Danny Kantar is the co-founder of Colossal Tennis. A top ranked player throughout his career in the Northern Section, Danny played his high school tennis at Minneapolis South High School and collegiately at Kalamazoo College. Later, transferring to the University of Minnesota to pursue his education, Danny graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Minnesota with a major in Communication Studies. Afterwards he received his Master of Arts in Teaching from Hamline University.
A past winner of the Northern Section’s Ward C. Burton Junior Development Award, Danny is a USTA High Performance Specialist in Player Development, USPTA Elite Professional, Northern Section Team USA and Early Development Center coach, and current co-head coach of the Northern Section 14 and Under Zonal Team. Furthermore, Danny is a long-standing member of the USTA Northern Section Player ID Committee, and regular contributor to the USTA Northern Exposure magazine.
With over 15 years of high performance professional coaching experience with players of all ages, Danny has helped lead several students to the #1 USTA Northern Section ranking and to top 100 USTA National rankings. Countless numbers of his students have won USTA Northern Section tournaments going on to become some of the most highly ranked and successful players within the Northern Section with many pursuing collegiate tennis playing careers.
For more information please contact at Danny@colossaltennis.com
ISSUE #12| July 17th, 2025 At the Baseline Tennis Center, we’re fortunate to have high-tech radar guns installed on all six front courts. These are fantastic tools for tracking improvements …
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ISSUE #9| June 26th, 2025 This past weekend was a great one for junior tennis, as the annual Level 3 USTA Northern Section Championships were held in Elk River, Minnesota. …
ISSUE #8| June 19th, 2025 This month we’ve had more rain and rapid weather changes than I can remember. And with 50+ high-performance competitive tennis players eager to train outside …
ISSUE #7| June 12th, 2025 Have you ever hit a roadblock in your tennis training and, despite your best efforts, just not improved? This is a comment I hear from …
ISSUE #6| June 5th, 2025 Have you ever worked hard to perfect your groundstrokes in practice, only to have them fall apart during a rally in competition? This is the …
ISSUE #5| May 29th, 2025 There’s been a major rule change in USTA Northern Section junior competition recently: the switch from traditional deuce scoring to no-ad scoring. This is a …
ISSUE #4| May 22nd, 2025 Today, I want to explore and dissect one of the most unsavory aspects of competitive tennis: the world of the cheater. One of the most …