Coaches we work with

Fitness coach Pavel Šmela has experience in training ATP and WTA players. As a fitness trainer of Filip Polášek, he is part of the ATP tour. He also has extensive experience with long-term fitness training of tennis youth. Pavel has a university sports education completed with a PhD. He completed a number of internships abroad and currently lectures at the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports of Comenius University.

A graduate of FTVŠ UK, he obtained his doctoral degree at the FF MBU in Banská Bystrica. Since 2011 he has been working at the National Sports Center, and since 2017 as the head of the diagnostics department. He is the author and co-author of several scientific publications in various fields of sport. Since 2015, he has been cooperating with the Slovak Anti-Doping Agency in the position of Doping Commissioner. Collaborates and helps various athletes and organizations maximize their sporting potential.

Former Slovak professional tennis player and member of the wider Davis Cup team. As a coach, he worked at various tennis academies, where he participated in the preparation of several Slovak representatives in youth awards. He worked at the National Tennis Center for seven years, where he led Slovak representatives on both the junior and professional circuit. Among his wards were players: Andrej Martin, Martin Kližan, Filip Horanský, Miloslav Mečiř Jr., Alex Molčan, Lukáš Klein, Kristína Schmiedlová.

Is a former Slovak professional tennis player, Slovak national tennis player and a member of the Slovak Davis Cup team. Currently he is a tennis coach and cooperates with Jozef Kovalik.

Marián Vajda is a former Slovak professional tennis player. He reached his career-high ranking of world no. 34 on September 19, 1987. During his tennis career, he won two ATP singles tournaments. He represented Czechoslovakia at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He is a former coach of the Slovak Davis Cup team and a former captain of the Slovak Fed Cup team. He currently coaches the Serbian tennis player Novak Djoković. Marián is a member of the Slovak Tennis Hall of Fame.