COMMUNICATION: The Key To Success

Anyone who is successful in nearly any area of life will tell you that COMMUNICATION is one of the keys to success--and I think that is especially true in the tennis officiating world...

In order for us to train and enlist officials, we must learn to communicate. In order to keep and nurture our current officials, we must learn to communicate. In order to develop a sense of "family" among our tennis officials, we must learn to communicate. But alas, we seem to be falling down in this vital area...

I checked the Texas Section webpage this morning and under "Officials" I found that our "home news" section has not been updated since last December and the last newsletter posted was Summer 2008. Folks, if we want to be successful we need to improve in our COMMUNICATION.

The Texas Section Officials Committee is composed of the finest and most talented officials we have in Texas. They are primarily the coordinators in each area and people who have the skills and know-how to communicate. Now we just need to turn them loose...

Personally, I think a blog is a great tool for communication because it lends itself to instant communication. One of the drawbacks is that it also allows for anonymous postings which can sometimes get out of control. Newsletters are another good source of communication but are somewhat outdated in today's technology.

Two of the most current tools of communication are FACEBOOK and TWITTER. Read the post below and come and join our group on Facebook--we'd love to start up a good group.

TWITTER is the newest rage out there and really a lot of fun. I joined (randymcdonald77) and have found a bunch of officials and tennis coaches out there in Twitterland. Come and join us if you would like to... Just go to www.twitter.com and follow the instructions.

I believe everyone's goal should be to make us the best officials we can become and we can never achieve that goal without good COMMUNICATION.

Hop on board and let's have a great time communicating with each other...