David Sammel

David Sammel
Born July 5, 1961
Johannesburg, South Africa
Occupation Tennis Coach, Consultant, Author
Website lockerroompower.com

David Sammel (born in 1961 in Johannesburg, South Africa)[1] is a tennis coach, sports consultant and writer. Since 2010, David has been the Head Coach at Team-BathMCTA[2] and is also the author of the book Locker Room Power: Building an Athlete’s Mind.[3] David has coached players including Liam Broady,[4]Arvind Parmar,[5] Barry Cowan,[6] Wesley Moodie,[7] Martin Lee[8] and Andrew Richardson.

Coaching

David began coaching at The Metselaers club in Schevingen, the Netherlands in 1987 whilst still representing the club as a player, assisting with their promotion to the top division.[9] In 1989 after captaining the Manchester Mortgage Corporation League team,[10] he accepted the Head Coach position at the Matchpoint Indoor Club. Sammel went on to work with a number of players including Jamie Delgado, Arvind Parmar, Andrew Richardson, Martin Lee, Chris Haggard,[11] Barry Cowan, Miles MacLagan and Samantha Murray.[12]

Richardson achieved a five set win over top 30 player Byron Black and reached the third round of Wimbledon in 1997.[13] In 1999 Miles Maclagan held two match-points against Boris Becker [14] and Arvind Parmar qualified for Wimbledon going on to upset the seeded future French Open champion Albert Costa. In 2001, Barry Cowan extended Pete Sampras to five sets in the memorable "You'll never walk alone" court one encounter.[15]

Currently David Sammel and the team of coaches at TeamBath-MCTA help guide Samantha Murray, Anna Smith, Lisa Whybourn, Jess Simpson, Marcus Daniell (NZ Davis Cup), Scott Clayton and Richard Gabb.[16] In September 2014, David began working with Liam Broady alongside Mark Hilton, Ric Moylan and Adrian Tannock.[17] David is an officially recognised ATP Tour Coach.[18]

TeamBath-MCTA

In 2006, David founded the Monte Carlo Tennis Academy (MCTA) in Monaco alongside fitness trainer, Jez Green, who left in December 2008 to become Andy Murray's trainer.[19] The purpose of the academy was to discover, train and manage junior tennis players into top professionals. Players training at the academy included Anna Fitzpatrick, Stefania Boffa, Ana Veselinović, Henri Kontinen, Christina Mathis and Ilija Vucic.[20]

Fitzpatrick was a 2007 junior Wimbledon semi-finalist.[21] Vucic was semi finalist in the Eddie Herr International Junior Championships (losing to Grigor Dimitrov),[22] a finalist of 2009 Astrid Bowl in Belgium, won the 2008 Orange Bowl doubles (with Xander Spong) and finished as a top 30 ranked junior. Kontinen was a 2008 Wimbledon junior finalist.[23] The loss of sponsorship in 2008 curtailed the growing success of the academy.

In 2010, the MCTA relocated and joined with Bath University to form TeamBath-MCTA.[24]

Writing

David regularly writes about sport, psychology and coaching for magazines, websites and his blog.[25] He has articles published on websites including leadersinsport.com,[26] tennis4everyone.com,[27] teambathmcta.com,[28] jezgreen.com[29] and tennisatthenet.com.[30] He is also a contributing editor for tennisone.com and Tennishead magazine.[31] David's first book, Locker Room Power: Building an Athlete's Mind, was published in January 2014[32] and has been positively referenced by sports personalities including Stuart Lancaster,[33] Judy Murray[34] and Tim Henman.[35] In December 2014, David published the book Locker Room Power - A Guide To Moving From Junior To Professional Tennis: A Parent's Guide for Amazon Kindle.[36]

Consultancy

David provides Sports Psychology & Coaching Workshops and Consultancy for professional sports teams and coaches. He has provided consultancy for football clubs including Chelsea, Fulham and Bolton Wanderers.[37]

Podcast

In January 2015, David released the first episode of the Locker Room Power Podcast in which he discusses sporting events and sports psychology.[38] The first episode featured tennis coach Anthony Hampson alongside David.[39] Subsequent episodes have featured tennis players Richard Gabb and Scott Clayton and consultant Efe Ekhaese.[40]

References

  1. ↑ "David Sammel - Tennis Players". atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "TeamBath MCTA - Coaches". teambathmcta.com. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Buy the Book - Locker Room Power". lockerroompower.com. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "Liam Broady finds a route to the stars". independent.co.uk. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Parmar weaves through flak". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "Barry Cowan Overview". atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "Former Wimbledon champion Wes Moodie trains with TeamBath Tennis Academy". bathchronicle.co.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  8. ↑ "Martin Lee Overview". atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  9. ↑ "HLTC De Metselaars - Nationale Clubkampioenen". demetselaars.nl. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  10. ↑ "David Sammel - Team Bath". teambath.com. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  11. ↑ "Chris Haggard Bio". atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  12. ↑ "How Samantha Murray prepares for Maria Sharapova at Wimbledon". tennishead.net. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  13. ↑ "Andrew Richardson Bio". atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  14. ↑ "Miles MacLagan Bio". atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  15. ↑ "Barry Cowan Bio". atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  16. ↑ "Players - teambathmcta". Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  17. ↑ "Liam Broady finds a route to the stars". independent.co.uk. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  18. ↑ "David Sammel - Tennis - ATP World Tour". atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  19. ↑ "Jez Green CV". jezgreen.com. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  20. ↑ "British tennis looks to Monte Carlo". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  21. ↑ "Fact: photoshoots are not glamorous". tennishead.net. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  22. ↑ "2006 Eddie Herr International Junior Championships". collegeandjuniortennis.com. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  23. ↑ "2006 Grigor Dimitrov vs. Henri Kontinen 06.07.2008 - Wimbledon (juniors)". tennislive.net. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  24. ↑ "TeamBath-MCTA - History". teambathmcta.com. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  25. ↑ "David's Blog". lockerroompower.com. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  26. ↑ "Gaining the psychological edge". leadersinsport.com. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  27. ↑ "Inside Tennis". tennis4everyone.com. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  28. ↑ "Academy News". teambathmcta.com. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  29. ↑ "More Efficient Movement in Tennis". jezgreen.com. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  30. ↑ "Dealing with Cheating". tennisatthenet.com. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  31. ↑ "About David Sammel". lockerroompower.com. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  32. ↑ "Waterstones - Locker Room Power". waterstones.com. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  33. ↑ "Video & Radio Highlights". wimbledon.com. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  34. ↑ "Steve Flink: David Sammel's book plays to a particular audience". tennischannel.com. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  35. ↑ "Locker Room Power [Book]". appannie.com. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  36. ↑ "LOCKER ROOM POWER - A GUIDE TO MOVING FROM JUNIOR TO PROFESSIONAL TENNIS: A PARENT'S GUIDE [Kindle Edition]". amazon.com. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  37. ↑ "LRP Consultancy". lockerroompower.com. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  38. ↑ "Locker Room Power Podcast by David Sammel". itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  39. ↑ "LRPP 01: Australian Open 2015 with Anthony "Hampo" Hampson". lockerroompower.com. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  40. ↑ "Locker Room Power Podcast". stitcher.com. Retrieved 14 June 2015.

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