2009-to-date
Has been coaching junior competitive tennis in Canada
- Responsible for about 24 students aged 6-14 in a year-round indoor facility at Carleton University in Ottawa
- Several students who compete in Canada and internationally come from Ottawa and have been developed by him:
- Ashvini Tara Gopalan, who travels and competes Junior ITFs, and Nikola Bogojevic, who now lives in Florida and who competed successfully in Orange Bowl and Little Mo International in 2022
- He has also worked for a few years early on with Ariel Liu, Lingling Zhu, Filip Popadich, Steve Vuong, Matthew Schenk-Pare and many others, who compete regularly and are or have competed in Canadian Junior Nationals
Playing Career
Had trained and played tennis in the late 1980s and early 1990s on a university team in Poland (Politechnika Szczecinska, now renamed)
2020
Tennis Integrity Protection Programme (TIPP) by TIU (valid till July 2022)
GPTCA C-Level International Coach
Tennis Canada Instructor
Tennis Canada Club Professional Level 1
Competitive Coach Level 2
Wheelchair tennis instructor; has worked with a few players with disabilities
In addition to what is listed below, he completed Competitive Coaching Level 2 training in Canada lasting 24 days over 18 months
March 02, 2017
Attended TPA conference in Ontario
June 02, 2016
Attended TPA-TDC U10 Development Workshop at ORC
May 30, 2016
Attended TPA Summer Series in Ottawa
April 14, 2014
Attended Wheelchair Instructor
May 23, 2013
Passed CP1
April 02, 2012
Attended TPA/NCTA Progressive Tennis Workshop at Carlton Tennis Centre
Academic
2003
Has studied Masters of Business Administration and Finance at University of Montreal completing the program but not acquiring a degree due to international work committments at the time
1997
Master’s Degree in Computer Science from Politechnica Szczecinska in Szczecin, Poland
Michael Paduch
Email: ottawaTennisPro@gmail.com
