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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)
7/30/2019 6 Asian Tennis Monthly Newsletter - August
22/22
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