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Dr. Mark Kovacs is a high performance expert, sport technology consultant, performance physiologist, researcher, professor, author, speaker and coach with an extensive background training and researching elite athletes. He is known as the go to expert for elite and professional athletes, corporate executives and performance artists looking for science based programming to optimize human performance. 

As the CEO of the Kovacs Institute, he oversees the direction, testing protocols and athlete monitoring programs along with his staff. Visit his personal website at www.mark-kovacs.com, and his new KI Academy at https://kovacsacademy.com

Mark is a best Selling Author, Speaker Consultant and Media Expert: Dr. Kovacs has published 7 books which have been translated into more than a dozen languages on sport and exercise science topics focused on stretching, recovery, mental skills training, anatomy and training. He was an All-American and NCAA doubles champion in tennis at Auburn University. After playing professionally, he completed his graduate work at Auburn University and earned his Ph.D. in Exercise Physiology from The University of Alabama.

Wayne Elderton is acknowledged as one of Canada’s leading coaches. For 30+ years, he was the Head of Tennis Canada Coaching Development and Certification in British Columbia. In this role, he has provided coaching training to thousands of coaches.

He is a main contributor to the Tennis Canada Coaching Certification program and is a foundational architect of Canada’s Red/Orange/Green programs and materials. Has also written articles and coaching materials for the PTR, Tennis Corporation of America, Tennis Australia, and the International Tennis Federation on various coaching topics. He is a popular speaker at coaching conferences world-wide.

He is currently Tennis Director at the North Vancouver Tennis Centre (formerly named the Grant Connell Tennis Centre) which was awarded the 2005 Canadian Facility of the Year for program excellence by the Tennis Professionals Association.

Craig Jones is the Senior Director of Accreditation and Certification at the United States Tennis Association (USTA). In this role, he develops coaching resources, workshops, and oversees accreditation. Before joining the USTA, he was a club owner, Director of Tennis, and junior developer with over 25 years of experience. He is a certified PTR Professional, USPTA Elite Professional, and USTA High Performance Coach

 He has achieved numerous accolades, including serving as a ten-time Davis Cup Coach for Georgia, being named three-time Georgia Pro of the Year. Craig's impact extends beyond coaching, with nearly 100 of his players receiving college scholarships under his guidance, a testament to his ability to develop and nurture talent.

In recognition of his contributions to tennis, Craig was inducted into the Rome, Georgia Hall of Fame in 2002 and the Macon, Georgia Hall of Fame in 2009. 

Walker Sahag currently at Reunion Country Club was most recently the Director of the Franco’s Tennis Academy in Mandeville, LA. Prior to that, she was on Hilton Head Island where she was the Director of the Van der Meer World Class Tennis Academy. Walker has coached and taught at every level of the game. 

She was Director of High Tech at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy (now IMG Academies) where she lectured to students and coaches from around the globe. She has worked closely for a number of years with Jim Loehr, the world’s leading sports psychologist. As a speaker and presenter at every major conference in the U. S., Walker has spoken on a wide variety of topics. Her articles have appeared in Tennis, World Tennis magazines to name a few and she has been seen on national TV as well as international TV. 

Walker has traveled and been the personal coach for players on both the ATP and WTA tours including Hall of Fame inductee and former world #1 Monica Seles, plus 4 other top 20 players. Her junior programs have always produced players who have won at the highest levels both nationally and internationally. National Champions, NCAA Champions, All Americans and ITF winners have all come from her programs.