As HIGH-TECH TENNIS Turns - July 14

 

Welcome to your weekly installment of tales from our exciting life! It has been another wonderful week and we're thrilled to tell you all about it - hope somebody's out there reading? LOL.

When we first started our business (5 short years ago), we ran into Luke Jensen ... Luke instantly GOT IT (refer to 'Coaches Who GET IT' thread on this blog). He invited us to tag along and do our video thing during a few "Day of Tennis with Luke Jensen" events (what a blast). One of those events took place waaay out in Carrollton at the Sunset Hills Country Club, where we met a nice guy named Michael Coleman...Long story short(er): Michael contacted us a few months back and invited us to participate in the Summer Sizzle Chps (which we did) because we had a free weekend and we thought it would be fun (which it was)...Hey, players, don't be snobby - Level 4 players need (VIDEO) love too, LOL. We had a great time (Fri/Sat/Sun) and we didn't even have to leave our state to do it! WOW-that's a switch!!! :)

Monday brought some excellent news: Our longtime customer and friend Jamie Hampton continued her very impressive summer run by winning the GrapeVine, TX 50K Challenger. YAAAY, Jamie! :))))) Remember you said you'd thank HIGH-TECH TENNIS when you hit the big time? Seems like it's happening and it sure makes us proud. Props to our friend, Coach Jason Parker, and thanks, as always, to our friend Trevor Short (Jamie's agent?) for believing in HIGH-TECH TENNIS!

Tuesday was another magnificent day - our last for the year - at the 2010 Bulldog Tennis Camp. Manny Diaz could not have been nicer (same for his entire staff) and we were thrilled to once again record stroke analysis videos (powered by Dartfish) for every single camper. Best of all, we got a personal tour through the NCAA Collegiate Hall of Fame by none other than Coach Dan Magill. If that name doesn't ring any bells (I'd never heard of Coach Magill OR Coach Diaz!), he was a longtime (40-year?) coach at UGA and, still looking mighty fine at 89, he was a real pleasure to meet. When I told him we'd be back in September for Southern Intercollegiate and we'd look for him, he said he hoped he'd still be around...SO DO WE!!!

WHEW...Sorry for the long report - we've been unbelievably busy this summer (what a good problem to have!!!) All the videos for all the exciting events don't just magically produce and distribute themselves, LOL, so I'm gonna stay up all night if that's what it takes because tomorrow is a very special day: DO NOTHING THURSDAY. Nothing, but NOTHING, is gonna stop this from happening. No phone, no blackberry, no computer, no nothing. I'm sleeping all day and the ONLY thing I'm planning to do is move from my bed to my hammock and back. LOLOL. Thanks for your amaaaazing support...Check back next week! :)