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About IPRO
The International Professional Racquetball
Organization program (IPRO) was designed to create a standardized level of
quality racquetball certification in three distinct areas of racquetball:
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Professional Instruction
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Program Management
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Coaching
IPRO is the certification
arm of racquetball in America and AmPRO has certified approximately 2000
members of which there are approximately 900 active member in the field
today. The program offers clinics and testing throughout the country,
advises instructors and services a network of professional instructors,
program managers and coaches with relevant materials.
IPRO also offers a
management component designed to assist club owners in developing
racquetball programs to meet their business and financial objectives.
IPRO is affiliated with
the International Health and Racquet Sports Association [IHRSA]. Nationally
there are about 1200 IHRSA courts but there are a lot of private, YMCA and
non- IHRSA member courts. AmPRO works through these clubs and their
accompanying three million recreational members.
Mission:
The mission of IPRO is to
promote racquetball certification and to provide leadership by developing
and coordinating services and programs designed to meet the needs of the
American racquetball community as a fun, exhilarating and healthy activity.
For many years AmPRO, the
US arm of IPRO, was part of the United States Racquetball Association (USRA).
In January, 2003 AmPRO will be autonomous. AmPRO will remain the
certification arm of racquetball.
During the new year the
site will be focused on the community of certified people and the ways they
add value to the game for those different segments; recreational,
collegiate player, junior player, tournament player, and fan. It won't
facilitate anyone to get a pick-up game while on business traveling through
Kankakee, Ind. The ten things that immediately come to mind of what it will
do.
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It will be about having
fun when you play racquetball
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It will be about how to
provide more exceptional court experiences inside and outside the courts
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It will focus on saving
courts as well engaging fans, players and program managers
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It will be focused on
how to help the states address their constituents needs that are diverse
and dynamic
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It will focus on using
technology to help enjoy the game
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It will be about what
attracts youth, what brings back those that have strayed and why it's a
life-long sport
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It will be about how
racquetball relates to our Health IQ in relation to other activities like
diet, exercise, sleep and mental acuity
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It will be about what
certification can do for the individual, the fan, the club and the
tournaments that players attend
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It will be about
relationships with the USRA, IRF and YMCAs, health clubs, IHRSA and
athletic clubs
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It will be about getting
the information out about the value of certification to everyone remotely
interested in racquetball
All in all, the things
that we'll be addressing will be the things that touch why most of us got
involved in racquetball in the first place -- fun, exhilaration and a lot
of decent people.
AmPRO/IPRO Affiliates
CLUBS:
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Athletic Club of
Bloomingdale, Bloomingdale IL
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Club International,
Santa Fe NM
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Colorado Athletic Club,
Aurora CO
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Highway 101 Athletic
Club, Brooklyn Center MN
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Lynmar Racquet club,
Colorado Springs CO
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New Mexico Sports &
Wellness, Albuquerque NM
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Pojoaque Pueblo Wellness
Center, Santa Fe NM
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Spectrum Club Canoga
Park, Los Angeles CA
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