Mike Copenhaver is a Level 1 USPTA CourtThink Professional with over 12 years of teaching experience. Mike has coached nationally ranked juniors, nationally ranked USTA teams, high school teams, junior club teams and much more. During his high school coaching years, he took 9 out of 12 kids to state with a second year tennis program.
We welcome him and look forward to having him as a member of our team.
Mike Copenhaver
Teaching Professional
Tyler Weekes has been playing competitive tennis for 17 years; teaching tennis for over 12 years and has also been on Vic Braden’s National Coaching staff for 10 years. One of the youngest coaches ever certified by the USPTA, Tyler passed with some of the highest scores ever recorded during certification.
Tyler is a strong believer in having solid mechanics, and a real student of the game. Aggressive play and fun are always in the forefront of his mind. Tyler has been a high school head coach, a national level junior coach and coached several adult teams at the USTA District, Sectional and National levels. In addition, Tyler is a registered WTA coach and currently coaches Ivana Lisjak from Croatia who has achieved a career high world rank of 95.
In 2004, Tyler became the Founder Court Think, LLC. Court Think specializes in the analysis of human movement primarily in the sport of tennis, tennis club management, and instructional tennis programming. Court Think is also the only company to conduct 3D research on professional Tennis Players during live matches. Court Think has quickly become known as a premier producer of highly competent professionals working in the tennis industry. Court Think is proud to announce its strategic alliance with the prestigious tennis facility at the International Tennis Center-Las Vegas. International Tennis Centre’s tennis programming will now be Powered By Court Think with many exciting things to come.
Tyler Weekes
Founder of CourtThink
Dr. Al Tatarunis
Mental Strength Trainer
In 1989, Dr. Al met Jim Ahearn at the Cedardale Athletic Club in Bradford, Massachusetts. They combined their skills and created a program to develop mental strength for tennis players.
They utilized Jim's knowledge and understanding of tennis and Dr. Al's knowledge and understanding of developing educational programs and successfully made it a part of the tennis program at Cedardale. When Jim moved to The Breakers in Palm Beach, FL, they ran the program with the great success for the Junior Tennis Academy. During the summer months they also presented the program on Cape Cod at Ballymeade Country Club and New Seabury Resort.
Dr. Al's program centers around building the following skills: Inner Mental Practice, Changing Negative on Court Behaviors, and The Release of Negative Emotions during match play.
Dr. Al has a Bachelor's Degree in Education from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, a Masters Degree in Education from Harvard University, and a Doctorate in Education from Boston University. He has also conducted mental strength training programs for golf, lacrosse, and gymnastics.
You can find more information about Dr. Al's work and seminars at www.stressmanagement.com.