ADULTS
Master your skills!! Take your game to the next level!! No matter the age and level!! Specifically designed training programs for each athlete. Easy, simple with lots of fun!!
JUNIORS
Reach your true potential with the Q5 advanced coaching !! Highly effective drills and programs professionally designed to meet the specific needs of young athletes!!
TENNIS CLUBS SUPPORT SERVICES
Get the benefits from organized programming in your Club!! Increase the level of member participation!! Maximize your court time with a professional mix of programs!
COACH EDUCATION
Well-trained sports coaches are the key elements to providing quality sport experiences!! Q5’s Tennis mission is to prepare highly qualified specialists, capable of developing and applying scientific knowledge in the different areas of coaching
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Q5 COACHING SYSTEM - AN INNOVATIVE WAY TO TEACH TENNIS
30+ YEARS OF INTERNATIONAL COACHING EXPERIENCE
WIDE RANGE OF COACHING SERVICES FOR TENNIS PLAYERS OF ANY AGE AND LEVEL
COMPREHENSIVE DRILLS, INDIVIDUALIZED TRAINING PROGRAMS, TEMPLATES AND CURRICULUMS
LET’S TALK TENNIS!!
MEET COACH DIMITRI
The founder of Q5 Tennis Coaching Dimitri Penchev has an extended versatile background in the tennis industry.
A dedicated tennis coach with more than 35 years of experience on 3 different continents!!
His tennis journey started when he was seven years old, and continued as a promising junior player. Dimitri played competitive tennis throughout the years, and stopped competing after his University graduation!!
Highly educated, Dimitri holds a Masters degree in Sports Coaching and Physical Education and a PhD in Sport Psychology. He is also a NCCP certified Coach 3.
His international career includes a wide variety of coaching and managerial positions as a high performance coach, high performance director, provincial head coach, training and competitive program manager, co/owner of a tennis academy, national training centre technical director.
One of the highlights of his career was his involvement in the successful organization of the 2004 Athens Summer Olympic Games.
As a high performance coach, Dimitri has developed dozens of national champions and junior ITF players.
His achievements were recognized in Canada and he received multiple awards for his work - Tennis BC High Performance Coach Of The Year, Tennis Canada Coach Of The Year, Tennis Canada Coaching Excellence Award.
Dimitri is internationally recognized for setting up tennis academies and tennis centres from scratch !!
Multilingual, Dimitri is fluent in English, Greek, Bulgarian and Russian
ABOUT Q5 TENNIS
The purpose of the Q5 Coaching System is to help athletes learn fast and effectively the basic skills of tennis, so they can gain all the benefits that result from playing tennis for a lifetime.
The Q5 Training Program includes five main progressions with a very gradual increase in complexity and difficulty. The skill drills are very carefully developed and selected allowing the learners to develop competence in using the basic tennis skills in modified and real tennis match situations.
The great Einstein once said, “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will lead its entire life thinking it’s stupid.”
Q5 Tennis Coaching's mission is to provide high-quality services specifically designed for each athlete, no matter the age and level!! We take the uniqueness of each person very seriously!!
What People Are Saying
I started playing tennis as an adult at age of 37 from the beginner level. Before meeting coach Dimitri, I tried different coaches, but their style of coaching didn't help me much. Dimitri with his coaching system and experience opened my eyes to "real" tennis by starting to work on my technique from scratch. I was amazed by his approach of seeing "bad habits" right away and correcting my technique in a short period of time. It was just semiprivate lessons every second week. After each lesson, I was working on what I learned from him using my ball machine till my next semiprivate lesson. He "infected " me with his passion for tennis.
His coaching approach was so effective that in just 4 months I went to my first tournament and got my first trophy in singles 3.0 category. By learning some new stuff and correcting my technique with Dimitri just for a couple of months before the tournament season, I improved my skills till Advance level just in a few seasons. My best result is the trophy as a finalist in singles 4.0 category in Stanley park Open- the biggest tournament in British Columbia. Dimitri also has a unique efficient coaching system for juniors. He started coaching my daughter when she was 11 years old. She was kind of late in her tennis development. But after just one year of regular lessons with Dimitri she improved her technique, became one of the top 10 ranking players in BC in her age category, and started bringing her trophies home. I am very grateful to Dimitri for his unique talent of teaching for making tennis to be a part of our lives. He is the best coach I have ever met!
Natalia Smirnova
I met coach Dimitri in Vancouver, Canada and have known him for 12 years. He was my son’s tennis coach for 8 years. Dimitri is very knowledgeable and has a great approach with the players. He works equally well with beginners and high-performance athletes. Under his guidance, hundreds of kids developed excellent tennis skills and a love for the game. Under Dimitri’s coaching, the kids were improving and showing outstanding results.
He has a holistic approach to preparation incorporating fitness, nutrition, and mental readiness.
Dimitri also trained coaches and created a wonderful team of specialists at Global Tennis Academy. His achievements were recognized in Canada and he received multiple awards for his work. Dimitri has a great personality and communicates positively with the parents, co-workers, and players. I am very pleased with Dimitri’s work and my son’s achievements. I strongly recommend Dimitri as a tennis coach.
Theodora Runtova
Dimitri was the most thoughtful, caring coach I have ever had. He came to practice every day with an infectious energy that made learning tennis and being at the courts so much fun. Many days he stayed extra hours to give me individual attention working on my technique and strategy. He gave me clear visuals to remember technique on my shots and created a space that was safe to learn and make mistakes to learn from.
Dimitri’s emphasis on footwork and technique is amazing and goes hand in hand with his incredible knowledge of the game and ability to connect with each player he teaches. His instructional techniques were different for each athlete and he was able to connect with each of us on a personal level giving us nicknames and getting to know us as people before athletes. Each practice was structured with goals in mind while also being able to find time for having fun and learning new shots.
Dimitri is extremely creative in his instruction starting each practice with a purpose and introducing new skills in a way that was fun. I remember playing touch games to start practice to work on my feel and drop shots while having no idea that this was what was happening. Dimitri is the most amazing, personable coach I have ever had!
Rosie Johanson
Former U16, U18 Canadian National Champion
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‘‘The Q5 Coaching System is a different way to teach tennis!! The system is based on Sport Science and extended international coaching experience in the field of developing tennis players.’’
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