About the PPTA

In 1998 a group of platform tennis professionals began laying the foundation for the USA Professional Platform Tennis Association.  Bob Callaway and Rich Maier conducted two educational seminars on behalf of the PPTA.  The PPTA was formally incorporated during 2000 in the state of Colorado.

The PPTA is a not-for-profit trade association for people who teach platform tennis on a full or part-time basis.  It was created to strengthen the standards of teaching platform tennis as a profession. 

In addition, it is the goal of the PPTA to work with players, club owners, club managers, manufacturers and other allied organizations to increase interest and awareness of platform tennis.  The members of the PPTA will serve as a delivery system for programs, products and services that will increase awareness of the sport.

While the PPTA has a set of teaching standards against which it measures its members, the organization is a proponent of the fact that there are many ways to effectively teach the sport. 

The PPTA has developed guidelines for professional conduct and will encourage its members to support these guidelines as a means of raising the standards of the profession.

The PPTA is governed by an elected Board of Directors.

The PPTA was formed with the "blessing" of former American Professional Platform Tennis Association officials.  The APPTA, formed during the mid-1970's to certify platform tennis professionals, operated for several years.