Nick Bollettieri, Tennis Coach to Champs, on Campus

This morning, he conducted a tennis clinic on on our Mooreland Road campus with parents, coaches and community tennis enthusiasts. After lunch, Mr. Bollettieri he worked with Collegiate’s varsity and junior varsity boys and girls teams. They listened to his stories of working with tennis greats, and they participated in drills designed to improve footwork and positioning on the court.

 

Nick Bollettieri founded his Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in 1978 and has since worked with many major tennis players including Andre Agassie, Boris Becker, Venus and Serena Williams, Anna Kournikova and Tommy Haas. Passionate about his system of instruction, he is a motivational coach who trains players technically for the court and strategically for a successful life off the court.

 

Collegiate School’s Tennis Center will feature walls and a seating bowl that will provide spectators a fabulous view over the Championship Court. When the project is complete in spring of 2010, the Center will contain 13 courts, which will surround a new 1,600-sf Tennis House. The courts will have a four-coat acrylic finish.

 

Many thanks to Jonnie Williams, friend of Collegiate and grandparent of kindergartner Jonnie Williams, for helping bring Mr. Bollettieri to Collegiate. His visit was instructional and lots of fun!