Rod Heckelman has been the general manager of the famed Mt. Tam Racquet Club in Marin County, California for the last 30 years. He was formerly the youngest head pro at the John Gardner Tennis Ranch in Scottsdale, Arizona, and has been ranked numerous times in Northern California seniors play. He is the author of a book on senior tennis, called “Playing Into the Sunset” as well as the “Business Handbook for Tennis Pros.” In addition to his reputation as an outstanding teacher and coach, Rod speaks widely within the tennis industry on all aspects of instruction and club management.
Rob Heckelman
Classic Lessons
If you've played enough competitive tennis, you've experienced the times when your opponents have stalled their way through a match, or maybe you have stalled to catch a breath. But maybe doing sprints or other oncourt conditioning drills isn't your...
Classic Lessons
There are fundamental problems in the way most people practice. Many players try to incorporate change from a lesson directly into match play. Or they consider effective practice to be simply hitting balls or repetitively drilling. Unfortunately these approaches...
Classic Lessons
In this series of articles, we are looking at adult tennis and the paths to improve and enjoy the game the most. In the first part we looked at the surprisingly wide range of opportunities to compete and even travel...
Classic Lessons
It's 1974 at Forest Hills and an aging Ken Rosewall is on center court playing for his third championship eighteen years later after his first win. He's up against a new young stud, who hits groundstrokes like never before. The...
Classic Lessons
When Jeff Greenwald consulted me to help him in his quest to come to the net more often, it was an interesting challenge. In most cases I try to develop this change by first helping the student learn the structural...