TENNIS

“In my first week that I am here, I received so many impres­sions as never before in my life. So far, all in all, I’ve had a really good time here. I can abso­lutely recom­mend Sam Houston State Univer­sity. The campus is big, but ever­ything can be reached within 15 minutes. The canteen is not far from our dorms and the univer­sity buil­dings are less than 5 minutes away.
The people here are all extre­mely polite and friendly. The atmo­s­phere is comple­tely diffe­rent from that in Germany if you pay atten­tion to how people interact with one another. There are really some events taking place here every day, be it parties, meetings, BBQs etc. It is really diffi­cult to NOT make friends here. After just one day you got to know new people who would like to have some­thing to do with you and who are also very happy to help you with any problems you have. This univer­sity is also very good at suppor­ting athletes. It offers programs and makes special teachers avail­able who can deal with the content of the lesson or work on special weak­nesses. And that for free. One can go to any teacher or mentor for advice or support.
The coach is gene­rally very nice and helpful too. He doesn’t put any pres­sure on him and has a healthy atti­tude towards tennis. He is also very expe­ri­enced in double play and its stra­te­gies.
Thank you again for ever­ything. I don’t even know how I would have managed all of this without you (athlete super­visor Vesna)!”

Hey Thorsten,
I am fine! The team and the coach are really nice and the trai­ning is also very good!
Ever­ything is going well at the univer­sity – classes are smaller and more personal and the teachers are always there for you!
In addi­tion, there is a lot of events and clubs on offer here and you are very well received!
The campus is very nice and the supply is good too. So I would defi­ni­tely recom­mend it!
Kind regards, Franca.

“I would like to tell you about my first expe­ri­ence at Old Domi­nion Univer­sity. The univer­sity is in Norfolk, VA on the east coast by the sea. As soon as I arrived, I was looked after very well. My coaches and the guys from the tennis team helped me to quickly find my way around the univer­sity grounds and the surroun­ding area. In the first few days I already had a few appoint­ments and meetings at univer­sity and with my tennis team, there was no ques­tion of boredom. I was well received in the tennis team, we have a lot of fun toge­ther. We have already done a lot toge­ther. We have often been to the beach, which is only 20 minutes away. We have also seen dolphins here. In the mean­time, lessons at the univer­sity have started (14 hours per week) and tennis trai­ning has also started. My daily routine is now well planned, the univer­sity is orga­nized so that lessons and trai­ning are coor­di­nated. In the first week, the day started with a “morning workout” (3 times a week, from 6:00 am to 7:30 am). Here we train strength and endu­rance. Then it goes straight to break­fast and at 9:00 a.m. the class begins. After the lunch break there is tennis trai­ning from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., after which there are usually more lessons or I go to the study hall. Here we have to spend 6 hours a week studying or doing home­work. So the day is very busy and there is little free time. But ever­ything is a lot of fun for me, I get along very well in class and my English skills improved incredibly quickly in the first few weeks. I’m enthu­si­astic about the trai­ning, the coaches are very moti­vated and help us to improve our game. Both coaches come from profes­sional tennis. After just 2 weeks of trai­ning, I flew to my first tour­na­ment in Boston with 3 other guys. That was a great expe­ri­ence, all teams played tennis at a high level. Here I was able to achieve my first indi­vi­dual college victory. The next tour­na­ment in Rich­mond is already in 2 weeks. I’m looking forward to a great and exci­ting time in USA. I am already sure that I have not regretted making the decision to play college tennis in USA. I would like to thank Scho­l­ar­book very much, who made it possible for me to find a univer­sity that corre­sponds exactly to my ideas and is the perfect univer­sity for me. From the begin­ning with the crea­tion of the appli­ca­tion video up to the final place­ment, I was given the best advice and support. We were also happy to receive help from Schoo­lar­book when filling out many of the required forms. I also received support for lear­ning the necessary tests, TOEFL and SAT. Thanks again to the whole Scho­l­ar­book team.”