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SPORT
All this stimulates not only professionals,
whose names are more and more often
heard on the world tennis arena, but also
amateurs. The increase in the number of
courts makes it possible to involve more
people in tennis – those who once played,
but for some reason hung up their racket,
and those who have never even stepped on a
tennis court, but had long dreamed about it.
From year to year the number of large
amateur tournaments grows, as well as
the prize fund, of which goes to charity
and the development of children's tennis
in the country.
Gorky Tennis Park actively supports
the initiatives of the Federation in the
development of children's tennis. Five
years ago, the Club was the first to
introduce a training program for children
according to the European method with
a clear gradation by age and level. The
program includes several categories: Baby
Tennis (from 3.5 to 5 years), ‘Red Ball’ (from
5 to 7 years), ‘Orange Ball’ (from 7 to 9
years) and ‘Green Ball’ (up to 10 years). And
now – the results are in – the students of the
club regularly take to the awards podiums
of city and republican tournaments and
successfully play for the teams of Almaty. Special attention is paid to the parents
of young champions. The club has long
made it a rule to hold free seminars with
tennis psychologists and coaches. Experts
teach adults appropriate behavior with
children, the right motivation and the
general mood for training and winning.
Gorky Tennis Park regularly hosts
children's tournaments, ranging from the
Red Ball, to competitions in the Pro-Am
category (adult amateur and professional
child) and major charity tournaments. According to Sergey Mazur, Managing
Director of Gorky Tennis Park:
“We
perfectly
understand
the
importance of developing children's
tennis in our country. And we try to
do everything in our power to help
the Tennis Federation in this. You can,
of course, hope that we will have a
nugget. But world experience shows
that the more citizens of a country
who are keen on a certain discipline,
the more likely it is to see and educate
masters ona global scale. Play tennis.
Bring children to the courts. And once
taking a racket in their hands, they will
not be able to stop!”
The coaching staff of the club also
contributes to this success. High-level
specialists, master of sports of the
Republic of Kazakhstan and international
class, they are all busy with training young
tennis players and their own development.
Gorky Tennis Park regularly conducts
advanced training, training on the ITF
system for coaching staff, seminars on
the fundamentals of child psychology, etc.
supported by EUROBAK
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