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Posted at : April 07, 2014 By
Benny LinWe've moved all our blogs to our Facebook page.
Posted at : August 21, 2012 By
Benny LinDay 1 - 23
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Benny LinDay 2 - 10
Posted at : October 02, 2011 By
Benny LinOur first match play experience tour to Shenzhen was held successfully. Although we experienced some rain but the weather has been kind to us. Our team arrived at East Lake Yuetong Tennis Center in Shenzhen around 9:30 am.
Posted at : August 05, 2011 By
Benny LinDay 11
Winston played some of his best tennis today. He was able to successfully control the match by using his big forehand. His forehand was the base of his victory today and he used it very effectively from the baseline. Having said that Winston needs to improve his game toughness because some games he played solid tennis and some game he played exactly the opposite (many easy mistakes). He fought hard today and pumped his fist high a few times. Great fighting spirit and will to win.
Posted at : July 20, 2011 By
Benny LinOur team had arrived to LA safely. For some reason it took ages to get out of LAX airport as both immigration and custom were packed with passengers and the lines were so long. I had to wait for over 2.5 hours before our team came out from the custom.
Posted at : July 07, 2011 By
Benny LinToday was one of my proudest day as a coach. Although I didn’t show it much to the kids but I was very proud of all of them.
Posted at : July 06, 2011 By
Benny LinOur team woke up very early this morning. We had our breakfast at 6:15 as we wanted to arrive before 7:00 so we could get enough courts for warm up and practice before everyone else arrives.
Posted at : July 05, 2011 By
Benny LinWe arrived at Yale University around 9:30 am. Yale University will be the battle ground for the next 3 days.
Posted at : July 04, 2011 By
Benny LinAfter our morning run and fitness session we drove to Brown University to meet our old friend coach Dave Schwarz. Coach Dave was in Hong Kong last November so he remembered some of our players.
Posted at : July 03, 2011 By
Benny LinEvery time I am at Harvard I always remember one of my students said that he already feels smarter just being at Harvard :-D.
Posted at : July 02, 2011 By
Benny LinThis morning I took the kids to one of the best if not the best science and math school in the world – MIT. Our team met with both Men’s and Women’s coach; coach David and coach Carol.
Posted at : July 01, 2011 By
Benny LinToday has been our longest and most tiring day so far. It was a 20-hour day for all of us.
Posted at : June 30, 2011 By
Benny LinOur team got up around 630am this morning. I took the kids for running so that they could adjust to the weather and get over their jet lag sooner.
Posted at : June 29, 2011 By
Benny LinGreetings from New York! We have arrived safely to New York.
Posted at : April 27, 2011 By
Benny LinAll the kids had their normal day at the academy; 3 hours in the morning and 2 hours in the afternoon.
Posted at : April 26, 2011 By
Benny LinIt was raining very hard in the morning but Riyo and coach Bhagat went to the tournament venue anyway.
Posted at : April 25, 2011 By
Benny LinIt was a very long day for our team, especially for coach Bhagat who left the academy at 645am and didn’t return until 8pm.
Posted at : April 24, 2011 By
Benny LinTo our surprise the tournament venue is about 65km away from the academy which takes about 1.5 hours to reach. It is very far.
Posted at : April 23, 2011 By
Benny LinAlthough some of the kids couldn’t sleep well because the mattress at the academy is rock-hard, but overall everyone had a good night rest.
Posted at : April 22, 2011 By
Benny LinOur team landed around 5pm local time and went straight to the academy. Before dinner we had a team meeting where I laid out important ground rules and my expectations.
Posted at : January 09, 2011 By
Vuk ZelunkaAfter arriving to Kaohsiung HKITA Elite team had training preparation for the tournament first 3 days partly on clay court and partly on hard court.
Posted at : August 05, 2010 By
Vuk ZelunkaCroatian tour this summer went very smoothly. Beside technical, tactical and physical training kids got a chance to see some of the most interesting places on the Croatian coast and still had a lot of fun at the local beaches.
Posted at : August 02, 2010 By
Benny LinHappy 14th birthday to Michelle Lo. I guess her birthday brought her luck because she won both singles and doubles at Lakewood Championship.
Posted at : August 01, 2010 By
Benny LinWallace and Michelle advanced to the final while Alastair lost in the semifinal. The kids also played their doubles matches today.