ITF Monthly E-mail Newsletter for Coaches, Year 11, Issue 10, October, 2010

International Tennis Federation Tennis Development Department

ITF Monthly E-Mail Newsletter for Coaches, Year 11, Issue 10, October, 2010

The ITF Development / Coaching Department is pleased to welcome you to the October edition of its ITF Monthly E-mail Newsletter.

In an effort to keep you informed and updated on ITF coaching matters worldwide, in this issue of the newsletter you will find

• Upcoming Development & Coaching Events
• What the ITF Coaching and Development department do- Annual Report 2009
• Regional Coaching Conferences 2010
• Completed courses and conferences in South Africa, Mexico, Kazakhstan and Paraguay
• Hispanic coaches workshop commencing
• Other News from national associations and other governing bodies

DEVELOPMENT & COACHING EVENTS

9 - 10 October
The 5th Hispanic Coaches Workshop - Moore Park, Miami

14 - 17 October
ITF/Tennis Europe European Coaches Symposium - Moscow, Russia

21 October
Grand Slam Development Fund Committee meeting

2 - 6 November
ITF/ATF/OS Asian Regional Coaches Conference - Subic Bay, the Philippines

ITF DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME- ANNUAL REPORT 2009

What does the ITF Development and Coaching department do? The Annual Report 2009 is now available online.

The publication provides a funding breakdown, updates on the Grand Slam Development Fund and Touring Team, and details about tournaments, training, facilities and coaches.

Click the link below to view the report.

ANNUAL REPORT 2009

REGIONAL COACHING CONFERENCES 2010

The five ITF 2010 Regional Coaches Conferences are underway, with South America running at present, in Mar del Plata, Argentina. Information on these conferences, as well as how to register to attend upcoming conferences, can be found on the ITF coaching weblet (www.itftennis.com/coaching). The ITF are pleased to announce that the keynote speakers include Machar Reid (AUS), Antoni Girod (FRA), Jofre Porta (ESP), Eliot Teltscher (USA), Pancho Alvarino (ESP), Beni Linder (SWI), Mark Tennant (GBR), Mike Barrell (GBR), Rémi Leurs (FRA) and Frank van Fraayhoven (NED). The ITF Regional Coaches Conferences are conducted in partnership with Olympic Solidarity and the Regional Associations (ATF, COSAT, COTECC, and CAT) and the dates for each of the Regional Coaches Conferences are as follows:

• South American - Mar del Plata, Argentina, 5 - 9 October.
http://www.itftennis.com/coaching/rcc2008/sudam%C3%A9rica/

• North African - Hammamet, Tunisia, 6 - 9 October.
http://www.itftennis.com/coaching/rcc2008/sudam%C3%A9rica/

• Asian - Subic Bay, Philippines, 2 - 6 November.
http://www.itftennis.com/coaching/rcc2008/asian/

In addition, the European Coaches conference which is organized by Tennis Europe and part funded by the ITF and Olympic Solidarity will take place in Moscow from October 15th to 17th. Coaches who are interested in attending these biennial Regional Coaches Conference can enter through their National Associations who have received detailed information regarding the conferences.

COMPLETED COURSES

South Africa hosts 7th ITF African Regional Coaches Conference (18- 21 September)

The 7th ITF African Coaches Conference held in Pretoria, South Africa attracted 120 coaches from 15 countries including Botswana, Malawi, Mauritius, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, France, UK, Netherlands. The 4 full days covered topics on Play & Stay all the way to high performance. The top speakers were Mike Barrell (UK) and Frank Van Fraayanhoven of the Netherlands. The Conference was organised in collaboration with the South African Tennis Association and with the financial support of not only the ITF but Olympic Solidarity.

The Groenkloof Tennis Club, venue of many international tournaments, was the ideal place for the on-court presentations. At the official closing dinner, the Manager of Coaches Development for the South African Sport Confederation & Olympic Committee, Johann Koorts, commented; "This is the most successful Coaches Conference that we have ever held. We are delighted to see coaches from all over Southern Africa joining us here. More than that, we are happy that a lot of South African coaches joined us. It shows that things are changing for the better".

Prior to the conference, a refresher course for Level 1 tutors was held in order to train the Southern African Level 1 and Play Tennis Tutors. Ten selected tutors interacted and discussed issues related to the new Level 1 coaches course syllabus.

The 2010 ITF Regional Coaches Conference in the COTECC Region a Great Success (20- 24 September)

Puerto Vallarta was the host city of the 2010 Regional Coaches Conference in the COTECC Region, and the Hotel Canto del Sol its venue. A venue well remembered by many that in 1997 attended the ITF Worldwide Coaches Conference in the same place.

The conference was lead by Dave Miley, ITF Director of Development and Miguel Crespo, ITF Development Research Officer. The speakers invited by the ITF were Antoni Girod and Machar Reid who shared with the 250 coaches from 16 COTECC nations who participated, their knowledge and experience on applied sports psychology and biomechanics respectively.

The Conference also had speakers from USTA: David Roditi and Vesa Ponnka; from Tennis Canada: Wayne Elderton; from the Mexican Tennis Federation: Fernando Segal, Armando Sandoval, Juan Antonio Chavez, Guillermo Stevens and Luis Perez; from COTECC: Juan Pino (CUB), Cecilia Ancalmo, Anthony Jeremiah, John Goede (SUR). There was a section in the program for Short Presentations where Carolina Vera Vera (SUR), Damien Applewhaite (BAR), and Wilfredo Henry (CUB), all of the Olympic Solidarity Scholarship holders, presented. The topics presented ranged from Coaching Philosophy to Play Tennis, the ITF Development Program, Beginners Tennis, Planning, Player Welfare, Effective Coaching, Testing, Running and Academy, Dartfish, Training a Davis Cup Team, and the National Tennis Development Program from Mexico.

The Mexican Tennis Federation, its staff and the people from the Canto del Sol Hotel did a marvelous job hosting this Regional Conference that marked a record in coaches’ participation.

OS/ITF Beginners and Intermediate Coaches course-Almaty, Kazakhstan

The Tennis Federation of the Republic of Kazakhstan in association with the National Olympic Committee of Kazakhstan organised a 12 day Beginners and Intermediate course for its coaches at the beautiful Tennis facility at Gorky Tennis Park in the city of Apples ”Almaty”. Eighteen enthusiastic participants consisting of three female candidates attended the 76.5 hour course along with a Play Tennis course being introduced for the first time in the country. Candidates were amazed to see how children and adults learn to play and adopt new skills so quikly by rallying and playing points through the Play and Stay method. The course tutors Kawaljeet Singh from India and Weber Oh from Singapore shared the latest information on teaching methods during the course. Sarmanbaev Batir a young enthusiastic coach from Almaty said “I have been working for many years, coming to this course I have got unbelievable tips and useful information for coaching beginners and intermediate players”.

Mr. Zlobenko Evgeniy, the course coordinator from KTF expressed “this course is a very important step in developing tennis in Kazakhstan and it was a great opportunity to learn new information and methods of coaching".  Mr.Baimuhametov, The President of Almaty Tennis Federation distributed certificates of attendance to the candidates and expressed his happiness on the closing ceremony organised by KTF & NOC

II Gira de Cursos Curtos de Biomecánica de la ITF - Etapa 5 – Asunción - Paraguay

Dando continuidad a la gira de Cursos Cortos de la ITF, se realizó, en los días 09 e 10 de septiembre, la quinta y última de las etapas programadas. En las canchas del PARAGUAY LAWN TENNIS CLUB, 29 entrenadores se reunieron, entre ellos destacados nombres del tenis paraguayo como Alfredo Brix, Larissa Schaeffer y la jugadora profesional Rossana de Los Ríos con su coach y esposo Gustavo Neffa. El curso comenzó a las 9:00 de la mañana siguiendo su programación normal. En el primero día el experto José Luis Achinelly, renombrado kinesiólogo, habló de la importancia de prevención en el tenis de alta competencia. En el segundo día, el preparador físico Edgard Torres, dio una muy buena charla sobre la utilización de plataformas de salto para monitorear el desarrollo de la potencia del tren inferior en jugadores.

Los entrenadores se mostraron muy contentos con el curso, y las evaluaciones resultaron en que 100% consideraron el curso excelente.El punto alto de las presentaciones se dio con la participación de la renombrada tenista profesional paraguaya Rossana de Los Ríos, actual 122 del ranking WTA y que ha estado por mucho tiempo entre las 100 primeras, que estuvo presente en la práctica de con intervenciones claras y precisas. Después de filmación de su saque con la cámara de súper slow motion, Elson realizó intervenciones en su saque que presentó gran mejora de potencia en menos de quince minutos. Rossana señaló: “La verdad estoy muy contenta. Mi saque lo sentí mas potente y fácil, y todo esto en muy poco tiempo. Los procedimientos fueran divertidos y motivantes y el resultado espectacular. El método de estimulación neural es una herramienta poderosa pues se puede ayudar desde jugadores en formación hasta otros de alto nivel”, comentaba la gran tenista paraguaya después de las actividades.

Para Alfredo de Brix el curso fue de gran ayuda: “Por primera vez se presentó la biomecánica en cancha, y como podemos utilizarla. El método funciona, es sencillo y cualquiera lo comprende y puede aplicar. Salgo de acá muy motivado con una muy buena herramienta de trabajo”. Para Larissa Schaerer las actividades no podían ser mejores: “Todos pudieron comprender los contenidos, que son complicados, pero fueran muy bien facilitados durante el curso. También se pudo comprobar que con este método, correcciones difíciles se convierten en cambios rápidos y eficientes. Todo muy novedoso y motivante”.
Este curso cerró la gira de cursos cortos de Biomecánica aplicada al Tenis de la ITF. En total fueran 192 entrenadores capacitados. El promedio de las evaluaciones indicó que 99% consideró el curso como excelente y 1% como Bueno. En las dos giras fueran entregados 523 certificados.

COACHING WORKSHOPS

5th Hispanic Coaches Workshop, Miami, commencing 9-10th October, 2010

‘How Hispanic coaches can impact tennis development in the United States’ ‘Como pueden los entranadores Hispanos impactar en el deserollo del tennis en USA’, is the title of the 5th Hispanic conference about to commence in Miami. Dr Paul Lubbers is now confirmed as the Key Note Speaker for the event. The content of the event will include work from Gustavo Granitto, with a presentation on “Planning to Improve Your Service and Income”.  Bobbie Bernstein will also make a presentation on “The use of video as a tool to increase your income”. Other content will include the positive impact of the ‘Quick Start’ in tennis development, by Doug Booth, the ‘Quick Start’ ultimate exercises by Noel Cubela & Albert Mora, as well as the lastest about Tennis 10’s, and much more. The course is bilingual. For more information contact:GTC Tennis Consultancy Inc. M Add: 318 Indian Trace # 304 Weston, FL 33326.

Phone: (954) 804 9056 (954) 384 5807. Esta dirección electrónica esta protegida contra spambots. Es necesario activar Javascript para visualizarla / http://www.gtctennis.com/

NEWS FROM OTHER GOVERNING BODIES AND NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Tennis 10's rule change launched

'Tennis 10s', an initiative designed by the ITF to increase participation among the 10-and-under age group has recently reached an important milestone.

At the ITF AGM in washington this summer, an amendment to the Rules of Tennis for 10-and-under competition was overwhelmingly approved. The new rules are designed to make tennis easier and more fun for children, and to ensure that competition at this age is appropriate. 

The rule, which will come into effect in January 2012, will mandate modified courts and the use of slower balls. The use of regular balls and a full sized court will no longer be permitted in 10-and-under competition, and instead a slower red, orange or green ball must be used on one of three court sizes.

'Tennis 10s' has the support of the top tennis federations including the four Grand Slam nations. 

“This is a great step forward for tennis and I thank the ITF AGM for their support of this important initiative,” said ITF President Francesco Ricci Bitti. "'Tennis 10s' will improve the way we introduce tennis to young players and follows similar changes made in other sports such as ‘mini soccer’ and ‘Little League Baseball'."

“As well as providing a more positive and dynamic experience for players, the slower balls and scaled down courts are excellent for developing high performance juniors,” said ITF Executive Director of Development Dave Miley. “They give players more time and control allowing them to develop and use advanced tactics and technique that would be impossible on a full court with a regular ball.”

VII Congreso Nactional de Tennis RFET 2010, Pamplona, España.

El CONGRESO NACIONAL DE TENIS 2010 se celebrará en Pamplona, los días 21, 22 y 23 de octubre. El Área de Docencia e Investigación de la Real Federación Española de Tenis ha otorgado este evento a nuestra Territorial y, tras las gestiones oportunas ante el Gobierno de Navarra, se celebrará en las instalaciones del CEIMD. Este Congreso contará con los principales exponentes del Tenis Femenino en nuestro país y tiene como principal objetivo acercar a todos los técnicos la forma de trabajo, características, consideraciones a tener en cuenta, cuando se trabaja con jugadoras en las diferentes etapas de formación, desde la iniciación hasta la alta competición.

El congreso por lo tanto tendrá como título TENIS FEMENINO: PRESENTE Y FUTURO y se estructurará en diferentes áreas de conocimiento como son:

• Entrenamiento de la Técnica y de la Táctica.
• Competición y Planificación
• Preparación Psico-biológica de la jugadora (Psicología, Preparación Física, Prevención de lesiones...

En cuanto esté el programa cerrado en cuanto a ponentes y horarios, lo publicaremos en nuestra web:
http://www.fnt.es/Noticias2.aspx?IdNoticia=481

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