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From: cccallan@ucdavis.UUCP (Allan McKillop)
Newsgroups: net.sport
Subject: Re: What's happening with Bollettieri's tennis kids?
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Date: Thu, 3-Oct-85 01:11:57 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct  3 01:11:57 1985
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> --
> For some time now there has been a pattern of "sad" developments
> with those kids out of Nick Bollettieri's tennis academy who
> are good enough to turn pro:
> * they move up very high very quickly
> * they stay there few months
> * they take an enormous plunge
> 
>  Eric Korita (150mph-serving Prince-advertising fellow). 
> 	Nowhere in sight
>  Jimmy Arias (was #5 on the ATP computer)
> 	Now floating in low 20s
> Kathy Horvath  - similar to Arias' story
> Aaron Krickstein - even more promise then Arias, now
> 	plunges 20 places in rankings
> Lisa Bonder - same story
> 
> The only exception is Carling Basset, but that may be due to
> the fact that she hasn't spent her few months near the top yet..
> 
wait a second.  while i have no real love for the Bollettieri
method of training, you have a couple of your facts wrong.

Horvath and Bonder are not with Bollettieri anymore.  I believe
Horvath is still under Harry Hopman and Bonder is working with
some coach in Miami.

I think what is more interesting in the men is the tendancy to not
have a well rounded game.  Arias and Krickstein both have/had great
forehands, but thier backhands that would have trouble cracking eggs.
Take away Korita's serve, and what do you have?  not much.

I think this is the real reason i think the people shoot way up,
but then people start figuring ways around the one weapon, they
have nothing to fall back on.

-- 

Allan McKillop
(...ucbvax!ucdavis!deneb!cccallan)

"Where there's a will, there's a relative..."


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