Notes From 8th Listening Meeting in Los Angeles

February 13, 2013, 8:33 am

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USTA Folks in Attendance: Scott Schultz Bill Mountford Lew Brewer Ellen Ehlers Greg Hickey – SoCal President Michael Cooke – NorCal President I’m happy to report that I have heard from several folks who attended last night’s meeting in Los Angeles, and that there was once again overwhelming [...]

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Notes From 9th and Final Listening Meeting in Texas

February 16, 2013, 4:26 am

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USTA Folks in Attendance: Bill Mountford Dave Haggerty Lew Brewer, though he arrived a bit late and stayed mostly at the back of the room. The following information is a conglomeration of several emails that I received after the meeting. If you were there and have something to add, please do so [...]

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Ignition

January 14, 2014, 9:55 am

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In his writings, Daniel Coyle often refers to “ignition” – that spark that ignites the passion to pursue excellence. A couple of weeks ago, I was given the gift of seeing ignition in action. My oldest daughter, Emma, lives in LA. Over Winter Break, the rest of us went out to visit her and spend [...]

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No Regrets

February 20, 2014, 4:17 am

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Sometimes we make decisions then immediately regret them. Sometimes we make decisions then begin to doubt them. Sometimes, though, we make decisions and never look back. The decision leading my son and me to spend the last week in Los Angeles shifted through all three of those scenarios. As I [...]

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Spring Break

April 1, 2014, 8:11 am

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In my suburb of Atlanta, when Spring Break comes around most families head down to the Florida Panhandle – to places like Destin, Seaside, Rosemary Beach, Panama City – for a week of white sand beaches and loads of sunshine. My son took a different tack this year. He left early yesterday morning to [...]

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Spring Break, Part 2

April 4, 2014, 7:56 am

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As I mentioned in my last post, my son has been in Los Angeles this week, spending his spring break training with Craig Cignarelli and Lester Cook. I just figured I’d update y’all on how his days are going out there . . . Tuesday, his first full day on the West coast, started with a lesson and a [...]

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Mackie McDonald Making Tracks As A Bruin

May 26, 2014, 5:15 am

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Mackie McDonald is just about done with his freshman year of college. Not too long ago, though, there was much speculation about whether Mackie would play college tennis or choose to turn pro instead. As he shared with me in this short interview, he feels he made the right decision choosing to [...]

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Twelve Days in LA

July 29, 2014, 10:02 am

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We’re back at home after almost a month of straight travel – it’s been an amazing summer, one that is ending too soon since my son goes back to school on Monday. I know I haven’t written much about our time in Florida, and I promise to get to that, too, but I want to share with y’all our [...]

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USTA & College Tennis

June 16, 2015, 9:05 am

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Today, USTA announced the members of its 2015 Collegiate National Team (click here to read USTA’s full press release): Men’s Team Mackenzie McDonald, UCLA, rising Junior Noah Rubin, Wake Forest, turned pro at completion of Freshman year Ryan Shane, University of Virginia, rising Senior Women’s [...]

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