Tennis Pros & Lessons

Individual and small group lessons are available by
appointment. Sign up at front desk, limited space available.


Frank Dorsky, Ph.D.

Frank Dorsky, Ph.D., is the President and general Manager of VS&F and also serves as the club's Director of Tennis. He is a USPTA professional with over 25 years of individual teaching and team coaching experience. Frank is also a sport psychologist who has worked with world class and recreational athletes in a variety of sports.

He has conducted regional and national workshops for coaches and has worked with top junior players in USTA training centers throughout the East. Frank also spent twenty years as a tennis competitor, attaining New England top ten rankings in singles and top three in doubles in junior veteran and senior play.


Ten & Under Tennis

Ten & Under Tennis
// www.10andundertennis.com

Rob Purdy

Rob Purdy is the VS&F head tennis professional and head coach of the Castleton State College women's tennis team. A native of Rutland, Purdy is a a graduate of Lyndon State College, where he earned a bachelor's degree in psychology and played four years of varsity tennis.

Rob has coached some of Vermont's best junior players and has been named NAIA Region 10 Coach of the Year four times. He has also coached the Mount Saint Joseph High School team to two state championships. Rob has been with us since 1997.

Dan Doenges

Dan Doenges is the club's Assistant General Manager as well as the Tennis Program Manager. Dan teaches both individual and group tennis lessons of every level. Dan played four years of Division II Tennis for Assumption College which had a 118-0 record in the NE-10 conference.

One of Dan's specialties at VS&F is working with beginning and restarting tennis players both individually and in our Play Tennis Vermont group programs.

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