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PLANNING THE TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE- PART 2

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PLANNING THE TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE- CONTINUED

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Your Child’s Rest and Rejuvenation Schedule:

I recommend two weeks on and one week off: This is a very workable formula for most athletes who are still developing. It allows for competitive play as well as down time to fix flaws, build weapons, re-charge batteries and heal injuries. Note: Occasionally, travel expenses dictate that your child stay on the tournament trail longer.

Your Family’s Economics:

Here in the US, hospitality options are rare. In Europe, there is a host family waiting with room and board for the player and coach at each event. I recommend calling the tournament director to inquire about it. Parents need to factor in the expenses of tournament play.

Your Child’s Educational Commitments:

Consider your child’s school commitments. Factor in final tests and exams. National events and exams all seem to fall around holiday breaks.

Your Child’s Fitness Level:

Remember the ever ready battery “takes a licking and keeps on ticking.” Well, that may or may not be your child. Having the physical, mental or emotional batteries to play two matches a day for weeks on end may be a bit much to ask of your player. Even the top professionals are not competing two singles matches a day for three weeks straight!

Your Child’s Tolerance Levels:

Emotional tolerance and frustration tolerance is worth looking into. Keep in mind that every round your child marches through the draw, half the players lose. Pressure and stress can often double or triple. What is your child’s stress tolerance level?

Your Child’s Ranking Goals:

Here’s a formula to increase your child’s national ranking. Year in and year out, certain level 2 national events draw the top field of 64 players in your child’s current division. Occasionally 58 out of the 64 players are ranked higher and are presumably stronger than your child. What are the actual chances of getting deep into the draw and collecting those precious national points? Often, during the same week, another level 2 national event (same points available) is being held in a less desirable city. By checking the internet, you’ll notice that historically some tournaments draw a lower level field. By playing the ranking game your child’s confidence and national ranking will begin to sky- rocket.

 

Frank Giampaolo: Single Day Showdown Tennis Tournament

Frank Giampaolo

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

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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.