Welcome to our world,
where commitment, expertise and first-class service are at the center.
We at College-Scout-PLUS rely on making optimal use of our competence and our network. Our founder Marcus Schneider draws on his excellent contacts and relationships in the tennis industry to fill our top-class service and consulting team.
The team constellation of experts, who have all worked together in their professional field of activity, is an ideal prerequisite for using the philosophy of College-Scout-PLUS optimally for you.
The team constellation of experts, who have all worked together in their professional field of activity, is an ideal prerequisite for using the philosophy of College-Scout-PLUS optimally for you.
We at College-Scout-PLUS rely on making optimal use of our competence and our network. Our founder Marcus Schneider draws on his excellent contacts and relationships in the tennis industry to fill our top-class service and consulting team.
The team constellation of experts, who have all worked together in their professional field of activity, is an ideal prerequisite for using the philosophy of College-Scout-PLUS optimally for you.
We at College-Scout-PLUS rely on making optimal use of our competence and our network. Our founder Marcus Schneider draws on his excellent contacts and relationships in the tennis industry to fill our top-class service and consulting team.
Marcus Schneider
(Founder of College-Scout-PLUS)
It's not really about achieving perfection, but about continuous progress.
Marcus Schneider
(Founder of College-Scout-PLUS)
It's not really about achieving perfection, but about continuous progress.
Marcus Schneider
Founder & Operating Director of College-Scout-PLUS
Location:
- Boca Raton, FL
- Frankfurt, Germany
- Flexible
Marcus is a professional tennis coach with a strong track record in player development, as a mentor and consultant. In more than 30 years, Marcus has trained some of the best young players in the world and supervised numerous professional players at prestigious tournaments such as Grand Slam events and on the international circuit.
Marcus has maintained excellent relations with international tennis academies, as well as with tennis associations such as ITF, WTA, ATP, USTA and the national tennis departments in Germany.
In addition to his coaching role, Marcus has also been involved as a consultant in club and team management, as well as in special projects in the tennis industry.
In addition to his coaching role, Marcus also works as a consultant in club and team management. In addition, over the course of three decades, he has successfully placed numerous players in various club teams in Germany, where he also actively participates in team selection, team coaching and organizational tasks.
With his extensive experience and network, Marcus is a reliable resource for talented and ambitious young players who want to improve their game and get access to sports scholarships at universities in the USA. For this purpose, Marcus offers valuable instructions and support for their ongoing development. This background makes him a trustworthy and respected figure in the tennis community.
Marcus Schneider
Gründer & Operating Director von College-Scout-PLUS
Ort:
- Boca Raton, FL
- Frankfurt / Deutschland
- Flexibel
Marcus Schneider
Founder & Operating Director of College-Scout-PLUS
Marcus is a professional tennis coach with a strong track record in player development, as a mentor and consultant. In more than 30 years, Marcus has trained some of the best young players in the world and supervised numerous professional players at prestigious tournaments such as Grand Slam events and on the international circuit.
Marcus has maintained excellent relations with international tennis academies, as well as with tennis associations such as ITF, WTA, ATP, USTA and the national tennis departments in Germany.
In addition to his coaching role, Marcus has also been involved as a consultant in club and team management, as well as in special projects in the tennis industry.
In addition to his coaching role, Marcus also works as a consultant in club and team management. In addition, over the course of three decades, he has successfully placed numerous players in various club teams in Germany, where he also actively participates in team selection, team coaching and organizational tasks.
With his extensive experience and network, Marcus is a reliable resource for talented and ambitious young players who want to improve their game and get access to sports scholarships at universities in the USA. For this purpose, Marcus offers valuable instructions and support for their ongoing development. This background makes him a trustworthy and respected figure in the tennis community.
Marcus Schneider
Founder & Operating Director of College-Scout-PLUS
Location:
- Boca Raton, FL
- Frankfurt, Germany
- Flexible
Benny J. Sims Jr.
(Professional tennis coach and consultant
from the USA)
„Competition means to measure yourself against others in the best possible way, from the beginning until the end“
Benny J. Sims Jr.
Professional tennis coach and consultant from the USA.
Location:
-Princeton, NJ
Benny Sims Jr. a native of Beaumont, Texas, has had over 40 years of tenure in the game of tennis as a player, coach, administrator, mentor, spokesperson, perhaps best known as the career coach of former World No 7 Chanda Rubin, who holds seven WTA Tour singles titles.
As a student at Texas Southern University, Benny was a two-time All American, and American Tennis Association (ATA) Men’s Singles Champion.
Immediately afterwards he participated on the professional tour as a player.
Relocated to Boston, Benny became the Assistant Tennis Coach at Harvard University and he had a major role in repositioning recruiting for the Division I tennis program.
His next professional challenge was to become a development coach at the USTA and on the professional tour circuit.
Over the next years, Benny’s expertise and experience in consulting, recruiting and player development in the U.S. and around the world was highly regarded by the tennis industry such as ATP, WTA, ITF and USTA.
Benny's motto is to be energetic and goal oriented. His expertise in game fundamentals, techniques and analysis is extraordinary. Also his track record is impressive, his convincing and exceptional consulting skills and the ability to adapt to all levels of players.
Besides his enormous influence with the former World No 7 Chanda Rubin, Benny led many tour players very successfully, such as Bob Green (1984 ATP Newcomer-of-the-Year), Gigi Fernandez, Rodney Harmon, Todd Martin, Tim Mayotte, Catarina Lindqvist, MaliVai Washington, Marianne Werdel, Tommy Ho.
Over decades, Benny conducted several tennis podiums and clinics in Europe, the Caribbean and Africa, he was consultant for the Antigua Junior Tennis Program to give young players the opportunity for college scholarships in the U.S.
In the position as the National Coach of the USTA Player Development Programm he was involved in the selection for the nation's top juniors, colleges and young professionals.
Furthermore Benny had the remarkable position as the Head Tennis Professional at Longwood Cricket Club in Boston/Chestnut Hill, MA, which brought him the honor to serve as the first African American tennis director at one of the premier clubs in the United States and he also became the Primary Ambassador for all external and internal club activities.
During his career as a Tennis Coach, Benny received several additional honors such as being as the first African-American Tennis Coach in the Ivy League (Harvard), the first African-American National Coach for the USTA Development Program, received the "Trailblazer Award" for contributions and achievements in tennis by the Sportsmen's Tennis Club in Boston honored by Longwood Cricket Club in 2020, furthermore being elected and inducted into Black Tennis Hall of Fame 2019, also participated in a podium at Yale University of Arthur Ashe along with Ray Arsenault, the author of Arthur Ashe’s book „A Life".
Benny currently resides nearby Princeton University in New Jersey with his wife, and has two adult daughters.
Marcus Schneider
Gründer & Operating Director von College-Scout-PLUS
Ort:
- Boca Raton, FL
- Frankfurt / Deutschland
- Flexibel
David Pierce
(Professional athletic trainer from the USA.)
Contamina and endurance
are the keys to size.
David Pierce
Professional athletic trainer from the USA.
Location:
- Sarasota / Bradenton, FL
- Flexibel
David is a successful athletic coach of numerous tennis talents and professionals in the environment of the world-famous Bollettieri Tennis Academy IMG in Bradenton, FL. In addition to his excellent work in the fitness sector, David also has excellent knowledge as a tennis coach.
His professional repertoire is completed with his additional skills as a physiotherapist.
As a former tennis talent in the junior sector, David himself has experienced how important the aspect of athletic training is and what additional health measures are required in order to be able to continuously guide one's own body and mind to its limits during sport.
David was born in North Carolina in 1976 as the son of an American father and a French mother. His slightly older sister is the former French Open winner Mary Pierce.
Under the influence of the career development of his sister Mary, David can draw on unique experience. The family moved a total of over 100 times before David was 10 years old, with places of residence throughout America, Canada and France.
As a child, David trained daily together with my sister to become a professional tennis player himself. However, a serious injury stopped all dreams before his 18th. Birthday.
In addition to his subsequent experience as a young tennis coach in the Bollettieri Academy (now IMG) and in California, David became a very sought-after sparring partner on the ATP tour for several years. In order to advance his own professional development, David took over the development program of the juniors in one of the prestigious David Lloyd tennis centers in London /GB as a senior coach.
At the request of his sister Mary, David became her coach between 1999 and 2001. In addition to numerous titles on the WTA tour, Mary won the French Open in Paris in 2000.
At the renewed request of his sister Mary, David repeatedly took on the challenge of coaching between 2004 and 2006. The result of this was the final at the French Open, the US Open and the Masters at the end of the year, which made Mary number 3 in the women's world ranking.
As a private coach of several WTA and ATP professionals, David gained further experience on the international tennis circuit, equally as a junior coach in the high-performance area.
For his own further development, David then completed an apprenticeship in massage therapy and again joined the Bollettieri Academy - in the field of Sports Medicine. At the same time, David completed a "study of the human body and biomechanics", with a focus on "body center". With the knowledge of the acquired studies, David specialized as an athletics trainer from 2015.
With the background knowledge as a tennis player and coach, as well as a physiotherapist, there was an excellent overall constellation of valuable skills.
He worked closely with numerous experts in the industry, including Mark Verstegen (founder IPI, Exos), Xavier Moreau (FFT), Yutaka Nakamura, Allistar
McCaw, from whom David was able to learn extensive experience about the athletic training of tennis professionals.
Since the founding of his company DPPT (David Pierce Performance Training) in 2016, David has trained and accompanied numerous ITF juniors, D1 college players and ATP hopes such as Manouel Alencar (LMU), Elliot Carnello (USC), William Mroz (Univ of Illinois), Lancelot Carnello (Ohio State), Anna Dovgopolyi (Stetson Univ) as an athletic trainer.
In addition, David was the director of fitness and performance training for the NGTA (Next Generation Tennis Academy) in Florida for four years.
At the professional level of the ATP and WTA, David had attractive employment with Yibing Wu (#54) and Danielle Collins (#34).
David's philosophy:
"I look at the players from a very holistic perspective and take into account the overall burden on the body through all aspects of their lives, not only through their sport.
I look at them with the eyes of a former player, tennis coach, physio and fitness professionals to support my players both on and off the court. I know the demands that tennis places on the body and know how to recover so that the player grows physically, mentally and emotionally.
I have degrees in sports science, biomechanics, functional movement, correction training, manual therapy and mental development of the athlete, in addition 25 years of martial arts studies (Judo, Kenjutsu, Aikido, JuJutsu, Tai Chi, Kung Fu).
I am very eager to learn and constantly read, attend seminars and exchange ideas with other experts in my industry."
Marcus Schneider
Gründer & Operating Director von College-Scout-PLUS
Ort:
- Boca Raton, FL
- Frankfurt / Deutschland
- Flexibel
Oliver Gross
(Professional Tennis Coach & Consultant from Germany)
In order to succeed, you sometimes have to go your own way.
Oliver Gross
Professional Tennis Coach & Consultant from Germany
Location:
- College Scout PLUS base in Europe
- Munich, Germany
Growing up near Frankfurt, Oliver was considered one of the best young tennis players in Germany. As a German junior champion, he reached the top 15 of the ITF world ranking.
In the years between 1992 and 2004,
Oliver was participating on the ATP tour and reached the top 60 in the ATP world ranking.
His best ATP tournament results were the final in San Marino and the round of the last at the US Open. Oliver also won 10 titles on the ATP Challenger Tour.
As his biggest individual victory was the match against the world number one Pete Sampras at the 1995 ATP tournament in Barcelona.
Furthermore, Oliver defeated some Grand Slam winners and finalists such as Yevgeny Kafelnikov (ATP # 1), GregRusedski (ATP # 5), Alberto Berasategui (ATP # 5), Sergi Bruguera (ATP # 3) Carlos Costa (ATP # 7) and other top 10 players such as Feliciano Lopez and Marc Rosset.
In Oliver's following career as a coach, he became Head Coach in the largest tennis academy in Germany between 2004 and 2007, he supervised among others ATP top 100 professionals such as Oliver Marach (including top 10 in doubles), Evgyeni Korolev, Mathias Bachinger and in the women's circuit WTA top 100 players such as Sabine Klaschka, Angelika Roesch and Angelika Bachmann.
In the years 2007 to 2009, Oliver was Head Coach of Clitf Drysdale Tennis Academy in Weston/FortLauderdale and supervised Davis Cup player Lado Chikhladze (ATP 350), Marius Copil (ATP 80).
From 2009 to 2010, Oliver took over the position as full-time coach of Elena Bovina (WTA 14)
Between 2011 and 2018, again from 2021 to 2023, Oliver was involved as a High Performance Coach at the traditional tennis club MTTC Iphitos Munich, where the prestigious ATP event "BMW-Open" also takes place.
In the meantime, from 2019 to 2020, Oliver had taken over the position as Davis Cup Coach and National Head Coach of the Tennis Association in Qatar.
In addition to his activities as a coach, Oliver has also been in demand for many years as a successful consultant for numerous ambitious young people who want to study in the USA with a scholarship and play college tennis.
Oliver is considered a member of the International Club of Germany, owns the Silver Badge PTCA Tennis Association, OrangeCoach Gold and Global Professional Coaches Association with Level A.
Marcus Schneider
Gründer & Operating Director von College-Scout-PLUS
Ort:
- Boca Raton, FL
- Frankfurt / Deutschland
- Flexibel
Eric van Harpen
(Professional tennis coach from the Netherlands)
If you are technically limited, you are also tactically limited.
Eric van Harpen
Professional tennis coach from the Netherlands
Location:
- College Scout PLUS base in Europe
- Mallorca / Spain
Eric is one of the most experienced and successful tour coaches and player developers in the history of tennis.
His eye for technique and tactics is phenomenal and Eric has the ability to help every player become a better player very quickly.
At the professional level, Eric's successes speak for themselves. He trained several world rankings first and Grand Slam champions.
Conchita Martinez's victory at Wimbledon was probably one of Eric's greatest achievements, after he had previously developed Martínez to the top of the world over a period of seven years as a teenager.
Eric received the highest coaching award in Spain, Germany and Switzerland. He worked with the tennis associations in Germany, Switzerland (also as Fed Cup coach) and Kazakhstan.
Eric had private player engagements with Grand Slam champions such as Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario, Conchita Martinez, Maria Sharapova and Ana Ivanovic. He also trained other tour players such as Magui Serna, Patty Schnyder, Silvia Plischke, Anna Kournikova, Maria Kirilenko, Barbara Schett and Andrea Petkovic. Eric had led such players all to their highest career ranking.
In addition to his Dutch mother tongue, Eric is fluent in numerous foreign languages, including English, Spanish, German and French.
Marcus Schneider
Gründer & Operating Director von College-Scout-PLUS
Ort:
- Boca Raton, FL
- Frankfurt / Deutschland
- Flexibel
Professional tennis coach and consultant from the USA.
Benny Sims Jr. a native of Beaumont, Texas, has had over 40 years of tenure in the game of tennis as a player, coach, administrator, mentor, spokesperson, perhaps best known as the career coach of former World No 7 Chanda Rubin, who holds seven WTA Tour singles titles.
As a student at Texas Southern University, Benny was a two-time All American, and American Tennis Association (ATA) Men’s Singles Champion.
Immediately afterwards he participated on the professional tour as a player.
Relocated to Boston, Benny became the Assistant Tennis Coach at Harvard University and he had a major role in repositioning recruiting for the Division I tennis program.
His next professional challenge was to become a development coach at the USTA and on the professional tour circuit.
Over the next years, Benny’s expertise and experience in consulting, recruiting and player development in the U.S. and around the world was highly regarded by the tennis industry such as ATP, WTA, ITF and USTA.
Benny's motto is to be energetic and goal oriented. His expertise in game fundamentals, techniques and analysis is extraordinary. Also his track record is impressive, his convincing and exceptional consulting skills and the ability to adapt to all levels of players.
Besides his enormous influence with the former World No 7 Chanda Rubin, Benny led many tour players very successfully, such as Bob Green (1984 ATP Newcomer-of-the-Year), Gigi Fernandez, Rodney Harmon, Todd Martin, Tim Mayotte, Catarina Lindqvist, MaliVai Washington, Marianne Werdel, Tommy Ho.
Over decades, Benny conducted several tennis podiums and clinics in Europe, the Caribbean and Africa, he was consultant for the Antigua Junior Tennis Program to give young players the opportunity for college scholarships in the U.S.
In the position as the National Coach of the USTA Player Development Programm he was involved in the selection for the nation's top juniors, colleges and young professionals.
Furthermore Benny had the remarkable position as the Head Tennis Professional at Longwood Cricket Club in Boston/Chestnut Hill, MA, which brought him the honor to serve as the first African American tennis director at one of the premier clubs in the United States and he also became the Primary Ambassador for all external and internal club activities.
During his career as a Tennis Coach, Benny received several additional honors such as being as the first African-American Tennis Coach in the Ivy League (Harvard), the first African-American National Coach for the USTA Development Program, received the "Trailblazer Award" for contributions and achievements in tennis by the Sportsmen's Tennis Club in Boston honored by Longwood Cricket Club in 2020, furthermore being elected and inducted into Black Tennis Hall of Fame 2019, also participated in a podium at Yale University of Arthur Ashe along with Ray Arsenault, the author of Arthur Ashe’s book „A Life".
Benny currently resides nearby Princeton University in New Jersey with his wife, and has two adult daughters.
Benny J. Sims Jr.
Benny J. Sims Jr.
Professional tennis coach and consultant from the USA.
Location:
-Princeton, NJ
„Competition means to measure yourself against others in the best possible way, from the beginning until the end“
Benny J. Sims Jr.
Marcus Schneider
Founder & Operating Director of College-Scout-PLUS
Location:
- Boca Raton, FL
- Frankfurt, Germany
- Flexible
Marcus Schneider
Founder & Operating Director of College-Scout-PLUS
Marcus is a professional tennis coach with a strong track record in player development, as a mentor and consultant. In more than 30 years, Marcus has trained some of the best young players in the world and supervised numerous professional players at prestigious tournaments such as Grand Slam events and on the international circuit.
Marcus has maintained excellent relations with international tennis academies, as well as with tennis associations such as ITF, WTA, ATP, USTA and the national tennis departments in Germany.
In addition to his coaching role, Marcus has also been involved as a consultant in club and team management, as well as in special projects in the tennis industry.
In addition to his coaching role, Marcus also works as a consultant in club and team management. In addition, over the course of three decades, he has successfully placed numerous players in various club teams in Germany, where he also actively participates in team selection, team coaching and organizational tasks.
With his extensive experience and network, Marcus is a reliable resource for talented and ambitious young players who want to improve their game and get access to sports scholarships at universities in the USA. For this purpose, Marcus offers valuable instructions and support for their ongoing development. This background makes him a trustworthy and respected figure in the tennis community.
Marcus Schneider
Gründer & Operating Director
von College-Scout-PLUS
Ort:
- Boca Raton, FL
- Frankfurt / Deutschland
- Flexibel
Marcus ist ein professioneller Tennistrainer mit einer starken Erfolgsbilanz in der Spielerentwicklung, als Mentor und Berater. In mehr als 30 Jahren hat Marcus einige der besten Nachwuchsspieler der Welt trainiert und zahlreiche professionelle Spieler bei prestigeträchtigen Turnieren wie Grand-Slam- Veranstaltungen und auf dem internationalen Circuit betreut.
Marcus hat hervorragende Beziehungen zu internationalen Tennisakademien gepflegt, sowie zu Tennisverbänden wie ITF, WTA, ATP, USTA und den nationalen Tennisabteilungen in Deutschland.
Neben seiner Trainerrolle ist Marcus auch als Berater im Club- und Teammanagement tätig und hat sich hier bei vielfältigen Sonderprojekten in der Tennisbranche engagiert. Darüber hinaus hat er im Laufe von drei Jahrzehnten erfolgreich zahlreiche Spieler in verschiedenen Vereinsmannschaften in Deutschland platziert, wo er sich auch aktiv an der Teamauswahl, dem Teamcoaching und den organisatorischen Aufgaben beteiligte.
Mit seiner umfangreichen Erfahrung und seinem Netzwerk ist Marcus eine zuverlässige Ressource für talentierte und ambitionierte junge Spieler, die ihr Spiel verbessern wollen und Zugang zu Sportstipendien an Universitäten in den USA erhalten möchten. Hierfür bietet Marcus wertvolle Anleitungen und Unterstützung für deren laufende Entwicklung. Dieser Hintergrund macht ihn zu einer vertrauenswürdigen und respektierten Figur in der Tennis-Community.
„Es geht nicht wirklich darum, Perfektion zu erreichen, sondern um kontinuierlichen Fortschritt.“
Competition means to measure yourself against others in the best possible way, from the beginning until the end
Benny J. Sims Jr.
David Pierce
Professional athletic trainer from the USA.
Location:
- Sarasota / Bradenton, FL
- Flexibel
David Pierce
Professional athletic trainer from the USA.
David is a successful athletic coach of numerous tennis talents and professionals in the environment of the world-famous Bollettieri Tennis Academy IMG in Bradenton, FL. In addition to his excellent work in the fitness sector, David also has excellent knowledge as a tennis coach.
His professional repertoire is completed with his additional skills as a physiotherapist.
As a former tennis talent in the junior sector, David himself has experienced how important the aspect of athletic training is and what additional health measures are required in order to be able to continuously guide one's own body and mind to its limits during sport.
David was born in North Carolina in 1976 as the son of an American father and a French mother. His slightly older sister is the former French Open winner Mary Pierce.
Under the influence of the career development of his sister Mary, David can draw on unique experience. The family moved a total of over 100 times before David was 10 years old, with places of residence throughout America, Canada and France.
As a child, David trained daily together with my sister to become a professional tennis player himself. However, a serious injury stopped all dreams before his 18th. Birthday.
In addition to his subsequent experience as a young tennis coach in the Bollettieri Academy (now IMG) and in California, David became a very sought-after sparring partner on the ATP tour for several years. In order to advance his own professional development, David took over the development program of the juniors in one of the prestigious David Lloyd tennis centers in London /GB as a senior coach.
At the request of his sister Mary, David became her coach between 1999 and 2001. In addition to numerous titles on the WTA tour, Mary won the French Open in Paris in 2000.
At the renewed request of his sister Mary, David repeatedly took on the challenge of coaching between 2004 and 2006. The result of this was the final at the French Open, the US Open and the Masters at the end of the year, which made Mary number 3 in the women's world ranking.
As a private coach of several WTA and ATP professionals, David gained further experience on the international tennis circuit, equally as a junior coach in the high-performance area.
For his own further development, David then completed an apprenticeship in massage therapy and again joined the Bollettieri Academy - in the field of Sports Medicine. At the same time, David completed a "study of the human body and biomechanics", with a focus on "body center". With the knowledge of the acquired studies, David specialized as an athletics trainer from 2015.
With the background knowledge as a tennis player and coach, as well as a physiotherapist, there was an excellent overall constellation of valuable skills.
He worked closely with numerous experts in the industry, including Mark Verstegen (founder IPI, Exos), Xavier Moreau (FFT), Yutaka Nakamura, Allistar
McCaw, from whom David was able to learn extensive experience about the athletic training of tennis professionals.
Since the founding of his company DPPT (David Pierce Performance Training) in 2016, David has trained and accompanied numerous ITF juniors, D1 college players and ATP hopes such as Manouel Alencar (LMU), Elliot Carnello (USC), William Mroz (Univ of Illinois), Lancelot Carnello (Ohio State), Anna Dovgopolyi (Stetson Univ) as an athletic trainer.
In addition, David was the director of fitness and performance training for the NGTA (Next Generation Tennis Academy) in Florida for four years.
At the professional level of the ATP and WTA, David had attractive employment with Yibing Wu (#54) and Danielle Collins (#34).
David's philosophy:
"I look at the players from a very holistic perspective and take into account the overall burden on the body through all aspects of their lives, not only through their sport.
I look at them with the eyes of a former player, tennis coach, physio and fitness professionals to support my players both on and off the court. I know the demands that tennis places on the body and know how to recover so that the player grows physically, mentally and emotionally.
I have degrees in sports science, biomechanics, functional movement, correction training, manual therapy and mental development of the athlete, in addition 25 years of martial arts studies (Judo, Kenjutsu, Aikido, JuJutsu, Tai Chi, Kung Fu).
I am very eager to learn and constantly read, attend seminars and exchange ideas with other experts in my industry."
Professional athletic trainer from the USA.
David is a successful athletic coach of numerous tennis talents and professionals in the environment of the world-famous Bollettieri Tennis Academy IMG in Bradenton, FL. In addition to his excellent work in the fitness sector, David also has excellent knowledge as a tennis coach.
His professional repertoire is completed with his additional skills as a physiotherapist.
As a former tennis talent in the junior sector, David himself has experienced how important the aspect of athletic training is and what additional health measures are required in order to be able to continuously guide one's own body and mind to its limits during sport.
David was born in North Carolina in 1976 as the son of an American father and a French mother. His slightly older sister is the former French Open winner Mary Pierce.
Under the influence of the career development of his sister Mary, David can draw on unique experience. The family moved a total of over 100 times before David was 10 years old, with places of residence throughout America, Canada and France.
As a child, David trained daily together with my sister to become a professional tennis player himself. However, a serious injury stopped all dreams before his 18th. Birthday.
In addition to his subsequent experience as a young tennis coach in the Bollettieri Academy (now IMG) and in California, David became a very sought-after sparring partner on the ATP tour for several years. In order to advance his own professional development, David took over the development program of the juniors in one of the prestigious David Lloyd tennis centers in London /GB as a senior coach.
At the request of his sister Mary, David became her coach between 1999 and 2001. In addition to numerous titles on the WTA tour, Mary won the French Open in Paris in 2000.
At the renewed request of his sister Mary, David repeatedly took on the challenge of coaching between 2004 and 2006. The result of this was the final at the French Open, the US Open and the Masters at the end of the year, which made Mary number 3 in the women's world ranking.
As a private coach of several WTA and ATP professionals, David gained further experience on the international tennis circuit, equally as a junior coach in the high-performance area.
For his own further development, David then completed an apprenticeship in massage therapy and again joined the Bollettieri Academy - in the field of Sports Medicine. At the same time, David completed a "study of the human body and biomechanics", with a focus on "body center". With the knowledge of the acquired studies, David specialized as an athletics trainer from 2015.
With the background knowledge as a tennis player and coach, as well as a physiotherapist, there was an excellent overall constellation of valuable skills.
He worked closely with numerous experts in the industry, including Mark Verstegen (founder IPI, Exos), Xavier Moreau (FFT), Yutaka Nakamura, Allistar
McCaw, from whom David was able to learn extensive experience about the athletic training of tennis professionals.
Since the founding of his company DPPT (David Pierce Performance Training) in 2016, David has trained and accompanied numerous ITF juniors, D1 college players and ATP hopes such as Manouel Alencar (LMU), Elliot Carnello (USC), William Mroz (Univ of Illinois), Lancelot Carnello (Ohio State), Anna Dovgopolyi (Stetson Univ) as an athletic trainer.
In addition, David was the director of fitness and performance training for the NGTA (Next Generation Tennis Academy) in Florida for four years.
At the professional level of the ATP and WTA, David had attractive employment with Yibing Wu (#54) and Danielle Collins (#34).
David's philosophy:
"I look at the players from a very holistic perspective and take into account the overall burden on the body through all aspects of their lives, not only through their sport.
I look at them with the eyes of a former player, tennis coach, physio and fitness professionals to support my players both on and off the court. I know the demands that tennis places on the body and know how to recover so that the player grows physically, mentally and emotionally.
I have degrees in sports science, biomechanics, functional movement, correction training, manual therapy and mental development of the athlete, in addition 25 years of martial arts studies (Judo, Kenjutsu, Aikido, JuJutsu, Tai Chi, Kung Fu).
I am very eager to learn and constantly read, attend seminars and exchange ideas with other experts in my industry."
David Pierce
David Pierce
Professional athletic trainer from the USA.
Location:
- Sarasota / Bradenton, FL
- Flexibel
"Contamina and endurance
are the keys to size."
David Pierce
Oliver Gross
Professional Tennis Coach & Consultant from Germany
Location:
- College Scout PLUS base in Europe
- Munich, Germany
Oliver Gross
Professional Tennis Coach & Consultant from Germany
Growing up near Frankfurt, Oliver was considered one of the best young tennis players in Germany. As a German junior champion, he reached the top 15 of the ITF world ranking.
In the years between 1992 and 2004,
Oliver was participating on the ATP tour and reached the top 60 in the ATP world ranking.
His best ATP tournament results were the final in San Marino and the round of the last at the US Open. Oliver also won 10 titles on the ATP Challenger Tour.
As his biggest individual victory was the match against the world number one Pete Sampras at the 1995 ATP tournament in Barcelona.
Furthermore, Oliver defeated some Grand Slam winners and finalists such as Yevgeny Kafelnikov (ATP # 1), GregRusedski (ATP # 5), Alberto Berasategui (ATP # 5), Sergi Bruguera (ATP # 3) Carlos Costa (ATP # 7) and other top 10 players such as Feliciano Lopez and Marc Rosset.
In Oliver's following career as a coach, he became Head Coach in the largest tennis academy in Germany between 2004 and 2007, he supervised among others ATP top 100 professionals such as Oliver Marach (including top 10 in doubles), Evgyeni Korolev, Mathias Bachinger and in the women's circuit WTA top 100 players such as Sabine Klaschka, Angelika Roesch and Angelika Bachmann.
In the years 2007 to 2009, Oliver was Head Coach of Clitf Drysdale Tennis Academy in Weston/FortLauderdale and supervised Davis Cup player Lado Chikhladze (ATP 350), Marius Copil (ATP 80).
From 2009 to 2010, Oliver took over the position as full-time coach of Elena Bovina (WTA 14)
Between 2011 and 2018, again from 2021 to 2023, Oliver was involved as a High Performance Coach at the traditional tennis club MTTC Iphitos Munich, where the prestigious ATP event "BMW-Open" also takes place.
In the meantime, from 2019 to 2020, Oliver had taken over the position as Davis Cup Coach and National Head Coach of the Tennis Association in Qatar.
In addition to his activities as a coach, Oliver has also been in demand for many years as a successful consultant for numerous ambitious young people who want to study in the USA with a scholarship and play college tennis.
Oliver is considered a member of the International Club of Germany, owns the Silver Badge PTCA Tennis Association, OrangeCoach Gold and Global Professional Coaches Association with Level A.
Professional Tennis Coach & Consultant from Germany
Growing up near Frankfurt, Oliver was considered one of the best young tennis players in Germany. As a German junior champion, he reached the top 15 of the ITF world ranking.
In the years between 1992 and 2004,
Oliver was participating on the ATP tour and reached the top 60 in the ATP world ranking.
His best ATP tournament results were the final in San Marino and the round of the last at the US Open. Oliver also won 10 titles on the ATP Challenger Tour.
As his biggest individual victory was the match against the world number one Pete Sampras at the 1995 ATP tournament in Barcelona.
Furthermore, Oliver defeated some Grand Slam winners and finalists such as Yevgeny Kafelnikov (ATP # 1), GregRusedski (ATP # 5), Alberto Berasategui (ATP # 5), Sergi Bruguera (ATP # 3) Carlos Costa (ATP # 7) and other top 10 players such as Feliciano Lopez and Marc Rosset.
In Oliver's following career as a coach, he became Head Coach in the largest tennis academy in Germany between 2004 and 2007, he supervised among others ATP top 100 professionals such as Oliver Marach (including top 10 in doubles), Evgyeni Korolev, Mathias Bachinger and in the women's circuit WTA top 100 players such as Sabine Klaschka, Angelika Roesch and Angelika Bachmann.
In the years 2007 to 2009, Oliver was Head Coach of Clitf Drysdale Tennis Academy in Weston/FortLauderdale and supervised Davis Cup player Lado Chikhladze (ATP 350), Marius Copil (ATP 80).
From 2009 to 2010, Oliver took over the position as full-time coach of Elena Bovina (WTA 14)
Between 2011 and 2018, again from 2021 to 2023, Oliver was involved as a High Performance Coach at the traditional tennis club MTTC Iphitos Munich, where the prestigious ATP event "BMW-Open" also takes place.
In the meantime, from 2019 to 2020, Oliver had taken over the position as Davis Cup Coach and National Head Coach of the Tennis Association in Qatar.
In addition to his activities as a coach, Oliver has also been in demand for many years as a successful consultant for numerous ambitious young people who want to study in the USA with a scholarship and play college tennis.
Oliver is considered a member of the International Club of Germany, owns the Silver Badge PTCA Tennis Association, OrangeCoach Gold and Global Professional Coaches Association with Level A.
Oliver Gross
Oliver Gross
Professional Tennis Coach & Consultant from Germany
Location:
- College Scout PLUS base in Europe
- Munich, Germany
"In order to succeed, you sometimes have to go your own way."
Oliver Gross
Eric van Harpen (Professional tennis coach from the Netherlands)
If you are technically limited, you are also tactically limited.
Eric is one of the most experienced and successful tour coaches and player developers in the history of tennis.
His eye for technique and tactics is phenomenal and Eric has the ability to help every player become a better player very quickly.
At the professional level, Eric's successes speak for themselves. He trained several world rankings first and Grand Slam champions.
Conchita Martinez's victory at Wimbledon was probably one of Eric's greatest achievements, after he had previously developed Martínez to the top of the world over a period of seven years as a teenager.
Eric received the highest coaching award in Spain, Germany and Switzerland. He worked with the tennis associations in Germany, Switzerland (also as Fed Cup coach) and Kazakhstan.
Eric had private player engagements with Grand Slam champions such as Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario, Conchita Martinez, Maria Sharapova and Ana Ivanovic. He also trained other tour players such as Magui Serna, Patty Schnyder, Silvia Plischke, Anna Kournikova, Maria Kirilenko, Barbara Schett and Andrea Petkovic. Eric had led such players all to their highest career ranking.
In addition to his Dutch mother tongue, Eric is fluent in numerous foreign languages, including English, Spanish, German and French.
Eric van Harpen
Professional tennis coach from the Netherlands
Eric van Harpen
Professional tennis coach from the Netherlands
Location:
- College Scout PLUS base in Europe
- Mallorca / Spain
Contamina and endurance
are the keys to size.
David Pierce
In order to succeed, you sometimes have to go your own way.
Oliver Gross
Eric van Harpen (Professional tennis coach from the Netherlands)
If you are technically limited, you are also tactically limited.
Eric van Harpen
Professional tennis coach from the Netherlands
Location:
- College Scout PLUS base in Europe
- Mallorca / Spain
Eric van Harpen
Professional tennis coach from the Netherlands
Eric is one of the most experienced and successful tour coaches and player developers in the history of tennis.
His eye for technique and tactics is phenomenal and Eric has the ability to help every player become a better player very quickly.
At the professional level, Eric's successes speak for themselves. He trained several world rankings first and Grand Slam champions.
Conchita Martinez's victory at Wimbledon was probably one of Eric's greatest achievements, after he had previously developed Martínez to the top of the world over a period of seven years as a teenager.
Eric received the highest coaching award in Spain, Germany and Switzerland. He worked with the tennis associations in Germany, Switzerland (also as Fed Cup coach) and Kazakhstan.
Eric had private player engagements with Grand Slam champions such as Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario, Conchita Martinez, Maria Sharapova and Ana Ivanovic. He also trained other tour players such as Magui Serna, Patty Schnyder, Silvia Plischke, Anna Kournikova, Maria Kirilenko, Barbara Schett and Andrea Petkovic. Eric had led such players all to their highest career ranking.
In addition to his Dutch mother tongue, Eric is fluent in numerous foreign languages, including English, Spanish, German and French.
Benny J. Sims Jr.
Professional tennis coach and consultant from the USA.
Location:
-Princeton, NJ
Benny J. Sims Jr.
Professioneller Tennistrainer und Berater aus den USA.
Benny Sims Jr. a native of Beaumont, Texas, has had over 40 years of tenure in the game of tennis as a player, coach, administrator, mentor, spokesperson, perhaps best known as the career coach of former World No 7 Chanda Rubin, who holds seven WTA Tour singles titles.
As a student at Texas Southern University, Benny was a two-time All American, and American Tennis Association (ATA) Men’s Singles Champion.
Immediately afterwards he participated on the professional tour as a player.
Relocated to Boston, Benny became the Assistant Tennis Coach at Harvard University and he had a major role in repositioning recruiting for the Division I tennis program.
His next professional challenge was to become a development coach at the USTA and on the professional tour circuit.
Over the next years, Benny’s expertise and experience in consulting, recruiting and player development in the U.S. and around the world was highly regarded by the tennis industry such as ATP, WTA, ITF and USTA.
Benny's motto is to be energetic and goal oriented. His expertise in game fundamentals, techniques and analysis is extraordinary. Also his track record is impressive, his convincing and exceptional consulting skills and the ability to adapt to all levels of players.
Besides his enormous influence with the former World No 7 Chanda Rubin, Benny led many tour players very successfully, such as Bob Green (1984 ATP Newcomer-of-the-Year), Gigi Fernandez, Rodney Harmon, Todd Martin, Tim Mayotte, Catarina Lindqvist, MaliVai Washington, Marianne Werdel, Tommy Ho.
Over decades, Benny conducted several tennis podiums and clinics in Europe, the Caribbean and Africa, he was consultant for the Antigua Junior Tennis Program to give young players the opportunity for college scholarships in the U.S.
In the position as the National Coach of the USTA Player Development Programm he was involved in the selection for the nation's top juniors, colleges and young professionals.
Furthermore Benny had the remarkable position as the Head Tennis Professional at Longwood Cricket Club in Boston/Chestnut Hill, MA, which brought him the honor to serve as the first African American tennis director at one of the premier clubs in the United States and he also became the Primary Ambassador for all external and internal club activities.
During his career as a Tennis Coach, Benny received several additional honors such as being as the first African-American Tennis Coach in the Ivy League (Harvard), the first African-American National Coach for the USTA Development Program, received the "Trailblazer Award" for contributions and achievements in tennis by the Sportsmen's Tennis Club in Boston honored by Longwood Cricket Club in 2020, furthermore being elected and inducted into Black Tennis Hall of Fame 2019, also participated in a podium at Yale University of Arthur Ashe along with Ray Arsenault, the author of Arthur Ashe’s book „A Life".
Benny currently resides nearby Princeton University in New Jersey with his wife, and has two adult daughters.
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Florida 33432 USA
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