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Tóm tắt nội dung (trích từ tài liệu gốc): January 2020 USPTA Professionals Marci Cooper ( left) and Dawn Diaz (right) coach youth tennis near Phoenix, Ariz. From the CEO USPTA Exciting News to Share John R. Embree, USPTA CEO If you have been following my these new higher standards mean by other online courses that will be messaging over the last year, you something in the marketplace. communicated once we are ready to go are well aware of the changes that the to market. More details on this category USPTA will be undergoing as a part Without question, this is a paradigm and the impact on Recreational Coach of our new accredited status
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January 2020
USPTA Professionals Marci Cooper
( left) and Dawn Diaz (right) coach
youth tennis near Phoenix, Ariz.
From the CEO USPTA
Exciting News to Share
John R. Embree, USPTA CEO
If you have been following my these new higher standards mean by other online courses that will be
messaging over the last year, you something in the marketplace. communicated once we are ready to go
are well aware of the changes that the to market. More details on this category
USPTA will be undergoing as a part Without question, this is a paradigm and the impact on Recreational Coach
of our new accredited status from the shift for our Association. It is going to be members will be coming soon.
USTA. In case you may have missed a heavy lift to make sure that our entire
it, here is what you need to know. membership and any new professionals In collaboration with the USTA,
Commencing on Jan. 1, 2021: entering our industry understand the Teaching Essentials 1 workshops
what will be taking place 12 months are scheduled to start late in January
To become a USPTA-certified tennis from now. As difficult as this will be, so that interested professionals can
professional, new applicants will be this initiative underscores our stated attend.
required to accumulate 1,200 hours of mission of "elevating the standards
hands-on learning/work experience of tennis-teaching professionals and These Teaching Essentials 1 sessions
(generally eight months to 12 months) coaches" and will help tennis attract will be administered under the capable
at a club or facility under the watchful and retain more players. tutelage of Steve Keller and Craig
eye of an approved USPTA mentor. Jones of the USTA, in addition to other
In addition, 300 hours of online and/ As a part of the new certification USPTA coach developers. The feedback
or face-to-face education will be pathway, I am pleased to announce from the initial pilots held in 2019 has
part of the new standards of the new an upgrade to the Recreational Coach been phenomenal.
certification pathway. membership category that will make
it more attractive to those first-time If there are any USPTA members who
The credibility of our members professionals, high school/college wish to host one of the TE 1 workshops,
and the safety of their students are players or part-time coaches who please reach out to me with your club
paramount for the USPTA. For that want to be a part of the new USPTA. information and potential dates so we
reason, we are excited that every Launching in 2020, the Recreational can bake it into our planning. I cannot
USPTA member in good standing will Coach category will become USPTA guarantee that your facility will be able
be Safe Play trained and complete a Instructor, which will be a new to hold one of these workshops but we
background screening every two years. certified category that includes liability will do our best to make it work.
This cost will be absorbed by the USTA. insurance for the same dues of $199.
The tennis public can rest assured that Finally, and because of the popular
USPTA professionals will be well- This USPTA Instructor level will demand, we have extended the PTR
vetted and of the highest standards in require applicants to have face-to- equivalency for PTR members who
order to ease the decision about who face training in the newly developed wish to join the only fully accredited
will coach their children. Teaching Essentials 1, a two-day tennis teaching organization through
workshop that focuses primarily on August of 2021.
The continuing education the all-important job of teaching entry
requirement will increase 25% from level programs for beginning youth Over the course of the next 12
12 hours to 15 hours for all USPTA and adults. In addition, it will require months, we will be highlighting the
members who are required to approximately 16 hours of online changes that are coming with the hope
participate. learning that will include Coach Youth that no one will be caught unaware
Tennis, plus Safe Play, CPR and AED when 2021 rolls around. The USPTA is
The USTA will be promoting these training and a background screening. the clear-cut leader in education and
new higher standards to those who The remaining hours will be filled we will be positively impacting how
employ tennis professionals, so that tennis is delivered in the USA. Let's get
after it! *
January 2020 -- ADDvantage Magazine - 51
TENNIS MAGAZINE 2019 EDITOR'S CHOICE AWARD FOR
BEST NEW INNOVBAETSIOTNNEW INNOVATION TENNISMAGAZINE2019EDITOR'SCHOICEAWARDFOR
President's Message USPTA
and task force and I look forward to
seeing what they produce. Thank
you to all who applied to serve as a
volunteer; you made the decisions
very difficult.
Our new Board of Directors will
20/20 meet for the first time at the World
Headquarters at the beginning of
January. I'm really looking forward
Clear Eyes on a Bright Future to working with each of them as we
tackle 2020 and prepare for a huge
Feisal Hassan, USPTA President year in 2021.
This year, we enter our second
It is with great excitement that I calendars! We'll be at the Hilton New year of full accreditation. Earning
write my first column as USPTA Orleans Riverside for the 2020 World this distinction was a huge
President. What an opportunity � for Conference from Sept. 20-24. This accomplishment of Gary, John and
me, for you, for us. Welcome to 2020! event is unbelievable every year. We the rest of the Board, but now it's up
First, I'd like to thank my were in the Crescent City in 2015 and to us to carry the torch forward and
predecessor, Mr. Gary Trost, not just it was fantastic � the best conference implement the requirements that
for all he's done for the Association
these past few years, but for all the
guidance he's offered me as I begin
this next chapter in my service to
the USPTA. And thank you to the
previous Board of Directors, who
helped shape my perspective on
USPTA affairs.
I am pleased to tell you our
Association is doing great. We are
on strong financial footing. We've Gustavo Reyes / USPTA
increased both the quality and
quantity of our testing, which has
helped increase our membership by
1,000 tennis professionals in the last
calendar year. We've also increased Hassan was a featured speaker at the 2019 USPTA World Conference in Las Vegas.
membership reinstatements, which
brings me to my next point. to that point, in fact. The 2019 World come with full accreditation.
As we work to execute our mission Conference in Las Vegas eclipsed New It's been almost 30 years since I
to elevate the standards of tennis- Orleans from four years ago, though, so I first joined the USPTA; I cannot tell
teaching professionals, we also can't wait to see what the National Staff you how humbled I am to become its
want to elevate the standards of the has in store for us in eight short months! President. I am prepared to take on
education they're receiving, both Now, it's time to get down to this responsibility, but I cannot carry
through the education itself and the business. I'm happy to report that this weight alone. As a member of the
way it's presented. For the past year, our national committees and task USPTA, you also have a duty to live
the USPTA Education Department forces are being selected as we speak. out our shared mission to elevate the
has been working very closely with They're operating in a completely new standards of our profession. We must
the USTA-U team to make getting structure that I feel will streamline continue to do this every day.
your six a more rewarding experience, their effectiveness and cultivate new This is such an exciting time in the
so look out for those new modules in ideas while retaining valued previous history of our Association. And so it is
the very near future. contributions. I've already selected with clear eyes on the future that we
Speaking of the future, mark your the chairperson for each committee take on 2020 and beyond.*
January 2020 -- ADDvantage Magazine - 53
USPTA
FROM STAY-AT-HOME MOMS TO
TENNIS COACHES
Lucas Cas�s, USPTA Communications
When Dawn Diaz and Marci and encouraging, they said, and he Though they were relatively new
Cooper started playing tennis, recommended that they get USPTA- to tennis � they'd been playing for a
they never imagined they would get certified. Motivated, they gathered old few years, while other coaches in their
into coaching. USPTA testing manuals from coaches class were former professional players
they knew and started studying. � they were lifelong athletes and fully
"It's kind of a funny story. We only committed themselves to learning.
played for about five years and just When they started the certification
got really into it, started playing every process, they thought it was "a means They were tireless in their
day," Diaz said in Las Vegas at the to an end," Cooper said. "I thought we preparation. Their practice sessions
2019 USPTA World Conference. The would get the certificate, just to say became practice testing sessions.
two were stay-at-home moms in the we had it, plus have insurance, then They interviewed testers to know
Phoenix area looking for "a part-time we would do whatever continuing what they should expect.
gig" when they noticed a need for youth education credits we needed to keep it
tennis coaches. current and that was the end of it. "They were both incredibly well-
prepared for their test," USPTA
"We're like, maybe we should "But through the process, we came National Head Tester Sid Newcomb
consider coaching," Cooper continued. to realize that the group was so much said.
"We're not elite tennis players, but we more than just a certificate. The
can coach little kids!" education itself was valuable to help After they passed their certification
us along the path. There were mentor test in May, they started coaching
They started shadowing a coach programs and training and emails made through the USTA's Net Generation
near where they live in Phoenix to see available that helped us along the way." program. Though they often coach
what it was like. He was welcoming together, each started their own
Courtesy of Marci Cooper
Diaz (back, blue), Cooper (back, pink) and Newcomb ( front, right) at their certification experience at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix.
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"The USPTA is more than just a certificate.
It's an organization that helps develop
better coaches through a community, through
education, through support and networking.
It has been a really great experience.
-- Marci Cooper
program � Diaz's is called Top Spin Courtesy of Dawn Diaz
Tennis; Cooper's is Exceptional Tennis
Academy � and offer lessons in the Cooper (right) and Diaz (middle) coach youth tennis through USTA Net Generation.
morning and evening to avoid the
midday Arizona heat. networking. It has been a really great tennis coaches. It took off with their
experience. decision to join the USPTA.
"It was great. We started going
forward with setting up programs for "We were thinking that when we got "Every time we put out a program,
kids, so red ball, orange ball, green here it would be mostly higher level there's a wait list," Diaz said. "There's
dot," Diaz said. "We work with our stuff," she said. "But everything had just constantly people asking questions,
community center, we work with a something for us in it that really works wanting to get their kids involved. It's a
school and we just set up programs, that we can take home and use with our lot of brand new families who have never
camps, different things to get kids kids." played tennis before. It's really nice that
interested to grow the sport." we feel we're contributing in that way
Diaz and Cooper's journey into where we can introduce children to a
"Once we started doing that we coaching was an unexpected one. It sport. Hopefully they stick with it." *
started getting all these leads," Cooper started by noticing a demand for youth
continued. "We promoted on Facebook,
we just posted some pictures and then
people we knew started contacting us
being like, `Hey, you have a program,
what can you do for my kids?' We're
doing some high school and we've done a
few adult lessons, but the majority is the
Net Generation. I love it."
While they were getting certified,
Newcomb told them they "couldn't
afford not to go" to the World
Conference in Las Vegas. At the time,
they didn't fully understand why. But
since it was close enough to Phoenix,
they decided they'd go together.
"I see the real truth of that statement
now," Cooper said. "The USPTA is
more than just a certificate. It's an
organization that helps develop better
coaches through a community, through
education, through support and
January 2020 -- ADDvantage Magazine - 55
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EXPLORING THE SERVE-AND-VOLLEY
PARADIGM SHIFT
James Shaughnessy MSS, CSCS, USPTA Master Professional
In the 1960s, four of the world's five respectively, as the top three in career of a high average speed is that the
top-ranked players � Rod Laver, Roy serve rating among No. 1-ranked opponent often hits the ball off
Emerson, John Newcombe and Arthur players. For their careers, Sampras and center, inadvertently returning it to
Ashe � used the serve-and-volley style Federer held serve 89% of the time. the server's feet. Additionally, if elite
(SVS) of play. A pure SVS player is one Roddick held 90%. Sampras averaged returners connect with the ball solidly,
that almost always rushes the net on three double faults per match. Roddick they can use the service pace to return
both the first and second serve and and Federer average two. the ball quickly, sending it to no man's
rarely stays back for the return after land on the serving side, before the
their serve. The objective is to use SCiO 3D Sports at Tucker Tennis server can get through it.
the serve to force the highest, easiest Academy conducted a study to
return, which the server can then determine what could be learned from a The advantage of the high average
volley to win the point. Sounds easy, quantitative investigation of serve-and- serve speed is that it results in more
doesn't it? volley as a style and/or tactic, as used by service winners and a high number
these No. 1-ranked servers. The study's of weak returns. The combination of
Of the nine players to reach the No. objective was to determine if and speed, disguise, variety and accuracy
1 ranking from 2000 to 2010, only how serve-and-volley might be more causes more returns above net level
Pete Sampras was a pure SVS player, effectively deployed in today's game. that can be hit hard downward or
and the style effectively died after his driven to force a passing shot error. The
retirement. Although SVS is rarely Both the Ariel Performance Analysis name of the game for a high SVT win
used by top-100 players today, serve- System and the SCiO 3D Sports Library rate is getting returns that are close to
and-volley as a tactical strategy (SVT) were used to analyze the biomechanical the net and above net level.
continues to be used by the top servers differences during live match serve-
of all time, such as Andy Roddick and and-volley points of the SVS player, The data revealed that a server has
Roger Federer. Sampras, and the SVT players, Federer 1.5 seconds after contact with the ball
and Roddick. to reach reasonable volley position if
The ATP World Tour website the serve is 115 mph and the return is
lists Roddick, Sampras and Federer, Serving statistics show that the 50 mph. The calculated times take into
minimum average first serve speed consideration the average air density
and spins over 2000 rpm.
required to win
a Grand Slam Sampras executes his serve from
against a No. a platform stance, with his feet 26
1-ranked player inches apart. His left foot lands 34
is 115 mph. inches inside the baseline .167 seconds
Additionally, after making contact on his serve.
the serve must Consequently, to make it to the service
be reasonably line, Sampras must run 15 feet, 2 inches
disguised, very in 1.33 seconds. Federer's feet are
well-placed and positioned 25 inches apart in a platform
with varied pace. stance. Federer's left foot lands 7.51
The potential inches inside the baseline at .229
disadvantage
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Sampras (white) and Federer ( blue) in the and twice as much forward 4. Meet the ball at the peak of your
platform stance. Roddick (green) uses a running speed on landing. jump with plenty of horizontal
pinpoint stance. Roddick and Federer opt to leg drive toward the net using the
push downward forcefully, horizontal technique.
seconds after his serve, requiring he causing their centers of
cover 17.38 feet in 1.18 seconds. gravity to continue rising after 5. When using SVT, hit the ground
impact (vertical technique). sprinting and avoid the arabesque
Roddick uses a pinpoint stance; his Consequently, Federer and position when landing.
left foot lands 4.94 inches inside the Roddick, both considered all-
baseline .233 seconds after contacting court style players, are airborne 6. The use of SVT in the modern game
the serve, requiring he run 17.59 feet in longer, arguably giving them must be unpredictable and used
1.1 seconds. some technical advantages. in combination with varied serve
These advantages tend to result placements, spins and speeds.
Servers land with forward speed in slightly more consistent
from the service motion. When hitting serves, but drastically 7. Be aware when using SVT on
the ground, Sampras is moving 4.3 decrease the time to position for volleys. serves over 115 mph that you only
mph, Federer is moving 2.15 mph and have 1.5 seconds or less to reach
Roddick is moving 1.94 mph. Here are suggestions on how to use good volley position.
the SVT more effectively in today's
Previous benchmark research on game (right-handed players): Here are suggestions for coaches on
pinpoint and platform stances suggests advising their players when to use SVT:
the platform stance tends to give 1. When serving to the deuce box,
players more horizontal push to the vary heavy, wide, short slices with a 1. SVT is best used when the opponent
net. Roddick uses pinpoint stance with heavy kick to the T. stands well behind the baseline to
feet 15.5 inches, toe to toe. Sampras return serve. The receiver's position
and Federer use platform stance, their 2. When serving to the ad box, vary gives extra time to the server to
feet 26 and 25 inches apart, toe to toe, heavy slices to the T, with heavy travel to good volleying position.
respectively. 3D analysis shows Federer kicks, short to the wide side of
pushes predominantly vertically out the box. 2. SVT is best employed after
of a platform stance. Roddick pushes serving at least two consecutive
downward, vertically, out of pinpoint 3. If the receiver is on the baseline, fast first serves.
stance. Only Sampras pushes laterally jam the player by aiming a fast
from his platform stance, producing a flat or fast-mild slice at the hip on 3. Avoid using SVT when hitting
large horizontal force toward the net. the forehand side. Note: pinpoint second serves or on game points.
accuracy is required on this serve.
Sampras uses the horizontal 4. Utilize SVT when the opponent
technique, making contact with Sampras (white) lands while moving forward is floating deep returns down the
the ball when his center of gravity at 4.3 mpg. Federer ( blue) lands at 2.15 mph. middle.
is at its highest. This minimizes his Roddick (green) lands at 1.94 mph.
time in the air, giving him a head start Using the horizontal
technique when
employing the SVT may
cause an extra double fault but
will also produce a higher winning
percentage than the vertical
technique by getting higher and easier
volleys, resulting in more winners and
forcing volleys. This data suggests the
horizontal technique is superior to
the vertical technique when using
the SVT.*
January 2020 -- ADDvantage Magazine - 59
USPTA
DOES SPORTSMANSHIP AFFECT
PERFORMANCE?
Dr. Gregory Prudhomme, USPTA Elite Professional
Recognition, personal advancement, Shutterstock
and the sheer thrill of victory
are incentives for winning in sport. valuable implications for competitive the possibility of a connection between
These incentives for winning, sports. Most importantly, if a positive sportsmanship and performance.
combined with outside pressures relationship were discovered between Consider Roger Federer and Nick
from parents, coaches, administrators sportsmanship and performance, Kyrgios. It is clear to see that the
and teammates can cause an athlete then athletes, coaches and parents sportsmanship-performance
to adopt a win-at-all-costs mentality. would promote good behavior not combination of Federer is very different
This overemphasis on winning often only as the ethical thing to do, which from that of Kyrgios. In fact, Federer
leads to unethical behaviors such as is a worthy reason itself, but also as a and Rafael Nadal are perhaps the two
committing intentional fouls, acting means to improve performance. What is best male players in the history of
aggressively towards opponents or particularly interesting about this study, tennis and it would be difficult to argue
officials, using performance enhancing and could cause skeptics to question that that they do not possess high levels of
drugs and employing gamesmanship such a relationship is an impossibility, sportsmanship. Regarding the women's
(which is an attempt to gain a physical is that previous research has shown tour, Bianca Andreescu, Naomi Osaka
or psychological advantage through that lower levels of sportsmanship are and Ash Barty have shown high levels
behavior that might not be considered more common among elite athletes than of sportsmanship; at the moment, they
obvious cheating). non-elite athletes. Furthermore, there is comprise three of the top five female
a common belief among many people in players in the world.
The occurrence of unethical sports that athletes must be intimidating
conduct by athletes has impelled the or arrogant in order to compete and win There is more to the sportsmanship-
sport psychology field to examine the at higher levels. performance connection besides
behavior of athletes, which is known as these examples. The instrument that
sportsmanship. Much of the relevant So why conduct this study? The was used to measure sportsmanship
literature has examined causes of poor sports world often seems to overlook levels of participants for this study
sportsmanship and interventions in
order to improve athlete behavior, but
there is an important research question
that had not been investigated until
recently. In order to fill a gap in the
sportsmanship literature, a recent
dissertation attempted to answer the
following question through empirical
research: Is there a performance
benefit for possessing high levels of
sportsmanship?
The possibility of a performance
benefit for possessing high levels of
sportsmanship would provide extremely
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Leonard Zhukovsky / Shutterstock.com
Naomi Osaka during the 2018 US Open semifinal. Osaka was lauded for her sportsmanship after defeating Serena Williams to
win her first Grand Slam.
was the Compliant and Principled individual singles tennis matches Sports are celebrated as an
Sportspersonship Scale (CAPSS), from one college season. A Pearson's environment in which an athlete's
designed by Dr. John Perry (2014) correlation was used to analyze the data, character can be developed, but the
and his colleagues, who are Sport which revealed no relationship between influence of an overemphasis on
Psychology researchers. The CAPSS is a sportsmanship and winning percentage winning in competitive sports often
24-question survey that includes items among males and females separately, contradicts character development.
in five different subscales: compliance and a very weak negative relationship Character development in sports must
with officials, compliance with rules, among gender combined. While the be a deliberate goal promoted by sport
attitude towards committing injurious study cannot suggest that higher levels leaders. This dissertation has generated
acts, attitude towards opponents, and a of sportsmanship were related to higher recommendations for future research
principled game perspective, such as an winning percentages for these college in the area of sportsmanship and
individual's attitude towards winning tennis players, it suggests that high levels performance, but for now, the results
at all costs. In analyzing sportsmanship of sportsmanship and high winning of this seminal research suggest that
through this instrument, it seems that an percentages are not mutually exclusive; coaches, parents and others involved in
athlete would require a certain amount they can exist together. In other words, competitive sports should communicate
of mental strength, emotional control, the results of the study suggest that to their athletes that competing with
discipline and professionalism to score athletes do not have to sacrifice good high levels of sportsmanship does not
highly in these areas, especially while sportsmanship to win, which is an idea jeopardize chances of winning.
competing under pressure. It also seems that many in the sports world do not
that these same attributes could be of know or believe. To read the full dissertation, visit:
strong value towards performance. https://bit.ly/2rl1dcp.*
In order to analyze the sportsmanship- Gregory Prudhomme is a USPTA Master Professional and has a doctoral degree
performance correlation, this recent in Psychology with an emphasis in Performance Psychology from Grand Canyon
dissertation examined sportsmanship University, where he also serves as an adjunct professor and coaches men's and
scores and winning percentages of 163 women's tennis. Prudhomme was named Steve Wilkinson College Coach of the
NCAA Division I tennis players in the Year in 2018. He has been a USPTA member for 25 years.
western United States. The winning
percentages were provided for the
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ThanksUSA CHANGING LIVES
THROUGH TENNIS CORPS
Amanda Folks, ThanksUSA Development Manager
When Damian Wright enlisted in "We want our young players to be and work hard and that's what it takes
the Marine Corps in 2009, he inspired by these real heroes who to be a champion. You have time for
knew he was treading the right path for demonstrate all the qualities that are anything if it means something to you,"
his future. important in life," said Vesa Ponkka, he shared.
Senior Director of Tennis, adding that
"That was my identity," Wright said. Tennis Corps is the most inspirational And Tiafoe makes time for the
"All my hard work, the sweat, the pain program at JTCC. "I strongly believe veterans and junior players of
and the joy came from the Marines." that creating these kinds of informal Tennis Corps. He spends much of his
mentoring relationships will transform home training sessions on the court
But for Wright, treading that path the lives of everyone involved." volleying, rallying and sharing a good
would prove to be more challenging laugh. Like the staff of ThanksUSA and
than expected. JTCC, Tiafoe sees the impact of Tennis
Corps and is working to expand the
Courtesy of Jean Pletchette, ThanksUSA program nationwide.
Coaches, veterans and junior players enjoy weekly Tennis Corps clinic at JTCC, "We want to share the joy of this
College Park, Md. program with veterans and youth
everywhere," Rosa said. "And to
Flash forward 10 years and you By inviting veterans and junior continue to bring people together
won't find Wright in a Marine field players to share their love for the through tennis."
uniform, but on the tennis court. game, Tennis Corps helps to overcome
Wright is now one of the head coaches physical, emotional and social barriers. For Wright, there's no place he'd
for Tennis Corps, a sports therapy rather be.
inclusion program that brings veterans "It's so much more than a
and junior champion tennis players rehabilitation program for our veterans "I didn't actually want to start playing
together on and off the court. As a and a teaching program for the junior tennis again," Wright said. "When I
leg amputee from his Marine Corps champs," ThanksUSA President and stopped in 2009, I was at a good place in
service, Wright knows firsthand the CEO Jon Rosa said. "It's an opportunity my career. I stopped because I forgot the
importance of physical determination, for two unlikely groups to build importance of why I played tennis in the
mental strength and resilience. friendships, share experiences and first place, which was to have fun. So, in
overcome barriers." December of 2018 my wife dragged me
Founded in 2018 by ThanksUSA, a onto the courts and I haven't left since."
non-profit organization that provides ThanksUSA national spokesperson
higher education scholarships for and Tennis Corps ambassador Frances Like Wright, we all tread paths
military families, Tennis Corps meets Tiafoe finds inspiration through the that are unexpected and challenging.
every week at the Junior Tennis program. Through Tennis Corps, veterans and
Champions Center in College Park, Md. youth tennis players are trailblazing
"Working with the veterans is great. a new path of physical and mental
They know what it means to sacrifice rehabilitation. And tennis is better
because of it.
ThanksUSA is currently seeking
partnerships within the tennis industry
to join us in sharing this inspirational
program. If you're interested in
learning more about the Tennis
Corps, or in bringing the program
to your community, please contact
Jean Pletchette at jeanpletchette@
thanksusa.org. *
January 2020 -- ADDvantage Magazine - 63
USPTA
PRESIDENT'S PAUL WALDMAN AWARD
WINNER: GEORGE PARNELL
George Parnell has seen a lot of presented Parnell with the President's Gustavo Reyes / USPTA
growth from the USTPA in his six Paul Waldman Award at the World
years as General Counsel. Conference in Las Vegas. "I was on the "Ladies and gentlemen, it's fitting
committee that hired him. It was one that the President's Paul Waldman
He's been with the Association of the best decisions I made." Award," Trost said, "goes to my friend,
through some challenges, but he's George Parnell."*
helped lead us to the great heights Parnell also oversees contract
we've achieved. With Parnell's advice negotiations including sponsorship
and expertise, the USPTA has built and endorsement agreements,
and moved into a brand new, state-of- employee relations, ethical matters
the-art World Headquarters in Lake and assists the Association develop
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USPTA
HOW THE NEW DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
RULE COULD AFFECT YOU
Dana Dasch, USPTA Human Resources
ShutterstockFor years we've anticipated the make sure all employees who are exempt 3. If your employee consistently
Department of Labor releasing its and who are to remain exempt also meet works more than 40 hours per
new rule on salary level and overtime the duties test and not just the salary week but is being paid well below
requirements. In September 2019, the requirements. Job title and salary alone the threshold, you could switch
DOL finally announced the rule stating don't determine exempt status. You them to being paid hourly and
that effective Jan. 1, 2020, unless can learn more about the duties test by restrict their hours to 40 per
employees are paid at least $35,568 visiting www.DOL.gov. week. Try to redistribute their
annually or $684 per week, they must workload to others or you could
be classified as non-exempt/hourly and How does this affect our members? consider hiring temporary or
be eligible to receive overtime pay. Our members hold many types of seasonal workers during busier
positions in the tennis industry. This new times.
Some other highlights of the rule
include: rule could affect your Other things to consider would be
� Employers may use non-discretionary clubs, your employees the increase in organizational costs
or yourself. Members for benefits. Some organizations
bonuses and incentive payments such need to work with their have different levels of benefits for
as commissions paid at least annually HR department to make exempt and non-exempt employees.
to satisfy up to 10% of the salary level. sure you are complying If employee salaries go up, so would
� Total annual compensation with this new rule. If your costs for short- and long-term
exemption threshold for highly you currently have disability insurance and any employer
compensated employees is raised employees classified as retirement plan contributions. If you
from $100,000 to $107,432. exempt from overtime switch employees from exempt to
The DOL did not revise the duties who make less than this non-exempt and they lose previous
test to determine exempt/salaried new salary threshold, benefits that they had, you are facing
status. Still, this is a good time for our you have a couple of morale issues. Be sure to consider any
members and their Human Resources options: potential benefits that would be taken
professionals to review positions, job away from employees before making
descriptions and actual job duties to 1. You can raise their salary to meet or any decisions. Sometimes it makes
exceed the new threshold of $35,568 sense for an organization to spend a
annually. If these employees are little bit more than to risk losing some
already paid close to this threshold of their best employees.
and consistently work more than 40
hours per week, it will probably be While this is a new federal rule,
advantageous to your organization certain states and cities have laws
to bump up their salary. that are stricter than the new
federal requirements. Currently the
2. If your employee doesn't states that have even higher salary
consistently work overtime and is thresholds are California, New York,
being paid well below the threshold, Alaska and Maine. If you work in any
you would probably want to consider of these states, you'll want to make
switching them to being paid hourly. sure you are complying with those
If they do work more than 40 hours state specific requirements. Certain
a few weeks a year, it shouldn't be as cities in those states have even higher
big of a hit to your bottom line than thresholds than their state amount.
bumping up their salary to meet the Check your local laws for any potential
new threshold. requirements.*
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In Memoriam
Ted Withall (1918-2019)
Mr. Ted Withall passed away on Aug. 8 at the age of 100. Withall was a lifelong coach and ambassador
of tennis. He started coaching in California in 1951 and taught for nearly 70 years in New York, the U.S.
Virgin Islands, New Jersey and throughout Florida. Withall joined the USPTA in 1950, was the first
president of USPTA Florida and became USPTA President in 1972. He was among the first to earn the
Master Professional distinction and was the first inductee into the USPTA Florida Hall of Fame.
Barbara Fackel (1938-2019)
Mrs. Barbara Fackel passed away on Aug. 22 at the age of 81. Fackel was a passionate supporter
of tennis. She served as the chair of both Player Development and the Nominating Committee of
the USTA and was very involved with the Missouri Valley Tennis Association and the Iowa Tennis
Association. Fackel received the Eve Kraft Community Service Award in 1997 and was inducted into
the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2006.
JoAnn Padgett (1932-2019)
Mrs. JoAnn Padgett passed away on Oct. 18 at the age of 87. Padgett was a fixture in the Texas tennis
community for many decades. She started volunteering with the Houston Tennis Association in the 1970s.
She was the first Executive Director of the USPTA Texas Division and held the position for 20 years and
was inducted into the Texas Tennis Hall of Fame in 1997. She was a leader in tennis at the local, sectional
and national levels, bringing different programs and initiatives everywhere she went to grow the game.
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