Tennis Teaching & Training Overview:

 

• USPTA Certified since 2004 - Member #28439
• ​18+ Years Overall Tennis Instruction & Coaching since 1995
• 25+ Years of Sports Fitness Related Training 
    (Tennis, Baseball, Football, Cycling, General Fitness)

 

Teaching & Training Timeline (Start to Present):

 

• Independent Individual & Group Lessons: S.E. Florida (1995-1997)
    (Technical Instruction & Tennis Specific Fitness Training)

• Bally's Health & Fitness: Knoxville, TN (1998-2005)
    (Individual/Group Instruction & Tennis Specific Fitness Training)

•  Independent Individual & Group Lessons: Knoxville, TN (1998-2005)
     (Technical Instruction & Tennis Specific Fitness Training)
• Pro-Bono Youth Coaching: Glendale, WI - BRTC (Fall 2005 & Winter 2006)
    (Badger Racquet Tennis Club. Part-Time - Coaching Inner City Youth)
• Group Tennis Instruction: City of Asheville, NC (Spring-Fall 2006)
    (Group Junior & Adult Tennis Instruction. Sponsored by the city)

• Individual & Group Lessons - Mars Hill, NC - New Image Fitness (2006-2009)
    (Resident Tennis Pro for New Image Fitness Club in Mars Hill, NC)
• Independent Individual & Group Lessons: Madison County, NC (2006-Present
    (Independent Indiv./Group Junior & Adult Lessons, Coaching & Fitness Training

 

Current Tennis Affiliations:

• USPTA - P2 Level
• ​USTA - Teaching Level
• YMCA (Woodfin - Asheville, NC) - Tennis Instruction

 

Education:

• University of Wisconsin: Oshkosh & Milwaukee Campuses (1976-1980)
    - English, Environmental Sciences & Fine Arts -
• University of Tennessee, Knoxville: (1998-2004)
    - Electives: Fine Arts -
• Arrowmont Fine Arts School, Gatlinburg, TN: (1998-2003)
    - Electives: Fine Arts -
• USPTA Tennis Teaching Certification* (Spring 2004)
    Currently USPTA P2 Level **

(** That is an overall level, as 95% of my USPTA performance rankings are all at the higher P1 Level)