WORLD number one tennis star Rafael Nadal has celebrated the second anniversary of his sports academy in Mallorca – by opening another one.
The Rafa Nadal Academy by Movístar started out life in the ATP ace's native town of Manacor, and trains up young talents with the aid of a technical team of coaches led by Rafa's uncle and former trainer, Toni Nadal, using the same techniques as those which catapaulted Rafa to stardom and have kept him there right up to press.
Along with sports coaching, future tennis prodigies are trained to be all-rounders and upstanding members of the community through their education at the American International School of Mallorca, aiming to instill in them values such as effort, patience, respect, humility, tolerance, integrity, discipline, order and commitment.
Students include Spanish Junior Champion in singles and doubls, Rosa Vicens, and ATP world number 79, Jaume Munar.
Now, two years on, another branch of the sports school is about to open on the Costa Mujeres area of eastern México, just north of the holiday hotspot of Cancún.
Forming part of the complexes of the TRS Coral Hotel and TRS Grand Palladium Costa Mujeres Resort & Spa, the new Rafa Nadal Tennis Centre will be ready to take in pupils by November, both holidaymakers and year-round residents.
Using the same techniques as the Manacor branch, the Costa Mujeres academy is ideal for tourists to hone their skills or learn from scratch as a complementary activity, or even to take a 'tennis holiday' in the Caribbean sun where the main focus is their game.
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