Tennis Goes High-Tech for Juniors

Tennis Goes High-Tech for JuniorsMobile Press-Register, Mobile, AL, March 20, 2012

Julie Thiets and her husband Danny are firm believers that everyone can improve their tennis game, even the world’s best players like Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.

To drive their point home, the couple created HIGH-TECH TENNIS, a video service which travels to tennis tournaments throughout the Southeast. Danny is a former Florida tennis pro, who works with the players while Julie films the sessions.

The couple is in Mobile for the USTA National Spring Championships at the Copeland-Cox Tennis Center. The tournament features the top 256 boys and girls (128 each) from across the United States.

“We’re here at least six times a year, for the major tournaments such as this one and the Bullfrog,” Julie Thiets said. “We also made a trip to town last year for the Gulf Coast Tennis Challenge back in September featuring Mardy Fish and Andy Roddick.”

Even though most of the players in the tournament already have college scholarships, they welcome the video service’s help.

“When you get to this level, these are competitive planers,” she said. “They’re looking for any edge they can get and these videos give them that edge. They study them, take them back to their coaches, and use them for their next match to help them improve.

“Our videos have helped kids get into qualifier matches and into major evens such as the Orange Bowl. We do recruitment videos for colleges, too.”