Huge news to kick off 2018! Verdasco Taracido Sports Management has reached an agreement with Registro Profesional de Tenis [RPT], the Spanish branch of the International Coaches Institute, in order to sponsor the MARCA Jóvenes Promesas circuit for the next three years. Over the last 23 seasons, MARCA has established itself as the premium 16 &...
College tennis is the way to go for most aspiring pros
A tennis player migrating to the United States on an athletic scholarship is no longer a novelty. Nowadays, even for players who aspire to make it to the professional circuit, college tennis is the norm. Currently, a teenager securing a spot in the ATP (especially) or WTA top 100 is...
NCAA 2017 Tennis Tournament: Our Players, Selection Show and the Role of the Committee
The selection committee has spoken. The NCAA tennis tournament brackets were unveiled on May 2. Our student-athletes on scholarship already know their path to a potential Division I national championship. Using basketball slang, May Madness is underway! In the women’s draw, the Georgia Bulldogs received the fifth overall seed. Marta...
Three reasons behind postseason ineligibility
At end of April, the majority of our athletes on scholarship in the United States are entering the home stretch of the season, i.e. the conference tournaments. As in every knockout competition, major powerhouses are more vulnerable to being ousted by theoretically inferior opposition. The big fish seek to reassert...
Athletic Scholarships in the United States: “College sports present certain regulation tweaks”.
It is no secret that international student-athletes need an adaptation period after landing in the United States to begin their college career. It takes time to adjust to the language, to combining a demanding training regime with university-level courses or to drastically modifying lunch and dinner times. Not only that,...