Curtis Clarke - Tennis Coach

Qualifications

EDUCATION

Coaching times & fees

• Please contact Curtis direct via WhatsApp or Email.
• He can be contacted via WhatsApp on +40 749992729
• Or you can contact him using email on 100curtis100@live.co.uk

Experience

COACH/WORK EXPERIENCE CONTINUED

Adept in planning and delivery of sessions relevant to players short & long term goals/vision for their game and creation of tournament schedules in line with their age/stage of development. A proven ability to create an effective environment/ atmosphere where the player can gradually transform emotionally/physically over time to become a player that can compete and win internationally whilst progressing through the different stages of LTA player pathway scheme. I facilitated and contributed to team meetings including Individual Development Plan reviews, mid-year check ins and annual end of year performance reviews with the LTA (British Tennis Federation) where the player, their programme and annual goals/targets are discussed collaboratively. I delivered player performance reports in Microsoft Word/Excel & developed new training programmes and activities in order to enhance/improve the players level/ranking & remained a constant presence whenever needed during our time together (9 years, 40-45 weeks a year including early mornings, evenings and weekends).

During my time working with Jay I witnessed various LTA Performance Director’s implement and sometimes create each stage of the LTA’s 10 Year Performance Strategy/Long-Term Development plan which included the Player Pathway and involved philosophical and operational values and behaviours, deterministic models, talent identification, testing and tracking/analysis and setting bench marks & systems for British players to evaluate themselves against the world’s best age & game style equivalent.

A natural ability to help players of varying ages & ability understand and practice the basic fundamentals of tennis, as well as the most up-to-date game strategies, methods, approaches, frameworks and techniques including the British Doubles system developed by Louis Cayer coach of multiple world No1 doubles players and with constant upskilling taking place to stay up to speed on the latest training methods.

HEAD PERFORMANCE COACH AT TENNIS EUROPE/ITF/ATP PLAYER

I coached and managed Jay Clarkes tennis career from 2012-2021. Firstly to the No1 ranking U14 Tennis Europe, No15 ranking ITF Juniors and No153 ATP singles & No221 ATP doubles with 5 Tennis Europe titles, 4 ITF Junior titles, 3 ITF futures titles & 3 ATP challenger titles and at all 4 grand slams. I was responsible for the successful delivery and development of Jay tennis career. My primary duties included managing and working in partnership on programmes, schedule etc with the rest of his coaching team which consisted of a S&C coach, assisting tennis coach & overseeing the work of his PA who was in charge of budget amongst other tasks such as scheduling, flights, hotels, transport and dealing with expenses. Additionally I would handle all court bookings and work with the relevant persons regarding all matters relating to his tennis such as the LTA’s staff including Performance Directors, Performance Support, Heads of Coaching, Technology & Analysis, Pathways, and Operations (physiotherapist, nutritionist, performance analysis support, psychologist/well-being support and the sports science & medicine support teams) on key development goals and actions and was the one of main person responsible for those actions.

In the past I also did sparring/hitting on occasion with a number of players including the 3 GOATS Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic at Grand slams and ATP events.

WTA PERFORMANCE COACH

I worked with Darya Astakhova (196WTA) providing tactical advice during training and matches, advice on the correct court positioning/footwork depending on the phase of play, technical advice for the serve & other groundstrokes, tournament/calendar scheduling and more.

TRAINING WITH SIMONA HALEP

In January 2023 I led practice with Simona Halep and gave her coaching direction provided by Patrick Mouratoglou and have previous experience training with other ATP/WTA players including former Davis Cup, Fed Cup & Olympic performers.

WORK WITH LTA (BRITISH FEDERATION) & IMG/WME (TOP MANAGEMENT GROUPS)

On occasion I’d engage and interact with members and fans during clinics, promotional days and when attending dinners or events both domestically and internationally for foundations, LTA initiatives and management groups such as WME and IMG. A history of working with senior partners at conglomerates such as WME & IMG, attending photo-shoots and promotional days with the player for brands and companies such as Rado and WorldTeamTennis. Assisting and monitoring the players social media to make sure they continually post content on time to meet their promotional obligations to marketing partners so sponsors and endorsers receive their contractual benefits keeping all relationships with key partners healthy. Advising the player during pitches/presentations from potential sponsors and agents who wanted to sign the player with their management groups (WME, IMG & Octagon) and collecting intel for the player to make informed decisions.

NIKE AND WILSON BRAND AMBASSADOR COACH

From 2012-2016 I represented the Nike and Wilson Brands and other brands too under the coaching relationship with Jay. At the same time I built professional relationships with these brands, similar ones, management groups and participated in negotiations with them.

PLAYER & COACH PERFORMANCE EDUCATOR/CONSULTANT TO FEDERATIONS & ACADEMIES WORLDWIDE

Since 2021 I have been working with players and coaches at different federations & academies around the world to advise them and their coaches on their programs providing training resources/video content, training methods, approaches and frameworks to help develop and progress their players aged 10-18+ ranging from the Tennis Europe, ITF Juniors & ATP/WTA. These players are Davis Cup, National and International team/level players in their respective federations and include the Jordan Davis Cup Team, No1 Girl in Malta, Top 10 boy/girl players in Italy and a top 10 girl in Romania.

SKILLS

– Skilled in the fundamental areas Technical, Tactical, Physical & Mental.
– Setting SMART goals.
– Scheduling and Program management.
– Delivering reports.
– Communication Skills.
– Selecting key action points to be tagged by performance analysis team.
– Management.
– Match scouting reports (tactics).
– Selecting language the athlete can identify with .
– Decision Making.
– Consulting.
– Educating the athlete and parents on what
to expect, training standards and competition scheduling.
– Creating high performance habits with players.

MENTORS & COLLEAGUES (WORLD CLASS COACHES)

Since 2016 I’ve worked alongside and was mentored by other world-class coaches including Esteban Carril former coach of Johanna Konta (GB) and Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) whilst he was High Performance Advisor &Case Manager at the LTA (Lawn Tennis Association), Alexandre Lisiecki former Mouratoglou Elite Coach and coach of Gilles Muller (LUX) who is currently a National Performance Coach at LTA and Bob Brett the former coach of Marin Cilic (CRO) and Goran Ivanesevic (CRO) whilst he was Director of Player Development at the LTA to name just a few.

NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS

• Jay Clarke – Grand slam Singles & Doubles match winner
• Jay Clarke – Semi-Finalist Wimbledon Mixed Doubles
• Jay Clarke – Beat no1 in the world Doubles pair/player Herbert & Mahut
• Jay Clarke – Davis Cup player
• Jay Clarke – No1 Tennis Europe Ranking, No15 ITF Junior Ranking, Jay Clarke – No153 ATP Ranking
• Jay Clarke – 3 ATP Challenger Titles, 3 ITF Futures Titles, 4 ITF Junior Titles, 5 Tennis Europe Titles
• Jay Clarke – Winning 1st round Wimbledon to Play Federer on Centre Court