Smrikve Tennis School
Smrikve Tennis School is mostly dedicated to the young tennis players up to 14 years of age…
Thanks to the passion towards youngest players, that for sure Smrikva Bowl has helped to grow in the last years, the Smrikve Tennis Club decided to dedicate major attention to the youngest tennis players.
Historically Smrikve Tennis Club was dedicated to the tennis players from 5 to 10 years of age. Currently we are aiming to expand our dedication to the kids up to 14 years of age.
Usually, the kids that are involved in sports activities or in music learn to efficiently allocate their time since a very young age.
Kids learn to become responsible and this is very important for any professional activity they may decide to follow in the future.
In particular, in tennis game there is a need for the kids to solve problems individually and it is a good way to develop good habits and also have fun through the game.
Main objectives of the Smrikve Tennis School…
• teaching the kids to become responsible through the game,
• developing good habits and enjoy the game,
• focusing on the tennis players up to 14 years of age,
• leverage the Smrikva Bowl network to allow the growth of the potential professional tennis players.
Wilson could be defined as #1 tennis racquets and accessories company in the World. Players such as Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Serena and Venus Williams are some of the famous tennis players currently using Wilson racquets and Wilson is one of the Smrikva Bowl sponsors.
Mouratoglou Tennis Academy is #1 tennis Academy in Europe located nearby Paris. Marcos Baghdatis has grown in this Academy and Mouratoglou Tennis Academy provide Smrikva Bowl winners with one week training with their professionals.
Kids’ development in the Smrikve Tennis School are followed by…
Tomislav Bozovic and Miodrag Bozovic. They are currently dedicating most of their time to teach kids more about tennis and sport in general.
The additional resources that can be leveraged in Smrikve include: Miro Hrvatin, Nenad Milisavljevic and Nikola Grujic.
Tomislav Bozovic was outstanding in gymnastics when he was younger and has dedicated many years to teach generations of pilots how to fly supersonic planes. Today he is dedicating his time with passion to the youngest players that are willing to learn the basics about tennis and, what is even more important, to learn the values that sports transmit to people in general.
Miodrag Bozovic was a successful musician before he decided to pursue the Business Administration university degree at Bocconi University in Milan. Later on he was a successful Investment Banker living in Italy, Spain and the USA. Today Miodrag is dedicating his time with passion to Smrikve development, Smrikva Bowl organisation but also to the youngest tennis players development.
Current members of the Smrikve Tennis School
• Ariana Rabac
• Brice Ian Gower
• Edi Budisavljevic
• Luka Spelic
• Zrinka Bratulic
• Ivan Bratulic
• Dea Ostojic
• Petra Ostojic
• Dora Ramnjak
• Ivan Bakis
• Leon Jukic
• Jelena Boban
• Stefan
Ariana Rabac is currently the best player in her age group in Istria and among the top players in Croatia. She plays with Wilson K Tour racquets.
Recommended tennis readings…
ALFONSI STEFANO, Tennis, Giunti Editore, Milano, 2007.
BAGHDATIS MARCOS, Marcos Baghdatis, Pollina, Lucon, 2006.
CLERICI GIANNI, 500 anni di tennis, Mondadori, Milano, 2004.
DOUGLAS PAUL, Il manuale del tennis, Idealibri srl, Milano, 1992.
FERRE’ VICTOR, Pato Alvarez, el guru del tenis, Viena Ediciones, 2003.
FRISCIC VJERAN, Tenis bez tajni, Tenis, Zagreb, 2004.
HIGHAM ALISTAR, Momentum: the hidden force in tennis, Meyer & Meyer Sport, 2000.
MANFRED GROSSER and RICHARD SCHONBORN, Competitive tennis for young players, Meyer & Meyer Sport, 2001.
PERICOLI LEA, C’era una volta il tennis. Dolce vita, vittorie e sconfitte di Nicola Pietrangeli, Rizzoli RCS Libri, Milano, 2007.
RUPIC SLOBODAN, Energizirana teniska loptica, RS-Nata d.o.o, Zagreb, 2008.
STEINHOFEL LUTZ, Competitive tennis, Meyer & Meyer Verlag, 1995.
UZORINAC ZDENKO, Teniske legende i asovi, Prosvjeta d.d., Bjelovar, 1997.
YACUB JULIO, The Science & Art of Tennis, Hats Off, Tucson Arizona, 2004.
Several talented players from Pula have started to love tennis on our tennis courts…
Nikola Grujic is one of the Smrikva Bowl founders that has dedicated many years to the youngest tennis players in Pula.
Nikola’s experience and passion towards the young has helped many kids to become good individuals and very good tennis players.
I am pleased to recall only some talented tennis players that has started to play tennis in Smrikve with Nikola Grujic:
• Sandra Zmak
• Deni Zmak
• Nikolina Grbac
• Matija Tomljanovic
• Maja Plavsic
• Antonio Vitasovic
• Matija Volarevic
Contact adress – Smrikve Tennis School
Stinjanska Cesta, 91
52100 Pula
Istra – Croatia
Tel/Fax: +385 (0)52 51 70 11
tomislav.bozovic@pu.t-com.hr
miodrag_bozovic@yahoo.it
Please visit www.smrikve.com to learn more about Smrikva Bowl, one of the most important under 10 tennis tournaments in the World, and Villa Smrikve and future Smrikve Village, for your accommodation in Stinjan (Pula) if you decide to spent your holiday in Istria, Croatia. In Villa Smrikve you can enjoy tennis, sea, good istrian food, Smrikve wine and olive oil, and events in Pula and Istria.
