David Talon - High Performance Tennis Coach

Singapore

I am a Spanish professional tennis coach and fitness tennis coach with over 10 years experience coaching from beginners to high performance tennis players (ATP, WTA and ITF), working all over the world.

I hold a bachelor degree in Sport Science and Physical activity and an official Postgraduate master degree in Development, Performance and Innovation in Tennis by Camilo José Cela University, one of the most recognized college programs in Europe.

My philosophy is prepare and educate first the person, then the player. My method is base on creating the right atmosphere between coach and player, build the best communication, help the player to develop their fundamental skills and strengthen their potential game style to allow them to become their best competitor version.

My strongest human values are commitment, respect, positivity, discipline effort and passion.

Qualifications

Coaching Qualifications

Tennis Coach Level 1 by Spanish Royal Federation (RFET) 2015

Tennis Coach Level 1 International Tennis Federation (ITF) 2015

Global Professional Tennis Coach Association (GPTCA) Level C 2021

Global Professional Tennis Coach Association (GPTCA) Level B 2022

Professional Tennis Director by International Registry of Tennis Professionals (RPT) 2022

Head Professional by European Registry of Tennis Professionals (RPT) 2022

Director de Tenis by Registro Profesional de Tenis (RPT) 2022

Professional Tennis Director by International Coaches Institute 2022

Level III Coach by ESTESS Athletic University 2023

Tennis Coach by Professional Tennis Coaches Association (PTCA) 2023

Elite Professional Coach by United States Professional Tennis Association(USPTA) 2023

I am passionate about psicology, about how our mind works. We must understand first that we have thoughts and these thoughts generates emotions by images and these emotions produce mental strategies causing behaviours that will conclude in a final result.

If I translate it to tennis, our sport, as a tennis coach I will create positive thoughts in my player, bringing on positive emotions and giving us the famous confidence, indispensable to make a player with a solid mental and emotional structure, managing them in the correct way to reach the highest performance in my player during an extended time.

The confidence is the result to be able to manage most of the situations that appears in a match. The confidence comes from work, from the identity of work, the routines between points to be able to relax and continue performing with his/her game style. The result is a consequence of a job well done.

We must comprehend that tennis is a long process, hard and tough but at the same time with full of learnings and excitement. I consider very relevant to do a very solid and consistent base to make the player keep growing personally and professionally in the upcoming years and he/she can maintain in the highest level.

As a coach, I instill the tennis player to manage the calm and the relaxation in stressful game situations to reach high tennis levels in his game style.

The tennis player has to be balanced on the tennis side and on the human side, considering that the welfare is the base of everything. And definitely you have to believe in your player, because is not possible for me to work with someone who you don´t believe and you want the best for him or her.

I really love to work with my player mindset. For that, I always recommend the player reading useful books, and enjoy time together off the court to create an strongest tie between coach and player.

LANGUAGES

Native languagues in Spanish and English

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Implementation of tennis programs for juniors, seniors and pro players
Expert in analysing technical, tactical, physical and mental aspects of tennis game
Management of competitions, tennis clinics and promotion of tennis through social tennis
Liaison with club/federation members related to memberships, tournaments and client relationships.

CREATIVITY AND ORGANISATION SKILLS

Developing training manuals for competition players with activities on-off court with specific tournament preparation strategies
Ability to choose high performance tennis players based in their hard work, attitude and tennis skills
Developing coaching plans for minitennis, beginners, advanced, junior, senior and social players
Experience in designing, implementing and running a club7federation coaching program involving tennis coaches, parents. sponsors and club members

LEADERSHIP SKILLS

Skills to lead a team of coaches and encourage them day by day
Skills to manage multi-tasks in the business environment
Exceptional communication skills in dealing with different people and circumstances

TRAINING COURSES

Training in fitness for a tennis player by GPTCA
Powerexplosive coach
Masterclass in fitness for a tennis player by Horacio Anselmi
G-SE (Grupo Sobre Entrenamiento) course about fitness and injury prevention in sports

ATTENDANCE TO TENNIS CONFERENCES

3rd World Tennis Conference by GPTCA SI March 2023
2ndWorld Tennis Conference by GPTCA/SI March 2022
ITF World Coaches Conference by BNP PARIBAS November 2021
I Simposium Online by Spanish Royal Federation (RFET) November 2020
Conference at ATP Valencia Open500 by Spanish Royal Federation (RFET) October 2014 and October 2015

Experience

1. Strenght & Conditioning Tennis Coach at ITF (International Tennis Federation) in Grand Slam Program Development (GSPDP) May 2024-Currently

Strenght and Conditioning tennis coach in the ITF Junior Tour: tournaments J200, J300, J500 and Grand Slams.
Follow up with the player coaching team before, during and after the tour to guarantee the ideal conditions of the player priorizating a multidisciplinary job with all the members of the player team and ITF coaches team
Design of a tennis and fitness periodization synchronically to aim the hightest performance of our players
Design and plan the fitness programs individually according to the player needs and goals.
Daily meetings with ITF coaches team to discuss and check the trainings and competition load of the day with our database to ensure that we are in the right direction to perform our best the next day and continue the correct development of the players.

2. Head Tennis Professional Coach & Strenght and Conditioning Tennis Coach at Singapore Cricket and Tennis Club (Singapore) December 2023- Currently

Head tennis coach of Singapore Cricket Club U12, U14,U16 tennis section
Coaching and supervision of competition program with all the categories of Singapore Cricket Club tennis section.
Private tennis coach and fitness tennis coach of Singaporean tennis players U12/U14/U16/U18 and accompany them to tournaments
Development of specific tennis and fitness programs for the same tennis player accordingly to his/her needs

3. High Performance Coach of Qatar Tennis Federation (Doha, Qatar). January 2020- December 2023

High performance coach of Tennis National teams U12, U14, U16 and Davis Cup team (ITF junior players and ATP)
Preparation Davis Cup for National team Jordan 2021 and Bahrain 2023
Individualized program according to the player goals
Travelling to European Summer Tour for training and competition
Promotion and recruitment of special talented kids from Qatari schools
for tennis development and preparation for next national team
generations
Ball kids member for the ATP and WTA tournament in Doha

4. Tennis Coach at Shunshine Tennis Club (Shanghai, China) October 2019-January 2020

Coaching individual and group lessons for all the ages and levels (beginners to competition players)
Tennis coach for minitennis programs in schools
Coaching competition program players U14 and U16
Accompany players to regional and national tournaments

5. Tennis Coach and fitness coach. Independent (Valencia, Spain) November 2018- August 2019

Develop competition tennis program for national players U12 and U16
Establishment of goals based in development and performance
Develop exclusive competition fitness program coordinated with the
tennis program
Accompanying the players to regional and national tournaments

6. Tennis Coach at Pancho Alvariño Academy (La Eliana, Valencia, Spain) July-August 2018

Tennis coach for U14 Malaysian players
Coaching ITF/WTA woman players
Travelling and supervision in regional and national tournaments

7. Head Tennis Coach at Ramapo (New York, USA) June 2016-August 2018

Head Tennis Coach in Ramapo Summer Camp
Managing tennis group lessons and organising tennis tournaments
Supervising and coaching tennis trainings from 8 to 16 years old

8. Assistant Fitness and Tennis Coach at Tenisval Academy (Silla, Valencia, Spain) June 2014-June 2016

Coach at the academy with daily tasks and program planning
Coaching ATP/WTA players as Paula Badosa (27WTA), Carlos Taberner
(94 ATP), Ricardo Ojeda (170ATP), Ricardo Rodriguez (200ATP)
Coach at the summer camps with international players coming around
the world

9. Head Professional at Sierramar Tennis Club (Picassent, Valencia, Spain) September 2013- June 2015

Coaching advanced tennis players
Tennis coach at weekends running beginners and intermediates
groups tennis lessons
Club team coordinator for the tennis club league

10. Strength and Conditioning Head Tennis Coach at Valencian Tennis Federation (Valencia, Spain) June 2013-June 2018

Head S&C coach of competition program in Valencian Tennis
Federation (FTCV)
Developed individual fitness training programs
Created individualized plans that supported the goals of athletes
Elaborated season fitness plan according to the competition and
school calendar with potential tennis students-athletes to obtain an
scholarship and play NCAA college tennis

11. Tennis Coach Captain at Valencian Tennis Federation (Valencia, Spain) June 2015-June 2017

Supervision of valencian tennis players at Spanish Championships
Captain tennis coach for Spanish Championships by regions U14 in JC
Ferrero Equelite Academy winning gold medal with the female team in
both years: 2015 and 2016
Travelling coach with the Valencian team for the winter tennis
assessment for the best tennis players U12/U14/U16 in high
performance center (CAR, Barcelona) supervising and making reports
to be selected for the international tennis competitions with Spain
national team (Winter and Summer cup, Davis Cup junior)
Coach for the province annual assessments in and out the courts for
the best tennis players U12, U14 and U16 of Valencian region in
Castellón-Valencia-Alicante

12. Tennis Coach at Valencian Tennis Federation (Valencia, Spain) June 2013-June 2018

Tennis coach of competition players U12, U14 and U16
Tennis coach of tennis programs for minitennis, beginners and
advanced groups of all the ages in the tennis local schools by
Valencian Tennis Federation
Supervision in regional and national tournaments with my players
Elaborated season tennis plan according to the competition and
school calendar with potential tennis students-athletes to obtain
scholarship and play NCAA college tennis

Testimonial

From the first day I met David on court I saw on him something very special I had never seen before in my life: passion for his work. He is an extraordinary coach who cares every detail in his trainings and is always willing to help the tennis player out with an efficient communication: he loves listening the player and how the player feels, and afterwards he always finds the right methodology to support the player and use very effective mental strategies to make the player perform his or her 100% on that day, not only focusing on the score or the result, but focusing on the process, creating the right motivational atmosphere and emphasizing the values that depends on the player as effort, commitment, positive attitude and fighting spirit. I would highly recommend David coaching to anyone!

Predrag Nedeljkovic/ QTF Coach. Ana Ivanovic coach

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David is an exceptional and outstanding tennis coach and fitness tennis coach who I have seen growing, progressing and developing himself as a professional and as a person in my academies. I stand out from him, his capacity of learning and his motivation to be better day by day, to be always updated with the last scientific advances related to tennis and his ambition and love for the tennis, using always the best methodologies and tools on and off court to develop their players and make them to reach their maximum potential. From the first week we worked together I saw that he was going to succeed in tennis, considering that his hard work, respect and communication skills were excellent. I really recommend David to future employers,you will never regret to have him on your team

Pancho Alvariño /Director of Tenisval academy and Pancho Alvarño Academy

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As a coordinator of Valencian Tennis Federation I have been working with David for five years and he is a fantastic tennis coach who has worked with all kind of levels, from Mini tennis and recreational groups to high performance competition players. He knows perfectly how to work with each profile and level of tennis player and he has a wide knowledge and experience to improve each level technically, tactically, physically and mentally using his own coaching philosophy. He is a demanding coach who always provides creative, innovative, and specific tennis practices with goals in each exercise as well as he is very affectionate, involved and charming with their tennis players. And as a human being, he is exactly same as how he is as a coach, a delightful person willing to improve the life of others.

Francisco Mastelli/ Coordinator Valencian Tennis Federation

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