Team of Head coaches/Trainers/Staff LTA

Coaching
As a player, you look for coaches who can help you in achieving your tennis dreams and goals. To get the most out of your tennis career, you must technically, tactically, mentally and conditionally develop as a player.

Unique team of coaches
Our unique team of coaches consist of international top coach Sven Groeneveld, former top 100 player John van Lottum, and experienced coaches Roland Laurense and Arjan Pondman. They are ready to assist the TAA-selection group and the group of top World class players. This group is assisted by specialists in tennis, physical fitness, prevention and treatment of injuries, mental coaching and dieticians. In addition, this team is supported and complemented by the facilities and expertise of the Medical Centre of the Free University Amsterdam, which has a sport laboratory for medical tests.

Directors
	Sven Groeneveld	Roland Laurense
	International Elite Coach Worldclass experience Sven Groeneveld is an international top coach. Groeneveld is responsible for the coaching and consultancy of many WTA and ATP players including the number 1 of the world Caroline Wozniacki and the number 4 in the men’s competition Andy Murray. Sven Groeneveld is in the academy responsible for the coaching and programming of the international top players. Groeneveld is during 10 weeks a year fulltime working at TAA. In this period he will transfer his vision to all the coaches and players at TAA. Read more	General Manager Tennis Academy Amsterdam Years of experience Roland Laurense is one of the most prestigious tennis coaches in Holland. He has years of experience in coaching talented players at ATP-, WTA- and ITF level, including many national youth champions. Roland Laurense is responsible for the operational performance of TAA. Furthermore Laurense is a head coach at the academy. Roland Laurense has a proven track record with starting and running a tennis academy. Read more
Tenniscoaches
	Arjan Pondman	Martijn Bok
	Head coach For several years now, Arjan Pondman is successful in training national top players of all age-categories. Read more	*This former professional tennis player turned into an ambitious tour coach..* Worldclass experience Martijn Bok worked for six years – till the end of 2011 – as a coach on both the professional tour and the ITF junior circuit. He worked with players such as Patty Schnyder, Nathalie Dechy and Laura Robson. He is driven to get the best out of the academy players Read more
	Kelvin Nieberg	Kim de Weille
	Coach Info will follow soon Read more	Coach Top coach Kim de Weille is a former professional tennis player (WTA 110) and since 2010 working as a coach for the Tennis Academy. Read more
	Leander van der Vaart	Adam Gagnon
	Coach Since 2011 I started to focus on providing training to high performance tennis players and want to use my experience and expertise to young talents to support and guide. Read more	Coach Adam is a USPTA certified coach from the U.S. and has lived in Amsterdam for the past four years. In 2012, Adam was a touring coach with a woman's ITF circuit player ranked 300. Prior to that, Adam worked with Michiel Schapers at his international academy coaching high performance players including the #1 16 & 18 year old boys in the Netherlands. Read more
External specialists tennis
	Michiel Schapers	Martin Verkerk
	*Coach* From 1995 to 2004 worked Schapers for KNLTB in various positions. From 1998 to 2000 he was captain of the Davis Cup team. After Michiel Schapers began his tennis training for youth players to summit. Read more	*Coach* Martin Verkerk is one of the greatest tennis legends in Dutch history. He is the first and only Dutchman ever Grand Slam men's final played at Roland Garros. Verkerk also won several ATP tournaments, reached the 14th place in the ATP rankings and earned over a million dollars in prize money! Read more
Physical coaches
	Ivo Tiemessen	Floris Minnaert
	Physical trainer My name is Ivo Tiemessen, I'm 33 years old and live in Amsterdam. I have lived here since the start of my study Human Movement Sciences at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam in 1997. After graduating with a specialization in exercise physiology I worked on several projects aimed at optimizing the performance of athletes and soldiers. Since January 2011 I am working with (elite) tennis players as a physical trainer and I work as a researcher searching for ways to promote recovery after a sports performance. Read more	Physical trainer Since 2006 he has worked on a freelance basis for adidas Development Program together with Sven Groeneveld, Darren Cahill and Gil Reyes. He is sponsored by Adidas and has worked with several ITF, WTA and ATP players like Laura Robson, Marina Erakovic, Thomas Schoorel and Sorana Cirstea. Read more
Specialist Physical tests and programs
	Drs. Mariëlle Spekreijse	Drs. Frank Paulssen
	Coordinator top sport guidance Sportcentrum Vrije Universiteit Together with the physiotherapists and fitness coaches, Marielle Spekreijse is responsible for the fitness programs of the players. In her programs stability and mobilization play central roles. Read more	Coordinator top sport guidance Sportcentrum Vrije Universiteit (VU) Together with the physiotherapists and fitness coaches, Frank Paulssen is responsible for the fitness programs of the players. In his programs stability and mobilization play central roles. Read more