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Kevin's Tennis Bio

Hello, my name is Kevin Kauffman, and I have been playing tennis since 1987. I saw Wimbledon that year (watched on tv), Chris Evert and Stefan Edberg's matches caught my interest and my love of tennis began. Although I only took one private lesson before my 20s and a few group lessons. I could play enough to do pretty well. In my 20s thru 30s, I was able to get some fantastic coaching from a few coaches, which contributed to me winning a lot more tournaments and USTA league matches! Harold Jurgensen was the one coach, out of a few outstanding tennis instructors I met, who remains my coach to this day: really the only instructor who I have declared "is my tennis coach." I started teaching tennis in my early 20s. Since my first teaching job I have continued to teach when situations arise. Now teaching is more about finding the right mutual fit with the customer (s) where learning is done by me leading in a mutual, cooperative teaching structure. Here are some highlights: Wi