Mental and Emotional Skill Development at Different Ages | Tennis in the competitive arena has been described as 90% brain and 10% brawn (Rod Laver). Thus, it is a challenging mental game for anyone, but especially for young people. Tennis coaches work with players between the ages of 5 and 18, during the time when every young player is developing a wide ever changing range of mental and emotional skills. The coaching environment can help or hinder that development. This practical course is intended to help coaches first understand the stages and processes of mental and emotional skill development in young people, and then identify relevant coaching strategies and opportunities for the different skills needed in competition and training.
Anne Pankhurst | 3pm - 6pm, Saturday, 02/13 |$50

Successful Doubles | Learn the most effective method to correctly instruct doubles teams of any skill level so that they will play to their potential and
avoid the three most common mistakes. Teach your players to get to the correct position on every shot. The workshop is based on movement priorities and visual clues.
Pete Collins | 6:30pm - 9:30pm, Saturday, 02/13 | $50

PTR Kids Tennis | A varied curriculum designed to teach ages 5-10. The course covers essential skills needed for working with children, including age relevant coaching methodology, appropriate use of courts, equipment and balls. A developmental approach to building essential skills to get kids playing the game quickly and develop fundamentals to maximize long term potential. More than 50 games, activities and progressions to get kids playing while emphasizing balance, coordination, agility and motor skills. Includes simple competition, programming and marketing. Included with this course is a manual and resource CD.
Butch Staples | 9am - 12noon, Sunday, 02/14 | $75 (includes manual)

Instructing Wheelchair Tennis | This course is to augment your professional certification with a certification to teach wheelchair tennis. Participants
will actually use wheelchairs in order to understand the special skills required to maneuver the wheelchair and to hit from a modified elevation.
Mobility, stroke production and general wheelchair basics are all covered in the curriculum. Attendees will understand the components of chair construction, as well as learn that the degree of disability will vary with each wheelchair athlete.
Dan James 8am - 12noon, Monday, 02/15 | $50

PTR Player Development | Join us in this first of a kind session on the future of coaching, powered by TennisLMS teaching platform. In this course,
you will learn how to provide advanced coaching training, how to use the TennisLMS platform to maximize your coaching impact, and how to increase your profits as a coach or a club. This is a hands on session in which you will learn how to use Video Analysis, Match Analysis, Fitness Analysis, Annual Planning, and how to assess players in all aspects of the game: Technical, Tactical, Physical, Mental and Strategy. Register early as there is limited space available. Each participant will receive 5 one year subscription licenses for TennisLMS/PTR Edition (value of $1,999).
Kelly Jones & Sasha Frljanic | 9am - 12noon, Monday, 02/15 | $50

Growth and Maturation of Young Players | This course comes from a very different place than many courses for tennis coaches. It goes straight to
increasing the understanding of coaches of the enormous impact that a particular physical stage of growth and sexual maturation has on the possibilities and abilities of a young player in both training and competition. Coaches should gain a real understanding of what is physically possible for players of different ages. The course, while in the classroom, is also very practical. It will identify and clarify exactly what happens as young people mature, and provide coaching strategies for each stage of development. It will concentrate especially on players between 10 and 18 years of age and give strategies for coaching both gender.
Anne Pankhurst | 9am - 12noon, Tuesday, 02/16 | $50

Directors of Tennis Course
The purpose of this course is to foster the skills that make you a better Director of Tennis. These skills include hiring, launching, coaching and motivating your pros to success. Topics will include Budgets, Evaluating Staff, Increasing Memberships and Conflicts and Problem Solving Course leader, Doug Cash has successfully launched the careers of over 1,000 Directors of Tennis. And he will share with you, the keys to enhance your career.
Doug Cash | 9am - 12noon, Tuesday, 02/16 | $50

Mastering the Mental Side | This interactive course provides PTR professionals an interactive evening filled with mental and emotional training tools pros can use immediately! Participants receive a Daily Mental Training Program; Drills for On Court Mental Training ; A take- home Player Mental Training Guide; and Player/Pro Energy Chart. Linda teaches a personal Visualization Program from her book, The Confidence Factor. Bryce shares his Emotional Management Training Program (EMT) for players.
Dr. Bryce Young & Linda LeClaire | 6:30 - 9:30pm, Tuesday, 02/16 | $50

Practices for Modern Tennis | This on court course is based on teaching players court recognition and what shots cause problems in which areas and why. It also incorporates a systematic approach to building tactics that are used frequently by pro players. See drills that incorporate specific movement required throughout the game, and the latest practices used to develop higher level match play. New drills include 3&1, Mastering Approach Volley, and 6 Spot Diagonal.
Clive Carrigan | 6:30 - 9:30pm, Tuesday, 02/16 | $50

Innovative Programming to Enhance Your Income | Taught by programming guru, Larry Karageanes, this course is the tennis professional’s guide to successful programs and events. Programming is essential to attract and maintain your client base and keep your customers coming back! Optimize your time and efforts and involve your community with these proven programming strategies that will help increase your income.
Larry Karageanes | 6:30 - 9:30pm, Tuesday, 02/16 | $50

Beginner/Intermediate Racquet Stringing | Hands-on course to learn all the basics of stringing and regripping racquets. Inspecting racquets before stringing and trouble shooting problems that may arise will also be addressed.
Eric Burke | 6:30 - 9:30pm, Tuesday, 02/16 | $50

Adult CPR with AED | provided by the American Red Cross. Hands-on skills training prepares participants to respond to breathing and cardiac emergencies. Includes manual, certificate and official card from the American Red Cross. Includes use of the Automated External Defibrillator.
8am -12noon, Wednesday, 02/17 | $50

Best Drills from Around the World | See the Best Drills from Around the World demonstrated and explained in detail. Learn how to design drills and effective rotations that can turn ordinary drills into fun and exciting drills that members love. The course will mainly cover drills that can be used by club players (not only high performance). Each attendee will receive a booklet containing a diagram of all the drills covered in the course.
Jorge Capestany | 9am - 12noon, Wednesday, 02/17 $50

Teaching New Advanced Techniques | Tennis is changing and clearly the pro players are using new techniques. In this course, you'll analyze those new strokes, new footwork and balance, to understand how they work and how to optimize them for your players’ game. As we've experienced the advantages of teaching using progressions, the course will discuss the progressions for teaching the new techniques. Technical and tactical concepts will be discussed as well as how to handle the evolution of a young player. From Leo's work with ATP/WTA players, he will share his knowledge of the new techniques to make you a better teaching professional.
Leo Alonso | 9am - 12noon, Thursday, 02/18 | $50

Etcheberry Strength & Conditioning Certification for Tennis | With Pat Etcheberry’s certification program for fitness, strength and conditioning philosophy and techniques, you can teach gifted athletes to become champions. You will be given the tools to promote your new Etcheberry Certified status and possess the training secrets that have been instrumental in making so many Grand Slam champions. This is a two day, hands-on clinic that includes classroom presentations and oncourt workout sessions. You will be given an Etcheberry Certification Manual prior to your arrival to help you prepare for the clinic. Register in advance at www.etcheberryexperience.com or call PTR at 8437857244 or 8004216289.
Pat Etcheberry | Thursday 2-6pm and all day Friday, 02/18 & 02/19 Regularly $595, PTR member price is only | $495