{"id":6497,"date":"2020-11-01T18:06:47","date_gmt":"2020-11-01T18:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slamstox.com\/slamstox-news-english\/college-coaches-and-the-olympics\/"},"modified":"2021-04-07T15:25:24","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T15:25:24","slug":"college-coaches-and-the-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slamstox.com\/en\/insights-fun-more-english\/college-coaches-and-the-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"College Coaches and the Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
American College Coaches, we wrote about it before. Are college coaches often your best friend, or not?<\/a> And what does a coach pay attention to during the recruiting process<\/a>? One thing is certain: your future college coach will be very important in your further career (as a student-athlete)!<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is extremely important that you get along with your college coach, that you agree with his \/ her vision on sports and perhaps most importantly: that you are inspired by your coach! College sports are huge in the USA: everybody pays a lot of attention to the results of the sports teams and sometimes we find more than 100,000 spectators per game. You can imagine that there is also a lot of pressure on the coaches. You do not just become a College Coach. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In this article we are talking about different College Coaches who all have one thing in common: they have participated (as coach) in the Olympic Games<\/span><\/strong>. A goal that is seen as the realistic finish line for many student athletes. And what inspires more than a coach who has been there?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kyle Spencer, the now 44-year-old tennis coach from England, is the first on our list today. Before starting his career as a coach, Kyle played tennis at a high level: his highest world ranking in doubles is ATP#126! <\/p>\n\n\n\n He obtained this position in July 2000. In the same year he played for England with Barry Cowan during the Olympics in Sydney. 2000 was a successful year for Kyle: he also made it to the first round of Wimbledon! The NC State Men’s Tennis Team plays in the Atlantic Coast Conference and is one of the strongest tennis teams in College Tennis! In addition, the team is very diverse, it consists 10 players from 8 different nationalities. And big news: Dutch tennis player Fons van Sambeek<\/a> will join them next year! Fons came into contact with the team and coach Kyle through Slamstox. After visiting the University in Raleigh he was sure: with Kyle he is in good hands. Let’s go Pack!<\/p>\n\n\n\n1. Kyle spencer – Head Tennis Coach @ NC State<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
(During the same edition of Wimbledon, Holland’s greatest doubles champion Paul Haarhuis managed to beat the very young Roger Federer in the quarter-finals of doubles play. A while ago! And did you know that Paul Haarhuis played College Tennis as well? He was part of the ‘Seminoles’ @ Florida State University!<\/a>)<\/em>
Kyle also reached the main tournament of Wimbledon in 2001 and 2002: proof that this experienced coach at NC State not only competed in the Olympic Games, but that he also competed in the world’s most prestigious tournament multiple times!<\/p>\n\n\n\n