EYE COACH
Lisa is a Speech-Language Pathologist who currently works at the Palm Beach School for Autism. Lisa specializes in the evaluation and treatment of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. A former collegiate tennis player at the University of Florida, Lisa enjoys combining her tennis experience with the ability to teach the sport to children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. After working with children for years as…
With the US Open in full flow, Billie Jean King and Lenny Schloss, President of Billie Jean King’s Eye Coach, met to discuss the future of tennis and make plans for the direction of The Eye Coach. With 39 Grand Slam titles, Billie Jean is perfectly placed to give advice about how tennis can move forward. Perhaps her greatest words of advice are that “the…
By this time I expect those reading this to be aware of multiple benefits The Eye Coach has as an instructional tool for both tennis athletes and coaches. We all know how it has helped us acutely address body mechanic issues with students both with positioning and swing concepts. Students today have cleaner points of contact because of better use of their balance from…
About Carolyn Healey It’s a joy to reflect upon how much tennis has embraced my life. I was very fortunate that my childhood home backed on to a tennis club. The club outside Wellington, New Zealand, had six hard courts, four grass courts, and a substantial hit-up wall. Formal proposed-membership was required, only whites were worn, and both inter-club matches and inter-provincial tournaments were…
About Jack Schore The winningest coach in Stanford men’s tennis history, and arguably the best college tennis coach of all time, Dick Gould, referred to him as “probably one of the two or three best coaches in the country.” Tennis channel even anointed him with the prefix, “Visionary coach.” The term legendary has also been closely associated with him, and his resumé more than…
About Simon Gale Simon was born in Melbourne, on the East Coast of Australia and grew up in Perth on the West Coast of Australia. From a young age, every weekend, Simon and his family could be found at their local tennis centre. This exposure to tennis grew his passion for the sport. His career coaching tennis began helping his local tennis coach with…
About Raul Rodriguez I got the love of tennis from my dad. He was my primary coach as a kid. I grew up in Goose Creek, SC but went to a tennis academy held at the Charleston tennis center. I was fortunate enough to earn a tennis scholarship to the Citadel and was a team captain my final two years. I spent six years…
About Bo Gard Bo is a native of Romania, where he played on the Romanian National Tennis Team as a junior. From 1998 until 2004, he was the tennis coach for the KulturPark Tennis Club in Izmir, Turkey where he was in charge of the junior program. He won the Turkish National Championship as a player and coach with his club back in 2000….
About Vanessa Pardo “My name is Vanessa Pardo, I was born and raised in France. I was initially a competitive swimmer before being introduced to tennis at the age of 10. I immediately fell in love with the sport! Within that year, I was very fortunate to be introduced to Daniel Contet who was himself a former #30 singles and #10 Doubles ATP tour…
About Csilla and Peter Constandache “My name is Csilla Constandache. I was born and raised in Romania and I have been residing in Florida since 2006. I began my tennis career at age six and I’ve been playing the beautiful sport ever since. I was ranked Third in Romania at the age of 14 playing the National Juniors U18. Unfortunately due to a knee injury,…
