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Neil Johnson Receives USTA Award
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Bill Kellogg, President, SCTA,
Neil Johnson, President, SSV Tennis,
Bruce Hunt, Exec. Director, SCTA
On Monday Feb 6, 2017, Neil Johnson received the USTA Service Award for Grassroots Junior Tennis at the Straus ClubHouse/UCLA. This award recognizes the years of dedication and effort Neil has contributed to junior tennis with his SSV Tennis Program. SSV Tennis is ability-based weekly competition in San Diego, Orange County and Los Angeles. Player's tennis ability and level are based on Neil's SSV Tennis Rating, patented in 1973.
Among Neil's grassroots programs, in 1975, he created Tennis Explorers, an official Boy Scouts of America organization for tennis. Weekly meetings for playing tennis on make-shift courts at a local church were very popular for neighborhood teens. Neil arranged tennis opportunities for juniors that went BEYOND playing, like being ball boys at the 1975 US OPEN at Forest Hills.
With over 50 years of 'keeping kids in the game', Neil continues to have a positive impact on juniors, making tennis fun and accessible to thousands of kids in Southern California.
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Newport Beach Tennis Club Hosts
1st Orange County SSV Event
Newport Beach Tennis Club's Craig Johnson and John Michael
Chamakoon recommend SSV Tennis for club juniors. They report
on how the SSV Tennis Rating and Weekly Round-Robin Events
enhance junior tennis development and keep kids "in the game".
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Stafford Twins Win
SSV Summer 2015 Grand Prix
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(L to R: Patrick Williams, Noah Stafford, Ryan Stafford, Michael Stafford)
Los Angeles - Ryan and Noah started playing tennis at the age of 4...
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Braemar Country Club Hosts First SSV Event
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Nawar Baram, Head Pro, Braemar Country Club, Tarzana CA, congratulates one of his students for winning her division on Sunday. Tennis Director Susan Pendo and her crew have tested over 40 kids to date. We thank them for their ongoing support as we celebrate Braemar's first SSV Grand Prix event and look forward to many more!
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Northridge Tennis CSUN Hosts Their First SSV Event
James Ciuffo, Northridge Tennis CSUN, congratulates Connor Schloemer, Toluca Lake Tennis, on winning his first tennis trophy with SSV. James has been giving the SSV Rating Test for months now, getting his juniors and other juniors in the community rated for the SSV Los Angeles Grand Prix. Thanks James, lots of kids are having a great time with SSV thanks to you and your support!
SSV Los Angeles Junior Grand Prix Gets Underway
Wally Corngold and Tristan Paradee ham it up after they win
1st place trophies in the
SSV Tournament and Advanced levels.
Braemar Country Club, Toluca Lake Tennis & Fitness Club, Warner Tennis Center and Burbank Tennis Center were represented as juniors from all around the LA community participated. Warner Tennis Center in Woodland Hills hosted the first SSV event held in Los Angeles on Saturday, April 18th.
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What Do We Want All USTA Organization Members To
Know In Southern California At Year-End 2014?
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Serve, Stroke & Volley (SSV)
If your organization is looking for a way to help your players find skill-level based competition to promote interest, improvement and retention, I recommend that you look at SSVTENNIS.COM or contact Neil Johnson, 760.781.5182, the founder of SSV. SSV can help youth or adult players find the right level of competition to have meaningful match play. SSV can also be used by teaching pros to pinpoint player improvement areas in control, power and mobility. This analysis can lead to private and group lessons, and workout groups.
SSV is an on-court skill test that can also be used as an individual or team competition format.
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Bruce Hunt
SCTA Executive Director
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An SSV test takes between 10-15 minutes per player, so a whole team can be scored in the time of a singles match. SSV can help organizations match players who are looking for hitting partners and it is gender and age neutral. Give Neil a call if SSV sounds like it could provide a positive activity for your site.
article: Bruce Hunt endorses SSV Tennis
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