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Polina Radeva
Extremely driven and motivated Bulgarian tennis professional. Former Division 1 tennis player at Bowling Green State University in the United States, where I earned a Bachelor of Psychology, and made the 1st team of the conference. Currently serving as a Lead Tennis Coach for the U18 boys’ program, at the highly renowned Rafa Nadal Tennis Academy in Spain, where I have been working for the past five years.
Qualifications
- Applied Sports Science Course
- Foundations of Sports Psychology Course
- Psychological aspects of sports and fitness Course
- Mental Skills for Sport Course
- Health Education Course
- Human Nutrition Course
- Intro to Excel
- Communication improvement workshop
- Basic Life Support License
Coaching times & fees
- Please contact Polina direct via email or WhatsApp.
- She can be contacted via WhatsApp on +34611625294
- Or you can contact her using email on politennis97@gmail.com
Experience
2019 – Current: Experience at Rafa Nadal Academy
2022 Jan – (currently): Lead coach U18 High performance boys’ program
- Coaching under the guidance of Tomeu Salva – ex coach of Jaume Munar
- Leading a team of tennis, mental, strength and conditioning coaches. Organizing weekly meetings between the departments, in order to keep track of the personal and professional progress of the players.
- Planning daily training sessions, with clear mental and progress objectives for the players
- Scheduling individual tournament calendars, based on each player’s level and needs for an entire semester ahead
- Traveling to ITF tournaments around the world with the players, while organizing intournament procedures and processes.
- Organizing internal match play in the academy on a weekly basis including working with UTR
- Creating thorough development plans for each player includes technical and tactical strengths of their performance, as well as video analysis describing the progress and goals.
- Clear and decisive communication with player’s parents, teachers, guardians, a sports psychologist, physiotherapist, and fitness coaches via Microsoft Teams
2022 summer: Head Coach at Rafa Nadal Academy in Sani Resort (GREECE)
- Supervising the work of the coaches at the Rafa Nadal Academy affiliate in Greece
- Adapting to the high demand of the resort and often coaching up to 10 hours a day/ six times a week
- Working with ages as young as three years old, to adults in their late seventies
- Organizing a promotional tennis clinic for the guests alongside Toni Nadal
2020-2022: Junior performance coach
- Coaching under the guidance of Juan Bosch (Former coach of Carlos Moya)
- Scheduling individual tournament calendars, based on each player’s level and needs
- Traveling to tournaments with the players. Organizing in-tournament procedures and processes.
- Organizing internal match play in the academy on a weekly basis
- Creating thorough development plans for each player includes technical and tactical strengths of their performance, as well as video analysis describing the progress and goals.
- Clear and decisive communication with player’s parents, teachers, guardians, a sports psychologist, physiotherapist, and fitness coaches via Microsoft Teams
- Attending educational training sessions from high profile tennis professionals, such as Toni and Rafael Nadal, Marc Gorriz, Gabriel Urpi, Joel Figueras, and Nuno Marques.
- Educating through tennis related topics to the Sports Science class at the Rafa Nadal International School
2019/2020: Adult and Weekly Programs coach
- Responsible for designing the practice sessions, communicating with clients, and carrying out surveys in order to optimize the quality of the programs
- Working beside Toni Nadal during his adult camp programs, while carrying out customized sessions
- Organized and attended international clinics to promote the academy brand in Denmark, Sweden, and Norway
- Providing personalized coaching based on clients’ needs, including:
– Premium Tennis Program with high intensity 2hours/6days a week private coaching, video analysis on the game, as well as technical and tactical report
– Learn to Compete Program providing a variety of scored exercises, with realcompetition tactical situations
– Total Tennis Doubles Program designed to maximize double’s play, by teaching the tactical specifications and simulating competition situation
2019 June- 2019 August: SUMMER CAMP Coach
- Coaching and playing with players of all levels for 40hours per week
- Creating tactical, technical, and behavioral assessments of each player weekly
- Developing competition statistics using Excel for each player
- Evaluated over 150 players once a week, to categorize players into groups reflecting their abilities
Testimonial
Polina is very motivated coach who does not hesitate to spend more time on the court with the players, until she achieves her goals. She is young, she has a lot of energy, and she has a very good tennis level. This helps her to work on details with her students, as she can play easily with all of them, regardless of the level. As a head coach, the most important thing for me is that she cares a lot about the technique of everyone she works with. During her time in the academy, I have received only positive feedback from all the players that she has worked with, as they have all felt cared for by Polina, and felt that everything was always organized. Also, she is a great team player. She works great with other people, and she always respects the rules. She has experience working with adults, with young tennis players, and currently working with junior’s who are aiming to become professionals.
Juan Bosch (Head coach at Rafa Nadal Academy, former coach of Carlos Moya)
Testimonial
My name is Harry Hines, I am a 19-year-old player at the Rafa Nadal academy, who is trying to go pro. I´ve worked with Polina for the last 2 years and it’s been a great experience. Polina is a fantastic coach who is dedicated, determined, knowledgeable, enthusiastic and is also a very kind caring person. She has helped me progress as a tennis player massively with both technical and the mental part of the game. She’s always giving her all to the player she’s with on court and it’s a very enjoyable experience! I have enjoyed my experience with Polina and would love to continue working with her.
(5th year student of the Rafa Nadal Academy)
Testimonial
Polina is one of the most dependable coaches we’ve had the pleasure of having at the academy. She’s willing to go above and beyond without being asked to nor be thanked for it.Polina is a very diverse coach seeing as she has experienced coaching at every level, from adult social players to players competing on the international stage. Throughout her time at the academy, she has been constantly exposed to a multitude of high-pressure situations, making her problem-solving exceptional. Her openness and empathy give her the ability to communicate effectively to a plethora of types of personalities, an ability that is so often overlooked but that is arguably the most fundamental in being an effective coach and mentor. Any coaching team, club, academy, or player would be fortunate to have Polina contributing to their lives and careers.
James Allemby (High performance coach at Rafa Nadal Academy, coach of top 10 ITF Junior players)
