Advantage Tennis and Fitness

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Advantage Tennis and Fitness has a very professional and helpful staff, whether you are interested in tennis, fitness or both. The tennis professionals has been carefully screened and every one of them highly qualified.

Here is a brief profile of our staff:

Rob Maxwell is the Owner and General Manager of Advantage Tennis and Fitness. He is a United States Professional Tennis Association (USPTA) certified teaching pro with over 25 years of teaching experience. Over his career, Rob has worked with juniors from the beginning to the nationally ranked level, and has coached both high school and college teams. Rob has also worked extensively with adult players of all levels, and currently coaches many River City and USTA teams. Rob has received "Pro of the Year" honors from both KY Tennis Assoc and the USPTA. Rob is also the past president of the Ky USPTA and enjoys playing tennis in the local 5.0 USTA league.

Did you know Rob is known for his infinite patience teaching and coaching novice and intermediate players (with the possible exception of a couple of "cheeky" guys on a certain 3.0 men's team)?

Quinton Dailey is the Director of Tennis. He is a fully qualified and registered USTPA Tennis Professional with over 20 years of teaching, coaching and mentoring experience. Quinton played tennis at Botswana Regional Teacher's College and was a South African national Team doubles finalist in 1988. He was awarded "Tennis Magazine's" Teacher of the Year award in the successive years of 1991-92.

In additon to directing all tennis activities, Quinton teaches, coaches and trains Juniors six days a week and is considered one of the area's premier junior tennis developers.

Did you know Quinton is originally from South Africa and was the mainstay of their national team for 7 years? He recently returned from a visit -- his first in almost 15 years.

Lesson of the Week: Many intermediate players sorely neglect their serve. Ask yourself: "What percentage of my first serves are good? Is my second serve a weak, limpy moonball?" You should be getting at least 55-60% of your first serves in. The serve is a primary "first blow" weapon and many players fail to recognize the advantage of having a decent first serve. In addition, this is something that can be practiced alone. See your pro for more advice on how you can improve your serve.