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My Serve
Welcome to the latest issue of Pro Stringer. We still need a
new name for the 2018 Stringers Digest. We are offering prizes
for the top 3 places in the contest (rackets, strings, bags). You
can send in as many names as you like. We hope to decide by
August 1.
We have already tested over 30 people with the new ERSA
Master Professional Stringer Tennis Level 1 Certification. I just
finished up with the newest version of the ERSA Professional
Stringer Certification this week. Summer vacation for me is
re-writing and adding photos for the Techniques Section of the
2018 stringers book. Everything will be finished by September
and we will send out the Technique Section then to all mem-
bers. It will cover tennis, badminton, squash and racquetball.
Master Professional Stringer Tennis Level 2 will be finished in
September.
We received the stats for the US tennis market and is down
quite a bit for 2016. The data is in the Industry News this issue,
I am trying to get the stats for Europe and the rest of the world
to get a better view of the direction of tennis in the next years.
I am starting now to organize the next Symposium for Milano
this month. We hope to have over 100 people attending. We
will offer many courses 2 or three times so everyone can take
part in small groups. Also, we will give one private lesson to ev-
eryonefree of charge, the same as the last 4 years. 1 each the
first two days. Anyone wanting more can book directly with the
instructor the last two days. The
2018 Symposium will be bigger and
better than the last 4. We work very
hard analyzing what we can do bet-
ter and asking the members what
they are interested in.
I hope to see many new faces in
Milano next April.
Best regards
Mark Maslowski