Frank Giampaolo
Single Day Showdown Tennis Tournament
Saturday, June 17, 2017, 9:00 a.m., Mount Vernon Ohio
Mount Vernon Nazarene University’s Ramser Tennis Courts
and
City of Mount Vernon’s Memorial Park Tennis Courts
The Kokosing Valley Community Tennis Association, a member organization of the USTA, is hosting a Single Day Showdown tennis tournament in honor of former Mount Vernon, Ohio resident Frank Giampaolo, an award winning coach, popular international speaker, and sports researcher.
The event will consist of singles competition for boys and girls in the following age categories:
- 8s red ball
- 10s orange ball
- 4s
- 16s
- 18s
There is a limit of 8 players per age division, and players may only play in one division. It will be a one-hour timed compass draw. If entries are full, each participant will get three rounds of a one-hour timed match. This is a USTA sanctioned event and registration can be completed on Tennislink (Tournament ID#: 850157917). The registration deadline is June 14th, 2017. The entry fee for the event is $33. You do not have to be a USTA member to enter to tournament. The tournament link will prompt you to create a login account if you are not a USTA member.
Participation fee includes competition, t-shirt, 2 tennis eBooks by Frank, and dinner at the awards banquet. Frank will speak on topics that interests players, parents, and coaches. Family members and coaches are welcome to attend the banquet at the cost of $15 per person, payable at the door.
The 18s, 16s and 14s age divisions will be played at Mount Vernon Nazarene University’s Ramser Tennis Courts, which are located on Newark Road. All other age divisions will play at the Memorial Park Tennis Courts, which are located on Mount Vernon Avenue.
The awards banquet will be a buffet at Pierce Hall on the campus of Kenyon College. This site is in Gambier, which is a 5 minute drive from Mount Vernon. The address is 201 College Park Street.
Please see the other side of this flyer for more information about Frank.
Frank Giampaolo
Frank is an instructional writer for ITF (International Tennis Federation) Coaching & Sports Science Review, UK Tennis magazine, the USPTA, Tennis Magazine and Tennis View Magazine.
Frank is the bestselling author of Championship Tennis (Human Kinetics Publishing), Raising Athletic Royalty, The Tennis Parent’s Bible (volume I & II) and The Mental Emotional Workbook Series (How to Attract a College Scholarship, International Player Evaluation, Match Chart Collection, Match Day Preparation and Blunders and Cures). His television appearances include The NBC Today Show, OCN-World Team Tennis, Fox Sports, Tennis Canada and Tennis Australia.
Frank founded The Tennis Parents Workshops in 1998, conducting workshops across the United States, Mexico, Israel, New Zealand, Australia, Canada and Spain. Frank’s commitment to coaching excellence helped develop approximately 100 National Champions, hundreds of NCAA athletes, numerous NCAA All-Americans and several professional athletes. His innovative approach has made him a worldwide leader in athletic-parental education. Frank is currently the Vice Chair of the USTA/SCTA Coaches Commission.
This July, Frank will be the featured speaker at the Professional Tennis Registry’s Great Britain Wimbledon Conference in London, England.
