Have you ever experienced your players going for a week or two to a foreign country on a fancy tennis academy and you find your player coming back with a changed grip, awkvard looking technique or what you just used month trying to build comepletely colapsed – Here is an interview with a guy who built a secondary camp and touring academy around NOT changing technique. Dave Bandelin, is a former division one coach of Texas El Paso and was awarded New coach of the year back in 1986. He then moved to Scadinavia and spent 10 years coaching in Hölviken tennis before starting EuroElite that has now got close to 200 players signed up for camps and travels every year.

You’ll get to know:

– How Dave teaches guidelines for life
– The Concepts of Euroelite
– How tennis is not always fun

Enjoy the show!

Timestamps
01:30 Why EuroElite was started
03:12 Where is EuroElite Now
07:37 The screening process
19:10 The Match paper
24:50 Taking risks
32:08 5 basic patterns of play
34:15 What Euroelite doesn’t do
37:23 The short game + fitness
43:15 Don’t get too excited
44:30 Breathing
48:32 Neutral to neutral
53:00 Freedom to older players
57:00 Curtesy and respect
62:15 Tennis isn’t always fun