Darryl Cummings stopped by the Rick Macci Tennis Academy located on Boca Raton, Florida in December 2019. Rick has a lot of energy and passion for tennis.

In 2017 according to the department of education there were 9,711 male and 10,360 female college tennis players.

• Christopher Newport Men’s Tennis $107,729
• Christopher Newport Women’s Tennis $116,116
• Hampton Men’s Tennis $227,049
• Hampton Women’s Tennis $378,172
• Hampden-Sydney Men’s Tennis $105,549
• Norfolk State Men’s Tennis $240,996
• Norfolk State Women’s Tennis $256,427
• Old Dominion Men’s Tennis $535,219
• Old Dominion Women’s Tennis $679,174
• Randolph-Macon Men’s Tennis $36,832
• Randolph-Macon Women’s Tennis $39,277
• Richmond Men’s Tennis $187,696
• Richmond Women’s Tennis $632,976
• Virginia Wesleyan Men’s Tennis $57,873
• Virginia Wesleyan Women’s Tennis $51,213
• William & Mary Men’s Tennis $579,365
• William & Mary Women’s Tennis $827,853
• Virginia Men’s Tennis $1,277,405
• Virginia Women’s Tennis $1,335,400

One of the first questions a college coach will ask a recruit is “What is you SAT score?”. The recruits answer could throw up some “Red Flags”.

POTENTIAL RED FLAG ANSWERS

• I am taking the test again.
• It was the day after my prom.
• I don’t do well on standardized test.
• I don’t remember.
• Looks at parents and says “Do you remember my score”

BEST ANSWER: Just give the score! More than likely the coach is just trying to figure out if you can get into the school. If you have a high enough level of play they may be able to ask admissions for an exception.

CLICK HERE FOR COLLEGE RECRUIT COACHING with Darryl Cummings

• Three (3) players on one (1) court. 1 Top Player and 2 Challengers.
• Start play from baseline.
• Challenger 1 feeds the ball to Top Player to start the point. Challenger 1 continues competition with Top Player until someone is eliminated.
• For the Challenger to take Top Player’s spot they need to get 3 Forced Errors (+) or 2 Unforced Errors (-) on the Top Player.
• For the Top Player to eliminate the challenger and to take on the next challenger they need to get 2 Forced Errors (+) or 1 Unforced Errors (-) on the Challenger. 
• Players benefit having self awareness of Forced Errors and Unforced Errors along with being able to evaluate their opponents Forced Errors and Unforced Errors.  

First class tournament with some good prize money. Men’s and Women’s Singles Winner receives $7,500. July 7-12, 2019.

UNDERSTANDING THE RESULTS OF A TENNIS MATCH

COMPETITIVE MATCH: The match is decided by a net of 2 service breaks or less. The match is engaging for both players and spectators.

ROUTINE MATCH: The match is decided by a net 3 service breaks. Most cases the outcome is not in serious doubt.

DECISIVE MATCH: The match is decided by a net 4 service breaks or more. Boring tennis match that may be humiliating for the loser.

Players with the same UTR level often have competitive matches. Players who are more than one UTR level apart often have routine and decisive matches.

How important is CBS and Serena Williams to ratings and viewership?

• 2010 Clijsters vs Zvonareva (CBS) 1.7 rating, 2.61 million viewers
• 2011 Stosur vs S. Williams (CBS) 3.3 rating, 4.93 million viewers
• 2012 S. Williams vs Azarenka (CBS) 3.4 rating, 5.17 million viewers
• 2013 S. Williams vs Azarenka (CBS) 4 rating, 6.17 million viewers
• 2014 S. Williams vs Wozniacki (CBS) 2.9 rating, 4.5 million viewers
• 2015 Pennetta vs Vinci (ESPN) 1 rating, 1.1 million viewers
• 2016 Kerber vs. Pliskova (ESPN) 1 rating 1 million viewers
• 2017 Stephens vs Keys (ESPN) 1.85 million viewers
• 2018 S. Williams vs Osaka (ESPN) 2.4 rating, 3.1 million viewers

Data supplied by statista

The prestigious Cape Henry Racquet Club built in 1974 by George Dragas and other founders is for sale. Here are some details:

• Sales price $3,200,000 with owner financing
• 2 indoor clay courts Clear Span fabric structure with lighting and gas heat (added 2014)
• 3 outdoor clay courts with two of them being lighted
• 1,000 square foot renovated clubhouse with hardwood floors, bathrooms, showers, and office space
• City water for the clubhouse and well water for irrigation system
• Experienced and friendly staff
• Quality members including professionals and accomplished tennis players along with the creator of the Universal Tennis Rating (UTR)
• 3.5 acres located on the Linkhorn Bay
• The club has had numerous events featuring world wide tennis leaders such as Nick Bollettieri, Israeli Fed Cup Captain, Main Draw Wimbledon Players, Grand Slam Champions, along with head collegiate coaches from Notre Dame, Virginia Commonwealth, Old Dominion, Norfolk State, Randolph Macon, Hampden-Sydney, Virginia Wesleyan, along with many other NCAA coaches
• Top notch tennis coaches Jose Benjumea, David Wilson, Ashley McEachern, and Diane Deaton along with others have used The Cape to service their clients
• Contact Darryl Cummings for inquires at darryl@cummingsathletics.com and click the following YouTube Link

Universal Tennis RatingⓇ founders sell their interests in Universal Tennis, LLC to Iconica Partners

Steve Clark (Norfolk, VA), Darryl Cummings (Virginia Beach, VA) and Dave Howell (Virginia Beach, VA), founders of Universal Tennis, LLC, have sold their interests in the company to Iconica Partners, which includes, among others, Mark Hurd (CEO of Oracle), Ken Solomon (President of Tennis Channel), Mark Leschly (Managing Partner of Rho Capital), and Major League Baseball, LA Dodgers Investment group.

Universal Tennis,LLC is the company behind the Universal Tennis Rating, or “UTR”, a revolutionary player rating system that provides a single, unifying language and standard for tennis players across ages, geographies and genders. As the leading algorithm-based system for competitive tennis players, UTR has already experienced rapid grassroots adoption across college and junior levels worldwide.  A tennis player’s UTR is a number, between 1.00 and 16.50, that accurately and objectively indicates that player’s level of play. The company’s vision is to unify tennis for everyone by bringing cutting edge analytics and community based technology to tennis players worldwide, independent of level. UTR uniquely allows anyone to measure, identify and track their level of play relative to other players, while also providing tools for coaches and organizers to run UTR Powered Events that are level based rather than age or gender driven. Today the UTR system is powered by over 6 million match results, across 600 thousand players in nearly 200 countries. To learn more about UTR, please visit www.MyUTR.com.

About the founders:

Steve Clark: Former COO, Intellectual Property Manager and Lead Ratings Specialist for Universal Tennis had primary responsibility for design and development of the company’s underlying UTR singles and doubles tennis ratings algorithms. Steve, whose formal education includes studies in aerospace and mechanical engineering, is licensed to practice professional engineering by the Commonwealth of Virginia as well as patent law before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He has over 25 years of corporate management experience, in both start-ups and established companies, and has been intimately involved in virtually every phase of new product development, protection, licensing and commercialization. Steve has designed, and in many cases been directly involved in the manufacture of, equipment and systems in a remarkably wide range of disciplines: from wind tunnel ground-effect systems, to medical appliances, to piezoelectric sensors and actuators, to oil-water separator equipment, to 3-D printers, to rocket propellant loading machinery, to thermally- and magnetically-actuated electric circuit breakers, to jet aircraft test landing equipment, to electronic temperature controllers, to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasonic imaging equipment… and much more. He has also provided court-qualified expert testimony, in state and federal court proceedings, in the fields of physics and electrical, mechanical and civil engineering on numerous occasions.

Darryl Cummings: Demonstrated national success as a collegiate coach for 23 years with men’s and women’s teams in the national NCAA Division I rankings and individuals earning high NCAA Division rankings in singles and doubles along with being named conference “Coach of the Year” multiple times. Darryl has coached all three Universities in his hometown of Norfolk, VA: Old Dominion University (NCAA DI) 1992-2011; Virginia Wesleyan University (NCAA DIII) 1989, 2013-2015; Norfolk State University (NCAA DI) 2016-present. With a 563-353 record, Darryl is ranked 3rd among all coaches with the most wins at Old Dominion University. In addition, Darryl is the owner of Cape Henry Racquet Club in Virginia Beach. Formal education includes business administration, philosophy in religious studies and sports management. Darryl is certified by the USPTA and PTR. For more information about Darryl’s background go to CummingsAthletics.com.

Dave Howell: Former President and Managing Director of Universal Tennis, LLC was the creative force behind Universal Tennis Ratings (UTR). Under Dave’s leadership UTR was conceived, developed and commercialized, and achieved word-wide recognition throughout the tennis industry. Dave, a former college tennis player, is a certified teaching pro (USPTA and PTR) with nearly 40 years of experience. In addition to being expertly skilled in the mechanics of tennis shot production, as well as tennis tactics and strategy, Dave has years of experience in charting match play and in competition analytics, and has created match-charting and analytic systems that have been successfully employed at the highest levels of tennis.