Our Tennis Players

Boys
1. Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) 12/02/1980
2. Guillermo Garcia Lopez (ESP) 04/06/1983
3. James Ward (GBR) 09/02/1987
4. Artur Romanowski (POL) 21/01/1987
5. Victor Teles Requiao (BRA) 25/06/1988
6. Alen Bisevac (AUT) 17/02/1989
7. Antoni Gomez (GBR) 22/05/1989
8. Steven Bos (NED) 20/08/1989
9. Ignacio Bachiller De Haro (ESP) 05/01/1990
10. Kirill Kucherov (RUS) 19/05/1990
11. Georgios Koutloubasis ( GRE,GER) 29/05/1991
12. Antoine Champagne (BEL) 18/09/1990
13. David Mckenna (RSA) 13/05/1992
14. Thomas Allen (GBR) 10/01/1992
15. Nicholas Sanchez Ortega (ESP) 03/03/1990
16. Sergio Ballester Amoros (ESP) 14/09/1993
17. Goran Jukopila (CRO) 27/12/1989
18. Vladimir Molkanov (RUS) 31/08/1992
19. Patxi Perez (ESP) 27/04/1989
20. Alexander Blakhih (RUS) 20/05/1992
Girls
1. Marta Domachowska (POL)
2. Jodie Mckinnon (GBR) 24/11/1989
3. M.Teresa Torro Flor (ESP) 02/05/1992
4. Suzy Larkin (GBR) 16/06/1992
5. Eugenia Yordanova (BUL) 05/08/1990
6. Kristina Snetkova (RUS) 09/02/1990

Just a little note to say, we r still with u!

Hey everybody!!!

Sorry, I did not write our blog pretty long time. You know.... tennis and many other things. So rainy days in Spain now. Today I took 1 day off with my friend because of rain and it was good time for resting. And we went to Valencia. It was pretty good. When we came to the academy it was like coaches' meeting and so many people came here.

As for JC Ferrero, he came back home after his lost vs Canas. The same with Garica Lopez. They just have rest now, I think so. Yeah professional life is so hard. Valencia tournament will be in april.So we will see them there, I am sure.

ITF tournament is coming here and some players will play ohhhh pre pre qualy, pre qualy, qualy, main draw I know its funny but …. The last year Anderson won this tournament, I think, he is from south Africa. With his style Serve and volley he showed the great final. I remember, after some points he were doing so many amazing things with his racket. He is very talented juggler. Did u find out that when the player is nervous, he is trying to find the task for his hands (socks, racket, cap.....) heheeee

And tomorrow, guys, I' m going to put one more interview with our player.

THANKS

Goodluck, Guys.

You and your opponent want the same thing. The only thing that matters is who works the hardest for it.

Hey everybody!!!

How r u? I feel good now and everything is perfect. Training, tournaments and blog =) Yeah now with good feelings I continue to write our blog.

Usually Englishmen like to talk about weather, but here for me, it’s the main topic, too:) So, In Spain the weather is so windy windy now and you know, its so difficult to practice and play tournaments. If u are opposite the wind on court, u must use all your power and the ball will land sooner or later, I think…. But if the wind with u, u will be like Andy Roddick. U just touch the ball like superman and the ball will fly with 200 km/h . In tournaments the most funny thing is that u just hit the ball with spin and it will bounce up your head hehe.

JC Ferrero and Garcia Lopez are not fighting with that lovely wind with us. They are in Miami. We are waiting to match them, that will be cool. I wish them Good luck.

In April ATP Valencia and ITF tournaments are coming. I’m going to do something interesting for u. U will know and see a lot of photos from these tournaments. ITF tournament will be in our academy. Ok, guy, just wait and it will so exciting. Summer stage is going for 2 weeks, I think. Javi and stage… its going to be fun. (I wonder, why they call it summer stage, for April its Spring Stage:) OK, guys, If u have any questions, just ask me! I will try to find the answer (heheheee)

BYE GUYS

Tennis with u!!!!

Ask Equelite blog

Hey Guys!!!

We decided to create a new staff for you. Its called “Ask Equelite blog”.

Rules.

Choose the proper category for your question and leave it in comments. Every month we will answer to your questions in our blog. And every month we will choose the best question of the month. The winner will get presents from JC Ferrero Equelite tennis academy . Up to 21 date of next month you can post your questions, then we collect them and start to answer. We update our comments in categories, so you can leave your questions for next month. In the first dates of the month we declare results.

Thanks!!!

Questions for Our Players.

Hi Guys!

Here your can leave any questions for our players.

Rules.
You are in "Q4:Questions for our players". Please leave your question in comments. Every month we will answer to your questions in our blog. And every month we will choose the best question of the month. The winner will get presents from JC Ferrero Equelite tennis academy . Up to 21 date of next month you can post your questions, then we collect them and start to answer. We update our comments in categories, so you can leave your questions for next month. In the first dates of the month we declare results.
Thanks!!!

Questions for JC Ferrero

Hi Guys!

Here your can leave any questions for JC Ferrero.

Rules.
YOu are in "Q2: JC Ferrero".Please, leave your question in comments. Every month we will answer to your questions in our blog. And every month we will choose the best question of the month. The winner will get presents from JC Ferrero Equelite tennis academy . Up to 21 date of next month you can post your questions, then we collect them and start to answer. We update our comments in categories, so you can leave your questions for next month. In the first dates of the month we declare results.
Thanks!!!

Questions for Tennis Tips

Hi Guys!

Here your can leave any questions about tennis!!!And our coaches will give you pro advice.

Rules.
You are in "Q2:Tennis Tips" Please, leave your question in comments. Every month we will answer to your questions in our blog. And every month we will choose the best question of the month. The winner will get presents from JC Ferrero Equelite tennis academy . Up to 21 date of next month you can post your questions, then we collect them and start to answer. We update our comments in categories, so you can leave your questions for next month. In the first dates of the month we declare results.
Thanks!!!

Questions for Tennis Academy

Hi Guys!

Here your can leave any questions about the academy: life, tournaments, summer stage etc.

Rules.
You are in "Q1: Tennis Academy".Please, leave your question in comments. Every month we will answer to your questions in our blog. And every month we will choose the best question of the month. The winner will get presents from JC Ferrero Equelite tennis academy . Up to 21 date of next month you can post your questions, then we collect them and start to answer. We update our comments in categories, so you can leave your questions for next month. In the first dates of the month we declare results.
Thanks!!!

Warning: New rules for us!!!

Hey guys!!!
I m here with you again, guys. I m alittle bit ill but that’s ok. I still can hold racket, write our blog and drink glass of juice on my breakfast. And everybody is still fighting in academy. Some people left us and some is still fighting to find their place under the sun. And in one perfect day RULES of ACADEMY came. You know, after this, u are scared to breathe sometimes. You can get negative point.

1 point -its northing,

2 points - u have to give one of your staff for one week to the coach ( so lucky coaches, they can take any stuff from mobile until your computer)

3 points -u have to work in your free time in the academy(like work in garden, I think the best thing is in the kitchen)

4 points -No practice tennis.

What we need to do? Forget to threw rackets and swear on the court. WHY GOD!!! You know I think, they should make rules for coaches, too. Some coaches threw rackets sometimes. I think, its bad, because the same rules for school. U cant be late in the morning. It’s better to give all your staff and don’t worry. But they can’t take my heart (my IPOD). If u have any comments about these rules, tell me. If somebody wants to come in summer stage, don’t worry, I think, they will not put them for summer. But for us …. Its just our life, but we are happy and SMILE. Many tournaments are coming. That’s cool. And congratulation for JC Ferrero, u showed the great result. All academy watched you and of course Toni Martinez was with us, too.
Ok guy cya and goodluck.
And wait for interview with Jason London. He was the first Australian at the Academy and he can tell us many experiences about his time in Europe and specially at the Academy.

P.S. Results of our last poll: Who has a chance to win Grand Slam this year?

R.Federer -55%

B.Bryan/M.Bryan- 18%

Nobody -21%

Well, we will see.....

Thanks Guys for your vote.

Tennis, exams and weekend!!!

Hey everybody !!!

It’s the high time for tournaments. Some players went to play tournaments, others practice in the academy to play tournaments later. They are waiting the turn to show their best.

That week was hard and crazy. Half of the academy had exams in school. Foooh, it was amazing. Early in the morning we went to Alicante to take the exams. Everybody studied and studied even when we went to the city. Funny, It took us 30 40 min to write the answers (we had 3 hours limit, and those who finished early could leave and walk around). So we were walking and resting. The weather was so windy. In academy, it was like “The day after tomorrow 2.” The Wind broke the gate and our GRASS COURT. When I saw that, it was like the grass wave. Guys, where was my board? Oh, I left it at home. What a pity!!! Do you think we had rest after exams? No, just we came back to the academy, we did some running things on running machine. It was amazing, when you go to play tennis. You just stay like statue of ATP sign. And thing or no please play more long I can’t move.

Someday somebody in forum asked me where our academy is. Its in the middle of nature. What can u see around, u ask? Just fields and mountains, mountains and fields. And things hmmm its difficult to run out of here. Now it stated weekends the coaches made new rules for us. We cant go out to other city without signs of your coach. And u must explain the reason to him why you go out. The most popular thing is to: I just go for walking around, I need to breathe air. At night everybody is watching football or we play computer games.

BYE SEE U GUYS. YOU ARE THE BEST!!!

And one more thing:
“This game is not about winning, it is about one thing, confidence....... Thats the only thing you need, its not skill, its not a plan, its confidence. You need the confidence to be losing, and still fight until the end. You need confidence to go for that last goal, even when you know it wont affect final score. You need confidence to finish with a smile, and to play again, another day”

PEDRO RICO!!!!

-Hi Pedro! How are u, Man? Glad that u found a minute and tell me and our blog readers about your life. I know that You practiced all your life in the Academy with JC Ferrero, José Ezequiel and Santiago Ventura too. You were Ferrero's partner in doubles many times and you with Ferrero won Spanish Championship. U have gone a lot of times to the ATP tournaments with Toni and Ferrero. Last year u were National Champion of USA University.
Tell us, how did u get to this academy? How long have u been here?
- I got to the academy when I was only 15 and I practiced there for six years, when I decided to go to USA and play college tennis. Equelite always gave me the opportunity to practice there and use their facilities whenever I wanted.
-How did the academy look like? (now its modern with all type of courts)
-That’s a good question…well, it didn’t have anything to do with what it is right now. When I started, Toni just bought the house (then, an old house) and it didn’t have any courts. Then within few months they built a couple of clay courts and then a couple more. The academy has been growing and improving every single year since then.
- How many players were there? And coaches?
-When I started in the academy there were very few players and coaches. It was not like the way it is right now. Samuel, Toni, Madrona were the main coaches when I started. My practice mates were then Juanki, Santi Ventura, Jose Ezequiel, Xavier Mascaro (from Menorca), Jesus Contreras (from Benidorm). Israel Matos, Pablo Garcia,etc. There was other players that came and left after a while but these are the people that I became good friends of mine. It was a great group because we were all the same age and we were also best friends. I was very fortunate that I was able to practice at such a great level everyday and this made me improve so much. I have a lot of beautiful memories from those years. I think we are going to need an extra interview if you want to know of some of the “old” Equelit stories…..hahaha
- How was physical training in academy? Did u run to the mountains?
-Conditioning was always one of the best things in the academy. Mountain?…hahahaha!! I don’t remember if we ran mountains or not but we ran a lot. Before the clay courts were done, we used to practice at a different site. I don’t know if you are familiar with the name “Agricola”. El Agricola used to be the place that we practiced at. I was not used to run that much before I got to Equelite and this made my first year be much harder than for some of the other guys who were already used to this type of conditioning…
- What did u like most of all here?
-What I liked the most…the friends I made in that academy are the best thing that I got from there. I spent a lot of time of my life in that academy and I have a lot great stories and experiences that made me learn a lot about life. However, if I had to choose one I would pick friendship.
- Can you remember any funny moments about your life at the academy?
- I have a lot…
- Lots of Ferrero’s fans read us, can you tell them about him?
- Discipline, hard work, humility, and heart, and a great friend from those years.
- Do you remember your first tournament? What did you feel?
- hehe. I was so nervous. It took me a while to get used to Toni watching my matches. I used to get so anxious….hahahaha
- How do you prepare yourself mentally before a game?
- I guess the night before. I liked getting everything ready the night before the matches. I wanted to have every single detail ready for battle
- What was the most difficult in the tournaments?
- stay mentally strong and being away from home
-What was the reason to leave the academy?
- I didn’t have the same passion I had few years before and I wanted to keep studding
- What did the academy give to you?
- Everything I asked them for
-Did your tennis change when you started to play in America?
- It obviously changed a little because I had to play on hard courts and I had to change few things in my game.
-Can u compare Spanish tennis and American one? Any specific tips?
- Clay Vs hard court. From what I have seen, I believe American tennis focuses much more on technique than Spanish tennis. I don’t really know but if I had to pick one thing from each one I would pick conditioning from Spain and psychology from USA
- What are your plans for future?
- Good question. Well, I just started coaching and I don’t know how long I will be doing this for. I love it so far but I don’t really know what my plans are for the future. I guess I would like to end up doing something that I’m happy with.
- What does tennis mean for u?
- Everything, all my life. Tennis has made me the person I am right now. Tennis gave me friends, education, and experience
- And the last thing what I would like to ask u, your Tennis Tips for guys who read our blog!!!
- buffff!! Just give the best you can give. But not only on the courts, give it also off the court and with the people you have around. Set up small goals for every single day. These goals are the goals that will lead you to the big and final goal. You need to have challenges and something to fight for everyday.
-Thanks!!!!