Category Archives: Juniors

Congratulations to Kickingbird professional, Jeret Johnson and the Oklahoma team in winning the USTA Missouri Valley Team Event that took place May 26-28, 2018 at Oklahoma City Tennis Center.  Oklahoma went undefeated during the three day tournament on its way to the title.  The other 6 districts were Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas, St. Louis and…

Save the Date: Junior Tennis Parent Meeting - Wednesday, February 28th 5:30-6:00pm. David Minihan, Director of Tennis will discuss the USTA Oklahoma tournament process. Any parents who have children that are currently playing or wish to one day start playing USTA tournaments, are encouraged to attend.

By David Minihan, USPTA Master Professional Beginning January 2018, USTA Oklahoma will be using the Universal Tennis Rating system (UTR) for seeding the Challenger and Champs circuits. UTR enables all players to measure their abilities and to discover precise and reliable players’ ratings based on actual match results. Over the last ten years Universal Tennis…

By David Minihan, USPTA Master Professional Questions, concerns and comments from parents, players and coaches are typically my topics when writing blogs. Recently, I have noticed there seems to be a lot of people that don't understand how a draw is actually constructed. I fielded a call about a week ago from a parent that…