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[Barca tennis]

will be the start of beach weather then!! today the weather was 19! so well into the mid to high twenties....

[ericsson]

Originally Posted by Barca tennis

will be the start of beach weather then!! today the weather was 19! so well into the mid to high twenties....

Damn, that looks good if things go through i will let you know, podemos beber quizá una cerveza

Hasta luego!

[Barca tennis]

if im around will try and meet up for a beer, your spanish is very good!! let me know when you have a date

[baseliner87]

hey barca, just wondering how i would go about getting into coaching over there? i coach over here in australia and would love to see how it runs over there, just for a couple of months you know to get experience and learn what we call over here. ''the spanish way''.

[Barca tennis]

Hi baseliner
there is a acamey over here who work with good up and coming juniors who would be very happy for you to come and help out with them, they have had uk and usa coaches in before, you maybe able to do some RPT coures when here too, which is the spanish coaching setup, let me know what you think and i can ask them if you like?

[baseliner87]

Originally Posted by Barca tennis

Hi baseliner
there is a acamey over here who work with good up and coming juniors who would be very happy for you to come and help out with them, they have had uk and usa coaches in before, you maybe able to do some RPT coures when here too, which is the spanish coaching setup, let me know what you think and i can ask them if you like?

well i'm currently 21 been coaching since i was 17, but i would love to learn the spanish way. do you think i'll be able to have a job there just for a couple off months?
i'm looking into going to spain either late this year or mid next year.

let me know your opinion.

gracias
real mente me gustaria acer algo

[Barca tennis]

it is very hard to get a full paid coaching work here for you.the academy will be more than happy for you to help them, but they would only give you a little pocket money maybe and help you find a cheap place for you to stay.it may cost you some of your own money to do this but is the best way to come and look how its done out here, many like you have done this and had a great time learning.you may be able to get some hitting paid hours out of academy time but this depends on your playing abilty.if you want i can ask them when would be a good time to come?

[baseliner87]

Originally Posted by Barca tennis

it is very hard to get a full paid coaching work here for you.the academy will be more than happy for you to help them, but they would only give you a little pocket money maybe and help you find a cheap place for you to stay.it may cost you some of your own money to do this but is the best way to come and look how its done out here, many like you have done this and had a great time learning.you may be able to get some hitting paid hours out of academy time but this depends on your playing abilty.if you want i can ask them when would be a good time to come?

i thought that might have been the case, but it's still good, i would be happy to do that.

[Barca tennis]

baseliner if you email we can sort out making this happen for you,
many thanks Barca

[baseliner87]

Originally Posted by Barca tennis

baseliner if you email we can sort out making this happen for you,
many thanks Barca

E-mail sent

[TsongaBonga]

Originally Posted by Barca tennis

a good place to go would be Andres Gimeno tennis club in Castelldefels just down the road from the airport. its a cool club with two academies their, lots of club members with some very high world rank players hitting and chilling out there.its a lovely town with great beach and lots of places to eat and drink. Andres Gimeno has a site you can look at. email castelldefelstennis@hotmail.co.uk english guy who lives out here can sort out the right coaching, academy, etc etc for you

DON'T GO THERE! IT'S ****! ALL THEY WANT IS YOUR MONEY.....THEY STICK YOU IN POKEY ACCOMMODATION, AND THEY GIVE YOU NO ADVICE ON HOW TO IMPROVE...... IF I WERE YOU I'D GO DOWN TO FERRERO'S ACADEMY EQUILITE IN VALENCIA......I WENT THERE INSTEAD OF THE SHITHOLE GIMENOS, (WHERE IT'S SECURE, GOT GREAT ACCOMMODATION AND A WHOLE CHOICE OF FOOD) NOW I'VE JUST TURNED PRO @ 16 AND HAVE REALLY HIGH HOPES!!!!!!!!

[fibresupex]

Originally Posted by TsongaBonga

DON'T GO THERE! IT'S ****! ALL THEY WANT IS YOUR MONEY.....THEY STICK YOU IN POKEY ACCOMMODATION, AND THEY GIVE YOU NO ADVICE ON HOW TO IMPROVE...... IF I WERE YOU I'D GO DOWN TO FERRERO'S ACADEMY EQUILITE IN VALENCIA......I WENT THERE INSTEAD OF THE SHITHOLE GIMENOS, (WHERE IT'S SECURE, GOT GREAT ACCOMMODATION AND A WHOLE CHOICE OF FOOD) NOW I'VE JUST TURNED PRO @ 16 AND HAVE REALLY HIGH HOPES!!!!!!!!

What??? I went to Gimeno for 2 months and it was one of the best tennis camps ive been to!!! I dont no where you get your facts from.The club had good quality players a reasonable price and good cheap accomadation!!

Ive read this guys post hes sounds a real jerk!!!

[Barca tennis]

Hi Bonga glad you made it as a pro, i was a pro too! maybe i could still give a 16 year old a game! tell us what your world ranking is,

[Ash_Smith]

I've done some work with Enrique and Fran who run the academy 'Elitennis' based at club de tenis Andres Gimeno. We ran an RPT course there last september and they are both awesome coaches, Fran especially has some great ideas for improving fitness both on and off court.

[baseliner87]

Originally Posted by Ash_Smith

I've done some work with Enrique and Fran who run the academy 'Elitennis' based at club de tenis Andres Gimeno. We ran an RPT course there last september and they are both awesome coaches, Fran especially has some great ideas for improving fitness both on and off court.

was the RPT course good? i'm thinking off doing one myself.

[Moz]

Originally Posted by Ash_Smith

I've done some work with Enrique and Fran who run the academy 'Elitennis' based at club de tenis Andres Gimeno. We ran an RPT course there last september and they are both awesome coaches, Fran especially has some great ideas for improving fitness both on and off court.

Hi Ash

I'm not following you around! Conincidentally I have been talking to someone in the past week about spending a month at that clubin March / April.

He mentioned that there are two academies at the club and he suggested that I go over, check it out and decide which academy to join.

I would be grateful if you could tell me anymore about the academies / club . set-up.

Thanks
Moz

[Ash_Smith]

Originally Posted by baseliner87

was the RPT course good? i'm thinking off doing one myself.

Without wishing to blow my own trumpet (I'm an RPT tutor!!!) - it was awesome!

In all seriousness, having attended various courses as a delegate and now delivering courses as a tutor I can strongly reccommend the RPT as a coach educator. There is a high degree of technical teaching, but it is based on cutting edge video research rather than an outdated idea of technique (not having a pop at any other organisation!!!) along with error detection, squad teaching, Street Tennis, drill building, tactical teaching for singles and doubles, Spanish Academy drills and much more. It is all based around the spanish academy system - as you may know we trained the coaches at Sanchez-Casal, Equelite, Elite and many more.

Are you based in the UK? If so I can help you get a course sorted out.

Regards

Ash.

[Ash_Smith]

Originally Posted by Moz

Hi Ash

I'm not following you around! Conincidentally I have been talking to someone in the past week about spending a month at that clubin March / April.
He mentioned that there are two academies at the club and he suggested that I go over, check it out and decide which academy to join.
I would be grateful if you could tell me anymore about the academies / club . set-up.

Thanks
Moz

As far as I am aware: The club Andres Gimeno itself runs a coaching programme (which in Spain is generally called an Academy!!! It's all the rage out there!!!) with it's own coaching team and 'Elitennis' run by Enrique Guldberg rents 4 courts to run it's own Academy from the club. Elite is the full time academy and currently has about 9 full time players, about 4 from the UK, and others from Spain, Holland, Ukraine and somewhere else (I forget where!).

Elite also do holiday, weekly, monthly, termly academy packages. However, whilst I was there, Elite academy caters for junior players only.

Club de Gimeno however, have coaching clinics and classes for all ages and the standard I saw from the club players was pretty high - some good clay court tennis!!! You'd best contact the club for full details.

There is a nice hotel opposite the club called Hotel Barcelona Classic and it's only a 10 minute walk to the beach at Casteldefelles, which is stunning!!!

I wont take out a restraining order just yet!!!

[Moz]

Thanks very much Ash - I was offered accomodation in a shared house about 5 mins walk away.

Definitely sounds as though it's worth looking into.

[kiwisam]

hey guys, have been following the discussion on spanish academies.
Am a new zealand coach heading to europe this summer and looking to gain some more knowledge. have looked into doing a week long course at sanchez casal but it is quite expensive and some of the comments on the place arent great. anyone have any prior experiences here? or any better places to observe/ coach for a week or so?

cheers