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USPTA Announces 2009 Certification Exams

The United States Professional Tennis Association, the world’s leader in tennis-teaching certification, provides tennis-teaching professionals with the opportunity to earn the sport’s most respected certification by participating in one of more than 110 USPTA Certification Exams scheduled nationwide in 2009 (see attached schedule). Additional dates will be added.

USPTA’s Certification Exam includes an on-court evaluation of tennis strokes and playing skills, stroke and grip analysis, private and group lesson instruction, and other skills needed in the tennis-teaching profession. The exam also includes a two-hour written test covering teaching, playing and business management skills, rules, club activity programming and other topics. Applicants can now opt to take the written exam and the grip exam online after completing the on-court portions of the certification exam.

The exam process also offers a Certification Review Course that covers test topics. The CRC can be taken at Regional Testing Centers, which offer tests every other month on the same weekends, or it can be taken online. The course is also useful to current USPTA members who wish to review specific exam areas before upgrading their certification ratings. CRC topics include student psychology, developing student rapport, class organization, lesson progression and a review of teaching techniques.

“A tennis-teaching professional’s success in becoming certified through the USPTA demonstrates that the individual has the skills necessary to excel in the game, and business, of tennis,” said USPTA CEO Tim Heckler. “We know that tennis players and club owners and managers hold tennis-teaching professionals to the highest standard in regard to professionalism and knowledge and we expect our certification and education process to prepare them to live up to and surpass that standard.”

Contact USPTA at 800-877-8248 or e-mail membership@uspta.org to register for an upcoming exam, or for further details. Advanced registration is required. The total fee for the exam and CRC application is $175, plus prorated USPTA membership dues.

2009 Certification Exam schedule

The Certification Review Course (CRC) is designed to prepare an applicant for the USPTA Certification Exam. All exams listed include the CRC, unless otherwise noted.

Regional Testing Centers (RTC) are facilities that hold USPTA certifications every other month on the same weekends. These exams will not be canceled.

Exam cancellations must be received no later than 14 days before the exam, or a cancellation fee will be charged accordingly. Applicants: late cancellation fee — $75; failure to cancel — application fee is forfeited. Certified members: late cancellation fee — $25; failure to cancel — $25 plus the upgrade fee is forfeited. Registration for another exam will not be accepted until these cancellation fees are paid.

California

• Jan. 24-25 — Manhattan Beach, Calif., Manhattan Beach Country Club
• Feb. 8-9 — Los Angeles, Calif., Braemar Country Club
• March 23 — Valencia, Calif., Paseo Club
• April 5-6 — Los Angeles, Calif., Braemar Country Club
• May 4 — Lakewood Tennis Center
• June 7-8 — Los Angeles, Calif., Braemar Country Club
• Aug. 9-10 — Los Angeles, Calif., Braemar Country Club
• Oct. 4-5 — Los Angeles, Calif., Braemar Country Club
• Nov. 9 — Claremont, Calif., Claremont Country Club
• Dec. 6-7 — Los Angeles, Calif., Braemar Country Club

Florida

• Jan. 11 — Oceanside, Fla., Oceanside Country Club
• Jan. 24-25 — Boca Raton, Fla., The Oaks at Boca Raton
• Feb. 22 — Clearwater, Fla., Countryside Country Club
• March 7-8 — Boca Raton, Fla., The Oaks at Boca Raton
• April 5 — Orlando, Fla., Tuscawilla Country Club
• April 18-19 — Boca Raton, Fla., The Oaks at Boca Raton
• May 3 — The Villages, Fla., Glenview Champions Tennis Club
• June 13-14 — St. Pete Beach, Fla., Tradewinds Resort
• June 21 — Tallahassee, Fla., Forest Meadows
• July 12 — The Villages, Fla., Glenview Champions Tennis Club
• Aug. 8-9 — Boca Raton, Fla., The Oaks at Boca Raton
• Oct. 10-11 — Boca Raton, Fla., The Oaks at Boca Raton
• November 8 — Orlando, Fla., Tuscawilla Country Club
• Dec. 12-13 — Boca Raton, Fla., The Oaks at Boca Raton

Intermountain

• May 18 — Greenwood Village, Colo., Greenwood Athletic Club
• May 30 — Bozeman, Montana, Montana State University
• Aug. 2 — Denver, Colo., Meadow Creek Tennis Club
• Nov. 23 — Greenwood Village, Colo., Greenwood Athletic Club

Middle States

• Aug. 14 — Wilmington, De., Greenville Country Club

Midwest

• Jan. 3-4 — Aurora, Ill., Rush Copley Healthplex
• Feb. 7-8 — Troy, Mich., Troy Racquet Club
• March 21 — Chagrin, Ohio, Chagrin Valley Athletic Club
• April 18-19 — Aurora, Ill., Rush Copley Healthplex
• April 25-26 — Big Rapids, Mich., Ferris State University
• June 6-7 — Aurora, Ill., Rush Copley Healthplex
• July 11 — Ft. Wayne, Ind., Wildwood Racquet Club
• Aug. 1 — Cincinnati, Ohio, The Club at Harper’s Point
• Sept. 5-6 — Aurora, Ill., Rush Copley Healthplex
• Oct 3. — Rochester, Mich., Lifetime Fitness
• Nov. 7 — Mequon, Wisc., Mequon Racquet Club & Fitness Center
• Nov. 14-15 — Big Rapids, Mich., Ferris State University

Missouri Valley

• Jan. 9 — Oklahoma City, Okla., Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club
• Feb. 20-21 — Prairie Village, Kansas, Homestead Country Club

New England

• Jan. 16 — Rye, N.H., Wentworth by the Sea Country Club
• April 25 — Portsmouth, R.I., Carnegie Abbey Club
• June 19 — Dixville Notch, N.H., The Balsams
• Aug. 8 — Hamden, Conn., Quinnipiac University
• Oct. 24 — Brunswick, Maine, Maine Pines Racket Club

Northern California

• Feb. 8-9 — Palo Alto, Calif., Stanford University
• March2 — Reno, Nevada
• April 6-7 — San Francisco, Calif., San Francisco Tennis Club
• June 1-2 — San Francisco, Calif., San Francisco Tennis Club
• Aug. 24-25 — San Francisco, Calif., San Francisco Tennis Club
• Nov. 14 — Napa, Calif.
• Nov. 30-Dec.1 — San Francisco, Calif., San Francisco Tennis Club

Northern

• Jan. 9 — Minneapolis, Minn., Reed-Sweatt Family Tennis Center
• March 20 — Minneapolis, Minn., Reed Sweatt Family Tennis Center
• June 5 — Minneapolis, Minn., Reed Sweatt Familty Tennis Center
• Sept. 11 — Minneapolis, Minn., Reed Sweatt Family Tennis Center
• Nov. 13 — Minneapolis, Minn., Reed Sweatt Family Tennis Center

Pacific Northwest

• Feb. 7 — Seattle, Wash., Forest Crest
• Oct. 10 — Seattle, Wash., Forest Crest

San Diego

• Jan. 31 — Indian Wells, Calif., Indian Wells Tennis Garden
• Feb. 7 — San Diego, Calif., La Costa Resort & Spa
• May 17 — San Diego, Calif., Morley Field
• July 19 — San Diego, Calif., Barnes Tennis Garden
• Oct. 10 — San Diego, Calif., La Costa Resort & Spa
• Nov. 8 — Indian Wells, Calif., Indian Wells Tennis Garden

Southern

• Jan. 18 — Lexington, Ky., Lexington Tennis Club
• Feb. 14-15 — Atlanta, Ga., Peachtree City Tennis Center
• Feb. 14 — Gastonia, N.C., Racquet Club of the Carolinas
• March 14 — Jackson, Miss., River Hills Club
• March 22 — Birmingham, Ala., Hoover Country Club
• April 11-12 — Atlanta, Ga., Peachtree City Tennis Center
• April 26 — Lexington, Ky., Lexington Tennis Club
• April 25-26 — Fayetteville, N.C., Methodist College
• May 3 — Nashville, Tenn., Williamson County Indoor Sports Comples
• May 3 — Conway, Ark., Hendricks College
• May 16 — New Orleans, La., May 24 — Columbia, S.C.
• June 13-14 — Atlanta, Ga., Peachtree City Tennis Center
• June 28 — Birmingham, Ala., Hoover Country Club
• June 28 — Charlotte, N.C.
• July 12 — Myrtle Beach, S.C., The Dunes Golf & Beach Club
• July 11 — Memphis, Tenn.
• Aug. 8-9 — Atlanta, Ga., Peachtree City Tennis Center
• Aug. 22 — Gastonia, N.C., Racquet Club of the Carolinas
• Aug. 23 — Columbia, S.C., Lexington County Tennis Complex
• Aug. 23 — Nashville, Tenn., Williamson County Indoor Sports Complex
• Sept. 12 — New Orleans, La.
• Sept. 13 — Lexington, Ky., Lexington Tennis Club
• Sept. 26-27 — Jackson, Miss., River Hills Club
• Oct. 10-11 — Atlanta, Ga., Peachtree City Tennis Center
• Oct. 25 — Fayetteville, N.C., Methodist College
• Nov. 8 — Birmingham, Ala., Hoover Country Club
• Dec. 5-6 — Atlanta, Ga., Peachtree City Tennis Center
• Dec. 5 — Gastonia, N.C., Racquet Club of the Carolinas
• Dec. 6 — Nashville, Tenn., Williamson County Indoor Sports Complex
• Dec. 6 — Hilton Head, S.C., Daufuskie Island Club
• Dec. 6 — Lexington, Ky., Lexington Tennis Club

Texas

• Feb. 15-16 — Dallas, Texas, Las Colinas Country Club
• April 19 — Tyler, Texas, Tyler Junior College
• June 7 — Austin, Texas, Westwood Country Club
• Aug. 2 — Corpus Christi, Texas, Corpus Christi Country Club
• Oct. 11 — Ft. Worth, Texas, Colonial Country Club
• Dec. 13 — San Antonio, Texas, San Antonio Country Club

USPTA World Headquarters

• Jan. 19-20 — Houston, Texas
• Feb. 23-24 — Houston, Texas
• March 16-17 — Houston, Texas
• May 18-19 — Houston, Texas
• June 22-23 — Houston, Texas
• July 20-21 — Houston, Texas
• Oct. 19-20 — Houston, Texas
• Nov. 23-24 — Houston, Texas
• Dec. 14-15 — Houston, Texas

Revised 11/25/2008

Posted on December 11, 2008
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