The Community Tennis Development Workshop was a smashing success held recently at Bill Barber Community Park in Orange County. The one-day event was sponsored by the Southern California Tennis Association and it offered coaching education, resources and tennis support to approximately 40 participants. Melanie Bischoff, the Director of Community Tennis, said the Community Tennis Development Workshop…

 For the fourth consecutive year, USC and El Dorado Park Tennis Center in Long Beach will host $25,000 USTA Pro Circuit Futures events to kick off the year. The Southern California Pro Futures tournament will take place on the campus of USC Jan. 1-7 and the Long Beach USTA Pro Circuit presented by USTA Southern…

By Scott Cleere, Director of Tennis at Templeton Tennis Ranch “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” Winston Churchill Drawing parallels between tennis and war is a stretch. However drawing a parallel about the fact that a small portion of tennis players do the lion’s…

By Angelia Chirichigno As one of the oldest sports in the world, and certainly one of our favorite pastimes, it’s great to embrace not only innovation, but to also celebrate critical moments in tennis history, as well as some of our most enduring traditions. A Holy Beginning? While the game we play now mostly resembles…

The state of Southern California tennis was on display last month at the USTA National Men’s and Women’s 40s Hard Court Championships at La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club. With more than 300 competitors from California, Nevada, Arizona, Massachusetts, Florida, and many more, Team SoCal represented the vast majority of section players among the draws.…

The USTA is offering many financial assistance opportunities to assist players of minority and multicultural backgrounds next year. They will be in the form of Individual Player Grants, Excellence Player Grant and Essay Grants. All applications are available online.  If eligible, please apply. Multicultural Individual Player Grant for National Competition & Training: These grants provide funding…

SCTA Annual Meeting & Awards Banquet – February 5, 2018 The 131st Annual Meeting of the Southern California Tennis Association will begin at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, February 5, 2018, in the Press Room at the Morgan Center on the campus of the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). That evening, the 2018 SCTA Annual Awards…

Wounded Warrior Tennis is here to stay and working toward a successful 2018 campaign thanks to several San Diego Area clubs and organizations. The Wounded Warrior program, sponsored by the San Diego District Tennis Association, credits its success due to the collaborate help from Balboa Tennis Club, Coronado Tennis Club, La Jolla Beach & Tennis…

Registration is open for Professional Tennis Registry workshops in Southern California for coaches who wish to progress in coaching education. On December 16 & 17, a 10 & Under Certification will be held at the Marguerite Tennis Pavilion in Mission Viejo. The clinician is Julien Heine and fee is $202. The workshop covers the following: Creating…