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."

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Sven Groeneveld
Martijn Bok
Arjan Pondman
Roland Laurense
 

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.

 

Sven Groeneveld

  

Martijn Bok
Sven Groeneveld professional tenniscoach   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.
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 Martijn Bok professional tenniscoach   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
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Roland Laurense

  

Arjan Pondman
Roland Laurense professional tennisacademy Amsterdam 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.
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 Head coach

For several years now, Arjan Pondman is successful in training national top players of all age-categories.
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Sido Vleer

  

Kim de Weille
 

Fysiotherapist

Specialist

Sido Vleer is as a Fysiotherapist located at Tennis Academy Amsterdam. Together with other specialists of the Free University and sports doctor Jaap Bax, they form the medical guidance team of TAA.

Visit the site of fysiofysiek for extensive information.

 

  Kim de Weille tennistrainer 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.
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Ivo Tiemessen

  

Drs. Frank Paulssen
 Ivo Tiemessen physical training

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.

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 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.
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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.
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