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ACE TENNIS IS COMMITTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF
EXCELLENCE IN YOUTH THROUGH
THE SPORT OF TENNIS
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Doug Burke
ACE President
Tennis Director
Burlington
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There is nothing like the winter competitive season to receive the benefit of all the hard work that has been put in by players and coaches for the last seven months. It is a time of evaluation, reflection and the resulting planning for the next five months.
The spring/summer season is marked with the introduction of one more variable [outdoors]. Most often this period is marked with a beginning physical priority, followed by outdoor adaptation, revisiting of priority patterns and working on areas identified through the competitive period at the end of the season.
Summer is a major development period especially for younger high performance players. The volume of training accessible through two a day training is essential for major steps in a player's game. Of course competition is important but a balanced approach needs to be considered.
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I came across the following which I thought would be a good evaluation tool in grading your commitment level as a High Performance player or coach. This reflects our ACE philosophy:
10 Reasons Why Champions Succeed,
by Allister McCaw
1. They have a vision and deeper purpose.
2. They are willing to get up at any hour in the morning to go train.
3. They are willing to go harder and longer than their opponents.
4. They never look for excuses or blame others. They take responsibility.
5. They never blame their circumstances or past.
6. They are obsessed and constantly thinking about it.
7. They have a deeper purpose and are driven by their 'why'.
8. They are protective of their energy and who they associate with.
9. They aren't trying to be perfect, instead they are doing, trying, failing and trying again until they get it right.
10. Last but not least, and probably the most important one; they simply want it more and will do whatever it takes.
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NATIONALS
THE FOLLOWING PLAYERS QUALIFIED
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U12 - Calgary
Vicky Mboko
U14 - Vancouver
Sarah Liu
Vicky Mboko
Jessica Alsola
Katja Jules-Viberg
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U16 - Montreal
Rachel Krzyzak
Michael Pawlowicz
Matilda Rigby
Alexandra Mikailhuk
U18 - Toronto
Oleksandra Gorchanyuk
Viktoryia Tabunshchyk
Sofija Zecevic
Maalik Bhatnagar
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STRONG ACE PERFORMANCES
AT NATIONALS
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Rachel Krzyzak U14 Nationals Finalist & U14 Doubles Cahampion as well as 3rd place U16.
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Viktoriya Tabunshchyk 2nd U16 Nationals.
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Alex Mikailhuk - U16 4th place Nationals.
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OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT!
Michael Pawlowicz made it to the round of 16 and received Tennis Canada's Sportsmanship Award for both the U16 and U18 National Championships.
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Vicky Mboko - U12 Singles Finalist and Doubles Champion.
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Vicky Mboko, Burlington's 10 year old warrior played 6 major tournaments in the last seven weeks. From Auray, France where she won best young player award, through her fourth place finish at Ontario's U14 provincial and finally through both the Nationals U14 and U12 she established her credentials as a future star of the Canadian tennis scene. She won the U12 National Doubles Championship with Kayla Cross, her partner in France and lost a heartbreaking final in the U12 National to Cadence Brace, also of Burlington after having a match point serving at 5-4 in the third. Cross, Brace and Mboko lead a group of young Ontario players with a great future in the game.
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Vicky Mboko with National Coach Kyrylo Tabunshchyk and Cadence Brace.
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Jessica Alsola U14 National Singles 5th place.
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Mathilda Rigby qualified for the U16 Nationals through the qualifying tournament.
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Oleksandra Gorchanyuk finished top 12 in the U16. |
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ACE COACHES AT THE NATIONALS
In keeping with the traditon of the last few years, the following ACE coaches were appointed by the OTA to be the Team Ontario Managers/Coaches at the Nationals.
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U16 - Montreal
U18 - Toronto
Mike Hall
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U12 - Calgary
Kyrylo Tabunshchyk
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U14 - Vancouver
Irfan Shamasdin
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CONGRATULATIONS
U16 PROVINCIAL CHAMPION VIKTORYIA TABUNSHCHYK!
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE
PROVINCIALS
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U12 GIRLS
5th - Vicky Mboko
Doubles Finalist - Vicky Mboko
U14 GIRLS
Finalist - Katja Jules-Viberg
4th - Vicky Mboko
5th - Jessica Alsola
Doubles Champion - Jessica Alsola
U16 GIRLS
4th - Rachel Krzyzak
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U16 BOYS
4th - Michael Pawlowicz
U18 GIRLS
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Sofija Zecevic U18 Provincial Finalist - pictured here with coach Mike Hall.
Sofija, who has not competed since August 2015, returned to competitive play this past month competing in the U18 Provincials. She qualified for the event and made it all the way to the finals, defeating the number 1, 4, and 8 seeds along the way before f
alling in 3 sets in the final.
"It is quite a remarkable comeback for Zecevic after the long layoff" - said coach Mike Hall. "I've worked with Sofija for almost 9 years now and it's a very special come - back for her and her team, and one we are all very proud of here at the academy."
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U14 GIRLS
Left to right: Coach Brandon Alguire with Doubles Champion Jessica Alsola - also 5th place Singles - 4th place Vicky Mboko and Singles Finalist Katja Jules-Viberg.
Katja and her mother Josie drove to Burlington from Edmonton last July - so that Katja could further her tennis development with us at ACE Burlington. Katja has shown excellent commitment in her training and has blossomed over the last eight months - making great strides in all aspects of her game.
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Michael Pawlowicz - Provincials Boys U16
4th place and U18 6th place.
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MORE PLAYER ACHIEVEMENTS
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Michaela Stephens - who is with us for several months through Doug Burke's ongoing efforts to assist in Jamaica's tennis development - hails from a parish called Clarendon in rural Jamaica. She started playing tennis on a rough asphalt netball court on which her former coach marked out tennis court lines. Michaela experienced her first winter and saw snow for the first time when she arrived here in late January.
Pictured is Michaela in action for Jamaica at The U16 North / Central American & Caribbean Junior Fed Cup Qualifying Competition in El Salvador last week.
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Michaela won all five of her singles matches beating the number ones from Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados , US Virgin Islands and Curacao. Keep it up Michaela!
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Laila Kamil - Champions Team ACE Burlington -
Winner of ACE Futures Stars Girls U10.
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Deniz Atkin pictured here on the left, took the Champions title in the
U14 Rookie at ACE April 2nd.
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Michaela Stephens on the left - Winner of the U16 Provincial Circuit tournament defeating Katherine Lancia at ACE March 17 - 19.
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Gongratulations to Brooke Feth who was awarded the March Future Stars
Fair Play Award!
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| Anna Mockoviciak NAT U14 Provincial Circuit Tournament Winner. |
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Enna Krnjic NAT U12 Provincial Circuit Tournament Winner seen here with
finalist Bailey Muller.
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U8 RED BALL TOURNAMENT TTC
Natalie Araya
Assistant Coach,
Progressive / Competitive
Toronto Tennis City
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I would like to announce that Toronto Tennis City will be hosting six U8 Red Ball Series tournaments this spring starting this weekend on Saturday April 8th. If you would like to register your son or daughter for the upcoming events then you may contact me via email. The fee is $35 cash and registration starts at 6:15 pm, our red ball tournaments will always be held on a Saturday evening from 6:30 - 8:30 pm. The winner of our spring circuit will receive $300 towards programs, camps or tournaments here at ACE Toronto.
Here are the dates for the U8 Red Ball
tournaments this spring:
April 8th, April 22nd, May 6th, May 20th,
June 3rd, June 17th
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You can also visit the OTA website and look at Tournament Calendar for more details
(look for Toronto Tennis City U8 Rogers Circuit). If you have any further questions feel free to contact me via email.
Hope to see you all on court this spring!
Cheers,
Natalie.
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Mark Cherapakha - Champion with Finalist Dyan Hajkazemian -both from Little Aces program in Toronto.
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Timofey Dobrovolsky (Finalist) and Simon Berin (Champion) with excellent support!
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Stellar U8 Team Participants!
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U9 TDC Team March 25th-26th
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Walker Lamarche
U9 TDC Coach
Head Coach
Little Aces Burlington
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It's Saturday morning bright and early 8:15 am, and I show up to the Aviva Centre to see half of my dedicated students already on court warming up. That's the mentality the ACE team players had through the whole tournament. It didn't matter what point or what time of day - ACE players were there to compete. Both ACE teams made it to the championship round with solid teamwork in doubles, and always fighting to generate extra games for the team in singles.
Sunday was no different, my players beating me once again to the court. Day 2 proved a little more difficult for ACE Team 2 who eventually landed 5th place overall in the tournament. Congratulations to Leo, Mahzar, Isabelle, and Laura! ACE Team 1 hit their stride and went on to finish the tournament, never losing one match - congratulations goes to Chris, Mikail, Anna, and Brooke for placing 1st overall in the tournament.
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A special thank you goes out to Jp Morgan who assisted me both Saturday and Sunday and to all the parents who had to get up and drive early and never once complained! Finally thank you to the OTA for organizing such a great event for the kids!
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U9 TDC Winning Team - ACE Burlington -
Left to right: Brooke Feth, Mikail Iqbal, Chris Bulgaru and Anna Tabunshchyk
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"Some of the best U9 players in the province compete at this tournament. The format for the U9 TDC is a Davis / Fed Cup style format and with tennis being an individual sport, it gave the players a great opportunity to feel part of a team. The level of play of the other clubs was very good, but we competed well in each of our matches. The players acted professional and overall had a fun and unique experience at the event."
Irfan Shamasdin
U9 TDC Coach
Director Competitive Prorgams
ACE Toronto
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| Anastasia and Ruzgar in action. |
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| TTC Team left to right: Ruzgar Iscen, Anastasia Malysheva, Cadence Benchetrit, Leon Gagarin. |
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Mindfulness and Optimal Performance
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Zach Johnson
Head Coach
Little ACES TTC
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Ever been angry after losing a point? Distracted by parents on the sidelines? Nervous at match point in a close third set? Feeling lethargic and lacking energy when losing badly?
These are states that every competitive tennis player has encountered. They challenge our ability to play to our full potential and can often lead to underperformance. However, a type of mental training which includes mindfulness appears to have an abundance of positive effects such as increased resilience, self-regulation, concentration, and ability to respond less reactively.
Mindfulness can be described as the action of paying attention to the present moment, on purpose, without judgement.
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If we want to increase performance, we need to train being aware of the harmful processes involved with our sensation and perception of the world. By doing this, we can train a new, more useful relationship to previously uncomfortable feelings and mind states.
In his 2013 book, 'Serve to Win', Novak Djovokic says that mindfulness meditation has enabled him to let go of negative emotions such as self-doubt, anger and worry, and that this has made all the difference to his mental approach on court. He sees mindfulness training as just as important as his physical training, and believes that dedicated regular mindfulness practice leads to consistent positive rewards.
So, what exactly can we practice in these challenging situations? Stop yourself for a moment and take a few breathes with the intention of paying attention to the sensation of breathing or standing without trying to change it or judge it. Just notice the nature of the experience before returning back to the task at hand. It is a small but powerful exercise that changes the way we perform, and more importantly, how we relate to ourselves and others.
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U18 ITF 35th All Canadian Junior Championships
10 April - 15 April, 2017
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BOYS QUALIFYING Draw Size: 48
GIRLS QUALIFYING Draw Size: 32
MAIN DRAW: April 10th - April 15th, 2017
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U10, U12, U14 and
U16
are scheduled for April 13th -17th;
U18 is scheduled for April 21st - 23rd.
Next Super Series #2 in 2017 will be at
Toronto Tennis City - last week of August.
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UPCOMING
Provincial Team Championships
U9 - APRIL 29TH - 30TH
U10 - MAY 6TH - 7TH
U12 - MAY 13TH - 14TH
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TENNIS CANADA RECOMMENDED TRAINING HOURS
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AGE
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Group & Private Training
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Physical development
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U9
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4 - 6 hrs / wk
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4 - 5 hrs/wk |
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U10
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6 - 8 hrs / wk
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5 - 6 hrs/wk
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U12
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10 - 12 hrs /wk
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5 - 7 hrs/wk
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U14
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12 - 14 hrs / wk
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5 - 8 hrs/wk
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U16
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14 - 18 hrs / wk
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6 - 10 hrs/wk
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U18
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18 - 22 hrs / wk
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8 - 10 hrs/wk
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EASTER SCHEDULE
ACE Toronto and ACE Burlington will be closed Friday April 14 and
Sunday April 16
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COACH'S CORNER
What does it take to be the best?
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Brandon Alguire
Head Coach
Provincial Team
ACE Burlington
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I hear a lot of people talk about how things 'used to be back in the old days'. It's definitely true that sports and athletes are different now then they were 20 years ago. Change is inevitable and we all need to adapt to the changes.
One major change happening now is how competitive sports are because of the amount of players competing at all ages. It's a lot harder to be the most skilled player now because all players, parents, and coaches have access to all the information on the internet. Therefore, how do you separate yourself as an athlete from the thousands of others who are right at your level?
The answer: have the right values! Be the hardest worker. Be the most disci
plined. Be an amazing teammate.
Coaches are looking for more than just talent, because frankly, talent is easy to find today. They want great people with great values and who strive for nothing but excellence every day
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Below is a 3-4 min video clip of an NCAA basketball coach explaining what it he looks for in players when recruiting. I very highly recommend you all watch it as it's a very powerful message.
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TO REGISTER IN BURLINGTON
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ACE TENNIS BURLINGTON operates out of Cedar Springs Health, Racquet and Sportsclub. The Cedar Springs Club boasts state of the art fitness facilities that compliment its 11 indoor tennis courts. It also offers full member recreational services including access to pools, a basketball gym, and a restaurant. Physiotherapy, medical services and massage therapy is also available on site.
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Toronto Tennis City is Toronto's most unique tennis destination located at Yonge and Davisville. The club provides its members with year round access to red Italian clay
courts with state of the art LED lighting, a beautiful club house and a complimentary REPLAY video analysis system. The club offers first rate adult programs and service
oriented staff. Toronto Tennis City is also home of ACE Tennis Academy, Canada's #1 school for junior players.
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Ace players and coaches benefit from the Ace Replay system which provides them with the opportunity to access a video replay of the player's practice, lesson or match play. The Ace Replay system provides an opportunity for match analysis, an understanding of player's behavior in pressure situations and evaluation through analytics.
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All Canadian Sports Management Inc is a 40 year old company which has specialized mostly in the field of tennis through strategical planning for tennis development, creation and management of sport facilities, the creation and operation of events, research and development in the scientific area of the sport and the operation of Canada's top tennis developmental school tennis through All Canadian Academy and now ACE Tennis. All Canadian also has ownership in ACE REPLAY, a new video replay system.
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ACE TENNIS BURLINGTON
Cedar Springs Health, Racquet and Sportsclub
960 Cumberland Avenue
BURLINGTON
L7N 3J6
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ACE TENNIS TORONTO
Toronto Tennis City
185 Ballilo Street
TORONTO
M4S 1C2 ON
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