He is in Paris playing Legends doubles with one of the tv commentators
Your players allowed to be stolen. That is where politics, personal integrity, and 'Benjamins' come into play.
It makes no sense that the USTA permits Patrick, the head of USTA Player development, many weeks off per year to announce tennis matches and play legends tournaments. In what organization can the chief executive making hundreds of thousands of dollars per year take weeks off to pursue his paid hobby. What qualifications does Patrick have to head player development. Who has he ever coached or developed?
How do you contact this clown?
He's stolen now 3 players from our local Academy and ruined it. It's really getting out of control and coaches all of the US are in absolute rage over this. It's getting out of hand at this point....
Any way to reach him directly?
players and their parents make their own decisions as to what's best for their long-term tennis career. to say they are stolen implies a) they were someone's exclusive "property" and b) they went against their will. why can't they come back? care to elaborate?
Have you ever heard of the Lemon law? Or Better Business practices?
What they do is find kids that have been developed at a high level by a private coach who knows what he is doing then promise them free trips to tourneys, offer up sub-standard coaching from their staff and tell you they are high level national coaches.
Now once your with them they sit back and watch to see if anything will happen and if it does they will take credit if not they kick you to the curb.
This is what I call bad business and because there is no contract, there can be no lawsuit other wise they would have been out of business long time ago .
^^^
I've read your praise about Coach Kozlov before. So now you don't think Coach Kozlov knows what he's doing by putting his kid in the program?
No I don't ! Watch as everyone grows and matures and gains experience on the tournament scene the end results will speak for themselves.
So what are your predictions?
My player will continue to grow, growth plates have not fused yet (bad news) ,he is 6'5 ,should top out around 6'7 (hopefully), should be good for top 20 ATP within 5 years maybe less time , will depend on when he stops growing so we can be more aggressive with his tournament schedule otherwise you chance injuries and that I will not trust to any program. Also no one in the coaching staff has ever developed a top player ITF or ATP that I know of.
My player will continue to grow, growth plates have not fused yet (bad news) ,he is 6'5 ,should top out around 6'7 (hopefully), should be good for top 20 ATP within 5 years maybe less time , will depend on when he stops growing so we can be more aggressive with his tournament schedule otherwise you chance injuries and that I will not trust to any program. Also no one in the coaching staff has ever developed a top player ITF or ATP that I know of.
My player will continue to grow, growth plates have not fused yet (bad news) ,he is 6'5 ,should top out around 6'7 (hopefully), should be good for top 20 ATP within 5 years maybe less time, will depend on when he stops growing so we can be more aggressive with his tournament schedule otherwise you chance injuries and that I will not trust to any program. Also no one in the coaching staff has ever developed a top player ITF or ATP that I know of.
Is the USTA providing coaching for free? Then why wouldn't juniors seize the opportunity?
Coach,
Do you really think your player would be in top 20 ATP in 5 yrs? I've never seen DB play.....just curious about an American prospect in the pipeline.
Here is the link to Ryan Harrison's ATP page, highest world junior ranked 7th, turned pro 2007, 5 years later...ATP ranked 56th.
http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Top-Players/Ryan-Harrison.aspx
Did Annecone develop Fed? Coaches have worked with many ATP players. Just curious... have you? Seriously.
How do you contact this clown?
He's stolen now 3 players from our local Academy and ruined it. It's really getting out of control and coaches all of the US are in absolute rage over this. It's getting out of hand at this point....
Any way to reach him directly?
Fortunate for Harrison he has not had to deal with a lot of growth spurts by the time he was 16 he was 6'0, he's now coming up on 19 or 20 still 6'0 about 170lbs.
DB just turned 16 and is 6'5 his growth plates have not fused so he could put on another 2-3 inches and has not filled out he is 180lbs .
Both have possessed 130 mph + serves at this point DB has always held a high ranking in So.Cal and stayed somewhat competitive nationally ,Harrison with the help of IMG has had great hits daily and was able to travel more and play abroad.
Over this next year we are looking to compete more now that it is becoming more important and look to make headway will see what happens.
But top 20 ATP in 5 years is not a big order.
Hope he is more mature than Harrison, even though he's younger. That's more important than growing two more inches.
Harrison is no McEnroe but racquet throwing didn't prevent Johnny Mac, Connors or Nastase from reaching the Top 20. It's hard to say but Top 20 is a tall order for him, temper or not.
That was 20 years ago. The top players now, in addition to being physically tougher and better trained, are mentally tougher too. And as much as the racket throwing is juvenile and embarrassing(to himself and USTA) that's not not the main issue. The racket throwing is just a sign whats going on his head, which I imagine is not a pretty place to be sometimes..
Fortunate for Harrison he has not had to deal with a lot of growth spurts by the time he was 16 he was 6'0, he's now coming up on 19 or 20 still 6'0 about 170lbs.
DB just turned 16 and is 6'5 his growth plates have not fused so he could put on another 2-3 inches and has not filled out he is 180lbs .
Both have possessed 130 mph + serves at this point DB has always held a high ranking in So.Cal and stayed somewhat competitive nationally ,Harrison with the help of IMG has had great hits daily and was able to travel more and play abroad.
Over this next year we are looking to compete more now that it is becoming more important and look to make headway will see what happens.
But top 20 ATP in 5 years is not a big order.
I am sure the agents who made that a wrap five years ago were speculating height over 6 feet. I distinctly remember part of the buzz being his easy power and prospect for more.
I hope he becomes an American thinker who learns how to end points on hard courts and restores our/US rep on at least one surface.:?
Sub par coaches from other countries? He never fails to amuse me. Apparently he hasn't noticed that the world's top players all come from OTHER COUNTRIES. Hello...
Praise be, a voice of reason, very true. Also Harrison earned and then benefited from all those hits and travel with IMG that were mentioned in another post because he already had a strong winning record and ranking at that point. Those that do well are rewarded, just how it works. One thing is consistent, there is a lot of winning prior to any success in the pros. And those winning consistently and powerfully are the ones that get invited into the inner circle with some of the benefits (access to things and travel) into the USTA. Again, it is just how it works.
First of all, I know you're not a P-Mac fan and apparently there's some history there which is fine, however; it hasn't been 5 or 6 years for Jose. He is in his 4th year now.
Secondly, it's going to take 8-10 years to funnel kids through the pipeline but the successes are beginning to come in. Several gold ball winners, national tournament winners, 2 recent Las Petite As champions, a junior Australian Open winner, a junior US open winner, etc... I'm sure you'll give the credit to some other coach when it's convenient.
And finally, nothing personal but I highly doubt the USTA or an IMG is going to hire someone like Lansdorp. He worked with some of the people you mentioned about 30 years ago. There comes a time in life when it's time to move on.
I don't get this discussion. Many of the top players that play at the Usta still train with their private coaches. In the morning they work with their coaches off site 7-9, at the Usta by 10 and train all day. The advantage is that the Usta provides a tremendous opportunity to play practice matches against excellent players, and they do the fitness. They also take the kids to itfs around the world, with coaches, for free or almost free. It is an opportunity for nonwealthy players that is unbelievable. The Usta puts their name on these kids, but they still work with their own coaches.
It's really a pointless discussion because you downplay any success that is tied to the player development program.
Either way, I wish your kid and any other U.S. kid all the best in their quest to succeed.
Sub par coaches from other countries? He never fails to amuse me. Apparently he hasn't noticed that the world's top players all come from OTHER COUNTRIES. Hello...