Coach Profile
Co-Director
Gene Cutter, PTR
Gene is a certified PTR professional and has been in the industry for over 23 years. He has worked with clients of all ages and levels and loves being on the court and watching his students grow not only in skill but in positivity as well. As a former Saddlebrook Senior Coach, Gene specialized in the high performance training of the Academy Kids who sought to turn professionals. He also was a hitting partner for visiting touring professionals like Martina Hingis, Jennifer Capriatti, Justine Henin to name a few. He was a regular hitting partner and coach for Marlene Weingartner in 2004. He worked with her before the 2004 French Open and she had her best run making it to the fourth round.
Gene also was a head coach for the Jack Schore Academy program where he ran the fitness training as well as coaching and hitting with their national juniors. Gene also had his own high performance academy in both Allegany/ Garrett County and Frederick County where he had numerous juniors play all levels of college tennis from D1- D3. Gene's specialty is High Performance training, and uses his BioMechanical knowledge of the anatomy of a tennis player to help diagnose and correct issues that may be hindering a players best performance on the tennis court. Gene was a competitive player and has been rated 5.0/5.5. He enjoys helping all ages of players, become better and have fun along the way. Gene brings a positive energy to everything he does and focuses on making sure each student understands that anything is achievable with effort and positivity.