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Good afternoon Miquel Puig. It’s a pleasure to speak with you today! Please start off by introducing yourself to our readers with some background of your tennis career. Good afternoon Mark, thank you for inviting me. I’ve been tennis coach since I was 16 years old when I started in a local primary school teaching […]

Happy New Year! If you are like me and you enjoy facts and figures, then you will love this blog post where I take just a few minutes to review the SPC year in numbers! The Successes:  For all those who are members and know much about SportsProsConnect (SPC for short) you will be well […]

Good morning Jared Ominde, its a pleasure to have you with us today! Can you please introduce yourself and family as to your connection with tennis in Kenya? It’s a pleasure talking to you today. I am Jared Ominde father of three great tennis kids namely, Derick Ominde, Baraka Ominde and Innes Achieng. I am […]

Good morning Dean, it’s a pleasure to have you here with us today! Please take a few moments to introduce yourself and your tennis pedigree to our audience. G’day Mark! Whether it’s a good or a bad thing, I was born into tennis. My father was, and still is a very successful professional coach.  I […]

Bill Stamile is the founding father of padel in Canada. Padel would not be played in Canada today were it not for Bill’s relentless persistence and determination. The first Padel court was built in mid-1992 by Bill and his brother, Angelo, inside a Calgary warehouse! The court was used to attract some of Calgary’s top tennis […]

Good morning Andy Dowsett and Bob Clark, great to have you both here! Can I ask you to introduce yourselves to our readers and tell us what you both do in the tennis world? Andy Dowsett:  First and foremost, I am a coach of 28 years plus I have also been educating and certifying coaches […]

This week we are interviewing five of our members and hearing how their careers have developed since joining SPC. It’s always a pleasure to hear from SPC members, and we enjoy hearing how their careers have been transformed through jobs found using our platform. Black Friday offer We are offering a discount of €22 to […]

This week we wanted to tell you more about Tennis Player Profiles and how they can financially benefit you as a tennis player. Background – lack of financial support for tennis players A few years ago, myself and business partner Noel Walsh formulated a plan to set up Tennis Player Profiles as part of the […]

Hi Luis De Sousa, it’s a pleasure to have you here today! Please introduce yourself to our readers and tell us about your career to date within the tennis industry? Firstly, thank you very much for this opportunity to share with you some of my tennis experience which has spanned more than 40 years.  I […]

Good morning Emir, please introduce yourself to our audience and tell us about your career in tennis. I am a globally renowned tennis coach & the owner of HAMZIC All American Training, a private coaching company  that was inspired by my collegiate tennis career becoming a JUCO national champion. Since finishing my college tennis career […]

Good morning Elliot, it’s a pleasure having you here! Please introduce yourself and tell us about your tennis career. Hi Mark, my name is Elliot Pegg and I am a Senior Director of Tennis at CDT. I started coaching when I was 16 back in England where I grew up and then decided to move […]

Good afternoon Martijn Belgraver, it’s fantastic to speak to you today! Can you please give us an introduction to connection to tennis? My name is Martijn Belgraver, and I am 50 years old. I was a tennis professional for over 9 years and I also managed a tennis academy in the Netherlands for 18 years! […]

Good morning Peter, great to have you here today! Could you just introduce yourself, your career in tennis and your current role with Tennis Coach Ireland? Morning Mark – thanks for the opportunity!. I’ve been involved in coaching in Ireland for over 30 years. I’ve written three books on the game and worked with players […]

Good morning Emilio Alvarez, great to have you here today!  Can you start by introducing yourself and a little about your career in the tennis and padel industry? Well, good morning to you too and thanks for having me. I am Emilio Benfele Alvarez, and I was a Pro ATP Player from 1989 to 2005. […]

Good afternoon Haydn Lewis, great to have you with us today!  Could you please introduce yourself and your tennis career to date? Thanks for having me Mark.  I am a former professional tennis player from Barbados.  I’m currently still an active member of the Barbados Davis cup team.  It’s been almost 20 years of Davis […]

Hello! This is our first blog article in almost 2 years and have plans to re-ignite our blog by interviewing some of our members about various topics within the tennis and padel industry.  If you are a member of the SportsProsConnect platform, please reach out to me with a topic you would like to discuss: […]

    Good morning Josh Thompson, its great to have you here today!  Can you tell us a little about yourself, your career to date and about your tennis background? Hi Mark, thanks for having me! It’s always great to talk to you, you’ve built a great reach into the Tennis community. I’ve known tennis […]

              Introduction: We released the newest addition to our platform this time last week (5th March 2021).  It is called the Tennis Player Profile Classifieds Section.  For the purpose of this article, we will refer to this as TPP Classifieds. This is extremely innovative, and we feel there isn’t […]

                    Good morning Kris Gray, its great to have you here with us today!  Please introduce yourself to our readers and give us your background in tennis? Good Morning, I am a Scottish tennis coach, but I grew up mostly in Spain for most of my […]

Introduction: We introduced a new phase of SportsProsConnect in October 2019, after a successful trial period from August to October.  We started working on tennis coach recruitment and can now call ourselves an international tennis coaching jobs platform.  We have successfully placed 41 coaches with moves internationally. What makes us really proud is that we […]