Mendieta Tennis Coaching Team

FRANCISCO MENDIETA - Director & Head Coach

Francisco is a former Colombia number 1 junior and experienced High Performance Coach, mentoring several Professional Tennis Players.

Contact: 022 103 8608

Studies: Auburn University at Montgomery, Montgomery, AL

Bachelor of Science in Psychology
 

WORK EXPERIENCE

  • Tennis Coach for the Compensar Tennis Elite Team, Bogota, Colombia – 2013
  • Tennis Coach with the Colombian Tennis Federation, Bogota, Colombia – 2013
  • Tennis coach for Camps: Canadensis, New York, Camp Lavi, Pennsylvania, Camp Chipnaw, Pennsylvania, United States (2014, 2015, 2016)
  • Tennis coach at Club Med Academies, Port Saint Lucie, FL- (June 2017-Feb 2018): Coaching top 200 Junior ITF players, top 400 ATP players and top 150 WTA players.
  • Senior tennis coach Evolve tennis, Wellington, New Zealand ( Feb 2018- March 2019)
  • Senior Tennis coach Tennis inc Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand (Jan 2019-July 2019)
  • Head tennis coach at Karori United Tennis club, Head coach with Capital Coaching (July 2019)

ATHLETIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS

  • Semifinal doubles future 15.000 Cartagena, Colombia ( 8 ATP points in doubles) – 2011
  • NAIA All American-First Team – 2016
  • NAIA All American – Honorable mention – 2015
  • Champion COSAT Under 16 G3 Valencia, Venezuela
  • Runner-up COSAT Under 16 G3 Caracas, Venezuela
  • Played Futures and Challenger in Colombia
  • Ranked number 1 junior 18/u in Colombia.
  • Ranked top 7 in New Zealand national ranking in tennis

 

AWARDS AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS/QUALIFICATIONS

  • Dean’s list, Fall and Spring semesters 2015-2016
  • Provost’s list, Spring 2015, Fall and Spring 2015-2016
  • Southern States Athletic Conference, All-Academic Team 2016
  • Academic achievement of one the highest GPA among college tennis players in the southern states
  • Seminar on Clinical Psychology
  • Seminar on Criminal Psychology
  • ITF Level 1 Development Coach Certification
  • ITF Level 2 Club Pro Coach Certification

 

LAURA ISBEY - Director & Senior Coach & Admin

Contact: 02102330274 laura.isbey.tennis@gmail.com

Laura is a top 20 player in New Zealand for singles and doubles. Experienced in coaching players of all ages and abilities, Laura enjoys improving the players she coaches by focusing on both technical and tactical aspects of the game. Laura has been coaching since she was just 15 years of age, and more recently taking on coaching as a full-time role after choosing to use her passion for tennis to help others.

Laura has experienced playing in New Zealand as a junior through to adult competitions, and has represented Auckland as a junior player, to then playing tennis in the USA on a full 4 year tennis scholarship at West Virginia State University, where she played number 1 on her team.

Passionate about Tennis, Laura thrives on using knowledge and ‘skill sets’ to accomplish objectives and motivate students to achieve their full potential through intensity, discipline and desire.

“Hard work beats talent, if talent doesn’t work hard”

 

COACHING STYLE

  • Technical, mechanics, footwork
  • Motivating
  • Enthusiastic, Intensive and Fun

QUALIFICATIONS/Experience

  • Tennis Coach since 2011
  • Experience coaching from 4 year olds to seniors (all ages)
  • Previous Coach at Westend Tennis Club
  • Previous Coach in USA
  • Bachelors in Business Marketing & Economics
  • ITF Level 1 Development Coach Certification

Clubs

 Senior Coach at Eden Epsom Tennis Club (Current)

TOURNAMENTS AND EVENTS MANAGEMENT

  • Have run previous Team1 Tennis tournaments

Hamish Lee - Junior & Adult  Development Coach

Contact: 0225616257

Hamish has experience competing at the highest level in NZ, as well as playing college tennis in the USA. He is originally from New Zealand and has 7 years of experience coaching with all ages and levels of players.
“I have a great approach to coaching kids, especially young ones as I use imagination to turn tennis games into games, eg “battleships, or save your friend” to make it fun and keep them engaged.
With competitive juniors, I have a strict mentality toward them, as I really try to teach the importance of thinking smart and staying focused and disciplined mentally.
With adult group lessons, I have many drills and games to introduce to the team to keep the sessions new, and interesting, and can create lesson plans that suit the interest of the players.

Past Experience
• Assistant coach for Greendale tennis club. (3 years)
• Performance coach for Ace Sports (1 year) I was working with high-performance junior players.
Making training plans and taking them to tournaments. Also worked with young developing juniors, as well as adult groups and private lessons.
• Self-employed coach (2 years)
Finding my own clients in Miami. This ranged from beginner adults, to juniors already playing tennis but want to improve, being a hitting partner for the top 100 juniors in the country, as well as running adult tennis groups for fun, and fitness.

Qualification: ITF Level 1 Development Coach Certification

Jorge Goikoetxea - Junior & Adult Development Coach

Contact: 02052322374

Jorge has experience training and competing at the highest level in Spain and NZ.
Jorge trained and competed in Alrorta, Spain. He has a heavy topspin, consistent playing style and can slide to all corners of the court. 
Jorge has over 6 years experience in coaching tennis to juniors and adults, taking on group sessions, private lessons and hitting sessions. 
Since his arrival to Auckland in October 2024, Jorge has competed at the highest level NZ has to offer for interclub, playing singles & doubles for Parnell Lawn Tennis Club on their prestigious Carobowl Team.