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    ContentDevelopment Training Camp 1

    World Junior Tennis Final 3

    2nd Asian Youth Games 5

    Chinese Taipei F1 Futures 8

    $10,000 New Delhi 9

    Level 2 Course-Kazakhstan 10

    Interview with Li Nas coach 11

    Technical and Training Structure 17

    Rankings 22

    Development Training CampBangkok, Thailand

    Development Training camp for the Asian

    nations was held from 26 July8 August

    2013. The camp hosted 6 countries viz.

    Bhutan, Nepal, Laos, Indonesia, Sri Lanka,

    and Bangladesh. A total of 20 Under-16

    players joined this camp and were trained

    by head coach of ATC, Jean-Luc Toulliou

    and C J Colburn. The camp gave a great

    opportunity to coaches from visiting

    countries to hone their skills. These were,

    Parimalarajah Thizanth (SRI), Rokon

    Uddin Ahmed (BAN), Chittaphone

    Xoumphonphackdy (LAO), Surya

    Bhushan Bajracharya (NEP), Tshering

    Namgay (BHU)

    For 2 weeks, each day was split in 2

    sessions. The morning session involved

    tennis training and the afternoon session

    mainly focused on fitness and competitive

    matches between the players.

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    The players were treated to a day off at

    the Dreamworld Amusement Park which

    gave them a chance to relax and enjoy the

    cloudy weather.

    The day off at the amusement park

    allowed the junior players to take a breakfrom tennis for a little bit which gave

    them the opportunity to get back to

    practice and enabled them to focus harder

    on the courts.

    First in these series of camps was held in

    April and ever since the number ofplayers

    coming to train for the camps has seen asteady increase. For the forthcoming camp

    envisaged for 8th21st September 2013,

    the number of applications to attend the

    camp shot up to 30, out of which only 22

    have been accepted.

    The ATF wishes all the players who have

    trained at the ATC, a bright future and

    hope that they continue to follow their

    dreams to be a professional tennis player

    in the future.

    Heres wishing all, The Best Of Luck in

    your tennis careers.

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    World Junior Tennis FinalThe World Junior Tennis Finals was

    conducted from 5th 10th August 2013,

    in Prostejov, Czech Republic. Thailand,

    India, and Japan represented the Asian

    zone and competed against 13 other

    teams from other groups.

    In the Round Robin, Indian boys were

    placed in Group B. India won against Italy

    but lost to USA, Argentina, Turkey, and

    Japan.

    India Team

    Alex Solanki (IND)The Japanese boys placed in Group C

    won against Tunisia but lost to Great

    Britain, France, and Chile.

    Japan Team

    Yunosoke Tanaka (JPN)The Thai boys were placed in Group D

    where they lost to Canada, Russia, Chile,

    and Brazil but were able to win over

    Tunisia.

    Thailand Team

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    The final results of the World Junior

    Tennis 2013, Boys were as follow:

    The Japanese Girls team was placed in

    group A. Japan lost to Czech Republic &Romania but defeated Egypt, Italy, and

    Thailand.

    Japan TeamThe Indian Girls team was placed in

    Group C. India lost to Canada but

    managed to win over Spain, Peru, South

    Africa, and Australia in the round robin.

    India Team

    The Thailand Girls were placed in Group

    D. Thailand lost to Russia, South Africa,

    Colombia, and Japan but defeated Peru in

    Round Robin league.

    Thailand Team

    Yinglak Jittakoat (THA)The results of the World Junior Tennis

    Girls are as follow:

    (Photography credit:Martin Sidorjak)

    1. Russia 5. Canada 9. Turkey 13. Japan

    2. USA 6. Argentina 10. Chile 14. India

    3. France 7. Great Britain 11. Brazil 15. Italy

    4. Australia 8. Czech Republic 12. Thailand 16. Tunisia

    1. USA 5. India 9. Spain 13. Japan

    2. Russia 6. Australia 10. Egypt 14. Thailand

    3. Czech Republic 7. Romania 11. Great Britain 15. Italy

    4. Canada 8. South Africa 12. Colombia 16. Peru

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    2nd Asian Youth GamesThe Asian Youth Games were held in

    Nanjing, Peoples Republic of China from

    16th24th of August 2013.

    The Opening Ceremony of the games wasfilled with lights to showcase the

    emergence of the Asian youth generation.

    The participants showed up in their

    national colors signifying their readiness

    to represent their country.

    The Asian Youth Games can be seen as a

    precursor to the Asian Youth OlympicGames to be organized in 2014.

    The Opening Ceremony

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    The Athletes Village of 2013 Asian Youth

    Games in Nanjing was comfortable and

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    Match Gold Nation Silver Nation Bronze Nation

    Men Singles Ly Hoang nam VIE Mendoza Jurence Zosimo PHI Batra Garvit IND

    Popko Dmitriy KAZ

    Women Singles Sun Ziyue CHN Wang Yan CHN Buayam Kamonwan THA

    Dair Assiya KAZ

    Mixed Doubles Zheng Weiqiang CHN Yang Shao-Chi TPE Wang Yan CHN

    Sun Ziyue CHN Hsu Ching-Wen TPE Qiu Chunyang CHN

    Tortrakul Teeradon THA

    Buayam Kamonwan THA

    Asian Youth Games 2013 : Final Standings

    provided the best of amenities to the

    participants from various Asian nations. .

    Vietnam's Ly Hoang nam (L) and China's Sun Ziyue (R)

    (Content and photography credit: Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)

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    Chinese Taipei F1 FuturesThe tournament was conducted during

    the week of 19 - 25 August 2013 at Tien-

    Mu Tennis Courts, Chinese Taipei.In Singles semifinal, home grown

    Taiwanese Ti CHEN, who was the 1st seed,

    was upset by his compatriot the 4 th seed

    Liang-Chi HUANG 63 61.

    CHEN, TiYuki BHAMBRI from India defeatedCheng-Yu YU with the score of 62 62.

    BHAMBRI, Yuki

    In the finals, 4th seed Liang-Chi HUANGclaimed the title by defeating Yuki

    BHAMBRI who retired from the

    tournament while splitting sets at 4 6, 75.

    HUANG, Liang-ChiInDoubles Final, Ti CHEN (TPE) paired upwith his compatriot Liang-Chi HUANG

    [2] and won against the Japanese pair

    Yuichi ITO and Hiroki KONDO [3] 61 61.

    The Taiwanese pair claimed the Doubles

    Title in Chinese Taipei F1 Futures.

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    $ 10,000 New DelhiThe tournament was held during the

    Week of 19 August 2013 in New Delhi,

    India.

    In the Singles Quarterfinal, top seed Keren

    SHLOMO (ISR) was upset by Katherine IP

    (HKG) 63 62. Katherine IP (HKG) wentthrough to the semifinals to play against

    Prarthana G. THOMBARE from India.

    Katherine IP played a balanced game

    defeating Prarthana G. THOMBARE in

    straight sets 63 62.

    IP, KatherineThe other Semifinal was played between

    the 7th seed Shweta RANA (IND) and the

    2nd seed Rishika SUNKARA (IND).ShwetaRANA (IND) who believes in fighting out

    till the last, defeated Rishika SUNKARA

    76(4) 46 63 and cemented her berth in

    the Finals.

    In the final match of the tournament,Katherine IP (HKG) defeated the 7th seed

    Shweta RANA (IND) claiming the Singlestitle for Hong Kong.

    RANA, ShwetaIn the Doubles final, Akari INOUE

    (JPN) paired up with Prarthana G.

    THOMBARE (IND) [2] and overcame

    Matilda HAMLIN (SWE) and Shweta

    RANA (IND) 61 64 to lift the trophy.

    Prarthana G. THOMBARE (L) and Akari INOUE (R)

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    Successful ITF Level 2 Course held in Kazakhstan

    Piotr Unierzyski and Igor Shelyakinsuccessfully held the Level 2 course fromthe 7th to the 18th of July in Astana,Kazakhstan. This event was the next stepin coaching education in Kazakhstan aftertwo Level 1 courses in 2010 and 2012.The course was organized very well bythe tutors. Piotr is a very experienced andprofessional tutor; his manner of teachingis very informative and full of enthusiasm.The course had 24 coaches from all

    around the country and they were very

    open minded to new information. Some

    great presentations were given on

    communication skills, biomechanical

    principles, tactical and technical work

    with game based approach, planning and

    periodization, and the doubles game. The

    practice sessions on court included

    working on technical analysis and

    making the appropriate corrections. Video

    clips of strokes were made and later

    analyzed in the meeting room. This

    allowed the participants to make an

    analysis of the strokes while watching the

    clip on the big screen, which wouldgenerate discussion in the group.

    During the group and individual lessons,

    students learnt new and more effective

    ways of organizing and working with

    players of a good playing level. The

    Kazakhstan coaches realized the

    importance of this fundamental

    knowledge and will use it in practice.

    The course tutors would like to thank

    Miguel Crespo and the ITF for helping to

    organize such a great event for their

    coaches and look forward to continue

    working with the ITF to improve coach

    education programs in Kazakhstan.

    (Content Credit: ITF)

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    Interview with Li Nas coach

    Du Jie Xinhua - How is Li Na preparingfor the US Open?

    Carlos Rodriguez: Quiet well, we havespent already 2 weeks together and we

    are going to spend another 5 days until

    next Wednesday (July 31). She is doing

    very well and she worked very hard. She

    felt a little bit tired today but it is part of

    the job to try to push her a lot here and

    when she goes to the competition. She is

    going to feel fresher and everything is

    easier than here. Thats the point

    Du Jie Xinhua: This year in Wimbledon, LiNa had come to the net more often.

    Actually at her quarter final, she came to

    the net 71 times and won 48 points. Was

    that a strategic change?

    Carlos Rodriguez :If she likes to try to goto the top 4, the only way that she can

    make it is to take more risk and one more

    step and try to run more to the net to win

    the points and not to wait that the other

    player miss. She has to be the person to

    put pressure and to try to take an extra

    risk to go to the net and win the matches.

    Du Jie Xinhua: To be more aggressive?Carlos Rodriguez: Exactly, yes. Lets saythat she is an aggressive player from the

    base line. But I need more than that. That

    is not enough. Today she needs not much

    but a little bit more engagement to the net

    to bring her game a little bit moreaggressive and a little bit more speed inher game.

    Du Jie Xinhua: She also played WomensDouble at the earlier stage of her career.

    Will that help her?

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    Carlos Rodriguez: Lets say that in thebeginning of her career it could be

    interesting but today it is not necessary

    for her because its going to take more

    energy to her. She needs to keep all

    energy to play the singles.

    Du Jie Xinhua: At the age of 31, how longdo you think Li Na can keep her high level

    of performance?

    Carlos Rodriguez: Concerning thephysical condition and physical skills, I

    dont have any question that she can do at

    least the next year without any problem

    because she is for me, one of the best

    athletes on tour today. Now it depends on

    her. Her desire to continue, her

    willingness, her passion to continue, to

    perform and if she likes to continue to

    play and to work a lot harder next year

    Du Jie Xinhua: You have also said beforethat a tennis player without personality

    and emotions is not a real tennis player.

    How to understand it?

    Carlos Rodriguez: Its a little of affectionand feelings in a tennis match because

    you have many times between 5,000 and

    15,000 people looking at you and as soon

    as you do something, people react to this

    and communicate with you. You

    communicate with a ball and racquet and

    they communicate with you to approve

    what you do or dont approve what youdo. Tennis players, most of them have this

    flavor of charisma and communication

    with the environment not only with the

    public but with everybody.

    Du Jie Xinhua: Charisma and personality,do you think that can help a player win a

    match

    Carlos Rodriguez: For sure, because youhave determination. If you have strong

    personality, you are ready to take the

    responsibilities and decisions by yourself

    in a very difficult or stress moment. The

    player needs feelings to be sensible to feel

    what is best to do in a tension moment but

    at the same time have to be with a strong

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    personality and temper to take the

    decision and go forward

    Du Jie Xinhua: A few years back afterHenin retired for the first time, you told

    FOX Sports that back then outside of the

    Williamss sisters and Maria Sharapova.

    The rest WTA players were still very poor.

    Do you still think so?

    Carlos Rodriguez: Today you have thesituation improved but I am still hungry. I

    still dont see more in order to respect the

    talent of the player. If you see the top 20,

    they are huge and very talented young

    girls but there is still not too much of

    variation in the game. That is what I say,

    they can do much better because they

    have the talent to do it.

    Du Jie Xinhua: You also said whenWilliam sisters and Sharapova plays; they

    are not only just hitting the balls. There is

    something extra. What is that something

    extra?

    Carlos Rodriguez: Why everybody takesthose people like an icon, because they

    have something extra than the other ones

    dont have. They are good when they have

    to. They play the good shot at the right

    time and they try to win every point and

    every single match. They have their

    attitude and they act as a champion. They

    hate to lose. They hate to lose, more than

    they like to win, those players. Thats why

    and much more. Li Na is in between. She

    is there. You know she is not that far? As

    long as she understands that to make this

    last step, she has to take responsibility and

    risk to do more and then we will see.

    Du Jie Xinhua: You also said a championis both inside and outside the court. Why

    is that?

    Carlos Rodriguez: It is a way of living. Itsa model of life. When you play tennis at

    the highest level, your life during that

    period turns around. Your goals and your

    profession, which means, from the very

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    moment early in the morning when you

    wake up, until the moment that you go to

    sleep, all your life is conditioned about

    what you want to achieve. You eat, you

    sleep, you behave, you live every single

    minute of your life thinking about what

    you like to achieve because you are in thetop of the top. If you dont do that, what

    you want, is difficult to achieve, because

    the in the first ten up there, all of them do

    the same.

    Du Jie Xinhua: We also know that Li Nahas always been straight talking and very

    candid. Do you like this part of her

    personality?

    Carlos Rodriguez: I like those kinds ofpersonalities as long as there is respect. I

    dont have any problems.

    Du Jie Xinhua: Li Na not only has astrong personality but also she shows it on

    court and outside court. I respect, I like it

    because I am her big fan but some people

    dont like it. Some suggest her to change

    it. Do you think it is advisable?

    Carlos Rodriguez: I dont advise her tochange herself because if she changes

    herself, she is not her anymore. In her

    position, people are there not to criticize

    her, is to judge her. The Chinese people

    like to see Li Na in the match. They dont

    want to see Li Na play or say how good

    she plays. They like to go there and see Li

    Na win. There is no question about it. I go

    there, I pay my ticket. She must win.

    Thats a problem, because for her, she

    works very hard and she doesnt

    understand. People think it is so easy for

    me to win. It is not that easy. But the

    problem is that, at that point you have to

    understand that the people have paid the

    ticket, they dont know. They dont judge

    you because you are good or not. They

    dont know how to become a tennis

    player. What a tennis player has to do to

    perform. How much work is behind all

    these, they dont know. They paid their

    way. When you go to the cinema, you

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    dont pay to see a bad movie. Tennis is

    exactly the same. It is entertainment.

    People judge you because you are a public

    person. Everybody can say to you what he

    wants. It is the price that you have to pay.

    Du Jie Xinhua: We know on court, Li Nasometimes is fighting with herself not just

    the opponent. How are you trying to help

    her out of this obsession?

    Carlos Rodriguez: It is the most difficultthing to deal with, because it is certain

    habits that are already there & difficult to

    put it away. But at the same time, I thinkthat she has to understand that she goes

    against something that she is never going

    to change. The disappointment when you

    play. You cannot repair. Two things can

    happen in the tennis match. You win one

    point or you lose a point. When you win

    the point, you win the point. There is onemore coming. You lose the point one more

    coming. If every time you are going to

    express yourself like the final point in

    your life because you win or you lose. It is

    not possible to play like that. It is not

    possible to be balanced. The emotions are

    more difficult in tennis and have to bemanaged by your mental skills. When

    these things come in other ways which

    means the emotions drive the mental, the

    tennis player is lost. Sometimes it is what

    happened with Li Na.

    Du Jie Xinhua: Li Na said, afterretirement she would like to open a tennis

    academy. Do you think the Potters Wheel

    will cooperate with her or you will help

    her?

    Carlos Rodriguez: I am always more thanhappy to collaborate and help her if I can.

    There is no question about it

    Du Jie Xinhua: Have you discussed aboutit?

    Carlos Rodriguez: No. because, lets saythat I am never going to talk about that

    because I respect her career first and it is

    the priority for me.

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    Du Jie Xinhua: You said 13 and 14 arevery important age for training young

    tennis players. How is the Potters Wheel,

    your academy helping to train these

    young players?

    Carlos Rodriguez: It is the most importantthing for us. Why I say that because when

    you have kids 16 or 17 years old, its very

    difficult to teach them the basics then

    what I like to do is to bring those

    11,12,13 years old even younger we have

    here 7, 8 years old kids. What I see after 3

    years in Beijing is like the way of learning.

    I think we can do much better. This

    structure of learning has to be improved.

    Du Jie Xinhua: How?

    Carlos Rodriguez: Lets say that, at least,you have to be able to have instructive

    cultures, real cultures to teach kids at 7, 8

    until 14 years old is a very difficult work

    to do. In China you dont have these skills

    today because its too short for the

    cultures. Its not the system to teach the

    cultures how to work with those kids. As

    long as that not exist, its going to be very

    difficult to build a new era with Li Na or

    good players. Its going to be very tough.

    Du Jie Xinhua: We have also seen, overthe years more international tournaments

    have been introduced to China and more

    tennis courts are being built across the

    country but still the young generation of

    Chinese players can rarely be seen in

    WTA matches or ATP matches.

    Carlos Rodriguez: My point is, promotetennis, and instruct cultures and

    development of the elite tennis player.

    These three things, if you dont have that,

    its very difficult to build a long term

    project. You can have Li Na, Peng Shuai,

    Zheng Jie once in a while, but for a

    country like China. You have to be able tohave at least 10 or 20 players like in the

    United States 10 to 20 players in the top

    100 for girls and boys. No problem.

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    Technical and Training Structure ofHigh Performance Tennis

    AcademiesCont. from July IssueBy Amir Borghei

    Drill 6: Winning the point from baselineIn this drill different number of balls,

    considering the type of surface, the

    patterns used, etc. are fed to player in a

    row and he is asked to play a forceful

    winning forehand on any right ball from

    anywhere on court.

    Goal of Drill: The drill improves the

    tactical concepts of playing in neutral as

    well as offense situations while playing on

    the baseline.

    Drill Variations: As an appropriate drill

    for encouraging all round play, instead

    of playing a winner forehand, player

    approaches the net off a well placedforehand and continues to try different

    patterns from mid court and at the net.

    Drill 7: Playing deep and angledcrosscourt FH and BHsPlayers rally the ball crosscourt on FH or

    BH side. They should try different optionsbased on the situation like: playing deep

    for percentages, playing deep and hard,

    playing short and angled off an angle

    shot, playing deep for percentages off

    angled shots etc.

    Goal of Drill: It improves several tactical

    options on playing crosscourt specially

    how to play or counter angle shots.

    Drill Variations: Players could also work

    on winning the point on right balls to the

    other side of the court. They can also do

    that on a command from coach which

    also challenges and improves their instant

    decision making.

    Drill 8: Inside out and inside in winningforehandsPlayer stands behind a target which is

    placed on the left side of the center mark.

    From this position he tries to step to the

    left side and make a jump/adjustment

    final step to play an inside out or inside inwinning forehand. He then runs to the

    target and steps back to play the next ball.

    Goal of Drill: This drill specially improves

    the ability of player on covering the

    baseline with aggressive forehands as well

    as winning the point from baseline.

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    Drill Variations: Player could be asked to

    run quickly to the net after playing the

    forehand in order to play a winning

    volley and covering the net area.

    Drill 9: Passing the net playerCoach stands close to the net and feedsthe ball to player anywhere on the

    baseline. Player plays a forehand or

    backhand to coach and then tries to pass

    the coach off his volley.

    Goal of Drill: This pattern specially

    improves the ability of player to make a

    quick pass off the opponents volley.

    Drill Variations: Considering the situation,

    different options should be given to player

    and worked on including: hard and low

    DL or short and angled CC passing shots

    as well as offensive topspin lob.

    Approach and at the net drills:Drill 10: Forehand and backhand volleysPlayer sets on to hit a FH volley while

    staying just inside the service line and

    takes some steps backward before setting

    on to hit a BH volley.

    Goal of Drill: Starting the drill from near

    the service line simulates a real match

    situation where player approaches the net

    off baseline. This pattern also encourages

    the forward movement after split step.

    Drill

    Variations: 1)

    Players could

    start from

    behind the

    service line.

    Player is now

    supposed to

    play a 1st. volley from the service line area

    which is followed by another volley at the

    net. 2) Adding the choice of playing a

    smash while working on the net area is

    also important.

    Drill 11: Mid court + VolleyStanding away from service line, player

    returns a high bouncing ball on FH or BH

    side and approaches the net to win the

    point with volley. Player then steps back

    to repeat the pattern from another side.

    Goal of Drill: The drill is specially used as

    a hard court preparation pattern which

    encourages more aggression as well aswinning more points at the net.

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    Drill Variations: Playing a drive volley on

    high balls from the midcourt area could

    be especially advantageous for girls and

    young juniors as it may promote for a

    more aggressive play at the net.

    Drill 12: Winning volleys at differentdirectionsWith one player standing at the net on

    one side of the court, his partner on the

    baseline returns the fed ball forcefully to

    the player at the net who should use the

    speed of the coming ball to direct and

    finish the volley on the other side of thecourt. He then tries the same practice on

    the other side.

    Goal of Drill: This drill is especially useful

    to train proper positioning at the net as

    well as improving the ability of player on

    how to use the speed of coming ball to

    place the volley.

    Drill Variations: To create a more open

    situation, player could direct the first

    volley toward the partner and win the

    point off the second shot.

    Drill 13: Drive volley

    Player tries to hit aggressive drive volleys

    from midcourt area off the racket or hand

    fed balls by coach.

    Goal of Drill: It is especially useful for

    girls as well as young juniors who may

    lack enough strength to volley the ball

    when playing far from net.

    Drill Variations: To improve the all round

    skills of junior players, you can mix up

    balls at different heights and depths as

    well (e.g. half volleys).

    Drill 14: Two on one at the netIn this drill one player works on his netgame and encounters the other two

    players on the baseline.

    Goal of Drill: This two on one drill,

    especially on a short distance, improves

    the player's reflex and maneuverability

    which is important while playing at the

    net as well as on return of serve.

    Drill Variations: Playing short and angled

    winning volleys after some deep

    exchanges or stepping backward to play a

    smash, etc. or other match simulating

    options.

    Serve Drills:

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    Drill 15: ServeTwo or four players serve to different

    targets on both service boxes.

    Goal of Drill: To maintain and improve

    different types of serves (especially

    directed wide anddown the T serves).

    Drill Variations: 1)

    Counting the

    serves inside the

    determined target

    areas. This is

    especially

    important to create

    the similar match situation and emphasize

    the serve percentage. 2) In some cases one

    player would be asked to work on his

    returns and this is especially important

    when player can not serve because of

    injury or feeling pain when serving.

    Drills for junior players:Drill 16: Forehand and backhand +Shadow drillWith two players standing behind the

    baseline, both take steps to the right side

    with one playing a forehand and the other

    one shadowing the forehand. Then

    players move to left side with one player

    playing a backhand and the other one

    shadowing the stroke.

    Goal of Drill: The drill keeps the junior

    players motivated and active even when

    they dont play the ball, and on the other

    hand, moving and shadowing the stroke

    without ball gives them the opportunity to

    master their different movement patterns

    as well as technical skills (FH & BH).

    Drill Variations: After working on lateral

    movements, players can work on forward

    and backward movements where they hitthe short and deep & high bouncing fed

    balls.

    Drill 17: Forehand and backhand volleys+ Shadow drillWith two players standing 2/3 meters

    inside the service line, both takeappropriate adjustment steps to play a

    forehand volley (with one playing the ball

    and the other shadowing the stroke). Then

    they step backward and move again to

    play a backhand volley (with one playing

    the ball and the other shadowing the

    stroke).

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    Goal of Drill: The drill keeps the junior

    players motivated and active even when

    they dont play the ball and on the other

    hand moving and shadowing the stroke

    without ball gives them the opportunity to

    master their different movement patterns

    as well as technical skills (FH & BHvolley).

    Drill Variations: Different variations of

    volley could be worked on through this

    drill (low volleys, high volleys, drop

    volleys, etc.)

    Drill 18: Approach and at the netPlayer stands 3 meters behind the service

    line and plays the first shot with his

    forehand and approaches the net to play a

    backhand volley. He then gets back

    behind the service line and plays a

    backhand which is followed by a

    forehand volley at the net.

    Goal of Drill: The focus of drill is on

    approach shot as well as moving forward

    to cover the net area.

    Drill Variations: Playing a forehand

    followed by a forehand volley and a

    backhand followed by a backhand volley

    or other combinations simulating the real

    situation can expand the skill range of

    junior players. Choice of playing smash

    could be added as well.

    In Summary-Tennis Academies generally follow a

    Competitive or Competitive+SocialApproach

    -There are a lot of factors influencing the

    performance of High Performance Tennis

    Academies

    -There are common points in terms of

    Programs and Framework of Oncourt

    Training

    References:IMG Academies - USA

    Melbourne International Tennis School,

    Australia

    Pat Cash International Tennis Academy,

    Australia

    Sanchez-Casal Tennis Academy

    Barcelona, Spain

    TenisVal International Academy

    Valencia, Spain

    (Content Credits:Amir BorgheiITF Level 3-PTR

    Professional 5A)

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    Asian Under 14 Rankings as of 26August 2013

    Boys

    Girls

    Asian Rankings as of 26 August2013Men

    Women

    Boys

    Girls

    Rank Last Name First Name Nation

    1 KALEEM Syed Nofil PAK

    2 LIM Alberto Jr PHI

    3 RAKPUANGCHON Vorachon THA

    4 SOMANI Parikshit IND

    5 HOSSEN Rubel BAN

    6 NAGIMETOV Sundet KAZ

    7 SENO Jan Godfrey PHI

    8 SOU Ming Chun Alan HKG

    9 PAK Rodion KAZ

    10 SINHA Nitin Kumar IND

    11 TASHBULATOV Dostanbek KAZ

    12 DAWANI Ali BRN

    13 KIM Jaewoo KOR

    14 SAHIBZADA Md Ali PAK

    15 ROBERTS Charels THA

    16 ADABJOU Amir Mohammad IRI

    17 HAMED Aziz YEM

    18 ROMUALDEZ Jerome PHI

    19 MEIRBEK Dias KAZ

    20 ALI Md. Kawsar BAN

    Rank Last Name First Name Nation

    1 NAJAFI DEHAGHI Saba IRI

    2 MA Yexin CHN

    3 JANG Eun Se KOR

    4 MOR Himani IND

    5 YADAV Mihika IND

    6 BHAT HATANGADI Tanvi IND

    7 MANE Snehal IND

    7 JONES Meredith PHI9 JITTAKOAT Yinglak THA

    10 LAXME Sha Shafina BAN

    11 REN Jiaqi CHN

    12 SADEGH VAZIRI Sadaf IRI

    13 ISLAM AFRANA Prity BAN

    14 DEVI Melati Aurora INA

    15 WIJESURIYA Rukshika SRI

    16 UMAROVA Kamila UZB

    17 ALNAEMI Mubarka QAT

    18 SULTANA Rabaka BAN

    19 UGARKOVIC Frana CRO

    20 LOO Shi Pei MAS

    ATF Rank ATP Rank Name Nation

    1 12 Nishikori, Kei JPN

    2 60 Lu, Yen-Hsun TPE

    3 65 Istomin, Denis UZB

    4 114 Devvarman, Somdev IND

    5 131 Soeda, Go JPN

    6 139 Wang, Jimmy TPE

    7 141 Golubev, Andrey KAZ

    8 148 Sugita, Yuichi JPN9 165 Ito, Tatsuma JPN

    10 172 Kukushkin, Mikhail KAZ

    ATF Rank WTA Rank Name Nation

    1 6 Li, Na CHN

    2 37 Peng, Shuai CHN

    3 40 Hsieh, Su-Wei TPE

    4 51 Morita, Ayumi JPN

    5 56 Zheng, Jie CHN

    6 62 Date-Krumm, Kimiko JPN

    7 77 Voskoboeva, Galina KAZ

    8 78 Shvedova, Yaroslava KAZ9 92 Doi, Misaki JPN

    10 93 Putintseva, Yulia KAZ

    ATF Rank ITF Rank Name Nation

    1 13 NISHIOKA, Yoshihito JPN

    2 15 CHUNG, Hyeon KOR

    3 25 LEE, Duck Hee KOR

    4 26 HONG, Seong Chan KOR

    5 32 KIM, Young Seok KOR

    6 36 NAKAGAWA, Naoki JPN

    7 48 ONISHI, Ken JPN

    8 52 ZHENG, Weiqiang CHN

    9 54 SAITO, Takashi JPN10 69 TRONGCHAROENCHAIKUL, Wishaya THA

    ATF Rank ITF Rank Name Nation

    1 17 HSU, Ching-Wen TPE

    2 37 OKUNO, Ayaka JPN

    3 39 XU, Shilin CHN

    4 44 IP, Katherine HKG

    5 47 SUN, Ziyue CHN

    6 54 YAMAMOTO, Hikari JPN

    7 56 BUAYAM, Kamonwan THA

    8 62 DANILINA, Anna KAZ

    9 63 DAIR, Asiya KAZ

    10 68 ADACHI, Mami JPN