IATENNIS - Key Persons
Prior to moving to the United States in 2017, Andrada had 10 years of coaching experience in Romania. She worked under Cornel Mario Enache, one of the best coaches in Eastern Europe. Her greatest coaching quality is to excel at making group tennis lessons accessible and fun for various playing levels and abilities. Coach Andrada has a master's degree in European Political and Administrative Studies.
Brian's approach to developing successful players is by instilling the basics and fundamentals methodically, so students growth and confidence can increase simultaneously .
Job Titles:
- Director of High Performance
Job Titles:
- Founder and Director of Business Operations
Yari founded IA Tennis Academy in 2012 after working for 2 years at local clubs in Monmouth County and pin-pointing the essentials for developing top ranked players. He has over 10 years of experience coaching nationally and internationally ranked juniors. PTR Certified to the highest degree in the field of High Performance tennis development. He coached Elvina Kalieva and Daria Smetannikova to #1 nationally ranked juniors in 12's. Since 2013 he worked with Nevena Carton (graduated each age group as top 20 player in the nation and top 3 in the section), Elizabeth Tkachenko (graduated each age group as top 100 player in the nation and top 3 in the section) and Sophia Zaslow (graduated each age group as top 100 player in the nation and top 5 in the section). In 2015, he established the most successful home school tennis program in Central NJ. He also coached Sabrina Faybyshev, top 400 ITF. Currently, Coach Yari is coaching and directing over ten top 20 sectionally ranked players daily. He has lead IA Tennis Academy's coaches and players to clinch over 200 national and over 1000 in-section titles.
Age: 32
Experience: 12 years