Tomas Karlsson
Started his tennis carrer in Falkenberg, Sweden more than 40 years ago. Tomas´ parents were always very concerned about sports and they soon realized how important it is to start with coordination exersises at early ages .This one has been one of the basic ideas in Tomas teaching methods together with the the importance of understanding the relation between a relaxed body and muscular-menthal control. This concept of how your body and brain has to be one, has been cultivated through high level competition in plenty of sports. Other sports as gymnastics, ballet, football, basketball and voleyball were always a big complement to tennis.
As a junior,Tomas played for the Swedish National Team and he is a European Champion toghether with players like Stefan Edberg and Jonas Svensson. In the end of the 80´s he was offered a sponsorship to continue with his professional carrer in Spain. Later on he started his tennis academy in 1991 in the south of Spain. Today it is based in the Sports Club Reserva del Higueron (Fuengirola-Spain). The sports complex Reserva del Higueron offers all kind of sports, health and fitness oportunities and is the perfect combination for a professional tennis player.
The tennis coaching carrer started in his hometown club Falkenbergs tennisklubb in 1983 whe he worked with the top juniors at the moment (the todays club's headcoach Patrik Börjesson was one of them). Then he continued his trip working with the tennis Federation of Halland (a southern region in the south of Sweden), Sundbybergs Tenniklubb in Stockholm and the Federation of Stockholm until he took the big step of trying to become a professional tennis player.
Tomas has been working with tennis all along his life and has an extense experience in teaching tennis at all levels, starting from minitennis, competition and professionals or adults. One of the biggest diference in his coaching is the belief that the beginners need to have the best teachers. Tennis also has to be tought according to every individual´s possibilities at each moment to gradually progress depending on their menthal and physical evolution.
Tomas has a Swedish, Spanish and American tennis degree and is a active member of RPT in Spain as Professional Tennis Director.
William Winterbom
William has been playing competicion tennis both in Sweden and Spain. He was one student at the guest student program offered by the Swedish School in Fuengirola. It was right then when he adapted his game to the new techniques and continued in England as a professionall sparring partner for upcoming players. During the last 5 years he has been working as a coach and studying tennis in Sweden. He is now back in Spain, joining the Tomas Karlsson´s Tennis Academy Team. He will develop our technique together with the team by training both in tennis and padel. He will also be the official sparring player at the academy. This way he will help our tennisplayers to progress in there matchplay.
Raquel Hantzis Jover
She moved to the coast in the late 80´s and has been involved in the tennis business during the last 15 years. Right now she is part of this proyect and is taking care of the administration, comunication together with the website and networks.