John Spoerl

Male

Citrus Heights, CA

United States

Profile Information:

I am a:
Tennis Fan, Tournament or League Player, Teaching Pro or Coach, Playing Pro, Racquet Stringer
Neighborhood or other helpful location info:
Citrus Heights / Gold River / Natomas
Random things about me (hobbies, occupation, tennis history, favorite band, etc.):
baseline to baseline rallys when I was 4. Decent Jr. rankings. Played NHSTAA (national HS team tennis all american) tournament frosh/soph years. My Junior year was spent figuring out how to play left handed. I WAS SERVING LEFT HANDED BUT PLAYING THE REST OF MY GAME RIGHT HANDED. My backhand was legit (bc its the way a lefty holds a baseball bat), but I could never do anything on my forehand side. 1h/2h/2hswitch, nothing. + I was starting to serve harder and running out of time to get the racquet back into my right hand. I wish I had received better coaching when I was young, but restarting this game is when I fell in love with it. I limped onto the Highschool team and returned to Jr. Open's my Senior year. I didn't have the game to play anywhere right out of highschool so I took a semester off. I hired a kinesiologist and got pretty serious. In 06 I played #1 for Diablo Valley college. I was conference MVP, our team won the conference title. My doubles partner and I won the conference doubles title and went on to win the norcal title. In 08 I was #1 for American River College. Athlete of the month. "most dominant singles player AR has had in the last decade" Norcal doubles final again with a different partner to make my 3rd state appearance overall. 3 Finals and 1 Semi-final showings at the ITA pre-season.
YEAR END MEN'S OPEN DOUBLES RANKINGS: 06' #84 (3-8); 07' #14 (9-8); 08' #15 (9-4); 09-#4 (9-4, 3 of them to gherety/stanly); 2010 #14 (5-1)

I am currently teaching at Natomas Racquet Club. My clients range from a 30 yr/old who lost 50lbs and moved from a 3.5 to a 4.5 in under 2 yrs. A 12 yr old who made it to the semi's of the world championship after winning the national title in the czech republic. I teach junior clinics at NRC Mon-Thur. As far as competition, I cashed 3 of my last 4 opens. Most of my success comes in doubles. No ATP points to report, but a world ranking is my goal.
Our 09 Natomas 5.0 team won districts and I played all the singles. (5-0) regular season. The next yr we won districts and lost in the finals of sections, I was 8-1..
I won my first 7 matches on clay this season but lost in the semi's. I won the yuba city open and sac open doubles titles this yr with Jeff Shin. Those were good for some $$$
Favorite pro tennis player(s):
Collin Dibley, Lou Hoad, Owen Davidson, Rod Laver, Pat Rafter, Sampras, Agassi, Johnny Mac.
My tennis skill (please check your NTRP if you know it):
Im a pro
On the court, I am a:
lefty, serve-n-volleyer
My favorite local courts:
I used to work at Gold River Racquet club, I still teach at the indoors, and Natomas Racquet club.
Relationship status:
Single
Favorite website:
http://www.ustanorcal.com

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  • Susan

    I'd like to have a lesson with you.........if the offer still stands.  I am an older woman playing 3.0-3.5 and needing more exercise..........perhaps you know some others I might hit with.  I live in Roseville and have a flexible schedule.  I'd like to work on court coverage, anticipation, and always the serve.

     

    Thanks,

    Susan..........tennisopolis - roseville

    9167836881

    Jul 3, 2011

  • Katie

    I do know Shinny. Tell him hi for me!

     

    Aug 7, 2011

  • Mark / The Mayor

    John, this is going out only to my friends on Tennisopolis.  I'm trying to build some buzz on facebook for Tennisopolis.  I couldn't think of anything extremely clever, so I figured giving away cool stuff always works!  I need your help today; just LIKE the post our our fb page for a Verdasco autograph.  And stay tuned, we're going to be having more giveways on fb in the near future.

    Here's the link to our page: 

    http://www.facebook.com/tennisopolis

    Thanks,  Mark

    Dec 21, 2011