Axel Fernando López-Gras Torner - Tennis Coach

Qualifications

1. Gptca level C
2. Rpt/ Uspta tennis director
3. Wtca member
4. Sports marketing master
5. Coaching course through Apta vital sport
6. I also have a Wide bibliography (about 100 books) on many tennis subjects such as psychology, phyisical training and coaching.

Coaching times & fees

I charge currently 30 euros per/hour

Further information

1. Wtca
2. Rpt/Uspta
3. Gptca

Experience

I started working on 2017 at Málaga in a small club, where i took recreational players as well as national competitive players. My duties were to ensure correct learning of fundamentals for recreational players in a positive and fun environment and with competitive players i had to focus more on tactics and patterns of play while fine tuning their technique according to their characteristiques while respecting their individual style.

I was contacted then by the prestigious  Lew Hoad club in Mijas, where i took charge of developping kids from red and orange stage balls, and my duties were to grow ther interest in sport while helping them teach the fundamentals. At this time there was an outstanding girl, and i kept in touch with parents , who later on contacted me to coach her, and she became an under 10 years old champion in Málaga.

I decided to move to Madrid in 2019, because i wanted to develop my knowledge and have access to more tennis players, and i ended up working only with recreational players, where i had to keep them engaged and having fun , but also developing basic techniques,.

This year i was lucky because i had the opportunity to worked in Equelite Juan Carlos Ferrero where i had the chance to start coaching high competitive national players while learning from colleagues from all around the world. Also  i could exchange a small chat with Alcaraz who was very nice and approachable.

After this summer i went back to Madrid and decided that i wanted to grow as a competitive tennis coach while i kept on developping my client portfolio.

From 2021 to 2023 i worked at Race tennis club, taking care of groups of competitive tennis players in the mornings, mainly girls, who had good results on national tournaments and where my focus was on improving their tactics and fine tune their biomechanics. There was a good working atmopshere and great team work.

After those two years i decided to go fully on my own to develop my own school, to be able to travel , which is something that i really like. In 2024 i started working as a part time travel coach to the player Hugo Palacios Plaza , who had not win matches during the year, and we went to play an itf junior in Malta. First week he lost on first round , i took notes and told him we had to spend time improving his footwork and his tactical decisions, so second week, we played again, and then he won two rounds , making it to the main draw , where he lost on the tie break of the third set in a really good match.

And that brings us to today, i am really happy to be able to work on this job and inspire others to keep going on woth their journey.