I’ve been enjoying tennis for most of my life. As a freshman in high school, I helped create our school’s (Winnacunnet) first-ever tennis team. And while my adult life took me in other directions, I never stopped playing and studying this great sport. In 2005, two years after selling my business, I decided it was time to get back into the game, as it were, and received my certification as a tennis professional through the USPTA. Since then I have been enjoying teaching tennis to both adults and children, and will be starting my fifth year as head coach for the York High School girl’s tennis team.
I’m a strong believer that experience and knowledge are important in teaching tennis. But I feel these alone will not give you a successful tennis program. Fun, motivation and enthusiasm are equally important, and is the recipe I use every time I’m on a tennis court. It works and it’s contagious.
Norman P Martinen
1304 White Cedar blvd
Portsmouth, NH 03801
(603) 205-4515
Education High School
Winnacunnet High School, Hampton, NH 1974
Military
US Army – Combat Engineer 1975-1981
Employment Town & Beach Motor Inn (family business) 1981-1990
Vice President. Oversee all aspects of operation for
running the hotel business.
Hampton Shuttle Service (owner) 1990-2003
Owner and operator of an airport shuttle service,
servicing the entire NH seacoast.
Hampton Shuttle started with one vehicle and
one employee, (me) but soon grew to a fleet of ten
vehicles, while employing over twenty employees.
USPTA Tennis Professional 2005-
Great Bay Athletic Club, Newmarket NH 2005-2008
Tennis Instructor
Smart Tennis, Hampton, NH 2008-2009
Tennis Instructor
Great Bay Athletic Club - Tennis Instructor 2009-2010
Responsibilities: Conduct clinics for both junior and
adult programs, Little Tennis program ages 3-8, coach
for 3.0 women’s team, cardio tennis, private and group lessons.
Wentworth Country Club- Tennis Instructor 2010-
York High School Head girl’s tennis coach 2005-
Certifications United States Professional Tennis Association 2005
Little Tennis 2006
Maine Center for Sport and Coaching 2008
USPTA Certification up-grade P-2 2009