Last week in Bastad, during SkiStar Swedish Open, Robin launched three different charity initiatives. He launched his foundation – Robin Söderlings Stiftelse, became an ambassador for the Non-Violence Project, and also he announced a new talent award. To read more about Robin’s activities in Bastad, click here.
Monday 29 August 2011
Robin rang the opening bell at the Nasdaq Stock Market
Last Friday Robin rang the opening bell at the Nasdaq Stock Market. This was one of the best true New York experiences, Robin said. US Open starts this week and Robin plays Sorensen, IRL, in the first round.
Read more → Monday 18 July 2011
Robin’s Charity Initiatives
Last week in Bastad, during SkiStar Swedish Open, Robin launched three different charity initiatives. He launched his foundation – Robin Söderlings Stiftelse, became an ambassador for the Non-Violence Project, and also he announced a new talent award. To read more…
Read more → Tuesday 12 July 2011
Robin Söderlings Foundation
Don’t forget to check out the website for my foundation. Robin Söderlings Stiftelse We want to help sick children and children in need all over the world by giving them happy moments that will turn into happy memories.
Read more → Thursday 30 June 2011
Sunset Tennis
On Wednesday July 13, Robin will play his first match in SkiStar Swedish Open in Bastad. The match is scheduled to start 9 pm and is a part of the popular Sunset Tennis event.
Read more → Monday 30 May 2011
King Cover Story
Robin made a cover story and a photo shoot for a famous magazine – King. The magazine is currently available at press stands across Sweden.
Read more → Sunday 22 May 2011
Fair Play Trophy
During Powerhorse World Team Cup in Düsseldorf Robin and Philipp Kohlschreiber received the award “Fair Play Trophy”. Robin was chosen because of his fairness on and beside the court, and because of his closeness to his fans. The award is elected by each team captain…
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Robin’s Charity Initiatives
Monday 18 July 2011 4 comments »
Bravo! Nice job, Robin. I can also understand your desire to bridge the old Swedish tennis generation with something new–while you’re alone in the middle.
My old country, the US, has some problems bringing up new talent.
And here in Japan (16 years), there’s a few problems: kids play soft tennis from Junior High School and most courts are omni or dirt. Training is drill-focused. If every practice drill had a competitive aspect to it (point system), kids here and in the US would be more confident and competitive. I don’t know how it works in Sweden, but it might also be non-competitive practice drills…and the fact that indoor courts are required much of the year makes it difficult. Does it cost a lot for one hour of indoor tennis in Sweden? Boston was about $35/hour. Here in Japan, there are few indoor courts. Outdoor runs about 4 to $6/hour, but there are very few, free public courts…
BTW: competitive drills would be something like my partner would serve until I get five points driving the return down the line into his backhand. Top-spin practice would be games in within the service box lines, and volleying would be the same (no bounce). If kids can learn to be competitive in practice–it might be easier to transfer it to real games. We’re all brilliant in practice, but the lack of drill competitiveness makes most amateur players choke in real games…
Totally off topic (as usual), here…but are you planning on playing Shanghai this year? Will be booking tickets today and hope to see you, Dolgopolov and Nadal or Federer play in the early rounds. My first ATP experience (I’ll behave myself
).
Best of luck at the USO! This Summer is brutally hot, so I hope the time off gives you and edge.
USO: Rock It! Robin. Good luck—hard court in the Summer sun isn’t your thing. Lots of loud New Yorkers (I’m from Boston) and planes flying overhead from La Guardia. So, make the best of it. And for goodness sakes, get back to the court before breaks end, screw with your opponent’s head and GET to the net after the first serve…put it away with your 194 cm frame! There’s no reason (except for your howitzer serve/forehand) to hang-out on the baseline. Watch your old videos on YouTube. Where did you excel? Serve…and…volley. I expect nothing less than watching a USO champion in Shanghai.
Kidding, of course. But watch Sampras’ old serve n’ volley…first serve…he went to the net every time whether it was in or not. Good luck!