Geert De Meyer, Belgian coach at the Tenkie Academy

Geert De Meyer is a Belgian coach that have worked 20 years at the Flanders Tennis Association in Belgium. Now he’s coaching at the Wilson Luxilon Tenkie Academy, the biggest private academy in Belgium. Since two years back he’s also a part of the coaching team for the Swedish Tennis Associations program with camps for the junior national teams.   In this episode we talk about: -             The structure of tennis in Belgium -             The positives and negatives with academies, federation programs and private set ups -             Geerts view of the level in Swedish junior tennis and what we’re good at and not so good at -             Balancing between closed and open drills -             Geerts view of rally length -             How he works on serve- and retur -             What Geert would like to change in Swedish tennis if he was the big boss with all the power in his hands   Thanks to my partners: ·      Zenniz -  the smart finnish tennis system ·      House of Bontin – 10% off with “Baslinjen” as the promo code ·      Lehnhoff Tennis International –guiding Scandinavian tennis players through the American university recruiting process ·     Wilson Tennis Camp ·     Caxton Sports Management www.baslinjen.com for more content about tennis!