Paul Lubbers: Getting Players on the Pathway - and Keeping Them There
During my voyage to the Miami Open, I had the chance to catch up with my old friend Paul Lubbers, Director of Coaching Education and Performance for the USTA. Here are Paul's candid thoughts about the state of American junior tennis. He talks about the value of attracting players through 10 and Under Tennis but also what happens to them afterwards and the liabilities in traditional junior competition.
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Paul Lubbers, PhD is the Director of USTA Tenni s Coaching Education. He is responsible for
overseeing the USTA high performance coaching program, which has trained hundreds of elite American
coaches based on the latest research in the sports sciences and advanced video filming and analysis techniques.
He is a member of both the USPTA and PTR and speaks internationally at teaching and coaching conventions.
His articles have been published by tennis organizations around the world.
Before coming to the USTA, Paul was a working teaching pro for 5 years in Atlanta, Georgia. He was also
a Division 1 college tennis coach for 8 years at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, where he
received his PhD in exercise and sports science. He lives in Key Biscayne and is known as the finest
bonefish fisherman among active teaching pros in South Florida.
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