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Thank Your Team Captains

The theme for this weekend is “The Gift of Gratitude for Tennis.” If you participate in league play, you should consider writing a thank you note to the team captain or league organizer at the end of every season. If you think your captain has an easy job, then your captain is doing a terrific job. Chance are a lot is going on behind the scenes to build that perception. If captaining looks hard from your perspective… it is.