Tennis Pod Pro Videos

Download file (right-click and "save as...") Bob Harrington, USPTA shows a tip on the toss.

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Download file (right-click and "save as...") Kindergarten students and 1st graders playing tennis kendama.

Download file (right-click and "save as...") Making the switch from a two-handed backhand to one.

Download file (right-click and "save as...") Each year more than $1 billion is awarded to over 126,000 student-athletes across the country. Chances of a high school athlete competing in College Tennis * Men Women Number of High School Tennis Players 195,966 218,093 Number of College Tennis Players 10,122 10,737 % of high school players competing in college 5.2% 4.9% ** NCAA I women's tennis is a headcount sport, so there is a limit of 8 players that can be under scholarship annually. All other NCAA tennis programs are equivalency sports for scholarship purposes, so partial scholarships can be awarded to meet the NCAA limit per school. For example, an NCAA Division I school can award 9 male tennis players each a 1/2 equivalent scholarship and still meet the limit of 4.5 per school. All NAIA sports are equivalency sports for scholarship limits whereas all NJCAA sports are head-count sports for scholarship limits. NJCAA II tennis is not an official sport sponsored by the NJCAA, so NJCAA I full scholarship awards are limited to 3 per team in order to allow traditional NJCAA II programs the opportunity to more effectively compete. *** NCAA & NJCAA Division III schools do not award athletic scholarships, but provide other financial assistance that student athletes may qualify for. These numbers are maximums - schools can elect to fully fund athletic scholarships to the limit, award none, or fund somewhere in between. Additionally, these are annual limits for the entire school team; so for a 4 year school only about 25% of the limit per school will typically be available for incoming students. See our page on scholarship limits for more information. There are 115 colleges with NCAA Division I football programs, give or take half a dozen in any given year. These colleges can offer up to 85 scholarships per year, but every team has some non-scholarship players, so let's estimate that there are an average of 110 players on a Division I team. A quick check of the rosters shows that each team has between 10 and 20 seniors. So let's say that each team has an average of 15 seniors. That makes for a total of 12,650 players, with 1,725 seniors. But that doesn't count Division II, which has roughly the same number of teams, so double those numbers to 25,300 players and 3,450 seniors. So the first lesson that our foray into math offers is that not every college football player makes it to his senior year, and being offered a scholarship out of high school is no guarantee of eventually entering the NFL draft. So, including the 50 or so underclassmen who leave college and declare themselves eligible for the NFL draft, that's a pool of 3,500 players who could be drafted. Now consider the number of players that were drafted by NFL teams in 2011: 254. In other words, only approximately 7% of eligible players get drafted. Those players then have to compete with everyone else on the roster, plus any undrafted college free agents (that is, players who weren't drafted but are still offered the chance to try to make the roster), plus any other veterans or players from other leagues the team might want to check out, just to make it onto the Week 1 roster. To make a long story short (too late), the odds of going from high school football to college football to the NFL are not good. There are more than 1,000 Division I and Division II universities that offer almost 3,400 tennis scholarships across the country. What's even more amazing is that some of these scholarships go unused every year. I will occasionally get a phone call from a random college coach asking me if I know of a good kid looking to play college tennis because they have a vacant scholarship available.

Download file (right-click and "save as...") Wilson unveils the 2014 Junior Rackets line at the 2013 USPTA World Conference in Orlando, Florida. A 22" frame has been added and a reduction in head sizes for 19", 21" and 23" length frames.

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Download file (right-click and "save as...") The newly renovated tennis complex was completed in May, 2013. A Big Mahalo to all our donors.

Download file (right-click and "save as...") The Robotic Assisted Tennis Sleeve is a feasible, safe, and efficient non-surgical treatment for those who have difficulty learning advanced techniques of the swing-paths, joint-angles, backswings, and finishes of professional players. Robotic Assisted Tennis Sleeve Specifications: Systems Integrators - System integrators are used to establish the requirements of a motion in the swing-paths of the classic, straight, or bent-arm forehands. Robotic Rotary Joint - Consisting of a stationary part connected to the arm of the robot and a rotating part connected to the wrist and sleeve allowing for electrical and pneumatic cables to stay in place while cables required for the sleeve are free to rotate. Internal Sensor - An apparatus within the manipulator arm that sends information on motion to a control unit. Presence-Sensing Safeguarding Device - A mechanism used to sense and detect when an object enters a given area that could potential hurt the player. Rotational Motion - Describes circular movement with respect to the axis. Systems Compensator - A remote device that involves multiple shear pads to help with spin, swing-path and speed operations. Refers to position-level and velocity-level. Acceleration-Level - The measure of variation of joint speeds over time. Double and single differentiation of this level gives the overall change in position and change in position overtime, respectively. Resolved-rate - Determining the joint's overall changed in velocity over time based on restrictions of the end-effector's motion. Velocity-level - The measure of variation of joint position over time. Yields the overall change in position. Single differentiation yields the change in joint speed over time. Manual Programming - The user physically sets specific tasks and limits on the robot. Biomimetic - Imitation of biological systems occurring in nature Inverse Kinematics - Determination of a joint's overall change in position based on restrictions on the end-effector's motion of a robot. Awareness Signal - A sound or light that alerts one if joint angles are too extreme. Interface - The separation between robots and the equipment not nearby. The sensors that are required for communication between the devices use signals relaying input and output data. Energy Source - Energy is provided by conversion of various types of sources such spin, backswing and follow-through. Equality constraint - The end-effector's change of position, movement and location must be equal to counter-movement of the opposite arm action. Fixed Automation - Automated, electronically controlled system for classic, straight, bent or circular motions. These systems are mainly used for students who have little flexibility. Flexibility - The diverse jobs that a robot is capable of executing. Fully Constrained Sleeve - The number of equality constraints on the robot are equal to the number of independent joints.

Download file (right-click and "save as...") DR. MARK KOVACS, PhD., CSCS Senior Manager of Strength & Conditioning/Sports Science USTA Training Center in Boca Raton, FL Dr. Kovacs was an accomplished player and coach before transitioning to a career as a sport science expert. As a player he was a collegiate All-American and NCAA champion at Auburn University. He has a Masters degree in Exercise Science from Auburn and a Ph.D. in Exercise Physiology from The University of Alabama. Dr. Kovacs is an Associate Editor of the Strength and Conditioning Journal and co-author of tennis book titled "Tennis Training-Enhancing On-Court Performance". Mark is a certified strength and conditioning specialist through the NSCA, certified Health/Fitness Instructor through the American College of Sports Medicine, USPTA certified coach and United States Track and Field Level II Sprints Coach. Before starting with the USTA, Mark was an Assistant Professor of Exercise Science and Wellness at Jacksonville State University.

Download file (right-click and "save as...") DR. MARK KOVACS, PhD., CSCS Senior Manager of Strength & Conditioning/Sports Science USTA Training Center in Boca Raton, FL Dr. Kovacs was an accomplished player and coach before transitioning to a career as a sport science expert. As a player he was a collegiate All-American and NCAA champion at Auburn University. He has a Masters degree in Exercise Science from Auburn and a Ph.D. in Exercise Physiology from The University of Alabama. Dr. Kovacs is an Associate Editor of the Strength and Conditioning Journal and co-author of tennis book titled "Tennis Training-Enhancing On-Court Performance". Mark is a certified strength and conditioning specialist through the NSCA, certified Health/Fitness Instructor through the American College of Sports Medicine, USPTA certified coach and United States Track and Field Level II Sprints Coach. Before starting with the USTA, Mark was an Assistant Professor of Exercise Science and Wellness at Jacksonville State University.

Download file (right-click and "save as...") Jerry Cape, USPTA, Tennis Professional, Punahou School, Honolulu, Hawaii gives a tip on attacking the return of serve with the Red, Yellow and Green Light principal.

Download file (right-click and "save as...") Watch before and after footage of Steve Johnson playing at the 2007 USTA Boys National Open in Hawaii and the 2013 Indian Wells Tournament. Steve's Kick Serve rivals any of the current ATP players.