OUR ACADEMY/YOUR ACADEMY
Welcome to the Imamovic-Ayer Tennis Academy (IATA). We are pleased that you have chosen to be part of our academy that emphasizes tennis skills and strategies, fitness and wellness while making new friends in a safe, tobacco-free, fun, and competitive environment. The Academy's structure is guided by safety, program efficiency and effectiveness, service quality and knowledge, friendliness, and training.
The mission of the Academy is to enhance lives of children, youth, and adults by providing quality instruction from introductory to high performance levels of tennis skills and strategies, fitness and wellness related to the sport in a safe and fun environment, to establish hard working and disciplined individuals striving for excellence.
The Academy offers a wide range of tennis programs independently and in co-operation with small and large community based organizations to help increase awareness of the sport and active living. The Academy was initially established in Sackville, Nova Scotia in March 2007. The Academy is led and operated under the supervision of grad student Nadina in conjunction with her partner, Joel. In 2007, the Academy started with a dozen of participants and was able to reach 500 participants in 2008. Although the Academy continues to hold positive and supportive relationships with the sport community on the East Coast since 2009 it has been serving participants, schools, and community clubs in Western Ontario.
While in Ontario (during 2009, 2010, and 2011), the Academy delivered provincially funded programs such as "Cardio tennis" and progressive tennis for children to over 73 elementary schools introducing 11, 544 students to the sport of tennis.
Academy Staff:
| JOEL Academy’s Head Coach | NADINA Academy’s Manager & Assistant to Head Coach | UZEIR Academy’s Sponsor & Tennis Professional |
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| · Coach 3 Candidate (2010 – · Coach 2 Certificate (2006, 2009) · Coach 1 Certificate (1998, 2001, 2004) · Cardio Tennis Certificate (OTA, 2010) · UW Warriors Head Coach (OUA, 2009) · NS IKON Coach of the Year (NS, 2006) · U14 National Training Centre Coach (NS, 2007) · U18 Nationals Coach (NS, 2006) · Former #1 Singles & Doubles Ranking (NS, 2006/07) · Former #3 Mixed Doubles Ranking (NS, 2006/07) | · MA, Recreation & Leisure Studies (UW, 2011) · BA, Business & Therapeutic Recreation, German Minor (UW, 2005) · Cardio Tennis Certificate (OTA, 2010) · UW Warriors MVP (2009/10) · Coaching & Coordinator Certificate (CTA, 2000, 2005, 2010) · Wheelchair Tennis Certificate (2005, 2010) · Former #3 Mixed Doubles Ranking (NS, 2006/07) · UW Warriors Bronze Medal (OUA, 2002) | · DTB Class B Certification (Mainz, 2010) · DTB Class C Certification (Mainz, 2000, 2004, 2010) · USPTR Certification (Turin, Italy, 1995) · Owner of Tennisschule Uzeir Imamovic (2002- · Verbands-u. Oberliga (Rheinland Pfalz, 2000- · Tennis Camp with I. Ljubicic, O. Camporese, & R. Furlan (Turin, 1993- 1997) · Junior Davis Cup for Bosnia (1995/96) · Fluent in Serbo-Croatian, German, Italian, and English |
