Amir Borghei

ITF Tennis Development

in

West & Central Asia

2016By: Amir Borghei – ITF Development Officer for West & Central Asia

Projectsin

2016:

ITF West Asia 14 &

Under Team to

Division II

Development

Championships

Thailand(January)

• Coaches:

- Amir Borghei (ITF)

• Players – Girls:

- Nour Deeb (LIB)

- Mahta Khanlu (IRI)

• Players – Boys:

- Abdullah Shelbayeh

(JOR)

- Siavash Shirdel (IRI)

- Jalal Sadek (LIB)

- Badar Al Antar (KUW)

ITF Team to 14 & Under

Team to Division I

Development

Championships –

VIETNAM(March)

• Coach:

- Farid Hajebi (IRI)

• Player – Girl:

- Nour Deeb (LIB)

- Mahta Khanlu (IRI)

• Player – Boy:

- Jalal Sadek (LIB)

- Abdullah Shelbayeh

(JOR)

ITF “Specific Theme

Workshop on Junior

Development” for

IRAQI Coaches(January)

ITF/OS National

Level 1 Coaches’

Course – Riyadh,

SAUDI ARABIA(February)

ITF Play Tennis

Course for

TURKMENISTAN(February)

ITF/OS Regional

Level 1 Course for

Central Asia -

Tashkent,

UZBEKISTAN(March-April)

- Uzbekistan- Tajikistan- Kazakhstan

ITF “Specific Theme

Workshop on

Developing U14

Junior Players” for

OMAN(May)

ITF Play Tennis

Course – Dushanbe,

TAJIKISTAN(May)

ITF/ATF 13&Under

Development

Championships for

West & Central Asia

Amman, JORDAN (November)

- Syria

- UAE

- Yemen

- Qatar

- Saudi Arabia

- Jordan

- Kuwait

- Lebanon

- Afghanistan

- Iran- Iraq

2015 Group Photo

1st ITF Regional

Coaches’

Conference for

West & Central Asia

Tehran, IRAN(October)

1st ITF WEST & CENTRAL ASIA COACHES' CONFERENCE BY BNP PARIBAS

15th - 17th OCTOBER 2016

Tehran, IRAN

Participants' Arrival and/or Registration: October 14th (Friday) - from 12am to 6pm at Esteghlal Tennis

Academy

DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3

Saturday 15/10/16 Sunday 16/10/16 Monday 17/10/16

8.30-8.45 - IRITF - 8.45-9.45 Workshop

Openning and Tennis Development

Worldwide & in West & Central Asia -

Miguel Crespo (ITF) & Amir Borghei (ITF)

08.30-09.30 - Bernard Pestre (FRA) - Key

Points to Train U12&14 Junior Players

08.30-09.30 - Bernard Pestre (FRA) - Key

Concepts in Tactical Training ; SERVE &

RETURN

10.00-10.30 - Dr Afshin Molaei (IRI) -

Strategies for Excellency in Coaching

9.45-10.30 - Andrei Logvinenko (KZA) - An

Overview of Tennis Development in

Kazakhstan from the Eyes of a Kazakh

Coach

09.45-10.30 - Dr Mehrshad Poorsaeid (IRI) -

How to Manage Dehydration

10.30 - 11.00 Coffee-Break 10.30 - 11.00 Coffee-Break 10.30 - 11.00 Coffee-Break

11.00-12.00 - Dr Miguel Crespo (ITF) -

Hand Feeding ; Why, When and How

11.00-12.00 - Bernard Pestre (FRA) - FFT

Junior National Teams ; Common Drills and

Training Strategies

11.00-12.00 - Bernard Pestre (FRA) - Key

Concepts in Tactical Training ; BASELINE &

NET GAME

12.15-13:00 - Dr Mehrshad Poorsaeid (IRI)

- Role of Suplements in Tennis

12.15-13.00 - Ali Akbar Saleh (IRI) - Tennis

10s ; Training and Competition

12.15-13.00 - Charbel Hanna (LIB) - Working

with 4 to 6 Year Old Kids in Tennis

13.00 - 14.30 Lunch and Free Time 13.00 - 14.30 Lunch and Free Time 13.00 - 14.30 Lunch and Free Time

14.30-15.30 - Dr Miguel Crespo (ITF) -

Challenges in Coaching of Tomorrow

Players

14.30-15.30 - Amir Borghei (ITF) -

Biomechanics of Oncourt Movement for

Advanced Junior Players

14.30-15.30 - Amir Borghei (ITF) - Key

Concepts about Strength, Power and Agility

15.45-16.45 - Dr Miguel Crespo (ITF) -

Mental On-Court Training Made Practical

15.45-16:45 - Bernard Pestre (FRA) - How

to be a Succesful Coach for Junior Players

15.45-16.45 - Bernard Pestre (FRA) - How to

Run an Effective Training Session

16.45 - 17.00 - Questions & Answers 16.45 - 17.00 - Questions & Answers 16.45 - 17.00 - Questions & Answers

Coffee-Break & Free Time17.00 Conference Closing - Amir Borghei

(ITF) - IRITF19.00 Opening Dinner Certificates' Awards & Group Photo

19.00 Farewell Dinner

Who is coming?- Kazakhstan

- Lebanon

- Yemen

- Afghanistan

- Jordan

- Tajikistan

- Qatar

- Iraq

- Kuwait

- Iran

- Oman

Total #: 327 !

ITF Contributed

Programs:

Junior Tennis Initiative•is the: National development Program

for 14&Under (10/12/14)

•A: Main areas: Training & Competition

•B: Levels: Development & Performance

•C: At: Schools & Clubs

•Supported through the ITF by:

Equipment & Subsidies

2013- Yemen

- Uzbekistan

- Turkmenistan

- Afghanistan

- UAE

- Lebanon

- Syria

- Kyrgyzstan

- Bahrain

- Jordan

- Oman

2014- Iran- Iraq

2015- Qatar- Kazakhstan

2016- Tajikistan

National JTI CoordinatorsEssam AbdulaalBahrain

Akbar TaheriIran

Mohammed MaathIraq

Rafik BouchlakaJordan

Richard El HaajLebanon

Soleiman AlrawahiOman

Wahid AliouaQatar

Wassim ZinniaSyria

Mirhussin YakhyaevTajikistan

Zohair MoshgeeYemen

Abdul Azim NiaziAfghanistan

Igor ShelyakinUzbekistan

Gulcha BashimovTurkmenistan

Viacheslav FedotovKyrgyzstan

Nargiz AbenovaKazakhstan

Important Notes:• Emphasize the importance of appropriate

planning by coordinator (not much focus on

clubs, forgetting schools or vice-versa, etc.)

• Report form explains the structure of the

program; is not just the report form!

•Encourage the National Coordinators to make

lots of practical work (schools/clubs)

•Push the National Coordinators to send the 3

reports well on time

•Push the National Coordinators to provide

quality reports/information

ITF/GSDF Travel

& Facility Grants

Important Notes:•Travel Grant: the amount of normally

$2000 a year to travel to planned

tournaments

• Facility Grant: the amount of maximum

$20000 to construct/reconstruct tennis

courts

•Totally, there are 4 GSDF meetings each

year and you can apply accordingly

WHO received TG in 2016 ?SyriaHazem Naw

TajikistanShodmon Kurbonov

TajikistanAnastasiya Tursunova

TurkmenistanIssa Mammetgulyyev

LebanonJalal Sadek

LebanonNour Dib

YemenManeea Almaqaleh

YemenSami Alwared

Coaches’

Education

Program:

ITF Recognition System: National Coaches Education Program:

1) Person responsible for Coach Education in Board of

Directors – Yes/No?

2) Qualified Person responsible for Coach Education –

Yes/No?

3) Qualified tutors in place – Yes/No?

4) CE Courses in place – Yes/No?

5) Course schedule(s) – Yes/No?

6) Administration system – Yes/No?

7) Resources used – Yes/No?

8) Continuous education – Yes/No?

9) External providers – Yes/No?

If your answer to all the 9 questions is

YES,

you can send your application to the

ITF DO to apply for Recognition of the

National Coaches Education System

for:

- Bronze Level -

Silver & Gold will come later!

ITF/ATF

Visits/Meetings

with NAs

1. Evaluation of the JTI program

2. Evaluation of the Coaching programs

3. Revision of the National Association

(NAs) plan

4. Revision of the ITF & ATF U18/14

tournaments

5. Evaluation of facilities

6. See how the ITF&ATF Could contribute

to the NA’s development programs

With Nations:

Visit to KYRGYZSTAN Tennis Federation

Visit to IRAQ Tennis Federation

Visit to UZBEKISTAN Tennis Federation

Visit to OMAN Tennis Federation

Visit to Tajikistan Tennis Federation

Visit to Iran Tennis Federation

Visit to UAE Tennis Federation

This ATF Administration

Workshop is a Great Chance to

Meet Up!

So, ANY Respected Delegate from

ANY National Association in my

region, Please do let me know on

anything ITF Could Assist you with,

on your

National Tennis Development Program!

ITF Development Colleagues

NAs Colleagues

ATF Colleagues