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Alexander Kneepkens

Alexander Kneepkens

Coach/Hitting Partner + Performance Manager

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Coach/Hitting Partner at Wilson Luxilon Tenkie Academy

  • Education

    • Maastricht University

      2014 - 2015
      Master of Science (M.Sc.) Human Movement Sciences

      Master's thesis:Internship: The influence of fatigue in the tennis serve using the Hawk-Eye system.To investigate the influence of fatigue during the most important stroke in tennis, highly trained tennis players were asked to serve multiple times before and after an intervention. Several outcome and kinematic parameters were measured of all serves using the Hawk-Eye system and with the program DartFish.

    • University of Leuven

      2009 - 2012
      Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Ingenieurswetenschappen, Afstudeerrichting Werktuigkunde, Levende Systemen

      Activities and Societies: I was 5 years a member of the University Tennis Team. The last year I was combined player-coach of the team.

    • University of Leuven

      2012 - 2014
      Master of Science (M.Sc.) Ingenieurswetenschappen, Biomedische Technologie

      Activities and Societies: Athens Programme Master's thesis: Research in pronation by running shoes on the basis of forward simulation with contact modelingThe research investigates the influence of different characteristics of a running shoe on the pronation of the foot by use of simulation of running. The simulation was performed using a forward dynamical analysis within the open-source software OpenSim.

  • Experience

    • Wilson Luxilon Tenkie Academy ( before Wilson Tennis Academy Genk)

      Sept 2014 - now
      Coach/Hitting Partner + Performance Manager

      I am part of a coaching team at this academy. The goal is to improve the tennis skills of a group of very young and talented Belgian tennis players. This was achieved by training blocks at our academy and playing international tournaments to finally climb on the international rankings (TennisEurope and ITF)I was also the hitting partner (from end 2015 to begin 2017) of the Belgian professional tennis player Kirsten Flipkens and helped her during tennis tournaments (WTA) like the Australian Open and Wimbledon. I was the hitting partner from Angelique Kerber during a period in the off-season (preparing season 2018) and during WTA tournament in Doha.From januari 2024, I am also the Performance Manager from the academy. This means that I amdedicated to the ongoing professionalization of our academy. My responsibilities include enhancing the academy's image, trainer development, player mindset improvement, improving the collaboration between physics, tennis coaches and fitness coaches and also looking for innovations improve the qualities of our program. This role allows me to make a direct impact on the success and growth of our players, trainers, and the academy as a whole. Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Participation Certificate: XIV European Youth Olympic Summer Festival (Györ), 23-29 july 2017

      Jul 2017