#15 SUCCESSFUL HABIT FOR OVERCOMING ADVERSITY
It’s August. 6am in the morning in Naples, Florida. Alarms start to go off in the players’ dorms. Sleepy faces emerge, excited about starting a new day of their new life at the Academy. There’s lots of emotions, worries and news… They are also excited about this new stage of their lives. A stage which, for almost every athlete at the Sanchez-Casal Academy, is hugely influential on their development as a person.
#12 SUCCESSFUL HABIT FOR OVERCOMING ADVERSITY
Michelle Konkoly is all energy and determination. Last summer, the 24-year-old athlete saw her dreams fulfilled when she won 4 medals at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio and broke two Paralympic records in the S9 100m freestyle and the S9 50m freestyle.
Originally from Pennsylvania, at Georgetown Konkoly joined the university’s swimming team. Her life was changed dramatically, however, when in her freshman year she fell five stories out of her dorm window and was seriously injured. She fractured several ribs and a vertebra, damaged her spinal cord, and as a result, was left paralyzed from the waist down.
A STORY OF SPORTING AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS
At Sánchez-Casal Academy we have been using tennis and education as a vehicle for the personal development of our young players for almost 20 years. We are extremely proud of all who have trained and studied with us. One of those is Mike Vermeer, who has graduated Cum Laude from Columbia University.
Who is the tennis coach in this picture?
A few days ago, Sánchez-Casal Academy presented its new Summer Song, “Gonna be a damn good day”. Maybe you are asking yourselves what tennis has to do with music. Emilio Sánchez Vicario shows you that they have a lot in common.
Diary of a coach: a day in the life of teaching your children (Part 1)
When we talk about a day in the life of a coach at our Academy, we’re also talking about a day in the life of our student tennis players, because the lives of both are closely linked. A typical day is very intense: training on the court, physical fitness training, school, studying, homework. But there is also time for camaraderie, and to create relationships that will probably last for the rest of their lives.
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL BENEFITS OF THE ASC INTERNCONTINENTAL PROGRAM
It’s fundamental that our children and young people practise sport, not just for health reasons but also to acquire healthy habits. But it isn’t always easy for young people to combine sport with studying and the academic achievements needed to guarantee their futures. Find out how, in the Sánchez-Casal Academy, we can help you.
Teaching athletes how to eat for maximum performance
In order to reach their maximum performance, it’s vital that athletes have a solid knowledge of nutrition. They should know how to choose the right foods for each period of training and/or competition and adapt their diet to the continuous number of changes that occur over their sporting lives.
Tennis and studying in 2 continents. Are you ready?
Emilio Sánchez Vicario has created a new program, the only one in the world, which combines tennis and education under one system. The program spans over two continents, located at sites in the USA (Naples, Florida) and Europe (Barcelona, Spain). As a student tennis player himself, Sánchez Vicario found it hard to combine these two aspects of his life when he was younger, and thus the Sánchez-Casal Academy Intercontinental Program was born.
