Welcome to platformtennisnews.com.

My name is Charles Vasoll and I am the publisher of this web site. First I want to explain the purpose of this site. It is not a place where you will find the results of tournaments or instructional tips on playing the game. I look forward to providing some articles about our sport that will give visitors more insights into its administration. It has been designed to offer commentary on the actions of the leaders of the sport and provide some interesting articles about people in the game. There have been a considerable number of changes in the American Platform Tennis Association (APTA), the governing body of the sport. As you might expect, some have been good and some others that I question.

This site is intended to have a magazine format. A new “issue” of the web site will be posted on or about the 15th of each month during the season - September through April. This is our fifth season online.

In case you have not visited here before or if you need to catch up on articles you missed, all previous issues can be viewed by visiting the Archives. A great deal of it is still applicable today.

I want to continue to encourage others to write articles, which I will publish. I am seeking another point of view as well as any confirmation of what I have written. Please contact me at: info@platformtennis news.com

In order for you to be in a better position to evaluate any bias in the articles that I write, I will summarize my background with the APTA. I served as President of the APTA from 1988-1992 and was a member of the Board of Directors from 1987 to 2002. During most of this period I was involved with the production of the newsletter published by the APTA. I frequently submitted a column about the game that was titled “Hot Off The Wire”. I worked with the editor, Brian Zevnik, and was editor when he succeeded me as APTA President from 1993-1995. In 1999, the APTA Board turned the communication with its membership over to Wayne Dollard to publish “Platform Tennis Magazine” and ceased publication of the newsletter. I submitted several articles to “Platform Tennis Magazine” and in 2003 launched this web site.

I continue to play the game even though the meager skills I once had have left me. Bottom line is that I just plain love the game!

I hope that you will enjoy your visit to this web site and I encourage you to communicate your thoughts to me about the articles you find here.