About Michael Boothman

USPTA Elite Professional. PTR Certified. 30+ years coaching in Sarasota, Florida.

I'm Michael Boothman — coach, founder of SRQ Tennis, and a Sarasota local. I've spent more than three decades on tennis courts across Florida, developing players from their first lesson all the way through college recruitment and beyond.

How I Coach

My approach is built on six principles I call the Six Pillars. The shortest version: accuracy beats power, live ball beats fed ball, geometry beats choreography, evidence beats flattery, conditioning needs the right order, and competitive fire is fuel, not a problem to suppress.

Every player I coach gets the same baseline — small groups (max 6 to a court), real rally repetition, and measurable progress they can see for themselves.

SRQ Tennis

I founded SRQ Tennis to bring evidence-based junior development to Sarasota families on accessible public courts — Potter Park, Pineview, and Stoneybrook Country Club for our summer programs. We're deliberately not a country club. We're a coaching program that happens to use parks.

Outside Tennis

I'm a husband to Amanda and a father. The family stuff isn't a side note — it's where most of what I know about coaching actually comes from. Patience, repetition, knowing when to push and when to wait. The court is just where I get to apply it.

How to Reach Me

Direct text or call works best: 941-239-4703. Email: michael@srq.tennis. Parents of current and prospective players have my direct line — no front desk, no gatekeeper.