Dennis Van der Meer is the Founder and President of the Van Der Meer TennisUniversity and the Professional Tennis Registry. Dennis is recognized worldwide for his innovative teaching techniques. Tennis Magazine has awarded him the title of Teaching Pro of the Decade and he was designated the first National Master in Tennis by the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sport. Dennis has taught more people how to play tennis than anyone in the history of the game.
Pat Van der Meer is the Director of the Summer Circuit Program. She also has acted as an Area Training Center Head Coach for the USTA Player Development Program in South Carolina and earned the PTR's Coach Jim Verdieck Award in 1993. In 1991, Pat was named the South Carolina Pro of the Year. Pat currently travels throughout the world coaching at numerous ATP and WTA tournaments.

Tom Jilly is the Co-Director of the Van Der Meer Tennis Academy for high-level tournament-caliber juniors and touring pros on the men's and women's circuits. Tom has a technical degree in Tennis Management from Tyler Junior College. He is a Head Professional and a PTR National Tester and Clinician.
Denis Donovan is the Co-Director of the Van Der Meer Tennis Academy for high-level tournament caliber juniors and touring pros on the men's and women's circuits. The former Director of Tennis and Development at the Palmer Academy has trained and traveled with top level players on the Japanese National Team. Denis played at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and is a former Irish International Junior Tennis Team Member.

Martin DeSimone is from Argentina. He was a top junior player in Argentina. Martin graduated with the best qualification as a professional coach in 2001 from the National High Performance Sports Center in Buenos Aires. He graduated with a degree in Economics from the Universidad de Belgrano - Buenos Aires and he is also a music teacher. Martin speaks Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and English. Jolene Watanabe currently resides in Bluffton, SC. She attended the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. Jolene had a career-high ranking of #71 on the WTA and was the winner of 6 ITF circuit singles titles and 3 doubles titles. She has career wins over Jennifer Capriati, Amy Frazier, Chanda Rubin, Mariaan de Swardt, and Brenda Schultz-McCarthy. Jolene most recently played World Team Tennis for the New York Buzz in 2000 and coached the team in 2003.

Brian Fleishman is from Winston-Salem, NC, where he is the Head Women's Tennis Coach at Wake Forest University and is a summer camp head professional at the Van Der Meer Summer Camp in Sweet Briar, VA. He was the Wilson/ITA National Coach of the Year in Divinision I tennis in 2002 and has coached 9 All-Americans and 1 NCAA National Singles Champion (Bea Bielik). He is a graduate of Christopher Newport University.    

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