Authors
David Bailey
David has been teaching tennis specific fitness and footwork for the past 20 years! Some of his achievements are:
- Fitness and Footwork advisor to Professional Players Grand Slam players Monica Seles, Jelena Dokic, Andrew Illie, Vince Spadea, Tatiana Perebiynis, Yulia Begelzimer, Monique Adamzak, Catalina Castano, Bethanie Mattek, Jarmilla Gajdosova, Anne Kethavong, Melanie South and Claudine Shaul.
- Lecturer to Tennis Coaches Australia, Tennis Australia, Tennis N.Z., U.S. Tennis Professionals Association 2006 and 2010.
- Lectured throughout UK and Europe for L.T.A and various county offices.
- Inventor of the “Bailey Method” with DVD/manual on teaching footwork and balance in tennis using cue words, shadow tennis, fed and live ball see www.thebaileymethod.com
- Completed Bailey Method Footwork DVD endorsed by Nick Bollettieri in 2006.
- Fitness Director – Chris Evert Tennis Academy, U.S.A 1998 - 2000.
- Talent ID for Tennis Australia using The Bailey Method.
Kerry Dock
Kerry Dock has been based in Sydney as coach for 20 years.
- He has coaching experience at all levels having taught many beginners at local and school level up through to junior and senior open tournaments and touring with players on the ATP and WTA tours.
- He has coached over 5000 players and trained many coaches with a high percentage of players going on to attain national rankings and world rankings, but more importantly has helped many social and recreational players of all abilities, ethnic and economic backgrounds enjoy tennis by teaching sound basics and instilling the desire to keep improving and learning.
- One of Kerry’s aims has always been to create a tennis education system that made tennis affordable and high quality for a wider market of people, not just the middle and upper classes. In July 2007, Kerry came up with the idea to take David’s fitness and footwork methods that he encountered first in 1993 and combine them with his traditional tennis coaching methods to create the Tennis Blast Program. The program has become a reality 2 years later in October 2009.
