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ADULTS TRAINING

The SCC Tennis Academy also offers training to adults, ranging from beginner level to intermediate and advanced levels as well as academy level teenagers. With coaching headed by our directors Michel and Christo, trainees are greeted immediately by high level trainers: Michel Van Den Sanden has over 20 years of coaching experience and is a former WTA Tour coach, working with former WTA number 1 player Vera Zvonareva. As a former rank number 9 in the world for over-50, his decades of experience in tennis helps him provide you with professional insight on technical and strategic improvements which can have an immediate impact on your game. Christo Weise has had over 10 years of experience coaching high level players in Singapore, with previous students winning SPEX and overseas tournaments. He has been a head coach at the Pacific Club in Hong Kong, at UWCD Singapore, and is now the Tennis Director at the Singapore Cricket Club - allowing him to interact with all our players and provide advice to bring them to a new level. SCC’s adult and academy training are split into different groups to allow for players to play with people of the same level. Adult classes are split into two, with adult beginner/intermediate classes focusing on weekly drills that include footwork, correcting grips, strokes, and rallying. The primary focus of these classes is to build up your basic tennis skills, which will let you play points and matches. We also provide a Cardio Group which acts as an Advanced Tennis Class. Our coaches combine a variety of cardio workouts and a range of fun and advanced tennis drills and these sessions include high-intensity drills as well as singles and doubles match-play scenarios to allow for more advanced players to fully display their abilities. For trainees who are tournament level, we provide ATP level coaching in our academy classes to ensure tournament readiness and the ability to practise with similarly leveled opponents. With all trainees being of a high level, classes consist of mental and physical training, including drilling with a focus on technique to ensure that trainees develop with the help and advice of our highly experienced coaches. Lessons are capped off with matchplay and points, where different strategies and techniques can then be applied in order for them to be applicable in real match situations.

From top: A friendly doubles game in our adult class; Christo Wiese instructing our adult intermediate class.