My first memory of Paul was when my best friend introduced me to tennis at the Prospect Park Tennis Center in 2011. Paul gave me an evaluation which I thought was 10 min long, ended up being an 1.5hr. Basically a private lesson, in which he taught me all the fundamentals including throwbacks to the legends of tennis, lectures on playing styles and asking me questions about who I was. He was extremely attentive to detail. I was able to enroll into the Junior Development Program in which he was the director of, and enjoyed the class I was in with the kids, and always saw him walking around on the courts checking in on everyone and helping them out. I was fortunate to work with Paul starting in 2016 part time in the Junior Development Program and really got to witness the backbone of an extremely successful, wonderful program that is designed for kids of all levels. He showed me the ropes of scheduling kids in their specific classes, dealing with pro scheduling, and making notes. 2017 was when I went full time and worked with Paul 6 days a week and learned so much from him and continued to the very end to learn so much. He was such a caring, loving man who always enjoyed having a hit with friends when he wasn't consumed by the junior program and I am extremely thankful I got to work with him for 9 years (includes working with him in the Summer Youth Program). He will be missed by all of us here at the center. He is the man and legend. So many memories with him, but don't want to re-write "war and peace" (something we both laughed about). Miss you Paul!
My first memory of Paul was when my best friend introduced me to tennis at the Prospect Park Tennis Center in 2011. Paul gave me an evaluation which I thought was 10 min long, ended up being an 1.5hr. Basically a private lesson, in which he taught me all the fundamentals including throwbacks to the legends of tennis, lectures on playing styles and asking me questions about who I was. He was extremely attentive to detail. I was able to enroll into the Junior Development Program in which he was the director of, and enjoyed the class I was in with the kids, and always saw him walking around on the courts checking in on everyone and helping them out. I was fortunate to work with Paul starting in 2016 part time in the Junior Development Program and really got to witness the backbone of an extremely successful, wonderful program that is designed for kids of all levels. He showed me the ropes of scheduling kids in their specific classes, dealing with pro scheduling, and making notes. 2017 was when I went full time and worked with Paul 6 days a week and learned so much from him and continued to the very end to learn so much. He was such a caring, loving man who always enjoyed having a hit with friends when he wasn't consumed by the junior program and I am extremely thankful I got to work with him for 9 years (includes working with him in the Summer Youth Program). He will be missed by all of us here at the center. He is the man and legend. So many memories with him, but don't want to re-write "war and peace" (something we both laughed about). Miss you Paul!
