Property Location With a stay at Resort at Longboat Key Club in Longboat Key, you'll be by the ocean and convenient to Mote Marine Aquarium and St. Armands Circle. This 4-star resort is within close proximity of South Lido Park and Gulfcoast Wonder & Imagination Zone. Rooms Make yourself at home in one of the 218 guestrooms featuring refrigerators and microwaves. Rooms have private balconies. 42-inch flat-screen televisions are provided, with cable programming available. Bathrooms have designer toiletries and hair dryers. Rec, Spa, Premium Amenities Pamper yourself with a visit to the spa, which offers massages, body treatments, and facials. When the sun is out, a round of golf or a day at the private beach are two great options for taking advantage of the fine weather. Additional amenities include concierge services, supervised childcare/activities, and babysitting/childcare. If you'd like to spend the day shopping, you can hop on the complimentary shuttle. Dining Satisfy your appetite at one of the resort's 6 restaurants. Relax with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge or a poolside bar. Business, Other Amenities Event facilities at this resort consist of conference/meeting rooms, small meeting rooms, and a ballroom.

Originally opening in 1969 with eight tennis courts and a humble trailer serving as a clubhouse, The Bath & Racquet Fitness Club has done more than endure over the decades. It has thrived. Currently, the club features 29 tennis courts––23 with clay surfaces and six with hard surfaces––as well as a 40,000-square-foot facility brimming with equipment and amenities. This allows the staff to cater to the community's needs and interests, providing an inviting, highly social environment where members can exercise on their own, attend a group fitness class, or even play a quick game of racquetball or squash on one of the indoor courts. Free weights, ellipticals, treadmills, and a heated swimming pool with six lanes are all on hand for guests seeking a quick workout. With fitness classes available seven days a week, members can find a supportive group setting while they practice kickboxing, yoga, Pilates, indoor cycling, TRX suspension training, CrossFit, and more. With the addition of amenities such as saunas, on-staff massage therapists, and a full-service restaurant, the club can also serve as a site for people to simply unwind and relax. Tennis continues to be a major focus though, and The Bath & Racquet Fitness Club extends its welcome to everyone from casual players to serious competitors. The tennis pros offer lessons that cover the fundamentals of the game, introducing newcomers to the basics of scoring, volleying, and hitting a ball into low orbit. For the more experienced members, the club also offers in-house leagues that allow players to truly test their skills.

What services does your business offer and what makes your business stand out from the competition? Did you ever wish you could take a tennis lesson on a private court in downtown Sarasota? How about welcoming your coach on your own court? Would you prefer a tennis lesson conducted in French? Are you looking to learn from a master coach with professional tennis experience? Look no further! What's one tip for first-time students that will make them feel like veterans? We are expert at finding skills you have acquired from your everyday life that you can apply to your tennis. This will immediately make you feel more comfortable as you develop your game! What was the inspiration to start or run this business? As a former player, both at the junior, professional and college level, I have a deep appreciation for the sport, the discipline it brings, and the healthy lifestyle it provides. My experience as a NCAA head coach, club level and pro player coach, inspired me to launch a private coaching practice. What do you love most about your job? Being able to enjoy the outdoors, creating new connections, watching players improve at all ages and levels, helping students get past their frustration and achieve their goal... these are all wonderful benefits of coaching tennis!

What services does your business offer and what makes your business stand out from the competition? We have over five separate types of classes. Students may attend some or all of them! From traditional Kung Fu, Tai Chi and Yoga to martial fitness and a tumbling and tricking class! What's one tip for first-time students that will make them feel like veterans? At our school, there is no ego. All of our students, from white to black belt, have the same goal. To help each other grow as martial artists and individuals. At Shaolin-Do, you never compare yourself to others, only to who you were yesterday! What was the inspiration to start or run this business? I used to work the 65 hour per week job and hated it. It was time to open my own business where I could work my own hours and make a difference in peoples lives. What do you love most about your job? I love the fact that every day I can make a difference in peoples lives. The principles we instill are carried into the community by our students. Owning my own business allows me the freedom to do what I love, teach. The old saying goes, "Do what you love and you will never work a day in your life"

Ben Hogan became one of the best golfers of all time because he built a golf swing that performed better with the more pressure he put it under. It would become known as the "delayed release" swing, a timeless example of pure form that continues to inspire golfers and enhance their game. Mark Reason has been using this approach to help students build their own dependable swing mechanics for more than three decades. All of Mark Reason's services at Reason Golf Academy—from swing analysis to sales of training DVDs to club fitting—are dedicated to helping golfers develop sound, consistent swings. Spreading the wisdom of Hogan's "delayed release" like a veritable Johnny Appleseed of golf, Mark has split time between the states of Florida, known for its innumeral golf courses, and Michigan, known for having the hardest green to hit in the world, the Upper Peninsula. Mark teaches group clinics and private lessons, primarily coaching students to adopt more vertical swing axes. Where his powers of observation end, a P3ProSwing golf analyzer picks up, reading each swing within a golf simulator and providing feedback with a multitude of data, such as club-face angle, sweet-spot deviation, and each golf ball's ultrasonic cries of pain.

What services does your business offer and what makes your business stand out from the competition? Teaching practical self defense along with character building. Teaching a healthy way of life. We have classes for every type of person ,and also work with people with disabilities,and kids with adhd and Asperger syndrome and autism. We are family owned and treat our students as our family. What's one tip for first-time students that will make them feel like veterans? Come in with an attitude that you will succeed and not give up. What was the inspiration to start or run this business? The love God gave us of martial arts and helping others.We feel martial arts helps both children and adults in both physical and mental areas like no other activity. What do you love most about your job? Seeing the progress of the students from shy children who become confident to students who needed to build a work out routine become healthy. Adults who can barely kick without being out of breath progress to healthy individuals who tell us how much better they feel