by Tim Bainton | Dec 19, 2018 | Tennis Business
Tim Bainton and Alex Planes Are you ready to start a fitness business, or do you already have one? Have you written a business plan yet? “Make lots of money” doesn’t count. We told you to start figuring out your niche — an important component of effective...
by Tim Bainton | Dec 19, 2018 | Tennis Business
Tim Bainton and Alex Planes Are you ready to start a business? You’re probably mentally ready. You’re reading this article, after all. But are you financially ready? You might have heard that 90 percent of all businesses fail within their first five years of...
by Tim Bainton | Dec 19, 2018 | Tennis Business
F Tim Bainton and Alex Planes People become sports and fitness professionals for many reasons. They might want to continue a lifelong relationship that began on courts or in gyms as children and turn passion into profit. They might want to be able to wear comfortable...
by Kylie Klotzbach | Dec 14, 2018 | Tennis Talk
Tennis is an individual sport, but that does not mean coaches will never encounter large groups of students. In these situations, how are coaches able to keep each and every athlete engaged? According to Emma Wells, it’s about tailoring your coaching techniques to...
by Kylie Klotzbach | Dec 14, 2018 | Tennis Talk
There is more to coaching than meets the eye. In fact, coaching tennis is arguably one of the more demanding professions. Pros spend hours upon hours on the court teaching their students, however, one of the most overlooked aspects of coaching is the educational...
by Kylie Klotzbach | Dec 7, 2018 | Tennis Talk
The WTCA is proud to announce that we have raised over $5,000 through our #GivingTuesday campaign, which will be used to advance our mission by creating educational opportunities for coaches in order to keep more girls in tennis. We could not have reached this goal...
by Kylie Klotzbach | Dec 2, 2018 | Tennis Talk
Pure determination – the quality that WTCA President Ann Grossman Wunderlich attributes the most to her successful career as a professional tennis player. Grossman Wunderlich peaked at No. 29 in the world and cemented herself as one of the United States’ top athletes,...
by Kylie Klotzbach | Dec 2, 2018 | Tennis Talk
If you had told Shawna Barasch Wilson at the end of her tennis career that she would one day start one of the most successful academies in Los Angeles, she would not have believed you. In fact, Barasch Wilson wanted nothing to do with the sport, opting to stow away...
by Kylie Klotzbach | Nov 25, 2018 | Tennis Talk
If you were to poll 100 athletes on the top quality that a great coach must have, what would the top answer be? I suspect that 90 percent of the answers would involve a relational quality, rather than technical aptitude. Coaching is so much more than teaching young...
by Kylie Klotzbach | Nov 18, 2018 | Tennis Talk
As players rises up the ranks in tennis, separation between the competition becomes harder and harder to come by. Every single professional tennis player is physically prepared, but the mental game is what sets certain players apart from the rest. According to former...
