ONcourt Weekly Edition: July 30 – August 5
The Bear Weighs In: August 2012
Dear Bill,
Thank you for your response to Pierre, which he liked on many levels due to the non-personal nature of it and because it allows him to deal specifically with issues which, could make the whole player development process better in Canada. I put together the following synopsis of our discussions re: your letter and I hope you can see our side to the story: more kids, lower cost, better synergy between the private sector and Tennis Canada.
You state that pro scouts, managers and experts cannot predict accurately how a young adult of 18 years old in hockey will perform at the next level. This relates to the various hockey prospects, who, as you mentioned [how about Dick Wickeneiser... I am a Canadian fan], had been overlooked or overrated.
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Casey Curtis Weighs In
***Casey Curtis is a High Performance Coach and the Coach of Milos Raonic, the highest ranked man in the history of Canadian tennis, from the age 8-17. Today, Casey shares with the readers of ONcourt his views on the National Training Centre and the cooperation between Tennis Canada and the private sector.***
Hi everyone,
I thought I would chime in here with some thoughts on the subject. First of all, I would like to say thanks to Pierre for getting this conversation out in the open. I hope that we can all try to see both sides of the discussion. We are all certainly entitled to form and hold our own thoughts on this. I hope my comments don’t offend anyone. They certainly are not meant to do that. They are simply my opinion.
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One Love: Sam Philp at ITF Jamaica Junior Tournament
***Sam Philp is a 16 year-old player from England who is currently training at ACE Tennis Cedar Springs with his sister Anna. Sam has recently come back from Jamaica where he participated in the ITF Jamaica Junior Tournament. ONcourt met with Sam to find out about his trip.***
ONcourt: Welcome back home to Canada, Sam. During your 2-weeks stay in Jamaica, what were the biggest differences that you noticed between Jamaica and Canada?
Sam Philp: There was a lot too see in Jamaica, some things that I wasn’t expecting. Going into the capital of Jamaica, I was expecting a very commercial city. What I saw was an extremely industrial city. There were a lot of factories around Kingston and a lot of construction. You could see how hard they’re trying to improve the city. A lot of Kingston is slums, but we’d call them “dodgy” areas. It was a completely different experience. You can easily see that Jamaica has a long way to go to reach the living standards of a country, like Canada.
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