Phone: 914-250-2786
Contact Email: rschtscherbyna@clubfit.com

Rodrigo Schtscherbyna was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and started his athletic career as a swimmer. Thanks to his dad, an avid tennis player, Rodrigo became so passionate for tennis he decided to jump out the water even after achieving a few national titles.

His passion for tennis led him to some major accomplishments. Rodrigo held the #1 position in Brazil in the 14’s, 16’s and 18’s junior rankings. In ‘98, he received a full tennis scholarship at Florida International University, a NCAA Division I school, where he graduated with a double major in Finance and International Business. After college, he dedicated himself completely to becoming a professional tennis player. During those years, he trained hard, traveled to many countries, and won a few titles.

In ‘02, Rodrigo was offered a position at Winthrop University in South Carolina to coach the NCAA Division I Woman’s Tennis Team and, at the same time, to get a MBA degree. After getting his degree he decided to take on a bigger challenge. Once he heard: If you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere!!!

Rodrigo arrived in New York in ‘03 and has worked in the area since. Prior to Club Fit, he was part of some of the most well attended racquet clubs in Westchester County. Rodrigo is a certified USPTA and PPTA professional.

Rodrigo, who lives in White Plains with his wife Kristie and their children Matteos and Nicolás, is a big sports fan and loves tennis, platform tennis and soccer. He is also interested in Finance and the world’s socio-economy.

Phone: (914) 762-3444 ext. 2166
Contact Email: hhoover@clubfit.com

Heath grew up in Wichita Falls, Texas. He was taught to play tennis when he was 8 years old by his father, a former college player and local junior high school coach. He played competitive junior tennis making the varsity team as a freshman at Rider High School. He went on to play #1 singles and doubles at Midwestern State University.

He received a Bachelor of Science in Sports and Exercise Science. Heath was awarded MVP for the tennis team 3 years in a row and was named to the All-Conference team in 1992 based on his singles record of 10-2.

Following graduation, Heath began teaching at various tennis clubs in Texas. He joined the Club Fit staff in February 2001. Heath was promoted to Assistant Director of Tennis in 2005. Among his highlights at Club Fit, he lists coaching the women’s USTA 4.0 team (Nerve Rackers) for the last 9 years and being a tournament director for USTA sanctioned events.

Heath is a USPTA certified tennis professional since 1995. He still loves to compete, playing on a men’s 4.5 team in the summer and also playing on Club Fit’s 8.0 mixed doubles team. His favorite athlete is Roger Federer because he is the epitome of perfection on the tennis court and also for his cool, calm demeanor. He is an ardent Texas Longhorn fan. He is a maestro in table tennis and plays golf every chance he gets.

Testimonial

“I wanted to submit this testimonial from the four of us who attended Heath Hoovers Clinic last Friday June 23. We wanted to say that Heath taught a fantastic class for the four of us, and always has.

He is well tuned in to our individual needs and brings out the best in each of us with encouragement and positive reinforcement.
We also enjoyed the fact that he put lots of energy in to making the classes interesting as well as honing in on our strengths and weaknesses.

He is extremely creative with the exercises he has us do and keeps us moving and focused. It really is a pleasure to learn tennis from him as a teacher. He is patient and encouraging and makes learning the routines of tennis a good deal of fun.

We have been more than satisfied with his work with us, for his keen teaching skills, and expert professionalism. We hope to have him for more classes in the future.”

– Cecilia Soprano on behalf of Anna, Sung, and Fulvia

Phone: (914) 762-3444 ext. 2292
Contact Email: jkoob@clubfit.com

James was born & raised in the Hudson Valley. He attended Roy C. Ketcham High School where he was elected captain of his team & played number one singles with a 55-15 record. James has worked with a variety of high performance coaches not only on his tennis game, but his teaching ability as well. He works with adults and juniors, novice to advance. He provides quality instruction, focusing on proper technique, good footwork, smart strategy, and a “fight till the end” mind set. He obtained his Bachelor’s degree from the State University of New York at New Paltz. Despite SUNY New Paltz not having an NCAA men’s tennis team, that didn’t stop him from competing. He achieved a regional ranking as a junior, participated in local USTA competition, in house leagues, club tournaments, as well as taking different classes/seminars with the USTA & USPTA.

He has years of experience working at & running local tennis programs at different sporting venues & country clubs, as well as volunteering for the U.S. Open, the New Haven Open at Yale, & local events. James has also teamed up with his mom, Gail, in the past & played events such as the Niagara Family Classic at the New Haven Open at Yale since the whole family enjoys competition! His mother played Division I tennis for Fordham University & has had wins over notable players (& even notable player’s parents!). James’ favorite players are Martina Hingis, Monica Seles, Mary Pierce, Ana Ivanovic, Jelena Jankovic, Maria Sharapova, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, & Jimmy Connors (who James was named after! James Scott Connors, James Scott Koob, What a coincidence!). In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with friends, traveling, pickleball!

Phone: (914) 762-3444 ext. 2279
Contact Email: akaufman@clubfit.com

Amy Kaufman originally hails from the city of Rochester, NY, but has been living in Sleepy Hollow with her husband and two kids since 2002. As a kid she played “old-school” tennis on her street and against her garage door, dabbled in high school and college tennis but most of her free time was devoted to studying piano and singing. After college Amy moved to NYC and began a career as a Marketing Director in Children’s Book Publishing for Orchard Books, Penguin USA, HarperCollins, and Abrams Books for Young Readers. 

But it wasn’t until after her two children were born and attending school, that her interest in playing tennis was rekindled. Amy dove into “all thing’s tennis”. Drawing on her experience of studying and performing music, Amy applied the same focus and discipline to learning and mastering tennis technique, shot selection, fitness, and nutrition. She lost regularly in 3.0 until she didn’t. Same pattern occurred at the 3.5, 4.0., and 4.5 levels. As a forever student of the game, she still loves honing skills against the wall on the indoor courts at Club Fit, practicing her serve technique, and consuming all tennis media.

When not thinking about tennis, Amy gives back to her community by serving on the Board of Kids’ Club of Tarrytown & Sleepy Hollow, Inc. She is also a trained hospice volunteer and is a recipe tester and reviewer for the website Leite Culinaria. Her other passions include meditation and walking her corgis in the Rockerfeller Preserve. 

A member of Club Fit for 18 years, Amy is excited to bring all of her interests and talents to the Club Fit team and looks forward to keeping the Women’s Tennis Leagues robust.

Phone: (914) 762-3444 ext. 2205
Contact Email: dreisner@clubfit.com

Daniel Reisner grew up locally, living in Millwood NY for most of his life and graduated from Horace Greeley High School in 2005. He has always been an active member in the community, and before he started his career at Club Fit as a tennis pro, he was a member of the club for 10+ years.

He grew up playing several sports and they became his niche and he always seemed to excel in basketball, baseball, wrestling, football, lacrosse, racquetball and of course tennis. Daniel also has a strong passion for weight training as well as cardio and nutrition training.

At a young age, Daniel quickly realized the extra edge you can get over your opponents if you train hard. His favorite quote ” train hard and play hard. You play how you practice.” One of the toughest decisions Daniel had to make was to pick only one sport to focus on and play in college. Since he was heavily recruited and received a small athletic scholarship to Keene State College in New Hampshire, where he played four years of college lacrosse at the Division 3 level. Immediately after college Daniel went back to his true love and devoted all of his attention towards tennis.

Daniel has always had a passion for helping others, so he became certified in “10 and Under” tennis as well as adult tennis. He is an active member of the USTA, and plays in local leagues and tournaments. He has a lively, energetic and patient personality which makes him a pleasure and easy to work with. Besides teaching group and private lessons, Daniel runs several social events and is the head stringer at the club.

As Daniel likes to say: “You only live once, but you get to serve twice.”

Testimonial

“I wanted to take a moment to send you a note about Daniel Reisner. He has been teaching a tennis clinic I have been taking for the past couple of years.  I have been with the same group of women for that time for the most part. Daniel has taken me from novice, like real novice (never played in my life, couldn’t hold a racquet), to the point where I am playing in the club league and now will be on his USTA team.  This may not seem like as big a deal as it is but I am one of the less athletically, ok klutz total non-athlete is more accurate, inclined people I know. He has found a way to make every lesson valuable, make the sport something I am good at and getting better and most of all for the first time in my life I actually am bummed if I cannot make a clinic.  I look for times to play the game on my own, I look forward to league play.  I have confidence in my play, I strive to do better. He challenges me, pushes me and frankly expects me to work hard and improve in a way that is always pleasant, fun but firm.  He is an outstanding teacher. It is easy to teach those who have natural ability, I see this with my husband who is a natural athlete.  It is a feat to make those of us with skills in other areas think we can be athletic in what we choose to do.  Tennis is the first sport I ever liked, like more each time and a lot of that is due to Daniel. I wanted to recognize him for this and for the person he is with me and with our group.”
– Juliana Badescu

Phone: Phone: (914) 762-3444 ext. 2291
Contact Email: ilucic@clubfit.com

Ivan Lucic was born and raised in Makarska, Croatia. At the age of 11, Ivan began training at the prestigious IMG Nick Bollettieri Academy where he participated in the prestigious Masters Series. Ivan then went on to compete in ITF satellite level tournaments in 2007.

During that period, Ivan was also a hitting partner and coach for Mirjana Lucic Baroni (professional WTA #32), a hitting partner and coach for Julia Vakulenko (professional WTA #30) and coached junior Bernard Tomic (professional ATP #22) on the professional tour. Ivan has also trained and worked with ATP and WTA Coach, Joey Giuliano, who assisted Vincent Spadea and Brad Gilbert in coaching Andre Agassi and bringing Elena Bovina to the top 10 on the WTA circuit.

With over 14 years of experience as a tennis professional, Ivan is adept in strategic lesson design, personal nutrition and fitness education, and corrective techniques. He is a highly versatile teaching pro who has had extensive experience and training working with both adult and junior players on all stages of development. Ivan has coached adult USTA teams as well as juniors preparing for tournaments. Before joining Club Fit, Ivan taught at many prestigious clubs throughout Westchester and Connecticut.

Ivan also loves nature and the study of astronomy.

Phone: (914) 762-3444 ext. 2204
Contact Email: lbeman@clubfit.com

Lukas is from “down under” also known as Australia. His hometown is called Woodend which is in the state of Victoria, where he lived with his two sisters and his parents. Since 1995 he has been traveling the world coaching and playing tennis.

He is a recent graduate of Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, graduating in May of 2007 with a Bachelor of Science degree with a focus in Sports Management. In the three years he played, he won four state championships and made it to the Nationals four years running. His team was consistently nationally ranked in Division Two, with many of his players ranked in the top ten in the country. In 2007, Kutztown University named him the senior athlete of the year.

Lukas’s coaching has taken him to many countries, but the best thing that he ever did was come to America to teach tennis. Lukas first attended Windridge Tennis Camp at Craftsbury Common in Vermont in 2000 during the summers. In 2002 he became the assistant tennis director and was there until the summer of 2007.

He is a certified USPTA Professional 1, USPTR Professional and MTM Professional coach. At the club, Lukas teaches Adult Drill clinics, runs the QuickStart program, teaches the Junior development clinics, USTA junior team tennis as well as teaching Private and Semi-Private lessons. Since joining the Club Fit team, Lukas’s coaching highlight has been taking the 3.0 USTA team to the national championships where it finished 4^th in the nation. Despite his Australian heritage, he admits that while he can throw a boomerang (his serve has been officially clocked at 134 mph), he cannot make it come back.

Phone: (914) 762-3444 ext. 2241
Contact Email: pkanez@clubfit.com

Petar Kanev has been a professional tennis coach since 1995. In 2011, he founded PDP (Player Development Program) and, in 2017, KTA (Kanev Tennis Academy), where he has built a strong juniors’ program and has held a number of established adult clients.  

Previously, Petar has been a Senior Master Pro at another local Health and Sports Club from 2004 to 2011, Assistant Head Tennis Pro and Head Tennis Pro at local Summer Clubs. In 2004, Petar worked at the US Open as a coach and he has maintained USPTA and PTR certifications in addition to receiving an Etcheberry Academy Certification in Strength, Conditioning, and Movement in Sport.  

Prior to coming to the USA in 2004, Petar was the hitting partner for Maggi Maleeva from 2000 to 2004 and was the Maleevi Tennis Club coach and program director in Sofia, Bulgaria. Additionally, he was a coach at the CSKA High Performance Center and Head Tennis Professional and Co-founder of Septemvri Tennis Club.  

As a player, Petar ranked as high as #13 in Bulgaria in 2002, was the #1 player for the Bulgarian National Sports Academy from 1995 to 1999, and was among the top 15 junior players in Bulgaria from 1982 to 1994. He received his bachelor’s degree as a tennis trainer in 1999 and a master’s degree in sports psychology in 2002.  

Petar is originally a Bulgarian national but now enjoys full United States citizenship. He enjoys photography and skiing when he is off the courts. 

Phone: (914) 762-3444 ext. 2169
Contact Email: snabatov@clubfit.com

Sergei is joining Club Flt as a Tennis Professional. He is a PTR registered professional with Youth, Adults, and Performance levels of certifications. In addition, Sergei has a Sports coach diploma, MFA degree, and Ph.D. in Education. He has also received an USTA recognized Etchebery Elite certification for the on-court movement and conditioning.

During the past few years, Sergei has taught kids and adults at several other local clubs and tennis academies and he has done work with the local Alleghany Foundation. On the latest High Performance side, Sergei has previously worked as a Head Coach of Varsity and JV teams at Master School, in Dobbs Ferry and is currently the coach at Holy Child Rye School.

For many years, Sergei also worked at the Physical Education Department (Kinesiology), Brooklyn College of The City University of New York, Brooklyn, where he taught fundamental, intermediate, and advanced level tennis courses among others. In the beginning of his career, Sergei worked with Junior and Youth tournament players in USA and Ukraine