A strategic analysis of calculated risk in junior tennis development By Jack Newman, CEO, Austin Tennis Academy Most coaches avoid the hard conversations about expensive tournament investments. That’s not just a disservice—it’s developmental malpractice. Here’s a conversation that makes most coaches uncomfortable: How do you justify spending thousands of dollars for a kid who might…
“It felt like home.” This spring, ATA Coach Ryan Rowe returned to his alma mater, the University of Illinois, not as a player, but as a coach. In a short-term role during the NCAA tournament season, Rowe served as an assistant coach under long-time Illinois Head Coach Brad Dancer, stepping back into the world of…
A great educational opportunity for junior tennis players and their parents is coming up on Sunday, June 9 ~ the Junior Tennis Player and Parent Virtual Conference. The online event, organized by Lisa Stone of Parenting Aces and Danielle McNamara, former Yale Women’s Tennis Coach and current recruiting consultant, is focused on helping junior tennis…
One of the most significant events in a junior tennis player’s career is their Signing Ceremony, and there are two ATA seniors we will be celebrating this coming Thursday, February 15. Ross Cockrell will be signing to play tennis at Colorado College in Colorado Springs in the fall and Tucker Taylor will head to Roger…
2023 marks the inaugural year of the ATA College Prep Chapter of the National Honor Society, and with that comes the induction of its first and founding members. The National Honor Society is one of the oldest, largest, and most widely recognized co-curricular student organizations in American high schools. The induction ceremony will recognize eight students…
In her 5th year as head coach of Brown’s Women’s Tennis team, Lucie Schmidhauser has been named Ivy League Coach of the Year. The award was announced following a vote of the league’s eight head coaches. “Lucie Schmidhauser is one of the best college coaches in America; not just the best women’s coach, one of the best…
The vision, practices and results for junior players attending Austin Tennis Academy and ATA College Prep are discussed in an online article published today, December 15, on Yahoo!Finance. Click here to read the article.
Signing Ceremonies, at Austin Tennis Academy, are a rite of passage for our junior tennis players ~ a milestone signifying a major goal has been accomplished after years of hard work. On Wednesday, Nico Jamison, will officially sign his letter of intent to play D1 college tennis at Cleveland State University. His signing ceremony is…
One of the most significant events in a junior tennis player’s career is their Signing Ceremony, and there are two ATA seniors we will be celebrating this coming Monday, January 10. Neha Dania will be signing to play college tennis at the University of Rochester, and Devan Sabapathy will be heading to NYU for his…
For the second year in a row, ATA College Prep student Sasha Malysheva is being recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Program. She received a commendation for being one of the 50,000 highest-scoring students in the country on the PSAT. Every year, more than 4.5 million high school juniors take the PSAT which enters them…