Problem with USPTA instructor

Originally Posted by sureshs

You give the impression that it is some kind of online written test only. I don't think so.

http://tennis.about.com/od/jobsandte...eachpro2_2.htm

To gain USPTA certification, you must pass an exam that includes:

demonstrating your own proficiency at executing various strokes
teaching a group and a private lesson
analyzing stroke errors
demonstrating grips
passing a written exam that covers a wide range of tennis topics, including teaching, playing, equipment, and history

Yeah, well it's really not a learning experience for most that do this for a living. Just something one must do..Again, it has very little to do with actually understanding how to build games.

[sureshs]

And that is why there are multiple levels of certification. A P1 certification requires a NTRP of 4.5 and 3 years of full-time teaching.

In my profession too, there a bunch of old farts whose constant refrain is that a degree in their field means nothing. One must acknowledge their seniority and real world experience, and listen to their condescending comments about fresh grads with degrees. Unless the courses in the degree exactly match the "experience" the old fart has for the last 20 years, he declares the degree worthless. If you add up all their claims, no one would ever get a degree in a lifetime, because each one is so narrow-minded that he thinks his skills are the only ones of any value.

But thankfully at least in the private sector, these guys all get laid off eventually when senior management realizes they are being taken for a ride. The fresh new grads are usually far superior to those that they replaced, and come without the attitude issues.