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Celebrating AAT High Achievers

Standard Agility Run Records, Killer Combination Drill, Baseline Grinder, Seven Stage Drill, Grand Slam Triangular Drill, Degrees Drill, Skills Drill, Forehand Walkabout, Backhand Walkabout, Safari, Super Safari, Bonanza, Lorado, Laramie, 8 out of 8 Club

  Standard Agility Run Records

Boys 10 and Under:

Name Time Date
Scott Chan 10.62 10 November 1991
Mathew Perdija 10.42 6 April 1995
Kevin Kim 9.80 24 November 2001
William Myler 9.66 29 June 2002
Joe Joseph 9.65 9 October 2002
Kevin Kim 9.45 9 October 2002

Girls 10 and Under:

Name Time Date
Adriana Acqulia 10.92 1997
Cassie Hawdon 10.34 1998
Julia Tyszkiewicz 9.91 9 October 2002

Girls 12 and under:

Name Time Date
Katherine Davies 9.36 13 March 2004
Sophie Norman 9.34 21 March 2004

Boys 12 and Under:

Name Time Date
Dean Meagher 9.4 2 February 1996

Boys 14 and under:

Name Time Date
Tom Vano 8.96 17 July 2003

   Killer Combination Drill

Merit List Score
Sarah McCann 58
Max Meacock 54
Charlie Oldham 46
Harry Smith 36
Jack Dillon 35
Jack Burton 32
Harry Clarke 30
Murielle Biancardi 30
Maddie Bart 28
Tom McCann 25
Michalai Fitrzyk 23
Sophie Norman 22
Sameer Mahajan 21
Harry Smith 21
Gavin Brightwell 20

  Baseline Grinder

Current Champion Date Score
Tom McCann 1 March 2006 128
William Myler   100

   Seven Stage Drill

All Time Best Performance

Names Details Date
J Brown and G Bowen Stage 6 Completed 6 June 1984
James O'Connor and Adam Wholohan Best 2003 - Stage 4 Completed 6 August 2003
James O'Connor and Eden Lattimore Completed Stage 5* 14 January 2004

*  No team had previously progressed beyond Stage 4 since 1984

  Grand Slam Triangular Drill

Names Details Date
Justin Chambers, Sam Sakha and Marko Dukanovic Lost Semi Final French Open All time best performance 2003
Mohil Asija,  Alex Solo and Mark Kelen Won French Open 17 February 2005

  Degrees Drill

Names Details Date
Nick Brown Completed Stage 6 "Universal Doctor" Best for 2003

  Skill Drills

Each drill progressively challenges our students.  This set of tennis situation drills was first implemented in 1979 to measure the progress of our younger students.  The rigours of the last few drills is designed to be almost unattainable to even the most proficient younger tennis player - putting real "stretch" into the process.  Each child starts at a point which we feel is almost beyond them and we develop a personal best philosophy from there.  It is a great way to measure progress against an inflexible test.  Recent inductees will be added and their success monitored.

 

Forehand Walkabout

This drill is a combination of moving and static forehands.
Recent Inductees: Rory Ackerman 15 January 2004
Bruno Jenel 15 January 2004
Emily de Blaere 26 July 2005
Gabrielle Perry 1 February 2006

 

Backhand Walkabout

This drill is a combination of moving and static backhands.
Recent Inductees: Sera Choi 15 August 2003
Bruno Jenel 15 January 2004
Rory Ackerman 15 January 2004
Isaac Holder 10 February 2005
Ed Halliday 10 February 2005
Ben Orme 15 Feburary 2005
Claire Eaton 23 October 2007

 

Safari

This drill introduces lateral as well as forward and backward movement, high balls and drop shots
Recent Inductees: Maddie Bart 23 September 2003
Lucy Marks 28 January 2004
Ben Orme 15 Feburary 2005
Ed Halliday 3 March 2005
James Holder 3 March 2005
Claudia Tan 8 March 2005
Ned Coston 23 June 2005
Stephanie Hunt 28 July 2007
Alec Cartmell 11 August 2007
Maddie Marchant 6 November 2007
Mathew Eaton 20 February 2008
Stephen Eaton 5 March 2008

 

Super Safari

This drill is similar to the Safari drill but is played from the baseline and is thus more difficult.
Recent Inductees: Mitchell Whitehouse 9 August 2003
Anna Clarke 14 March 2003
Jack Dillon 9 December 2004
Ben Orme 8 March 2005
Evelyn Russell 29 July 2007
Martin Patek 5 October 2007

 

Bonanza

This drill involves diagonal running and quick skidding balls are added as well as long runs forward and back.
Recent Inductees:  Penny McCann 7 August 2003
Marielle Biancardi 9 August 2003
Tom McCann 14 August 2003
Tom Clinton 16 September 2003
Maddie Bart 28 January 2004
Nick Brown 12 May 2004
Dan Ferreira 27 May 2004
Matthew Norman
Jackson Matthews
Jack Dillon 9 December 2004
Gareth Russell 22 July 2007
Harry Smith 5 October 2007

 

Lorado

This drill involves volleys, both close and wide, and smashes moving backwards.  Lunging skills are tested and developed.
Recent Inductees: Marielle Biancardi 15 August 2003
Sameer Mahajan 16 August 2003
Gavin Brightwell 1 September 2003
Penny McCann 4 September 2003
Jackson Matthews
Maddie Bart 13 May 2004
Nick Brown 27 May 2004
Matt Norman 28 June 2004
Jack Dillon 23 June 2005
Gareth Russell 22 July 2007

 

Laramie

This drill involves a combination of the skills being developed in both Bonanza and Lorado.
Recent Inductees: James Stephens 1 September 2003
Max Meacock
Sarah McCann 8 May 2004
Maddie Bart 4 November 2004

 

8 Out of 8 Club

The Last and Ultimate Achievement for a student tennis player.  Since 1979 only 13 students have made it into this exclusive club!
Recent Inductees: We look forward to adding some names to this list shortly!

Artarmon Academy of Tennis, Cnr Hampden and Barton Rds, ARTARMON,  Tel (02) 9415 2086 Mobile 0408 446 390  Head Professional: Peter Betteridge 

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