD inspires and motivates his sta , and ROBIN BATEMAN, CYNTHIA CANTRELL, fortune to be in Newport, R.I., at a he reminds them that, no matter what PEG CONNOR, KENT OSWALD, CYNTHIA USTA New England Section board of sort of baggage a member may come to SHERMAN, MARY HELEN SPRECHER directors meeting. (Full disclosure: I’m the club with, “We’re the best part of CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS a member of the section’s board for the everyone’s day!” BOB KENAS, DAVID KENAS 2015-2017 term, and also a member of I think many of us who deal in this the USTA national CTA Committee. industry tend to forget that. I’m not WEBMASTER I feel my involvement as a volunteer a club manager or teaching pro, but I GREG RAVEN helps me do my job better—to promote know that amid all the politics and ASSOCIATE EDITOR and grow this sport, and this industry.) personal agendas and other, well, TIM MARTHUR For those involved in the tennis “crap” we often have to put up with in business, if you ever have the chance, this business, when you get right down EDITORIAL DIRECTION spend some time in Newport. Not only to it, it’s just tennis, and playing this 10TEN MEDIA is the city a wonderful place to visit, but sport is—and should be—the best part TENNIS INDUSTRY Newport is home to the historic, magi- of a person’s day. 48 W 21st St., New York, NY 10010 cal International Tennis Hall of Fame, No matter what our role in this 646-783-1450 which recently underwent a $15 million industry, the fact that we can do what [email protected] renovation and expansion. The Hall we do and know that we’re helping of Fame also is one of the few places people to enjoy this game, live a healthy ADVERTISING DIRECTOR where you can play on grass courts. lifestyle and meet others with similar JOHN HANNA (Unfortunately we had a bit of rain on passions should be extremely gratify- 770-650-1102, x.125 [email protected] the afternoon we were supposed to ing to us. We may need to be reminded play, so instead we played in the new of this every now and then—just like APPAREL ADVERTISING indoor facility, then later on the new Adam reminds his sta . But if we want CYNTHIA SHERMAN outdoor hard courts.) this sport to continue to grow, we have 203-558-5911 Our section board, and for that mat- to make sure it remains “the best part [email protected] ter our section’s sta , is made up of pas- of everyone’s day.” sionate and dedicated tennis people— Tennis Industry is published 10 times per year: monthly, January through August with combined and some really good players!—who are issues in September/October and November/ all about growing this sport and getting December, by Tennis Media Company, 48 W 21st St., New York, NY 10010. Periodical postage paid in more people playing. For me, part of Duluth, GA and at additional mailing offi ces (USPS the fun of these meetings is having #004-354). August 2016, Volume 44, Number 8 © 2016 by Tennis Media Company. All rights reserved. the chance to talk tennis with these Tennis Industry, TI and logo are trademarks of colleagues, to hear about what they’re Tennis Media Company. Printed in the U.S.A. Phone advertising: 770-650-1102 x 125. Phone circulation doing to grow the sport locally, to hear and editorial: 646-783-1450. Yearly subscriptions what motivates them and to see their Peter Francesconi $25 in the U.S., $40+ elsewhere. POSTMASTER: Send passion up close. address changes to Tennis Industry, 48 W 21st St., Editorial Director New York, NY 10010. Tennis Industry is the offi cial I was particularly struck by some- [email protected] magazine of the USRSA, TIA and ASBA. thing a fellow board member told me Looking for back issues of Tennis Industry/Racquet when he was describing meetings he Sports Industry? Visit the archives at our website has with his sta . Adam Molda, the at TennisIndustryMag.com for free digital versions. tennis director at Cedardale Health & Fitness in Haverhill, Mass., regularly 4 TennisIndustry August 2016 www.tennisindustrymag.com 08_TI_OurServe(IK).indd 2 6/23/16 10:36 AM TI MAG AD pg.indd 2 6/22/16 1:48 PM 1160517_TECNIFIBRE_REDCODE_TENNIS_INDUS.ai60517_TECNIFIBRE_REDCODE_TENNIS_INDUS.ai 1 17/05/201617/05/2016 18:4618:46 THE REDSURRECTION C MAXIMUM M SLIDE J POLYETHYLENE WAX CM FULLY IMPREGNATING MJ THE POLYESTER MATRIX CJ CMJ N EXPANDED STRING SLIDE LESS FRICTION MAXIMUM LUBRICATION FASTER SNAPBACK MORE EASIER MAXIMUM DURABILITY TO STRING SPIN Industry News Information to help you run your business PTR Tennis Tech Conference Annual TIA Tennis Forum & Expo Set for November The PTR’s inaugural Tennis Technol- August 29 in New York City ogy Conference and Expo will be held Nov. 3-4 at the Marriott Resort Hilton undreds of people in the tennis Head Island in South Carolina. The industry, including key execu- conference will feature interactive ses- tives and leaders, are expected sions covering the latest developments to Hgather at the ninth annual TIA Tennis TENNIS FORUM in products and software to help tennis Forum at the Grand Hyatt New York, coaches and club directors/managers from 8:30 to 10 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 29, run their businesses more effectively. the fi rst day of play at the 2016 US Open. Session topics will include Software In addition to the latest news about Integration for Clubs, Digital Market- the industry and most recent participa- ing, Match Analysis Video Software, tion, equipment and consumer data, Teaching Apps, Green Initiatives, the Forum will honor the two newest On-Court Technology and Racquet inductees into the Tennis Industry Hall Technology with Software Integration. of Fame: community tennis visionary Eve Kraft and the incisive Tennis Week magazine There will be an opportunity to demo founder, editor and publisher Gene Scott (see page 23). on court as well. The Forum also will include a focus on tennis and technology, highlighting innovative “Staying ahead of the curve is vital,” products impacting sports and fi tness activities. says PTR CEO Dan Santorum. “That’s The Tennis Forum is free to attend, but space is limited. Attendees are asked to regis- why PTR has created the fi rst tennis ter at TennisIndustry.org/forum to be assured a spot. Registered attendees will receive a conference dedicated solely to the copy of the 16-page “2016 TIA State of the Industry” report, which outlines key research innovations and technology that will vital to tennis industry businesses and organizations (an executive summary of the help grow the game.” For more infor- report appeared in the July issue of Tennis Industry). mation, visit ptrtennis.org. “Every year, the Tennis Forum generates great interest,” says TIA Executive Jolyn de Boer. “The event has become a gathering place for this industry, where we discuss our ITF Honors Parks, successes and our challenges, honor those who have had a great impact on this sport, Van Nostrand and focus on how we can move this industry forward.” • Brad Parks, the American founder of wheelchair tennis, received the ITF’s highest accolade, the Philippe Chatrier Award, at the 2016 ITF World Champions Dinner in Paris USPTA World Conference during the French Open.