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

* ITF Regional Coaches Conferences

* Development Events

* ITF ‘Tennis… Play and Stay’ Seminar

* ITF Junior Boys Circuit

* Recent Coaches Courses

* Seminario de los 100 Años del DEFDER – UMCE

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ITF REGIONAL COACHES CONFERENCES

5th ITF African Regional Coaches Conference 2006 - Egypt

Seventy-two coaches from 11 nations attended the 5th ITF African Regional Coaches Conference, which ended on Friday 24th November. The Conference was held in co-operation with the Egyptian Tennis Federation, CAT and the Smash Tennis Academy, at the Novotel Airport Hotel, Cairo and was designed to bring coaches from throughout the region up-to-date on the latest coaching and sports science news.

The Conference featured keynote international speakers Steven Martens (BEL) and Frank Zlesak (CZE), whom made presentations both on-court and in the lecture room. Martens is the Technical Director of the Flemish Tennis Federation and has worked with players such as Sabine Appelmans, Kim Clysters, Justine Henin, Xavier Malisse and Olivier and Christophe Rochus. Martens’ presentations focused on the development of a power serve, discussing the key biomechanical principles in and giving many on-court tips.

Zlesak gave 5 interesting presentations on a range of topics including psychology, fitness training and talent identification. Other speakers included: Samuel Lopez (ESP), Dermot Sweeny (ITF), Prince Madema (ITF), Karl Davies (ITF), Khaled Farouk (EGY), Amine Ben Makhlouf (ITF), Hichem Nasser (ETF) and Hichem Riani (CAT). ITF Development Director, Dave Miley and gave 2 excellent presentations on increasing tennis participation worldwide.

At the end of a busy and productive week, Amine Ben Makhlouf, the ITF Development Officer for West and Central Africa, commented that “It was good to see that coaches from the host nation strongly supported the event along with coaches from the rest of Africa. The event also allowed us, the ITF, to further inform coaches about the programmes available to them and their National Association. On behalf of the ITF, I would like to thank Olympic Solidarity for supporting the event, as well as the Egyptian Tennis Federation and the Confederation of African Tennis who coordinated the event.”

11th ITF South American Regional Coaches Conference – Barranquilla, Colombia

Three hundred coaches from ten nations attended the 11th ITF South American Regional Coaches Conference, which took place last week. The Conference was held in co-operation with COSAT, the Federación Colombiana de Tenis and the local Federación Liga de Tenis del Atlántico, at the Prado Hotel, Barranquilla and was designed to bring coaches from throughout the region up-to-date on the latest coaching and sports science news.

The Conference featured keynote international speakers Machar Reid (AUS) and Pancho Alvariño (ESP), who both made presentations on-court and in the lecture room. Reid is a biomechanist in the School of Human Movement and Exercise Science, at the University of Western Australia and is the author of many papers and books related to high performance tennis and is a much sought-after international speaker on the application of biomechanics to sport.

While Reid´s presentations focused on biomechanics and strength and conditioning for tennis play, Alvariño, a former Spanish Fed Cup Captain, and current Head Women’s Coach and Director of the TenisVal academy in Valencia, Spain, spoke on a range of topics including working with female players and the periodisation of training. Other speakers included Gustavo Luza, Mario Bravo and Diego Garcia from Argentina, Uruguayan Richard González and Chilean Francisco Barrientos, along with three of Colombia’s most successful players/coaches: Iván Molina, Gabriel Jaramillo and William ‘Pato’ Álvarez.

“It was great that so many coaches from the region attended the event which included numerous experts from South America. The event also allowed the ITF to further inform coaches about the programmes available to them and their National Associations,” was ITF’s South America Development Officer Miguel Miranda’s summing up of a busy and and productive week. He also thanked Olympic Solidarity for supporting the event, the Federación Liga de Tenis del Atlántico and especially Elsie Fuenmayor and Antonio Cordonnier who coordinated the successful event.

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DEVELOPMENT EVENTS

Dec 7 - 23: ITF Touring Team to New Zealand

Dec 21 - 27: ITF/CAT West & Central African Junior Championships, Abuja, Nigeria

Jan 1 - 23: Pacific Oceania Junior Team to Australia

Jan 6 - 12: ITF/CAT East African Junior Championships, Nairobi, Kenya

Jan 11 - 17: ITF/CAT Southern African Junior Championships, Windhoek, Namibia

Jan 16 - 24: ITF Level 1 Coaches Course, Kuwait

Feb 26 - 27: ITF Tennis...Play and Stay seminar - Queens Club, London.

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ITF ‘TENNIS... PLAY AND STAY’ SEMINAR

Mark Tennant – ITF Participation coordinator

Nations participating in the ITF ‘Play and Stay’ campaign are invited to attend a two-day seminar at The Queen’s Club, London on 26-27 February 2007. Participants will be able to discuss and share information to increase tennis participation worldwide. Each country is invited to send a maximum of two representatives that are responsible for the campaign in their country. Tennis manufacturers and other key organisations will also be invited to attend.

The seminar programme and more information will be sent out this month. For further information, email Mark Tennant: Esta dirección electrónica esta protegida contra spambots. Es necesario activar Javascript para visualizarla

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ITF JUNIOR BOYS CIRCUIT

Luca Santilli, ITF Manager, Junior Tennis

The ITF regrets to inform our member national associations that the ATP Player Council has rejected the ITF Proposal to initiate a feed up system for top junior boys into professional tournaments up to and including $50,000+H events. The proposal would have initiated a programme similar to the successful ones that have been in place at the Grand Slam tournaments and, for many years, at women’s tournaments up to and including $75,000 events. The ITF, whose member national associations continue to invest in the development of junior boys, will continue in its attempt to convince the ATP that a junior feed-up programme is greatly beneficial to the development of the top junior boys and their transition into the professional tour. 

“We were very disappointed that the ATP Player Council did not recognise the difficulty facing many talented junior players, especially those from less developed tennis nations that do not have high level professional events, in making the transition from the top of the junior game into professional tennis, as well as the need to ensure that these talented players are not lost to the game” said Luca Santilli, ITF Manager, Junior Tennis.

“The ATP Player Council view in taking this decision was that most top juniors have enough opportunities to break through, but ITF research has shown that this is frequently not the case.  We will continue in our efforts to convince the ATP Player Council that this programme has great benefits not only for the top juniors but also for the tournaments that would give exciting young players their first opportunities to play at professional level. We thank both the Grand Slams and the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour for their support of this programme.”    

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RECENT COACHES COURSES

Le Stage ITF / OS de Niveau 1 au Bujumbura, Burundi

Emmanuel Ntakirutimana -Chargé des Programmes, CNO Burundi

Dans le cadre du programme mondial de la Solidarité Olympique, « Stage Technique pour entraîneurs » le CNO du Burundi a organisé, en faveur de la Fédération Burundaise de Tennis, un stage pour entraîneur de premier niveau.

Ce stage animé par l’expert de la FIT, Monsieur Thierry Ntwali, est le deuxième que le CNO et la Fédération Burundaise de Tennis organise en espace de 7 ans. Le premier stage remonte de 1999. La formation des formateurs étant inscrit dans les domaines stratégiques d’activités du CNO, c’est ainsi que le besoin se faisait sentir dans le Tennis.

Organisé du 11 au 19 Novembre 2006, ce stage a regroupé 20 Candidats mais 18 seulement ont finalement terminé le stage. Durant le stage, les candidats ont acquis des connaissances tant en théorie qu’en pratique. Selon l’expert Thierry Ntwali, le Burundi a du potentiel, il suffit d’encadrer ces jeunes entraîneurs pour qu’ils puissent à leur tour enseigner ce qu’ils ont appris.

Curso Regional de Nivel 2 en Montevideo, Uruguay

Ivan Molina, Tutor de la ITF

Del 27 de Noviembre al 8 de Diciembre se realizó en Montevideo el curso de nivel 2 para entrenadores de tenis. Se hizo gracias a los fondos de Solidaridad Olímpica, la gestión que hiciera el Comité Olímpico de Uruguay y la Asociación de ese país. Ha tenido carácter Regional, asistiendo 2 entrenadores de Argentina, 1 de Bolivia, 2 de Perú, 3 de Brasil, uno de Colombia y 19 de Uruguay. La sede fue el Carrasco Lawn Tenis club. Los Tutores fueron el Coach de los Equipos Internacionales Junior de ITF, Iván Molina y el Director de Desarrollo de la Asociación Uruguaya de Tenis, Profesor Richard González.

A la ceremonia de clausura asistieron el Presidente del Comité Olímpico Uruguayo, Sr. Julio Maglione, el Señor Elbio Arias miembro de la Asociación Uruguaya de tenis y Tesorero de la COSAT, el Señor Eduardo Vitale, Gerente General del Carrasco Lawn Tenis.

El Sr. Maglione del Comité Olímpico de Uruguay señaló: “Es para nosotros un gran placer apoyar esta clase de iniciativas y esperamos que este curso sirva para el progreso de los entrenadores no solamente de Uruguay, sino también de los entrenadores visitantes y que con los conocimientos adquiridos en el curso, les sirva para producir mas y mejores jugadores.”

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SEMINARIO DE LOS 100 AÑOS DEL DEFDER – UMCE

Miguel Miranda, Oficial de Desarrollo ITF - COSAT para Sudamérica

Entre el 22 y el 24 de Noviembre se realizó este Curso (Seminario) gracias a esta celebración de los 100 años, en la carrera más antigua de Sudamérica, la Pedagogía en Educación Física, debido a la gestión que hiciera el Profesor Gustavo Godoy profesor de tenis y docente de la Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación y la Federación de Tenis de Chile.

Ha tenido carácter Nacional, asistieron .45 participantes entre alumnos de educación física y entrenadores de diferentes partes del país. La sede fue el DEFDER (Departamento de Educación Física, Deportes y Recreación) y tuvo como Coordinador al Profesor Godoy. Los expositores y sus temas fueron:

Alfredo Campos T. (Profesor de Educación Física. Profesor de la Universidad Andrés Bello.)

“El calentamiento en cancha y sus consideraciones”

Fernando Zamorano. (Profesor de Educación Física. Kinesiólogo.)

“Rehabilitación en descompensaciones musculares del tenis”

Juan José Muraro. (Profesor de Educación Física. Profesor DEFDER.)

“Fundamentos de la motricidad humana, desarrollo y aprendizaje”

Jaime Huberman B. (Profesor de Educación Física. Preparador Físico de Disciplinas Deportivas. DEFDER)

“Tenis y Educación”

Juan Pablo Abarca. (Profesor de Educación Física. Entrenador de Tenis. TSP)

“El entrenamiento técnico – táctico en el alto rendimiento”

Manuel Astorga O. (Profesor de Educación Física. Ex - Prep. Físico del Circuito Profesional de Tenis.)

“Cómo se deben preparar los tenistas y sobre que aspectos”

Raul Santana N. (Profesor de Educación Física. Master en Nutrición Humana, DEFDER)

“Criterios para la detección de talentos en el tenis”

Raúl Urbina S. (Profesor de Educación Física. Kinesiólogo. Profesor Universidad Mayor.)

“Conductas motoras de base en el desarrollo del tenis”

Oscar Cerda C. (Profesor de Educación Física. Entrenador C.D. Universidad Católica.)

“Trabajo de pies y desplazamientos”

Miguel Angel Miranda. Oficial de Desarrollo para Sudamérica, ITF.

“Uso de las progresiones en los ejercicios”

Gustavo Godoy S. (Profesor de Educación Física. Profesor DEFDER. Profesor Universidad Mayor.)

“Biomecánica del tenis”

En la Ceremonia de entrega de diplomas hizo uso de la palabra el Director del DEFDER Sr. Gabriel Figueroa Saavedra, que señaló:

“El alto nivel de conocimientos del egresado del DEFDER, y como se han ido adecuando a pesar de no tener la mejor infraestructura (canchas de tenis), siempre el alumnado coloca un plus extra, gracias a la colaboración de la Federación de Tenis de Chile y de la Federación Internacional de Tenis, en apoyarnos con literatura y materiales didácticos, seguimos entregando al medio un nivel reconocido de profesionales a este hermoso deporte”.

También hizo uso de la palabra el Decano de la Facultad de Educación Física y Artes Sr. Sergio Guarda Etcheberry, que señaló:

”Orgulloso de estar aquí en este seminario en nuestra Casa de Estudios - nuestra Alma Mater como de todos los expositores participantes que han egresado de nuestro Departamento, al llamado de su escuela formadora acudieron inmediatamente. Y sin cobrar un solo centavo, lo hicieron gratuitamente, como muchas veces, nuestra gran tarea está enfocada en la formación, pilar fundamental de toda sociedad”.

Este Curso se enmarca dentro del Convenio que esta Universidad mantiene con la FTCH y la ITF.

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