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8/14/08
JASPER'S ED YARBROUGH CHOSEN
NATIONAL TENNIS COACH OF THE YEAR

Veteran Jasper High School tennis coach Ed Yarbrough received a major award this summer when he was chosen National High School Girls' Tennis Coach of the Year for 2008.  The award is from the National High School Coaches Association.

Yarbrough coached the boys' tennis teams at Jasper for 34 seasons and won a state title in 1999.  He continues to coach the girls' tennis team, which he has directed for 23 years.

Yarbrough is the all-time victory leader in Indiana high school tennis with 855 wins.

Here is a newspaper article about his accomplishment.  Congratulations, Ed!

7/25/08
DETAILS COMING SOON FOR NEW
BOYS SENIOR ALL-STAR TENNIS MATCHES

The Indiana High School Tennis Coaches Association will conduct the inaugural Boys' Senior All-Star Match event this fall.  The event will be Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008 at DePauw University in Greencastle.

Coaches will be able to nominate their senior boys.  Teams will be formed for the Northwest, Northeast, Southwest and Southeast regions of the state.  Competition will be in singles and doubles and will take place the weekend after the State Singles and State Doubles finals.

St. Vincent Sports Performance Center is the primary sponsor of the new event.  Carmel Coach Mike Bostic, a vice president of the IHSTeCA, is the event organizer.

There has been no All-Star opportunity for senior boys for the past several years.  An Indiana-Kentucky event was offered in the late 1990s.  For senior girls, the Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association annually offers the North-South Cup in June.

Further details for the new boys' event and a nomination form will be added to this site soon.

7/25/08
DATES, SITES SET FOR MANDATORY IHSAA
RULES INTERPRETATION MEETINGS

Each head tennis coach in Indiana must attend an IHSAA Rules Interpretation meeting each year.  The meetings are approximately 90 minutes in length. The meetings help ensure that everyone is aware of key rules and that all schools are playing under the same set of rules around the state.

Here are the sites and dates for the 2008-2009 Rules Interpretation meetings.

7/25/08
SURVEY ON RULES PROPOSALS
PLANNED FOR EARLY THIS FALL

The Indiana High School Tennis Coaches Association, in conjunction with the Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association, will conduct a statewide survey of tennis coaches in late August or early September this year.  The survey, which will be conducted online, is given every two years.

Coaches will have an opportunity to voice their opinion on about 20 potential rules changes in high school tennis.  IHSTeCA and ICGSA leaders will compile the results and then will use that information to present one to three Rules Proposals to the state high school athletic directors and to the IHSAA this winter.

Stay tuned for further instructions regarding the survey!

7/25/08
SPORTSMANSHIP CREED FOR
INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS

This statement on sportsmanship is endorsed by the Indiana High School Tennis Coaches Association and its Board of Directors.  Coaches are encouraged to use this creed to help educate players and fans on the importance of sportsmanship.  Coaches may want to print copies and distribute at team organizational meetings and/or may want to have each team member sign a copy and pledge to uphold the basic tenets of sportsmanship.  This statement is not a rule to be enforced by the IHSTeCA, but rather it is a good-faith creed designed to promote sportsmanship for high school tennis in Indiana.

Click to view the full sportsmanship creed

7/24/08
MICHIGAN CITY MARQUETTE HIGH SCHOOL
SEEKS BOYS' AND GIRLS' COACH

M.C. Marquette High School (District 1) is looking to fill their boys and girls head tennis coaching positions.  For more information contact AD Troy Campbell at 219-873-1325.

6/10/08
ALL-STATE TEAMS CHOSEN

All-State girls' tennis singles and doubles teams were selected on Saturday, June 7 in Indianapolis.  Those teams have now been released.  Check here.

6/10/08
ACADEMIC ALL-STATE ANNOUNCED

See who made the Academic All-State girls' tennis team here.

5/29/08
PARK TUDOR CLAIMS TEAM TITLE;
COLUMBUS NORTH, NORTH CENTRAL WIN INDIVIDUAL TITLES

Top-ranked Park Tudor became a four-time consecutive state champion in girls' tennis by beating No. 4 Jasper and No. 2 Munster on Saturday, May 31.  No. 5 Zionsville placed third by beating Jasper.

The IHSAA individual singles champion is Caroline Hedrick of Columbus North.  The IHSAA individual doubles champions are Maggie Ashby and Alena Perez-Majul of North Central.

Complete results from team state and individual singles and doubles are available at www.ihsaa.org

5/30/08
DISTRICT TEAMS SELECTED
FOR GIRLS' TENNIS

At a series of statewide meetings on Wednesday, May 28, the All-District Singles and Doubles girls' tennis teams were chosen.  The teams are listed on the District page.

 
At the 2008 Indiana Tennis Convention, new U.S. Olympic coach Rodney Harmon (left) instructs a session for coaches.  Coaches who attended the USPTA Specialty Course with Bob Love and Guy Parks pose at right.

4/16/08
Attention Convention attendees: The 2008 Convention report has been added to the site, and can be found under From the President above.

4/11/08
Coaches interested or involved in the USTA's "No-Cut" Program, they have a new interactive website.  This program allows coaches the opportunity to interact with other coaches on tennis tips, scheduling, and other convenient topics.  Here's the website.

4/09/08
Attention coaches: USPTA Master Pro Jorge Capestany, a frequent speaker at the Indiana and Midwest Tennis Conventions, has produced an excellent new website for tennis drills.  The site is called www.tennisdrills.tv and it offers free samples to preview.  The drills are shown on videos and also are diagrammed and explained wonderfully in easy-to-print format. Check it out when you have time.  It is a project that Capestany has been working on and thinking about for several years, and the product is outstanding!