Advantage Tennis Academy
Advantage Tennis Academy (ATA) was Founded in California in 2002 by Jimmy Johnson and Mahmoud Karim. Jimmy and Mahmoud joined forces to bring together the concept of combining professional coaching with exceptional education providing students with the best possible learning and training environment. Through the years Advantage Tennis Academy built a reputation for producing top players competing on the National, ITF, Pro Circuit and Collegiate Tennis.
I’m 2018, Advantage Tennis Academy Egypt founded by Mahmoud & Diana Karim opened its doors to bring professional level training and coaching to the region. Today, Advantage Tennis Academy is one of the leading high-performance tennis academies in the country, dedicated to meeting the individual needs of each of our students. Our Programs provide players with the ideal environment to improve their tennis skills with daily High-Performance Training and tennis-specific fitness. This program allows players to train and compete with top national and international kids in our full-time program. Advantage players come from all continents and backgrounds with one goal in common: becoming the best tennis players they can be.
Advantage Tennis Academy Egypt provides programs for all ages and levels. Our Advantage Juniors program caters kids between the ages of 5-12 and our High Performance Academy caters to competitive juniors and professional players.
ATA Ownership Team
Mahmoud Karim
Founder & Director / Head Coach
Mahmoud Karim from Cairo, Egypt grew up training and competing in Egypt for most of his junior career. He moved to the U.S to train at Saddlebrook Tennis Academy in Florida. Following graduation he landed a scholarship at Rice University and then continued his collegiate tennis at Loyola Marymount University.
In 2005, Mahmoud partnered with Jimmy Johnson to build and grow Advantage Tennis Academy. For over 20 years, Mahmoud has coached top nationally and internationally ranked juniors, including both ATP and WTA touring pros. Mahmoud has coached and mentored junior players who have competed in over 10 Junior Grand Slams and are continuing. Mahmoud assists ATA players on a day-to-today basis with developing their tennis foundations, proper footwork, and game-winning strategy.
Diana Karim
Co-Founder & Fitness Director
Diana is a Certified Tennis Performance Specialist certified with the International Tennis Performance Association. She grew up in Southern California playing competitive tennis locally. national and international levels.
After competing in Division 1 college tennis for Loyola Marymount University, her career was cut short due to injuries. Through rehab and physical therapy, Diana realized her passion for fitness and helping other athletes get stronger, faster, and stay injury free. For the past 10 years Diana has enjoyed working with junior and professional tennis athletes.
As a goal focused trainer with a firm belief in training the body functionally and efficiently, her specialties are tennis specific movement, speed and agility, and injury prevention and rehab. She is also a NESTA certified Personal Trainer, Sports Injury Specialist, and Certified Athletic Conditioning Coach.
ATA Coaching / Management Team
Dedication. Expertise. Passion.
At Advantage Tennis Academy, we make sure that every student learns from the best. Our team of coaches are professionals in the field and are dedicated to helping our students reach their full potential. With the help of our state-of-the-art facilities and the latest tennis technology, we strive to create a learning environment that is both supportive and challenging. We value the success of our students and are passionate about helping them achieve their goals. Whatever your age or level of play, Advantage Tennis Academy is here to help you improve your game and take it to the next level.
Ahmad Mounir
Head Coach
Samy
Grace
Head Coach / Brand Manager
Mohamed
Shaaban
Junior Tennis Coach
Yousef
Hassan
Velocity Fitness Trainer
Ali
Galal
Head Coach
Mahmoud
Nasr
Junior Tennis Coach
Ahmed
Shaarawy
Velocity Fitness Trainer
Abdelrahman Argoun
Head Coach
Karim Hamada
Junior Tennis Coach
Momen
Mostafa
Velocity Fitness Trainer
Why Choose
Advantage Tennis Academy
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No substitute for Match play experience!
Not only does Egypt provide a large number of local and international tournaments throughout the year at ATA we also provide weekly analyzed/ monitored match play and sets at the Academy. From practice sets to ladder matches we provide players ample opportunity for competition.
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"Player's Entourage"
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Time Management / Productivity
All under one roof – less wasted time. Having a daily structured schedule allows players to balance and allocate enough time in each aspect of their day for academics, training, competition and down time. This allows them to take full advantage of their day and succeed as student-athletes.
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Tournament Teams
To succeed in an individual sport like tennis, it is important to create a support team around each player. The support team has common goals with players and each team member has a different role which is integral to their development. Players learn when they compete they are not only representing themselves but their team as well. This builds confidence in players, motivates them and empowers them to Get Results!
We offer travel to Junior ITF & Pro Circuit tournaments in Egypt and surrounding countries, as well as the ability to join ATA’s U.S travel team for junior and pro circuit tournaments; including events such as Orange Bowl, Eddie Herr & ITF’s. We guide players through proper warm ups, training sessions, healthy eating, cool downs, pre-match mental preparation and post-match analysis/reviews.
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Mentoring
We believe in building character and our ATA mentor program focuses on establishing proper habits, managing time, goal setting, as well as dealing with anxieties that come with pressures of competition.
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Total Fitness
We provide state of the art fitness facilities tailored to the needs of tennis players. ATA Egypt is committed to developing each player’s athletic base and fundamentals to maximize their physical potential and limit the risk of injury. In addition to developing their speed, power, balance, flexibility, and strength, players will also be educated on Pre-hab exercises designed to limit injury and maximize athletic performance prior to competition.
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Periodization training & customized tournament plans
Based around each individuals’ needs. Players are different ages, have different goals, are at different developmental stages and therefore their sense of urgency differs from one another. We identify three stages in their training and customize accordingly; Development, Transition and Competition (Peak Performance).
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Coaching Team
Our coaches operate as a team with common goals to make ATA the best training environment in the world. It is a blessing for players to be able to gain knowledge and be coached by multiple coaches with different backgrounds as part of their training. Visiting guest coaches, pro athletes and speakers allowing players to learn from the best in the industry. We are passionate about the coaching we provide and it motivates the players to push themselves and get the most out of their experience.