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| The school's core coaches have been with the Four Seasons since
it opened in January 2002 and they are fully qualified and recognised by Tennis Australia. There is a good mix of skill and competitive background
amongst the coaches, allowing for a truly optimum tennis experience for students. |
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| The Four Seasons Tennis School founder, Julio El-Akl is an advanced
qualified tennis coach, former tour player, and one of a very few qualified tennis coach presenters and assessors recognised by Tennis Australia.
Julio has mentored hundreds of tennis coaches in Australia and around the world over the past decade and brings knowledge garnered over ten
years during sojourns in the US, Middle East and Australia. |
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| Julio El-Akl |
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Cato Strachan-Brown |
| Tennis Director/Master Coach |
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| Julio is an advanced qualified Tennis Coach, former tour player, a Tennis Australia certified coach
and National Director of Coaching for the Australian Tennis Professional Coaches Association Ltd (ATPCA). He is one of very few certified
tennis coach presenters and recognised by Tennis Australia. Julio manages the coaching team at Four Seasons Tennis School and mostly works
with private students focusing on their technique and match play analysis. |
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Cato Strachan-Brown is an advanced qualified Tennis Coach.
Cato has been coaching at Four Seasons Tennis School for over 4 years and has been the school's Head Coach for the past 2 years. Cato has
played several junior competitions in the local area and now focuses on developing our school's Junior Development Program through the
teenage squad system. |
| Julio also sits on the board of directors of the ATPCA and is a
specialist in the training and assessment of Tennis coaches and has mentored hundreds of other tennis coaches in Australia and around the
world since becoming the National Director of Coaching for the ATPCA in February 2003.
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Cato works well with all ages and regularly takes on the challenge of adult classes. Cato also provides private tennis lessons to many of
our students during the week and on weekends mixing rigorous coaching with a lot of patience. He is a Co-Director of the school.
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| Tony Strachan |
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Michael Joseph |
| General Manager/Coach |
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| Tony has coached at Four Seasons Tennis School for the past four years.
He is an advanced qualified Tennis Coach and has a range of teaching experiences with juniors and adults of all ages, with his previous
experience as a high school teacher and working with the Deaf community.
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Michael is an advanced qualified Tennis Coach. He started
coaching at the tender age of 16 after playing competition tennis at a high level. Michael has an in-depth knowledge of the game and an
approach that is incisive and clear. |
| With 45 years of playing the great game of tennis he has his own
set of practical and insightful hints to offer the wide range of players whom he meets at Marrickville. Tony is such an asset that in 2006
he became a Co-Director of the Four Seasons Tennis School.
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Michael is working with our junior development program in
harnessing young talent and improving their tennis skills and levels of fitness. He also works with our advanced adult program to improve
students' confidence, technique and power.
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| Zain Rahmat |
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Peter Orgill |
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| Zain is advanced qualified Tennis Coach and was ranked in the
top 50 players as a junior in Australia. He competed in the satellite and future event tour for some years and still competes in club
competitions in Sydney.
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Peter is advanced qualified Tennis Coach and has been with
our school since 2005. Peter grew up in the Illawarra area competing in district and state events and was a member of the Newcombe and Roche
State Squads in his early teens.
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| Zain specialises in coaching our school's advanced adults.
His playing experience over the years as a top junior and A-grade player gives him a great depth of understanding of technique, strategy and
pressure situations, which he imparts eloquently to his students. He is renowned for his calm personality and understanding manner.
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Peter works mainly with our school's adult students while
maintaining his competitive edge in the Veteran circuit. He now has a ranking both nationally and internationally. He has a dynamic teaching
coaching style guaranteed to dispel lethargy and bring out a heavy sweat..
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| Tamas Valfi |
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Niki Gibson |
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Tamas played from the age of 13 in national adult club tennis from
1983 in Hungary and went on to attain a national ranking of 82. After a Baccalaureate at Hungary's Petofi Sandor College
was completed in 1991, he went on to his Diploma of Tennis Coaching in 1992-93. He became a sports journalist while maintaining
his competitive tennis career before moving to Australia in 2002. He joined FSTS in early 2008..
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With a strong competitive background in national junior events in
New Zealand which took her to a ranking of 10, Nikki also played further afield in Singapore and Australia. She has maintained a flawless
technique into her coaching years and has brought her knowledge to both junior and adult coaching. She is a qualified development Tennis
coach and has been involved in the 'Aussie Mozzie' program at Olympic Park as well as working in schools with older primary children. She
has been coaching with FSTS since mid 2007. |
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| Mali Strachan-Brown |
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Natalie Neckovska |
| Assistant Coach, Junior Program |
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Mali began her coaching career in 2006 with Four Seasons Tennis School during its
summer tennis camps. Her specialty is the under-sevens, who respond to her calmness, patience and maturity.
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Natalie is passionate about her tennis and this show in
the number of tournaments she enters and the amount of training she does. In November 2007 she was a competitor in the Medibank Private
Junior Competition and regularly takes part in weekly tournaments at Rockdale. She won the Four Seasons Tennis School Junior
Comp in December 2007 against both male and female players and was a finalist in the April 2008 comp.
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