| Official e-newsletter of the Pat Cash International Tennis Academy & The Azzura Tennis Club |
| OCTOBER 2007 Newsletter |
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Message
from Chris Steel - Academy Director
The past few weeks have seen much activity for our players in terms of tournaments. Steve Donald & Jared Easton headed overseas for some lead up events in Canada followed by the US Open Juniors. Jared is now home on the Gold Coast for some active rest while Steve is over in Indonesia playing two Men’s Futures events. Maverick Banes started off with two ITF events in Hungary and then joined Alex Sanders in Serbia for a further two ITF events as part of a Tennis Australia tour where Academy Coach – Ben Mathias was part of the coaching team travelling with the boys. Elena
Ivanova is currently playing two ITF events in Uzbekistan.
Tom
Price and Elizabeth James are competing in State Titles in Victoria.
The
following players are competing in QLD State Titles ; Cade Birrel,
Kim Birrell, Vini Guifre, Valeska Hoath, Cole Ingram ,Louis Ingram,
Andy Lau, Oscar Longworth, Luke Morland, Lara Perkovic & Cory
Shepherd.
The 14 & under Clay Court Championships will commence in October, and the Academy will have the following players competing ; Joel Braund, Elizabeth James, Andy Lau, Oscar Longworth, Athena Nathalia, Tom Price & George Wall. We
would like to wish all competitors the best of
success!
See you next month! Chris Steel Academy Director |
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SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS The Academy is very proud to congratulate for winning their section of the Tennis Gold Coast Fixtures competition ; • James Ryan Engal • Ben McCleod The Academy would also like to congratulate the following players for making the finals in their respective teams of Tennis Gold Coast Fixtures competition… • Yasmine Xantos • Nick Hodge • Amy Morland • James Peterson Well
done to all ! |
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UPCOMING
JUNIOR EVENTS
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Sept-1 Oct : North QLD Junior Champs
1-3 Oct : Junior Master Circuit - Gold Coast 2-4 Oct : Pine Rivers Age - Brisbane 5-7 Oct : Nambour Age Champs 6-7 Oct : Miami Grass Open Age : Gold Coast 3-4
Nov : Caboolture Junior Champs
7-9
Dec : Frawley Age - Redcliffe
8-9
& 15-16 Dec : Pro One Junior Champs - Gold
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UPCOMING
OPEN EVENTS
6-7 Oct : Rocky Opem - Rockhampton 3-14 & 20-21 Oct : Beenleigh Open - Gold Coast 9-10 Nov : Caloundra City Open - Caloundra 24-25
Nov & 1-2 Dec : Wynnum Open -
Brisbane
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PLAYER OF THE MONTH - September Mav Banes Gold Coast born and bred Maverick Banes has hit marvelous form overseas this month in a serious of ITF junior events. Mav who is only 15, had impressive victories over highly ranked Europeans in Serbia and Hungary whilst traveling with Academy High Performance Coach, Ben Mathias. Before heading overseas, Mav had a month of intensive training at the Academy with fellow top juniors; Stephen Donald and Alex Sanders to prepare for the strenuous clay court series in Europe. Maverick the number 3 seed reached the final of the prestigious Talentum Cup held in Hungary, gaining valuable ITF points. Maverick also a week later then reached the QF of Pancevo International held in Serbia beating quality clay court specialists. Maverick's current ITF ranking of 254 will be considerably lowered following these impressive results and will hopefully now be looking to play higher calibre junior tournaments such as the Orange Bowl and Junior Grand slams. The Academy would like to congratulate Mav on his recent form and look forward to seeing him back the Academy in upcoming days. Watch out for this youngster in future years! Well
done Mav! |
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TIP OF THE MONTH - by Chris Steel Footwork
Patterns and Movement Skills
I have never heard of a tennis coach who does not believe footwork and movement are of vital importance to tennis players. Ian Barclay who coached Pat Cash to win the Wimbledon Championships has been quoted as saying “if you don’t have effective footwork and speed in today’s game, it will be a long road to success.” The
simple fact is the game of tennis is now significantly faster due to
changes in; court surfaces, technology of equipment, and integration
of superior teaching methodologies. These factors combined have all
contributed to players now hitting the ball much harder. To combat
the extra power of players, opponents now must have proficient
movement capabilities in order to get themselves to the ball in time
to play their shot.
Essentially the more efficient your footwork the quicker and easier you can position yourself to the ball and also recover to position yourself for the next ball. It follows, the earlier you get into position the more options you will have available on your own shot in terms of both power and body position. Therefore it is important young players start to develop good neural pathways in the early years of development to ensure good co-ordination and speed. Without getting too scientific, the neural pathway between our brain and our feet is enclosed by a myelin sheath. This outer layer becomes thicker and stronger the more you use it, much like a muscle grows with increased usage. The thicker the myelin sheath becomes, the faster the connection between the brain and the feet becomes. This will allow for rapid movement of the lower limbs and better co-ordination of the feet and balance. Coaches
should try to incorporate footwork tasks at every level of
development but especially in the formative years. Tasks can be fun
and innovative as there is a multitude of ways to enjoy training
footwork by coaches and players alike.
So
work those feet !!!! |
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BEEP
TEST LADDER - October 1st
1. Jarred Easton : 17.3 2. Mav Banes : 17.1 3.
Alex Sanders : 16.9 4. Tristan Stayt : 16.2 5. Stephen Donlad : 15.8 6. Tom Price : 15.1 7. Nathan Helmes : 14.6 8. Zack Itzstein : 14.1 9. Corey Sheppard : 13.9 10.Luke Moreland : 13.1 |
RALLY
SPEED LADDER - October 1st
1. Alex Sanders : 2:21 2. Maverick Banes : 2:22 3. Jared Easton : 2:29 4. Zach Itzstein : 2.38. 5. Tristan Stayt : 2.38 6. Tom Price : 2.39 7. Troy Gilham : 2:40 8. Joel Braund : 2.41 9. Monika Wejnert : 2.44 10. Nathan Helmes : 2.52 |
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PRE-ACADEMY NEWS Tennis Gold Coast Saturday Afternoon Fixtures Results PENNANT
3 Winners – Hope Island Hotshots
Ben McLeod & James Ryan-Engel along with Gabrielle Arena took out both the minor premiership flag as well as the major grand final on Saturday 22/9/2007 Congratulation Everyone! SECTION 3 – Hope Island Competitors – Amy Morland, Nick Hodge & James Peterson – Finalists Unfortunately for them it rained during the final at 1 set all. Since they came 2nd overall they were awarded the runner-up trophies despite Amy’s 6/0 win in her singles. Well done though guys! SECTION 15 – Hope Island Space Cadets – Finalists SECTION 14 – Hope Island Girls Rule – Semi-Finalists SECTION 14 – Hope Island Stunners – 98pts – Semi-Finalists SECTION 6 – Hope Island Heroes – Semi-Finalists The
next Gold Coast Junior Fixtures season commences on Saturday 13th
October and draws will be available by Tuesday 9th
October.
PIZZA MATCHPLAY TOP 10 FINAL PLACINGS Term 3
Recommences Monday 8th October 1st Hayden Shaw : Winner : 50pts
2nd Michael Li : Runner Up : 47pts 3rd Rachel Lee : 1st Girl : 42pts 4th Bailey Sands : 41pts 5th Jackson Blacker : 39pts 6th Braedyn Hibbert : 35pts 7th Nicola Chase : 2nd Girl 34pts 8th Mark Nunn : 32pts 9th Kerryn Gifford : 27pts Equal 10th Alex Demeshko : 25pts Equal 10th Jade McMaster : 25 pts SPRING SCHOOL HOLIDAY CAMP DATES Camp 1 : Monday 24th- Friday 28th September : 24 enrolled on first day. Lots of fun. by all ! Camp 2 : Monday -1st- Friday 5th October – places still available Book at reception 55301177 $50 per day or $195/5days 4th TERM - Junior Development Program (10 weeks Term) Monday 8th October-Saturday 15 December ˝hr Mini Tennis Orange $80/term 1 hr Mini Tennis Green $140/term 1 hr Tournament Squad $ 140/term 1˝ hr Tournament Squad $ 220/term 2˝ hr Academy Futures $ 350/term Private Lessons $65/hr with Wes Pope 0438 260 669 Private Lessons $35/˝ |
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