Lucious R.

Hi, my name is Lucious, (AKA Lou). I am a passionate certified USTA/PTR teaching professional. I have been playing tennis for 24 years and teaching the game for 25 years. I was a member of a USTA team that made Nationals standing in the year 2004-2005. I am certified to teach youths (10 and Under), high performance teens, young/middle/senior adults. I am a college grad with a BA and university graduate with a MA in communications. I worked as an educator for the NYC Department of Education for 38 years. I attend annual professional development classes in order to keep myself updated with the latest changes and or additions to the game of tennis in today's world. I am dependable, reliable, punctual, and a strong believer in the concepts of purpose and structure. I have been teaching for the last 19 years at the Highland Park Tennis Association located in Brooklyn, NY and in addition, for the Harlem YMCA for the last 15 years.

I use the three principles of learning in my teaching with emphasis on "Observation, what do I see? , Interpretation, what do I understand about what "I see" and Application , how do I replicate and or apply what I saw and understood. Safety is at the top of my list with fun coming in as a close second. My teaching style is focused on progressions that allow participants have repeated interactions that vacillates between a cerebral and concrete construct. I begin my lessons by teaching informational content,(Cerebral),first; i.e. language and terms relevant to tennis which includes the 4 C's of sports, "Control, Consistency, Competence, and Confidence". Then, via demonstration, I introduce and bridge the concrete information (the physicality of tennis, technique movement stroke production, etc.). Ounce the participants are able to the necessary level of competence and confidence, I move back to the cerebral side of the game to emphasize strategies, and planning techniques.