Clint is the Tennis Australia Talent Development Manager in Queensland. Clint previously worked as a private coach, producing 8 National Singles Champions, and was a Tournament Director for numerous Pro Tour and Junior ITF events. He is a former winner of the National Talent Development Coaching Excellence Award, a 4-time finalist at the National Awards and 4-time winner of the Queensland Coaching Excellence Award.

A freelance Consultant for the Technical Department of the Coach Education of the Italian Tennis Federation (FIT). A private consultant providing leadership/education services for coaches and management services for tennis facilities and companies. An entrepreneur with the high-tech company Mas-Tech srl for applied patent pending analytics technologies.

Two time Australian Tennis Coach of the year and 7 time QLD coach of the year, Gary Stickler has enjoyed a highly decorated and successful career. Gary has coached a number of Australian Champions and World ranked players including Pat Rafter, Jason Kubler and John Millman. He has also coached over 60 players to American College Universities. Gary holds a Bachelor of Sports Coaching, as well as Sports Medicine, Strength and Conditioning and Tennis Australia Coaching Qualifications.

A Physical Performance Coach and the Academy Manager for Tennis Australia, Adelaide. Alistair has recently completed his PhD in exercise science, specialising in high performance youth development and competition preparation for tennis. Alistair is currently responsible for the design and delivery of the physical performance program of the National Academy in Adelaide. The program is designed to specifically tailor long-term athletic development for over 45 junior tennis players, ranging from 8 years through to 18 years, club level through to International juniors within the National Academy.

Former Tennis West CEO, Michael has extensive ATP and WTA coaching experience including having coached Grand Slam winners in singles, doubles and mixed doubles. He has managed and coached team tennis in Europe and the United States and has previously held the role of Head Coach at the Victorian Institute of Sport (Developmental program). In addition to his coaching experience, Michael has won the French Open junior boys doubles, been a semi and quarter finalist and has competed against 10 different former ATP no.1 ranked players in ATP sanctioned events.

Emma is a New Zealander residing in Brisbane, working at the Queensland Tennis Centre. She has been in performance coaching for the past 10 years. Emma has coached the junior FED Cup NZ teams as well as taking numerous national camps and international tours with the New Zealand Tennis Federation. As a player, Emma achieved a WTA singles and doubles ranking, as well as playing Federation Cup for NZ. She spent 5 college years in the US coaching at Country Clubs in Southampton NY, Darien CT and Jupiter Island FL during her summers. She has coached and travelled with a number of NZ and US individual performance players to ITFs and Pro Tour events. Emma’s passion is to develop and educate young players to maximise their potential ensuring they are given every opportunity to succeed internationally.

Maria is a registered Psychologist who is passionate about coaching, educating and guiding individuals to attain their full athletic potential. She is a Junior Development Coach, is currently undertaking her Club Professional qualification, and has vast experience within the Sport Clubs & Fitness Industry, Sport Administration and schools. Maria is a mother of 6 children and encourages sport participation for families to enhance health, wellbeing and promote quality family time. Maria has experienced first-hand what it takes to be an elite athlete. She has been a professional tennis player on the international tennis tour, State No 1 Junior and Australian National representative (both Junior and Masters Level) as well as being an accomplished long distance runner.

Adam has been an employee within the performance department at Tennis Australia since 2011. His current assignment is working with QLD’s 12-15 girls having formally spent time as a been a National Head Coach in Western Australia and a National Women’s Coach in the NA in Brisbane. Prior to returning to Australia, Adam spent 12 years working in the United States as a private coach and business owner, a USTA employee, Collegiate Division 1 Head Coach and Director of the Andre Agassi Foundation. He is currently working on his Doctorate in Philosophy at the University of Queensland having completed his Bachelors and Masters in the USA.  His area of focus for his PhD is “How daily training environments grow expertise in coaches” and is fascinated by the way coaches interact, frame beliefs and develop their “personal story” through the athletes, coaches and environments they develop.

Paul is a Tennis Australia High Performance Coach specialising in coaching advanced to elite juniors. In addition to this he is also a Platinum Talent Development Coach and is a Learning Facilitator with Tennis Victoria. With over 20 years of coaching experience, Paul operates coaching programs at six tennis venues in Melbourne and has coached multiple juniors to National titles in singles and doubles.

Patrick Landy is currently the Coach Development Coordinator in Victoria, Patrick commenced a Bachelor of Applied Science – Sport Coaching at Deakin University in 2001 before completing the Tennis Australia Junior Development and then Club Professional coaching courses. He graduated a Bachelor of Commerce – Sport Management from Deakin University in 2005 before moving back home to Albury/Wodonga to coach with the Margaret Court Tennis Academy as well as manage the Albury Tennis Association. He returned to Melbourne in 2011 to work within Tennis Australia’s national programs team where he assisted with the launch of the Cardio Tennis program in Australia. Patrick has been running Tennis Australia’s coaching courses or the past three years and is excited to share his passion for coaching with the 2017 conference delegates.

Greg began coaching wheelchair tennis in the late 1980s. One of the first competitors he coached was Daniela Di Toro, who took up the sport when she was thirteen years old at Crump’s suggestion. He was the coach of the Australian national teams in 1996 Atlanta Paralympics, 2000 Sydney, (winning Gold in the men’s singles and Silver in both the men’s and women’s doubles), 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing and the 2012 London. Crump has been coach at numerous WTC winning the Men’s in Nottingham, Paris and Italy and also winning the women’s WTC beating the highly favoured team from the Netherland’s in New York in 1999. Greg is currently the National Academy Wheelchair Coach for Tennis Australia.

Alex Jago is the National Wheelchair Pathways Manager – Tennis Australia. Prior to this role Alex worked in a variety of positions for Tennis Australia such as the Coach & Talent Development Manager (VIC/TAS) and National Academy Manager – WA. Alex has a Bachelor of Sports Management and is a Qualified High Performance Coach. As a player Alex achieved a career high of no.8 in doubles whist representing the University of Memphis in NCAA division 1.

Jason is a Performance Coach who leads from the front, with over 20yrs experience including 10yrs traveling full time on the ATP/WTA tours. He works with several players in the Top 100 and Top 20. Additionally, spending many years working on the Russian Davis Cup Team and kick starting the Kazakhstan Davis and Fed Cup teams. With extensive experience in both LTAD and Professional Sport many of his athletes have made Olympic and Commonwealth Teams and have even won Gold and Silver medals. In addition to his coaching experience, Jason has lectured in several High Schools, Universities and TAFE colleges on subjects covering Athletic Performance, Sports Therapies and Behaviour Change.

Greg is currently Director of Tennis at Newington College, and Presbyterian Ladies’ College Sydney.
He is a Tennis Australia High Performance Coach, but has had a broad experience coaching players from Hotshots to Performance level. He is a former school teacher, Tennis NSW State Coach/NSWIS Head Coach and has worked both domestically and internationally, as a coach, coach educator, and athlete/program manager. He is still active as a Tennis Australia Learning Facilitator. Greg has had a long association with tennis in the private school system, and believes there is a lot to be learned about teaching tennis, from working in the school environment.

Brett is Tennis Australia’s Coach Development Manager for VIC and TAS, responsible for the team delivering coaching qualifications and ongoing professional development for coaches, teachers and volunteers in both states. Brett has over 20 years coaching experience both here and in the UK where he worked in High Performance training academies, specialising in Talent Development programs and pathways for U/12 children. He holds a Tennis Australia High Performance Coaching qualification, a Bachelor of Business Marketing, and a Cert IV in Training and Assessment.

Steve is the Manager for Industry Development at Tennis Australia. This key role is the link between our delivery network and focuses on Coach Development, Club Development, Venue Sustainability and operational guidance and support. Steve and his team oversee key projects and developments in venue management and development, operational modelling, future planning and benchmarking with a key focus on quality management, participation pathway delivery leading to customer retention. Steve has over 15 years’ experience working in the leisure industry, leading large staff teams and engaging the community.