Tej A. Popat

Contact - F-**, Hari om Park, OPP Navkar Flats, Jai Ambe Nagar, Thaltej, Ahmedabad- 380054 ph – 989-***-****(Whatsapp)

Summary

Versatile professional Elite tennis coach, Analyst and a skilled sparring partner with in-depth knowledge of tennis drills, conditioning programs and developmental strength. Consistently motivates and inspires players to bring their best to every game. Passionate Coach skilled at leading teams of all ages through workouts and skill development training. Communicates effectively with parents and students. Dynamic Coach in the organization, strategic planning, management and peripheral responsibilities of Tennis coaching. Collaborative, passionate, motivating leader in Tennis who has been officially commended by colleagues for ingenuity and a high degree of professionalism. Help in de-stressing the players through the concept of fun, fitness and Yoga. Also helps kids in education on tour being an engineer himself.

Actively participating in club tournaments around the world.

Skills

1) Technical Expert

2) Tactical Analyst

3) Educational Mentor

4) Conditioning Coach

5) Pro Shop expert

6) Pro Sparring partner

7) Part time Stringer

Experience

2017 May - Current K & D tennis club, Chongqing, China

Head Tennis Coach, sparring partner and a team player

- training players of different level and age group(kids, professionals, adults)

- technical advisor to provincial Chinese Federation team

- Head Of Operations for the after school programs

- University Team coach

- sparring partner to ITF junior and future players

- Business development Coordinator

- playing member of the club’s team

- Yoga And conditioning Instructor

- Part time stringer

2017 jan-2017 March Ace Tennis Academy, Ahmedabad,India

Sparring partner And a coach

- to a player playing junior ITF and men's national tournaments

2016 jan - 2016 Dec CETA tennis academy, Shanghai, China

Professional Tennis Coach, Sparring Partner, Marketing Coordinator

- Pro mentor at the citywide academy.

- Coaching players of different age groups and different levels

- Member of the sparring team at the Shanghai Masters

- Yoga instructor

- Marketing coordinator

- A part time stringer

2015 April - 2015 July Tennis Academy Christoffel & Jovanovski Germany

Assistant Tennis Coach and a Marketing coordinator

- Tennis coordinator at the academy(Obernburg) and at different clubs

- Conditioning and yoga instructor

- Marketing and IT coordinator

- A Full time racket stringer

- Sparring partner to ITF futures players

- Member of a club playing the German League and ranked as high as LK 3

2014 Nov to 2015 Feb HTA, Jassowal, Punjab India

Marketing coordinator and a Tennis coach

- Tennis Coordinator for Junior Performance Program

- Marketing Coordinator for HTA

- Yoga instructor at HIS & HTA

- A part time Racquet stringer

2014 Jan to 2014 October St Xaviers college, Ahmedabad, India

Personal Technical Analyst and a Mentor

- To a player playing men’s national level tournamen

2014 April to 2014 June Decathlon, Ahmedabad India

Sales Manager

- Sales manager at DecathlonApplewoods

- Was managing the products from two brands

- Brands - Artengo for Racket sports & Inesis for Golf

2014 Aug to 2015 Feb CoachMode, USA

Statistician(Game Analyst)

- Working with a team providing online stats to tennis players.

- Focus was mainly on NCAA players.

2012 Jan to 2013 Dec Ahmedabad Racquet Academy, India

Assistant Tennis coach and a Fitness trainer

- Coached players of different age groups

- Member of the team coaching India’s top ranked players

- Conditioning coordinator

- Yoga instuctor

2008 Jan - 2011 October St Xaviers college, Ahmedabad, India

Assistant tennis coach

- Used to work with Ankita Raina’s former coach Mr Anish Mehta

2008-2014 Ahmedabad, India

Hitting Partner

To different national and internationalplayers

- Tadeja Majeric - Slovenian WTA player

- Leonard Siebel ITF junior player

- Dino Vucidolov - Former Macedonian number one player

- Filip Krolo - Former top 5 (juniors, Germany)

- Ansu Bhuyan - current ITF player and an Indian national player

- Ankush Arora - ITF player and an Indian national player

.- Zeel Desai - currently on WTA tour

- Nikita Deshmukh – Former WTA player

- Aditya Vasishth – Current Div 1 player in US

Also a regular hitting partner to many other top ranked players

Playing Career

- Member of the team winning German league

- Member of the team winning many club tournaments in China

- Winning national AITA tournament doubles as well as singles in mens and junior age categories as well

- Runners Up at the university national tournament twice (IIT-D(2012), IIT- k(2010)

- Winning national AITA tournament doubles as well as singles in mens and junior age categories as well

-Also many other awards at the state and the national level tournament

Certifications

ITF Pre Level !

ATPCA advanced professional

Education

Bachelor Of Technology(ICT)- Dhirubhai Ambani institute of information and communication technology, Gandhinagar

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