Dr Jorge Valverde Returns To LPTC May 10 & 11, 2022!

Dr. Jorge Valverde Returns to the LPTC next week!

THIS IS ANOTHER IN THE SERIES OF EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS PRESENTED BY THE MARIETTA TENNIS ASSOCIATION.

SORRY FOR THE LATE NOTICE BUT WE HOPE TO PULL THIS OFF ANYWAY!


The fees will help to defray costs and will benefit the Marietta Tennis Association 501(c)(3). Please join us, donate and help us give more 
opportunities for people to learn. 

Sessions are open to juniors from all over the South. Please come and join us at the LPTC for this great workout with Dr. Jorge Valverde.

TUESDAY, MAY 10TH, 2022

3:30 PM – 6:30 PM  Private Consultations Scheduled With Jorge Valverde

6:30 PM – 7:30 PM  Parents and Players Q & A and Pizza

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11TH, 2022

11:00 AM – 1:00 PM  Private Consultations Scheduled With Jorge Valverde

4:30 PM – 6:30 PM Dr Valverde Tournament Playing Juniors Drills $50.00 per player

6:30 PM – 7:30 PM Q & A and Pizza

 

Pay in advance by registering at the Laurel Park Tennis Center. 770-919-8602.

We will hold the session indoors (it will become a skull session) in the case of inclement weather.

Call tel: 770-919-8602 to register or pay by check to the Marietta Tennis Association!


Or REGISTER ONLINE

Tournament Playing Junior Drills

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We look forward to to this super event held to benefit the Marietta Tennis Association. Dr Jorge Valverde is a great speaker and sports psychologist and will be coming to Marietta, GA on Tuesday, May 10th, 2022 until Wednesday May 11th, 2022. This great session lead by Dr. Valverde is presented by the Marietta Tennis Association, Laurel Park Tennis Center, and Tennis Dynamics. We hope everyone who has an interest in improving their ability on court handling pressure will attend. The session is open to players and their parents and coaches. Please RSVP by calling and leaving a message as to who will be attending what session and how many in your party. Call us (770)919-8602.

Dr. Valverde received his Doctoral degree in Psychology from the University of Kansas where he also coached tennis. Over the last 30 plus years he has served as a Sports Psychologist for many top juniors and professional players.

Dr. Valverde’s system teaches you how to stay calm, focused and confident when competing, regardless of the challenges you may face, such as: closing matches, playing poorly, feeling nervous, making too many unforced errors, not being able to figure out the right strategy to win matches, etc. In addition, by using his system you will learn how to be prepared mentally before playing a match, as well as what to do after playing your matches. From the parents and coaches’ perspective, it is very painful to watch a loved one or a person that they coach perform below their capabilities. The window of opportunity in tennis is a small one; thus, if tennis players (regardless of their talent) don’t learn to deal with the pressure — to perform at their best when facing difficult situations — their chances of maximizing their potential is very limited.

If you would like to schedule a “free” private consultation on Tuesday or Wednesday Dr. Valverde will be happy to meet at the Laurel Park Tennis Center on either of those days.

IF COACHES DESIRE TO COME AND HELP WITH THE ON COURT SESSIONS PLEASE JOIN US. CONTACT JP WEBER AT 678-467-1810 IF YOU DESIRE TO HELP.

2022 Marietta Grand Prix Begins In May!

 The Marietta Grand Prix for 2022 is presented by Tennis Dynamics!

Welcome back to the Laurel Park Tennis Center! We are back in May of 2022. Each event offers competition, lunch and a chance to compete and be crowned The 2022 Season Champion of your Division. Divisions for Juniors and Adults.

Boys and Girls 10’s-18’s both singles and doubles.

Here is the link to the MGP #1 Junior Divisions.

Here is the link to the MGP #1 Adult Divisions.

Entry fee varies from: Singles $35 Doubles $17.50/$10.00

  You do not have to be a member of the USTA in order to play this tournament!!!! Click on this FREE USTA ACCOUNT link and get a number we can use!

OPEN DIVISIONS ($$)

Gentlemans’ and Ladies’ Open Divisions for Singles and Doubles – This tournament is open to all ages!

Singles entry fee is $75.00

Doubles entry fee is $37.50 per person

$1000 Prize Money & Gift Cards will be awarded.

PRIZE MONEY BREAKDOWN: 30+entries Winner $500 Finalist $200

Court surface – Hard

WITHDRAWALS: To withdraw please text 678-467-1810 prior to entry deadline.

BOTH players must report to the tournament desk within 15 minutes after completion of the match to report score.

For the Open Divisions the tournament ball is the Wilson US Open ball. For all other divisions we will use the most readily available ball, could be Babolat, Dunlop or Penn.

Tournament Hotel: Marietta Hilton and Conference Center

Refunds: Once the deadline closes there will be no refunds for the Open events. If there is inclement weather and no matches are played you will receive either a credit toward the next Marietta Grand Prix or a 75% refund.

The Open division is open to the top 6-8 players who register. We will consider “all factors” in determining the qualifying entrants and seedings. If there is a large number of entrants we will host a Qualifying Tournament on the Wednesday evening before and thru Friday. We will select 6 entrants into the main draw and 2 entrants will have to qualify for the event. The qualifying matches may be longer scoring formats than the main draw format on Saturday due to less time constraints. Prize money is awarded based on the number of entrants. Our intent is to award to the Champion, Finalist and perhaps semi-finalists in the singles. For the Doubles events the Champions of both the Gentleman’s and Ladies Doubles are awarded prize money. More info on the prize money levels is to follow in the coming days.

We most likely will not be providing officials for these events. Players are expected to adhere to “The Code”.

There are no back draws for the Open Events. It is a “One and Done!” event for both the qualifier and the main draw events.

Ad Scoring will be used in all events to assist in allowing for “benefit of doubt”.

Alternative formats will be used for both the singles and doubles on Saturday. One example of an alternative format might be playing the TB first and then the subsequent sets. We call that format “The Icebreaker” format. Scoring might even include starting a set at 2-2 in order to complete the events before the end of the day. The doubles events could be shortened even more as they will occur after the singles is completed. One possible format for the doubles will be one set to six starting at 2-All in games.

Here is the link for the MGP #1 Open $$ Divisions.

DOUBLES

If doubles only the entry fee is $17.50 per player. If doubles in addition to singles then $35.00 for the singles and $10.00 for the doubles.

FOR NON-OPEN DOUBLES ONLY:

WE CHARGE $17.50 PER DOUBLES PLAYER.

THE DOUBLES IS PLAYED AFTER THE SINGLES UNLESS WE HAVE SPECIFIC “DOUBLES SPECIALISTS” WHO SIGN UP TO PLAY. IF YOU SIGN UP FOR DOUBLES ONLY THE FEE IS $17.50 PER PERSON. IF YOU ARE PLAYING SINGLES AND ADDING DOUBLES THE FEE IS ONLY AN ADDITIONAL $10.00.

PLAYED AFTER THE SINGLES THE DOUBLES EVENTS ARE SINGLE ELIMINATION.

IF THERE IS ENOUGH PARTICIPATION FOR “STAND ALONE” DOUBLES EVENTS THE DRAWS WILL BE ARRANGED TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE MATCH. IF YOU WIN YOU CONTINUE ON TO PLAY THE NEXT ROUND.

YOU NEED TO CALL US AND LET US KNOW YOU WANT TO PLAY DOUBLES.

**FOR DOUBLES: If you do not have a partner we will try to find one for you.

DOUBLES IS PLAYED LATER IN THE DAY ON SATURDAY AFTER THE SINGLES DIVISIONS.

 The Men’s and Women’s Open Singles and Doubles Divisions will be played for prize money.

The dates for this year’s series of (8) eight tournaments is as follows:

May 21, 2022      $ Open Event

June 11, 2022     $ Open

July 23. 2022     $ Open

August 13, 2022     $ Open

September 24, 2022

October 8, 2022

November 12, 2022

December 3, 2022

TYPICAL MARIETTA GRAND PRIX SCHEDULE

10:20 am – Arrive for the Rally Ball Challenge

10:30 am – Rally Ball Challenge

10:30 – 10:50 am – On-Site Registration and warm-up.

11:00 am – Play for singles begins.

12:45-1:00 p.m – Lunch arrives and is served. Short break in play.

1:00 p.m. – Singles and Doubles play resumes.

3:00 p.m. – Final singles matches begin to finish up and players who entered doubles to play after the singles concludes begins.

4:00 p.m. – Our goal is to finish up around 4:00 p.m. or 5:00 p.m. (Depending on the number of doubles matches).

IF WE HAVE 5 OR LESS PLAYERS IN A DIVISION THERE COULD BE A ROUND ROBIN FORMAT FOR THIS TOURNAMENT. IT DOES NOT MEAN EVERYONE PLAYS EACH OTHER. 

  • Any player who withdraws must notify the Referee or Tournament Director immediately. Players do not need to be members of USTA to play this tournament. Less than two entrants in a division will mean that event will be closed and the entrants placed in the next appropriate level up or down. The best advice we can give you is not to enter a tournament unless your calendar is open. Individuals may enter one singles and one doubles event.
  • While the scoring system is abbreviated this does not apply to the court or the balls used for this tournament. All ages and levels will play with the Regulation Yellow ball and on 78′ courts. THIS INCLUDES THE 8 AND UNDER’S BOYS AND GIRLS AND THE 10 AND UNDER BOYS AND GIRLS. PLEASE NOTE THIS WHEN SIGNING UP FOR THE TOURNAMENT.
  • Phone entries will cost an additional registration fee of $10 per player. Please enter online at the USTA link provided.
  • The MGP tournaments will all use abbreviated scoring each Saturday and are played over one day. For these events we use a variety of scoring formats to help with the developmental process of the players. Goal is to provide at least 3 matches – which could be simply three sets. GENERALLY OUR GOAL INCLUDES: DRAW SIZES OF 8 PLAYERS. The “abbreviated formats” means modified matches or sets are played in order to complete the tournament by early evening on Saturday. Example: If the entries are high the match would be 1 set to be played with No-Ad scoring to 6 games with a 12-Point Tiebreaker at 6 Games-All. Conversely, if entries are low a format with two sets, each starting at 2-all and a full third set is a possibility.
  • No refunds will be given once a tournament entry has been accepted and filed online. A credit toward the next tournament is offered if the player notifies us by Friday noon of the day before the tournament. If one round is completed in an event then the tournament will be counted as complete. No refunds will be given.
  • Lunch is included and will be served to all players during the tournament. All others pay a $10.00 lunch fee.
  • Entering a Grand Prix tournament and showing up to first match is worth 5 points. Each win is awarded 5 points. Each loss is awarded 2.5 points. Grand Prix points leaders in each division at the end of the tournament series will be announced December 2022.
  • During these tournaments coaching is allowed. You may speak to the players most freely at the benches during the changeovers. Quiet and limited comments may be made during points. If this becomes abused in the judgement of the REFEREE or Tournament Director then the coaching will be limited to only during the changeovers and from the bench.
 No refunds will be given once a tournament entry has been accepted and filed online.

THE RALLY BALL CHALLENGE

  The Tennis Dynamics Rally Cup Challenge is a special event held 4 times each year at the Laurel Park Tennis Center in Marietta, GA. Tennis Dynamics began the Rally Cup Challenge in 2015 as a fun new challenge for players of all levels and ages to compete for the longest continuous rally with a yellow ball on a 78′ court. We will be holding the The Rally Cup Challenge during the 2022 season. We will let you know when this event will be held on the Important Info section of the website where you register for the tournament.
  • Pairs of players begin a rally on a full or half court (begun at the blow of a whistle) with only one (yellow) regulation tennis ball from the baseline.
  • The players have one ball and one chance to keep the rally going.
  • Once either player misses in the rally they are done.
  • The last pair standing and rallying wins – but the credit for the rally count only goes to the one player who makes the last ball in the court.
  • A player may save an out ball by rallying the ball back out of the air but the rally is over if the ball lands outside of the lines or if the ball bounces twice.
  • The rally is over if the players stop the rally for any reason.
  • The rally is over if the ball lands in the net.
  • Players must keep the ball in a rally mode such as to be from baseline to baseline.
  • If a rally begins to take place predominantly inside the service box then players will be disqualified.
  • A good rule of thumb is the rally must happen where the ball is landing beyond the service box more than 60-70% of the time.

This contest takes place at 10:30 a.m. before the Marietta Grand Prix begins. YOU MUST BE REGISTERED AT THE DESK BEFORE 10:20 AM. The winner of the contest gets the recognition and his/her name engraved permanently on the enormous silver trophy kept at the Laurel Park Tennis Center. All players need to be present at 10:20 a.m. in order to review the rules for the contest. If the players are entered into the Marietta Grand Prix then they are then they are able to compete at no charge. If rally players are not entered in the MGP then the fee is $5.00.

 The first Rally Cup Challenge contest was held in 2015 and was won by a fantastic 6 year-old girl named Chloe Zigliara. Chloe managed to rally just under a 400-ball-rally with her partner. To win the Rally Cup Challenge it takes skill and discipline. Chloe defeated several older ranked players to win the first challenge. 10 kids and adults joined in the contest which lasted over 30 minutes. Each time we hold the Rally Ball Challenge we produce another fantastic rally.

So come join us to participate or come join us to watch the contest!

A David Filer T-Shirt Benefit

At the Laurel Park Tennis Center we are selling shirts for A David Filer and what his family faces in the future in their battle to beat the cancer. The shirts are $35 plus $10 shipping and handling, If you would like to Venmo J.P. Weber and purchase a t-shirt then use the “scan to pay” link included below. If you are local to the Marietta area and would like to pick one up at the tennis center then there is no shipping costs.

If shipping then send to jp@tennisdynamics.net your address and we will ship out your t-shirt. If ordering a lot more than 1-2 shirts then let us check on the shipping costs. Limited supply! Please pass this along.

We have also included below the “scan to pay” Venmo link.

 

 

 The USTA Georgia has been incredibly supportive in it’s efforts to help spread the word about this young tennis player and his situation.

Please read the article in the link from his doubles partner and learn the story as to how the t-shirts got started. Please help young Mr Filer in his efforts to beat this tough form of cancer.

USTA Georgia A David Filer Story

Fight With Filer Go Fund Me Page

Nick Bollettieri “Shout Out” To A

Filer At Notre Dame