Bryan H.

I earned a four year full scholarship to the University of Evansville in 1982. I played four years of Division 1 college tennis, while earning a Bachelor of Science degree in legal administration in 1986. After completing my degree I spent the next six years after college traveling the world competing in small money tournaments in both the states and abroad, when time and budget permitted. During that 10 year period I have gained valuable insight into training, diet, tournament travel, competition, and injury prevention management. The one area that I excelled beyond the all others was with superior fitness. I knew I wasn’t always the best player on the court, so I would have to win by attrition. My last man standing/one more ball in play grinder approach wasn’t always successful, but it did take me past better competition on many occasions. The one thing that was crystal clear was if the other player couldn’t breathe or run he wouldn’t pose much of a threat.

I have continued to play,train,compete,and coach to keep myself at the top of my game and fitness level which allows me to still relate first hand to my students.

Bryan became certified by the USPTA in 1988 and currently holds USPTA P1 professional certificate. He continues to educate himself on a regular basis through ongoing USPTA seminars and courses around the country.

Once Bryan settled in Atlanta in 1993 he began looking to team with like minded tennis coaches who wanted to develop top junior players. His first job in Atlanta was with Brian Devilliers at Riverside Tennis Club. Although Riverside was small, it was very active and Devilliers had spent many years at Van Der Meer Tennis Academy. Devilliers had acquired many connections with many top junior players and touring pros. It was during this time that Bryan began to train and assist with coaching duties for Lindsey Lee. Lindsey was a top junior player in the nation in the 16’s who had opted to go the pro route instead of continuing junior tennis. Over the next two year period Bryan became daily hitting partner and travel coach, when Devilliers was obligated with other duties. During this time period Lindsey rose from the junior ranks to #33 in the world without a single movement backward. Bryan coached Lindsey to her first top 10 win in Leipzig, Germany, with a win over Brenda Schultz McCarthy, who was #9 in the world in 1995.

Later that same year, Bryan stumbled upon Heath and Matt Waters who had formed a brand new tennis academy in Norcross, GA (Ace Tennis Academy). He immediately hit it off with the twin brothers and became one of the founding coaches for Ace, later to be, a top junior tennis academy in the Southeast. The primary facility was based out of Racquet Club of the South in Norcross, GA, but eventually expanded in tennis clubs all over the southern United States. He and four other primary tournament coaches were responsible for developing five of the top ten girls in the nation in the girls 14’s. Bryan stayed with Ace Academy from 1995-2000, during which time these additional amazing results were achieved:

Eight juniors achieved a year-end national ranking of number one in their respective age divisions.
Five juniors were selected by the USTA to represent the United States in international team competition (Team USA).
Twelve “Gold Balls” (USTA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS) were won by ACE Academy juniors in their respective age divisions.
100% of graduating seniors have been awarded full tennis scholarship

Session plans are totally customized according the goals of the tennis athlete. I typically sit down with the student and the students parents and determine their particular goals, time frame to obtain those goals, amount of time per week to work to achieve those goals, and specific budget they have to obtain their goals.All these factors need to be known prior to creating a customized plan for the individual tennis athlete.