Not Just Any Tennis Job

Well, it's been a fun few days! We had our Grand Opening at the Ritz Carlton in Marina del Rey and had a great turnout. Hopefully, the city now knows we're there and will start coming to more and more lessons!

I knew when I was hired at Ojakian Tennis I knew I'd get to do some cool stuff. So far, in two short months, it's lived up to the hype! If you've seen my facebook pictures, you'll know that we shot a fitness segment for the Los Angeles ABC morning show. They wanted to feature Cardio Tennis (yes, that thing I keep talking about!) to show was a great workout it is. We went to a private home in Studio City at 8:30 this morning and ran through a pretty typical Cardio class. The celebrity participant was a girl named Kendra but I'd never heard of her. She was REALLY cool. Super upbeat and the nicest girl you could meet. It turns out she had just completed her first movie, Step Up 3D, that dance one you've probably seen commercials for. When I got home, I Googled her to figure out her last name and, I thought this was pretty cool, she's ESPN reporter Erin Andrews' sister! For those that don't watch ESPN, Erin was on Dancing with the Stars this past season. Anyway, I can't say I was going to go see Step Up 3D for sure, but I will now because like I said, Kendra was great. I'm not sure when this Cardio Tennis class airs but it will be posted on ojakiantennis.com as soon as it does. It was fun to participate in the class with the four guys that are also pros for the company. I'm getting to know them better and they've been awesome. This morning show is great publicity for the company and hopefully it not only brings us new clients, but also introduces people to Cardio Tennis and gets them on the court!

Tomorrow I'm off to a cocktail hour/fundraising kickoff for the Ojakian MS charity, with Tracy Austin (former tennis pro) and then going to watch the night matches at the LA Open mens pro tournament.

Usually it's just tennis lessons, so today and tomorrow's events are pretty out of the ordinary. Gives me cool topics to blog about though!

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