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[klacr]

Thanks for sharing. How far away from Stockholm?

Kyle LaCroix USPTA
Boca Raton

[don_budge]

Quaint and rustic…Knistad Country Club

looks awesome don_budge. Is there a tennis section on the website?

Kyle LaCroix USPTA
Boca Raton

http://www.knistad.se

It is awesome in a quaint sort of way. The golf course is really nice…without being overly manicured. A bit rustic you might say.

Teaching golf has been great training for teaching tennis. I always say that I learned more about tennis from playing and teaching golf than I learned from playing tennis. Curious thing to say…I know. But the swing is the thing…particularly in golf. Little swings share commonalities with big swings. Much as it does in tennis.

But the same cannot be said for the two rather sad tennis courts. I proposed to the new owner of the hotel that he resurface the two with a new red clay court product that my friend Magnus Gustafsson and Emilio Sanchez sell. I also recommended that he add two more courts to make it a unique golf and tennis hotel…something that would be rather unique in Sweden.

It would make an ideal setting. It is located out in the Swedish country side. Very quaint and delightfully old.

[klacr]

looks awesome don_budge. Is there a tennis section on the website?

Kyle LaCroix USPTA
Boca Raton

[don_budge]

My Club…Knistad Country Club

Come and take a golf or tennis lesson from me…at the Knistad Country Club in Sweden. Teaching golf and tennis in a foreign country. Not bad for a poor Columbian kid trying to make a living. Golf and tennis…God's gift to mankind in terms of recreation.

http://www.knistad.se/golf/

This is actually my second club…it's seasonal work at Knistad. I'll post some pictures of my "day" job soon..

[hockeyscout]

Great clubs everyone. Good idea to post pictures.

I also like your place Hockeyscout. It looks more like my club. Just remember The Spartak Tennis Club in Moscow was run down but they produced a great many top professionals. Places like ours Hockeyscout builds character. As one well known coach likes to say ''Flip it.'' Make it a positive.

We've got no heat at our MMA gym, our lights are broken, our lockers are from the 1940's and our athletes are dirt poor. The place is almost going out of business every month, and the last thing on anyones mind is making cash, we're just trying to keep the electric turned on every month! And, our kids are beating the living hell out of everyone in the country by a wide mile. Go figure.

[gordonp]

Great clubs everyone. Good idea to post pictures.

I also like your place Hockeyscout. It looks more like my club. Just remember The Spartak Tennis Club in Moscow was run down but they produced a great many top professionals. Places like ours Hockeyscout builds character. As one well known coach likes to say ''Flip it.'' Make it a positive.

[hockeyscout]

This is our new hitting wall. If you miss it goes over the fence, and into thorny bushes, so you'd better be consistent!



I am sorry, however, I removed sign on the wall as I did not want it stolen. It states.

2021. Tennis Success Isn't an Entitlement. It's Earned. Here. Now.

Regards
worldsworsttenniscoachwhoknowsnothingaboutgrips

[hockeyscout]

[hockeyscout]

This is our club. Its called 2021. Right next door to the house. We moved indoors now, however, we will be back in the spring to compete. Its an old USSR court, and no one uses it now. Lines are kind of broke, but I did remodel it this summer by putting in a hitting wall (you can see it in the photos, its pretty classy.

[klacr]

Good for you Kyle, that is a beautiful club...However, it doesn't surprise me, as you seem like a passionate, informed, and classy young man..We need more of your kind in the industry.

Thanks 10splayer.

Nice words. Maybe too nice. Nothing special about it. Just trying really hard like everyone else in this world. It's the people you surround yourself with and learn things from that make you who you are. Glad you like the pictures.

Kyle LaCroix USPTA
Boca Raton

[gzhpcu]

Here is an aerial view of my club...

http://www.luganohotel.com/d-sport-ten.html

[10splayer]

Phil,

I appreciate the kind words. I actually am celebrating my 10 year anniversary at the club this month. I was hired in October 2004 before the club was even built. I was there before the courts were and before the clubhouse was complete. It's been an amazing experience to see the club's growth in business, membership and the physical transformation> There once was a day when I was taller than those palm trees.

Stotty,

Thank you. As for the cost of membership, we don't sell or offer "memberships" to the outside. When you purchase of home within the community you have access to the facility. Homes start at $900k. We do allow outsiders to come in and participate in lessons and clinics to create revenue but no social play allowed for them.

The best part about my club is that unlike many gated country clubs in South Florida, we do not have golf. Tennis is the star of the show, not the forgotten loss leader than permeates many clubs. Everyone in the community plays tennis and it is the #1 social activity. That's what makes it even more special.

Kyle LaCroix USPTA
Boca Raton

Good for you Kyle, that is a beautiful club...However, it doesn't surprise me, as you seem like a passionate, informed, and classy young man..We need more of your kind in the industry.

[klacr]

Kyle,
You must have one of the most beautiful tennis clubs I have ever seen, and just love the surrounding palm trees. Lucky guy...
By the way, I live halfway up on the hill behind the skyscraper on the first photo and can see my club from the balcony.

Kyle's club is stunning. What a lovely place to work and play tennis at. I wonder what the costs are to join a club like that?

You club is no ugly ducking either, Phil. Very pretty. What a nice idea to exchange photos and clips of our clubs.

I fly to Maine today. In 9 hours I will on other side of the pond.

Phil,

I appreciate the kind words. I actually am celebrating my 10 year anniversary at the club this month. I was hired in October 2004 before the club was even built. I was there before the courts were and before the clubhouse was complete. It's been an amazing experience to see the club's growth in business, membership and the physical transformation> There once was a day when I was taller than those palm trees.

Stotty,

Thank you. As for the cost of membership, we don't sell or offer "memberships" to the outside. When you purchase of home within the community you have access to the facility. Homes start at $900k. We do allow outsiders to come in and participate in lessons and clinics to create revenue but no social play allowed for them.

The best part about my club is that unlike many gated country clubs in South Florida, we do not have golf. Tennis is the star of the show, not the forgotten loss leader than permeates many clubs. Everyone in the community plays tennis and it is the #1 social activity. That's what makes it even more special.

Kyle LaCroix USPTA
Boca Raton

[stotty]

Kyle,
You must have one of the most beautiful tennis clubs I have ever seen, and just love the surrounding palm trees. Lucky guy...
By the way, I live halfway up on the hill behind the skyscraper on the first photo and can see my club from the balcony.

Kyle's club is stunning. What a lovely place to work and play tennis at. I wonder what the costs are to join a club like that?

You club is no ugly ducking either, Phil. Very pretty. What a nice idea to exchange photos and clips of our clubs.

I fly to Maine today. In 9 hours I will on other side of the pond.

[gzhpcu]

Kyle,
You must have one of the most beautiful tennis clubs I have ever seen, and just love the surrounding palm trees. Lucky guy...
By the way, I live halfway up on the hill behind the skyscraper on the first photo and can see my club from the balcony.