Category: Player Spotlight

My two athletes, Rocky Carson and Paola Longoria, arrived at the 16th IRF World Championships in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on August 1st, 2012 to take care of business. Rocky wanted to defend his 2012 World Championship Title he won in South Korea and Paola came on a mission to take the World Championship Title that alluded her in South Korea two years ago. I am so PROUD of both of them as they accomplished what they set out to accomplish as they both have been training hard and long to be able to reach their goals. They both wanted

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Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic– August 8, 2012 – HEAD/Penn’s Paola Longoria and Rocky Carson both have earned the title “World Champion” by winning the Women’s & Men’s Singles Titles, respectively at the International Racquetball Federation’s 2012 World Championships. In addition, Longoria teamed with HEAD Pro Staff Member Samantha Salas Solis to win the women’s doubles “World Title” for her second Gold medal at the event. For Longoria, the world’s No. 1 ranked female racquetball player, the IRF World Championship completes the “Perfect Season” after going undefeated during the 2011-2012 Women’s Professional Racquetball Organization’s (WPRO) tour. Carson’s World Championship comes after

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The country's best junior racquetball players competed at the Meridian Sports Club in Fullerton, CA, June 21-24 in the USAR National Junior Olympic Racquetball Championships presented by Penn. Junior players from all across the U.S. competed for coveted Gold medals in 60 divisions for boy's and girl's in singles and doubles. In addition, this event is a U.S. Junior National Team Qualifier as one-year appointments were earned by the top finishers in 18-Gold Singles, 16-Gold Singles, 14-Gold Singles in boy's and girl's divisions. The USA Junior Team will be competing at the 2012 IRF Junior World Racquetball Championships, November 11-17,

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The Adult Nationals are behind us... Jr. Nationals are this week, June 21-24, in Fullerton, CA. The WOR Championships are in July 12-15, Huntington Beach, CA. The World Championships are in August 5-12, in the Dominican Republic.   My Championship Team lead by Rocky Carson and Paola Longoria played extremely well at The Adult Nationals. Paola took home the coveted title of the WPRO Pro National Champion and finished year-end as #1 on the WPRO pro ranking. Rocky lost to Alvaro in a tie-breaker in the semi finals, but finished year-end as #2 on the IRT pro ranking. Some of

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Okay, we are in the tail end of the 2011/2012 season and just finished up the state and regional championships and heading into the finale, the Nationals. This tournament will be held in Fullerton, CA Memorial Day weekend and culminates both the professional and amateur seasons. What an event it will be with the portable glass court show casing the pros outside on top of the Meridian's Club parking garage. If you haven't been there it is an event you do not want to miss with both the men and women pros there and over 500 amateurs playing in singles

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My 'Championship Team:' Rocky Carson, Paola Longoria, and Taylor Knoth, all continued playing well coming out of the crazy  month of October with 2 major championships - the US Open Racquetball Championships (US Open) and the 2011 Pan American Championships (Pan Am Games). Rocky came in strong to the Seattle Pro/Am Racquetball Championships IRT Tier 1 event held in Seattle, WA, November 3-6, after mentally regrouping from the Pan Am Games. Visualization did him good as he did not drop a game on the way to the finals beating Chris Crowthers 3-0 in the quarter-finals (sweet revenge after losing to him

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