Top coaches & top players (to be)

Sven Groeneveld:
“The essence of the Adidas Player Development Program matched entirely with my own vision on tennis and I decided to take the job as leading on-court training advisor for all junior and senior pro
athletes in the program."

Martijn Bok:
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.

Arjan Pondman:
His great passion for tennis and the drive to transfer his knowledge to the new generation, led Arjan to completely focus on being a full-time trainer.

Roland Laurense:
"Nowadays innovative methods are required to maximize the potential of the players. Therefore I'm always searching for new innovations to improve the players and coaches of the academy."

Sven Groeneveld

Martijn Bok

Arjan Pondman

Roland Laurense

Drs. Mariëlle Spekreijse

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.

"Through our vision we have now established a multidisciplinary guidance route, where we work closely together with the Faculty of Human Movement Sciences (VU) and several experts in sports, under the name Sport Science Unit (location Amsterdam Olympic Stadium). Objective of any counseling is always to improve the physical characteristics of the tennis player so an optimized development of tennis skills and performance can be guaranteed.

Tennis Academy Amsterdam and Sport Science Unit will go to the top!

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