As HIGH-TECH TENNIS Turns - January 26

Love the artwork, love the artists!

 

HI and thanks for reading! It's time to hit the highlights of our week and, as always, we think it's important to SHOUT-OUT the names of specific people who made our lives wonderful over the past week...Ready? :)

We just got home from the 1st EVER National Regional Tourney and GREAT THANKS to Scott Novak and the Marvelous Mobile Tennis Center because Saturday, January 22 was THE BUSIEST DAY EVER in the 5+ year history of HIGH-TECH TENNIS!!! How wonderful that so many people are using video to their advantage------IT'S ABOUT TIME (LOL).

We also just got home from a meeting where board members discussed proposed ideas regarding the Stone Mountain Tennis Center (former tennis facility for 1996 Olympic Games). Very exciting - but not cheap - ideas for preserving that legacy, not to mention the important restoration of a virtually new/gently used site that includes a stadium court and 16 outer courts. Sports is one of the few economic drivers in a recession and if we are unable to reach agreement, this beautiful facility will be demolished in the near future---perish that HORRIBLE thought. GREAT THANKS to anyone who can make the proposed ideas a reality and STAY TUNED.

GREAT THANKS to our customers for extreme patience after the ice-a-thon in Atlanta caused extreme delays in the postal service... Two of our customers waited 2+ weeks to receive their videos (a highly unusual and very unhappy situation).

As always, the greatest GREAT THANKS goes to YOU, our wonderful customer friends. We fully recognize what a privilege it is to play a small part in the development of your junior tennis player - and we love living this dreamy dream of a life! Thank you for your ongoing support - and our cameras will be looking for YOU! GOOOOOOOD LUCK to my champion in the semi-finals of the Australian Open and LONG LIVE THE FED!

As HIGH-TECH TENNIS Turns - January 19

"Hopefully I don't play him anymore."

FED After 6-2, 6-2, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3 Victory over Gilles Simon (Aussie Open 2010)

HI and thanks for reading! January is not typically our busiest month so we try to accomplish a big project of some sort at home. This year, we tackled CLOSETS that were just the right size when our house was built in 1952 but are a little small by today's standards. They may still may be tiny but they are now SPARKLING CLEAN---yay! Time to give shout-outs to people who made our lives wonderful over the past week...Ready? :)

GREAT THANKS to Decatur Preservation Alliance for coordinating the efforts of over 1200 volunteers as we provided free house maintenance and repair to Decatur's needy senior homeowners. Meeting and helping 90-yr-old Mr. Green to live safely, comfortably, and affordably in his home was a true joy...What an amazing way to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We will definitely SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!

GREAT THANKS to Kevin Klabunde (Southeastern Babolat Rep) for treating us like absolute G-O-L-D (wait til you see our new clothes) and forwarding our fun BABOLAT/HIGH-TECH TENNIS video to upper management at Babolat. Can't wait to share it with other members of the Team Babolat Annual Meeting, which has been rescheduled for this Friday due to Atlanta's snow/ice-athon.

GREAT THANKS to Scott and Lorraine Novak for welcoming us back to the marvelous Mobile Tennis Center for the 4th consecutive year. They realize that we just make a good tournament BETTER and Scott and Lorraine are the best at what they do. If only all tournament directors treated us so well!!! WOW - AIN'T THAT THE TRUTH...GA TDs - are you listening? Can't wait to kick off another great year in Mobile this weekend at the 1st EVER Regional Tourney!!!

As always, the greatest GREAT THANKS goes to YOU, our wonderful customer friends. As we begin the SIXTH YEAR of our existence, we are so very aware of what a privilege it is to play a small part in the development of your junior tennis player - and we love living this dreamy dream of a life! Thank you for your ongoing support - and our cameras will be looking for YOU in this new year!

As HIGH-TECH TENNIS Turns - January 10

A Snowy Day In Georgia

HI and thanks for reading! This is our FIRST blog update for the new year and we are SO EXCITED about all the exciting things to come in 2011. The more things change, though, the more they stay the same. We remain COMMITTED to improving the game of tennis through technology...and helping tennis players play better tennis. Another thing that has not (and will not) change: our reputation means the world to us and we work to protect it in every way on every day. So let's get started by hitting the highlights and giving shout-outs to people who made our lives wonderful over the past TWO WEEKS...Ready?

For the 3rd consecutive year, we were proud to offer our video services at the back-to-back Winter Southern Closed/New Year's Classic events - if you haven't been to Kentucky in December, you haven't lived! GREAT THANKS to our friend TD Chris Mather for making us feel welcome and appreciated at The Tennis Club at Springhurst in Louisville, KY. KNOW THIS: All tournament directors are NOT created equal...and Chris could show many of them a thing or two about running a tournament for the right reasons. We hate that Kentucky is sooo far but we just can't imagine a better spot to celebrate New Year's Eve (LOL)-guess where we'll be next year? :)

The work goes on and my dream will never die, LOL...I am determined to share "What Could Go Wrong? Observations from FIVE YEARS in the Trenches with Competitive Junior Tennis Players" with eager tennis enthusiasts everywhere! HA! :) GREAT THANKS to Jason Lampione (Publishing Director for Tennis World USA Digital Magazine) for encouraging me to submit the first in a series of articles. STAY TUNED! :)

We've been part of TEAM BABOLAT for the past 4+ years...We haven't always realized how important Babolat is to junior tennis players...BUT NOW WE DO. GREAT THANKS to Kevin Klabunde (Southeastern Babolat Rep) for supplying great Babolat prizes and for adding us to the agenda for the Annual Meeting. As a small way to repay this kindness, we created a fun video to promote the BABOLAT/HIGH-TECH TENNIS partnership (thanks to the Babolat players for supplying fantastic content) and we're having lots of fun forwarding and sharing that video wherever and however we can!

We've had the support of Tennis Recruiting Network for the past 4+ years...and we just didn't fully understand what that could mean to us...BUT NOW WE DO. GREAT THANKS to Julie Wrege (Editor) for endorsing us and for being willing to pursue ways that we might work together to support competitive tennis players through the recruiting process.

This is quite long because, as you can see, things are changing - FOR THE BETTER - but as always, the greatest GREAT THANKS goes to YOU, our wonderful customer friends. As we begin the SIXTH YEAR of our existence, we are so very aware of what a privilege it is to play a small part in the development of your junior tennis player - and we love living this dreamy dream of a life! Thank you for your ongoing support - and our cameras will be looking for YOU in this new year! :)