Paul Lubbers: Team USA
and the Pathway to the Top
What is the international demographic portrait of a future pro champion? In this fascinating second interview Paul Lubbers explains that future top hundred pro players are virtually all in the system playing national events in the 12s, regardless of nationality. More interesting still, from the time they get their first ATP point, there is a 4 year window to reach the top 100—after that it is highly unlikely to happen. And for players that will eventually reach the top 10, this move to the top 100 happens much faster—in two years or less.
What is Team USA and how is it trying to facilitate this process? The focus has shifted to the players themselves and their needs—coaching wise, money wise, training wise, and to offering a diversity of services and support to put the players themselves in charge of their own teams.
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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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