I have been coaching tennis and passionate about player development since 2007 and have been stringing racquets and playing the game since 1996. I grew up working and playing at tennis clubs and public courts in Irvine, CA. After competing on my high school varsity team I went to Lehigh University to study Philosophy, Cognitive Science, and Business and decided not to play in college but became a recreational player. After college I strung for multiple pro shops in Southern California and competed in the Wilson worlds fastest racquet stringer competition in Las Vegas. I set a new record and won the competition enabling me to get trained and work stringing for the pro’s at both the Miami Erickson and US Open tournaments. That is when I decided to dedicate to being a tennis professional and moved to the Bay area to live with my to be wife. After moving to the San Francisco Bay Area I started my own stringing business and began coaching Cunha Middle School’s tennis team as well as offering lessons on the side. Since then, I have coached High School boys and girls Varsity, coached with multiple recreation programs, gained USPTA certification, and was a pro at Ladera Oaks Tennis & Swim for 4 years before going independent and developing Pure Pace Tennis Academy, a tournament training program for juniors. To support my work with high performance players I attained the USTA High Performance Certification as well as have been studying the game at the professional level daily. The academy was run out of CA until 2022 when I moved to the Tampa Bay Area and I am now directing programming for players from Red ball to full time High Performance players. Player Development is my main focus and I love to help players organize, schedule, and execute their training at all levels in order to optimize their development and success on and off court.

Certifications

USPTA Since 2013
USTA High Performance
USTA ROG Certification