When Bulat Utemuratov joined the Kazakhstan Tennis Federation, this organisation was in stagnation. Tennis gamers didn’t present spectacular outcomes and officers didn’t know how you can enhance the present state of affairs. Utemuratov introduced o the KTF a contemporary method to setting and attaining targets which is utilized in enterprise. Multi-faceted purpose setting needed to basically change the sluggish tide of the tennis life in Kazakhstan.
Having headed the Federation in 2007, Bulat Utemuratov voiced long-term plans authorised by the Worldwide Tennis Federation. The principle one was to show tennis into the mass sport. For this, it was essential to work in three instructions altogether: to develop an infrastructure, to coach and help trainers, participate in competitions. They began translating plans into actions immediately.
Tennis courts everywhere in the nation
As per 2006, there have been 60 courts in 4 areas of Kazakhstan. Courts didn’t meet the necessities of worldwide requirements and didn’t fulfill primary wants of sportsmen. Beneath the management of Utemuratov, development of courts in all oblast facilities of the nation started. At present courts amounted to nearly 250. Trendy tennis facilities have been in-built every of the 15 areas of Kazakhstan. These are services that meet all the necessities of the sports activities infrastructure; they will host competitions each on the nationwide and world degree.
The lately opened tennis centre “Ace” in Almaty has 4 indoor and 6 outside courts with a complete space of 8100 sq. metres with a “laborious” coating. All courts have lighting that meets the necessities and requirements of worldwide TV broadcasting. The centre can host ATP Challenger tournaments in summer season. The quantity of investments within the mission, together with development, gear and landscaping, exceeded 5 million {dollars}.
Bulat Utemuratov believes that tennis infrastructure ought to be simple accessible and obtainable on demand, so the courts are being constructed inside strolling distance from densely populated locations. In order coaching periods payment be reasonable – these at the moment are starting from 18-30 {dollars} monthly for 12 periods within the areas to 45 {dollars} within the capital. Variety of folks keen to have interaction in sports activities is rising geometrically: in 2007, nearly 500 folks had been engaged within the garden tennis, right now – greater than 6000.
Programmes for youngsters as the premise for popularising sports activities
In his function of the Kazakhstan Tennis Federation head, Bulat Utemuratov pays particular consideration to youngsters’s sports activities. The “Tennis beneath 10” programme is a social mission geared toward educating a brand new era of athletes succesful to defend the honour of the nation on the most effective world tournaments. The principle thought of the programme is to begin the coaching course of as early as doable. It is because of this that the programme started to function in kindergartens in numerous areas of Kazakhstan. “Tennis beneath 10” unites 40 colleges and 24 preschool establishments. The “Tennis beneath 10” programme is included within the ITF worldwide programme Junior Tennis Initiative for youngsters beneath 12 years outdated engaged in tennis. Bulat Utemuratov absolutely funded this mission and competitions for the subsequent 3 years.
The second large-scale programme for youngsters is the College Tennis Initiative. The mission was launched in 2008. It’s geared toward growing the variety of tennis gamers throughout the nation by introducing tennis for youngsters aged 4-6 years in preschools and 6-10 years in colleges by means of mini-tennis. Mini-tennis permits mastering the fundamentals of enjoying on the courtroom in a enjoyable and leisure means, utilizing the sport method in coaching.
Crew Kazakhstan Tennis Academy – foundry of champions
Crew Kazakhstan mission was launched by the Kazakhstan Tennis Federation in 2008. The sector of its exercise is training of future nationwide workforce contributors within the Davis Cup and the Fed Cup. Full funding is offered by the KTF. In September 2008, the primary admission Crew Kazakhstan college students and training employees had been despatched to the Gorin Tennis Academy, USA, to enhance their abilities. In 2009, Dutch knowledgeable Eric van Harpen was invited as the pinnacle coach. In the identical 12 months, one of many world’s main specialists, Pole Michislav Boguslavsky, joined the mission as the pinnacle coach on the juniors body-conditioning and common sports activities coaching. Since then coaching camps had been held within the Bruguera Tennis Academy (Barcelona, Spain), Professional World Tennis Academy (Miami, USA), Gorin Tennis Academy (California, USA), Tennis Val Tennis Academy (Valencia, Spain).
Younger athletes have already demonstrated good outcomes at worldwide and nationwide competitions. Amongst them, Gozal Ainitdinova, Dostanbek Tashbulatov, Timur Khabibullin.
The scholars of the Crew Kazakhstan Academy received greater than 80 worldwide tournaments, together with varied Grand Prix. In 2017, the Kazakhstan workforce within the class “beneath 12 years” grew to become the champion of Central Asia. Kazakhstani tennis participant Gozal Aynitdinova is the champion of Asia within the class “as much as 14 years”. Representatives of Kazakhstan’s tennis youth frequently take prizes in Europe.
Victories, achievements, outcomes
The Kazakhstan males’s workforce has repeatedly entered the quarterfinal of the distinguished Davis Cup match, beating such eminent groups because the Czech Republic (2011), Austria (2013), Belgium (2014), Italy (2015) after which world champion Argentine in 2017 and returned to the World Group. In February 2018, a workforce of Kazakhstani tennis gamers early defeated the Swiss workforce and reached the quarterfinals of this prestigious match. Within the Fed Cup, the ladies’s workforce of Kazakhstan went into the playoffs twice.
About 40 worldwide ITF, ITF futures, ITF Juniors, ATF and ATP Challenger tournaments happen in Kazakhstan yearly. The biggest match in Kazakhstan is the President’s Cup. This match is part of the ATP Challenger sequence, and the ladies’s match is within the ITF sequence. Additionally, Kazakhstan repeatedly hosted World Group Davis Cup and Fed Cup worldwide tournaments.
