ROSS BOLING  --  BTC TENNIS DIRECTOR
NOTHING BUT DOUBLES DRILL GROUPS

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. IMPROVE YOUR GAME Sharpen your doubles axe with these lively, tightly-organized sessions where we give special emphasis to "All Things Doubles": ***Doubles Tactics and Strategy, ***Middle Theory, ***Poaching, [low and slow], ***Doubles-specific shot production skills       [serve and volley, chip and charge,        air the high ball, rip and roll], as well as pro-supervised play. Because we limit most groups to 4 players, we can focus on a variety of areas in doubles and do a lot of exciting even inspirational situational response drilling. Everything we do will be designed to make our players master doubles practitioners and thus highly effective and widely feared inter-club warriors, the envy of Oakland County and beyond. Classes are 1 1/2 hours. We refuse to let the competition gain on us. Cost is $15. Times by arrangement with Ross. USE ROSS AS A PRACTICE MULE Looking for that elusive fourth to round out a doubles group? Use this former U.S. number one, Dubler Cup star and BTC Tennis Director as a scrimmage dummy. Though showing ample gray it is said he still "has game".  After one recent practice a participant was heard to remark: "Any way we could get you to put on a dress for our next away match?" Sessions are 1 1/2  hours and consist of a robust doubles-oriented warmup followed by no less than a boisterous hour of challenging, high impact, pro-directed set play, chock full of cogent "doubles talk".  A great medium for sharpening the doubles axe and getting into fighting trim for the league season. Cost is $20. Times by arrangement with Ross. PRACTICE WITH THE PROS Get on the good foot. Start your weekend out right with these lively, highly entertaining sessions with the staff featuring intense situational response drilling, the latest biomechanical sports science revelations and an alarmingly high level of  'esprit de corps'. One recent participant didn't want to go home. A bargain at $15. Times are 8:30-10 Saturday and Sunday mornings. Groups are minimum of 4, maximum of 6. LESSON RATES Privates with Ross or Bev are $40 per hour. Group rate is $15 per 1 1/2 hours, minimum of 4, maximum of 6.

. MEET ROSS BOLING Ross is well-known in the Detroit area and the United States as that rarity: a dynamic coach and teacher as well as a top player. His teaching/coaching/playing career spans over thirty years and has included positions at Square Lake Racquet Club, Franklin Health and Fitness, Beverly Hills Club and Detroit Tennis and Squash in this area as well as Mid-Town Tennis Club in Chicago, Bent Tree Country Club in Dallas, Callaway Gardens in Georgia and as head women's coach at Auburn University in the Southeastern Conference. While at Auburn, Ross compiled the best three-year winning percentage in school history and developed the first nationally ranked players in school history.  In 1990 he was among 5 coaches selected nationally as guest clinician at the NCAA Championships.   Ross has coached or instructed all levels of players, from beginner to world-ranked. Ross is recognized as one of the top senior players in the United States and the world. He is the winner of  3 USTA national balls. IN 1998, Ross was ranked #1 in the United States in the men's 45 and over division and #15 in the world by the ITF . In 1999, he was selected to represent the United States on the Dubler Cup Team [45-over Davis Cup] that finished  4th  in the World Championships in Luxembourg. Ross was undefeated in Dubler Cup play. He competed at the ITF World Championships in Nottingham, England, in 1998 and Amsterdam in 1999. Ross is a graduate of Murray State University with degrees in English and History. He has also had a career in Journalism as a sports writer for various publications and as a copy editor for the Chicago Tribune. . . Beverly Boling, an experienced collegiate competitor and professional instructor,  is also ranked.

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