Sean S.

About Me

Over 30+ years playing competitive tennis at a very high elite level
■ Competed in numerous USTA (Southern California section) tournaments in division Boys 10’s, 12’s, 14’s, 16’s, and 18’s Open Singles and Open Doubles; ***SoCal and Florida are known to be the 2 most competitive sections in all of USA
■ Competed in invitational only for elite juniors USTA Boys 16’s Zonals in Austin, Texas
■ Selectively invited as a junior in 1995 to attend the National Nike Tennis Training program and train with legendary head coach, Dick Gould, who led Stanford University to 17 NCAA Men’s Tennis Championships and worked with tennis legends such as John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors
■ Consistently Ranked Top 50 in Boys 16’s and 18’s Singles in Southern California; defeated Top-ranked #10 player in Boys 16’s Open Singles, who was also nationally ranked #123 in Boys 18’s, as best win on record
■ Played #1 Singles Varsity tennis (1996-2000) for Richard Gahr High School starting Freshman year; Richard Gahr High School won league title during 1998-1999 school year
■ Only player in High School to play Singles in the special invitational only Ojai CIF tennis tournament; lost in 2nd round to a player who was at the time ranked ATP #1288 in the world in a thrilling, unforgettable 3 set performance
■ Coached High School tennis teammates and coached Junior High School kids tennis
■ Played on the invitational only and extremely competitive UC Berkeley “Club Tennis” team (the top ranked Club Tennis team in the nation) for two seasons 2004 and 2005; competed against other Club Tennis teams such as Stanford, UC Davis, as well as other Division II schools
■ Co-founder of Tennis At Cal, which is a student run organization, promoting the game of tennis and educating students on tennis basics, techniques and fundamentals. Created fun classes and a community for students to socialize, get tennis practice and drills

Teaching Style

I like to teach the classic and modern style of play that is found in the likes of Sampras, Federer, Djokovic, Nadal, and Carlos Alcaraz. My specialities would be in teaching how to be an aggressive and dominant baseline player who knows how to finish points off quickly, whether they are at the baseline or at the net. Having solid and consistent groundstrokes is key to today's game , so I want to emphasize that in the early beginning. But Volleys are critical as well.

Teaching Locations = Travel Radius = Preferred Court