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HORSESHOE BAY RESORT
2017 Convention Details
The 2017 Annual TTCA Convention, which takes place at the luxurious Horseshoe Bay Resort (Horseshoe Bay, TX) is taking place the weekend of Decmeber 1st - 3rd, 2017
Below are the standard costs of the convention (Retired and Hall of Fame Coaches prices are reduced):
Double Occupancy - $325
Single Occupancy - $450
Commuter - $245
Below are additions you may add:
Early Arrival - $70 (Thursday arrival)
Spouse / Child - $110 (Fee for bringing a spouse or child)
**Costs include Friday/Saturday hotel with all amenities, meals (beginning Friday noon and ending Sunday breakfast), and 2018 TTCA membership.
Please visit Horseshoe Bay's website to see all what they have to offer
Please take the WILSON SURVEY!
Horseshoe Bay Resort |Horseshoe Bay, TX 78657
| Tentative Convention Schedule | |
Thursday, Nov. 30 - Early Registration |
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| 5-9pm | Registration - Hotel Lobby - You MUST register at the TTCA Booth BEFORE you can check in with the hotel. |
Friday, Dec. 1 - Morning |
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| 8:00am | GOLF Tournament | Slick Rock Golf Course |
| 8:30am - 5:00pm | Registration - Hotel Lobby - You must register with the TTCA before you can check in with the hotel. |
| 9:00 - 11:30am | DEMO COURTS - Babolat (clay courts 9 & 10) |
| 9:00am | Alex Ramirez (Pres/Dir of Player Development, ProTenn Global Sports) | (court 16) Running an Effective Practice with a Large Group While Maximizing Court Time |
| 10:00am | Kim Gidley (Head Women's Coach, U.S. Air Force Academy) | (court 16) A Few of My Favorite Drills and Sayisms |
| 11:30am - 12:45pm | LUNCH | (Ballroom A-E) Darryl Beasley (UIL) - UIL Updates (during lunch) |
Friday, Dec. 1 - Afternoon |
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| 1:00pm | Marco Valdez (San Antonio Tennis Academy and Clark HS) | (court 5) Victory Through Variation: How to Create All-Court Players |
| 1:00pm | Alison Ojeda (University of Tennessee Women's Tennis Coach) | (court 16) Drills for the Numbers (4+ per court) |
| 1:00pm | Dr. Jim Peterson (Sports Medicine Consultant) | (Ballroom F-H) Myths, Misinformation & Misconceptions Concerning Conditioning for Tennis |
| 1:00pm | Michelle Stallard (Horseshoe Bay Resort Director of Tennis) | (court 3) Cardio Tennis (Come ready to participate) |
| 2:00pm | (Travertine) Hall of Fame Committee Meeting |
| 2:00pm | (Ballroom A-E) WILSON Racket Sports presentation |
| 2:00pm | Tyson Stewart (Head Tennis Coach - Harlan High School | (Ballroom F-H) Universal Tennis Rating (UTR): The Basics and How to Get Started |
| 3:00pm | Gretchen Rush (Trinity Women's Tennis Coach) | (court 16) Doubles the Trinity Way! |
| 3:00pm | Julio Godreau (USTA-Texas Dir. of Junior Tennis) - (Ballroom A-E) Coaching the Modern Game |
| 3:00pm | Tom Ingram & John Ingram (USPTA Pros / Certification Trainers) | (court 5) Stroke Teaching Tips: Forehand, Backhand, Serve, Volley |
| 3:00pm | (Ballroom F-H) Panel Discussion on the topic "How to Motivate the Unmotivated Player" with Ruben Vargas, Paul Smith, Keith Howard & Marco Valdez |
| 4:00pm | (court 16) Patrick McEnroe - WILSON Keynote Speaker |
Friday, Dec. 1 - Evening |
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| 5:45 - 6:15pm | Hall of Fame Reception - (Limestone) Come and meet the 2017 Inductees |
| 6:30pm | (Ballroom A-E) WILSON Hall of Fame Awards Banquet with Coach of the Year and Special TTCA Awards with Patrick McEnroe as Guest Speaker and Tim Buwick from WILSON as MC |
Saturday, Dec. 2 - Morning |
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| 6:30 - 8:00am | BREAKFAST |
| 7:45 - 8:15am | Registration (Hotel Lobby) |
| 8:30am | (court 16) Patrick McEnroe - WILSON Keynote Speaker |
| 9:40am | (TBD outside following McEnroe's Session) Classification Meetings (30 mins.) |
| 10:15 - 11:35am | DEMO COURTS - Babolat (clay courts 9 & 10) |
| 10:20am | Mike Carter (Director of Net Generation Strategy - USTA - Texas) | (Ballroom F-H) Net Generation: A Bold New Era in Tennis |
| 10:20am | Bill Patton (Professional, Sequoyah Country Club and Head Coach, Tennyson HS, Hayward, CA) | (Ballroom A-E) Top 5 Strategies for Winning Tennis |
| 10:20am | Joey Scrivano - (Baylor Head Women's Coach) | (court 16) Baylor Tennis Camp Drills and More! |
| 10:20am | Furqan Iqbal (Sports Analytics - Makers of Tennis Locker App) | (Travertine) Tennis Locker App - Modernize Operations, Data-Driven Player Development and Inisightful Analytics |
| 11:10am | Matt McCoy - (Travertine) Q&A Sport Science |
| 11:30am - 12:45pm | LUNCH |
| 12:30 - 3:00pm | DEMO COURTS - Wilson (clay courts 11 & 12) |
Saturday, Dec. 2 - Afternoon |
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| 1:00pm | (Ballroom A-E) WILSON Racket Sports presentation |
| 1:00pm | Tyson Stewart (Head Tennis Coach - Harlan High School) -(Ballroom F-H) Universal Tennis Rating (UTR): The Basics and How to Get Started |
| 2:00pm | General Session - (Ballroom A-E) |
| 3:00pm | Tom Ingram & John Ingram (USPTA Pros and Certifcation Trainers) - (Court 16) Structuring a Team Practice |
| 3:00pm | Bill Patton (Professional, Sequoyah Country Club and Head Coach, Tennyson HS, Hayward, CA) | (Court 5) Helping Players Discover Their IDEAL Two Handed Backhand Style |
| 3:00pm | Kim Gidley (Head Women's Coach, U.S. Air Force Academy) - (Ballroom A-E) How to Winas the Underdog |
| 3:00pm | Bobby Kleinecke (TTCA Co-Executive Director and Wilson BLAST Coordinator) - Convention BLAST | (CLAY cts 9,10,11,12) Regions will field a blast team and compete for bragging rights. |
| 4:00pm | Annual "My Favorite Drill" competition | (court 3) Bring and present your favorite drill - Come ready to participate too! |
| 4:00pm | Betty Sue Welch (HPMS Tennis Coach) | (court 5) Junior High Drills When you Have Lots of Kids and Few Courts (Beginner to Intermediate Skill Levels) Bring your racquet and come ready to participate - beginning and low level tennis skills are preferred |
| 4:00pm | Alex Ramirez (President / Director of Player Development, ProTenn Global Sports) | (court 16) How to Teach Focus, Concentration and Pressure During a Practice Session |
Saturday, Dec. 2 - Evening |
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| 6:00 - 7:15pm | DINNER |
| 7:15pm | Evening Entertainment
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Sunday, Dec. 3 - Morning |
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| 6:30 - 8:00am | Breakfast |
| 8:00am | FCA Speaker | (Ballroom A-B) |
| 9:00am | Kim Gidley (Head Women's Coach, U.S. Air Force Academy) - (Court 16) Why Does Doubles Matter? (Session will include lots of doubles drills) |