Mallorca, Spain
Situated in close proximity to Ibiza, Mallorca is one of the largest Spanish islands. With an exceptional geographical location and Mediterranean climate, this island is an ideal place for playing tennis all year round. Many past tennis champions have hailed from Mallorca, as the sport plays a vital role in the culture of the community.
Mallorca hosts many famous tennis tournaments each year, including the ITF World Tour, ITF Seniors Tour, and Tennis Europe Junior Tour. Players and visitors alike look forward to every tennis tournament as an excuse to travel to this beautiful island.
Rafa Nadal Academy
Egida International is proud to take you to the Tennis Academy owned by one of the top tennis players in the world, Rafael Nadal – who transformed his own training grounds into a high-performance tennis center.
The Rafa Nadal Academy is located in the city where Nadal was born – Manacor, the second largest city on the island. The location of the Academy is ideal, only 30 minutes from the Palma de Mallorca international airport and 10 minutes from the coast and pristine beaches. Together with his team, Rafa Nadal has created a unique methodology based on the experience he acquired through playing in the ATP circuit. Toni Nadal is the director of the experienced Academy coaching team. Some of the coaches at the Academy have accompanied Rafa along his career, such as former world’s no. 1 tennis player Carlos Moya – the technical director of the Academy.
This Academy offers students the chance to pursue their tennis passion with players from all over the world, have fun with new friends, and prepare themselves for future challenges and tournaments.
Summer Tennis Camp
Players at the Summer Tennis Camp will improve their technique, physical fitness, and on-court skills while enjoying multiple leisure activities in the unbeatable surroundings of Mallorca.
The program develops the winning mentality of players, which allows students to not only increase their tennis technique and knowledge but also understand how to become persistent, independent, and self-driven players. They will also receive training in handling the pressure of everyday practice, and how best to successfully push their physical and mental limits.
The program also aims to educate participants through sport with entertaining practical activities that comprise the Building a Champion program. Players will receive lessons on nutrition, fitness training, and values such as hard work, humility, tolerance, patience, respect, and integrity.
Proper nutrition plays an important role in the lives of athletes. The Academy features a nutritional program that is based on different plans according to the stage of training and development. The implementation of each plan is constructed with the coordination of a team (coaches, physical trainers, physiotherapists, psychologists, and doctors), ensuring that students have all necessary nutrients at any given time.
After-Sports Activities and Excursions
After very intensive trainings, players can enjoy their free time individually, or participate in recreational activities (paddle boarding, boat trips, etc.). All students will visit the Rafa Nadal Museum “Xperience,” which offers an important educational and didactic component. The museum’s experiential spaces represent aptitudes and values that transcend just the world of sport. The camp also includes competitions between students on Saturdays, and will conclude with an organized BBQ dinner and trophy presentation.
| Course Length | Dates | Accommodation | Excursions and activities | Prices |
| 2 weeks | July 5 – 18, 2023 | Campus accommodation (double rooms) | included | $5,290 |
| 2 weeks | July 19 – August 1, 2023 | Campus accommodation (double rooms) | included | $5,290 |
Note: Min. 8 students are required for the group to be formed.
Accommodation
The players stay at the supervised residency within the Academy, with restricted access and monitors on call 24 hours a day; the rooms are shared with up to 3 players of the same gender and age group. Each room has its own bathroom and air-conditioning.
Players’ families can stay at Rafa Nadal Sports Centre while students are at the camp, and receive a 10% discount on their booking (subject to availability).
Tuition fee includes:
- Group Leader/teacher who will accompany students throughout the trip
- Accommodation at the supervised residency within the Academy
- 5 hours of tennis training
- 10 hours of physical fitness training/Sport activities
- 6 hours of the “Building a Champion” program
- 4 hours of fun activities and an excursion
- Daily breakfast, lunch, snack and dinner
- Medical attention, physiotherapy (if needed) and nutritional care
- Competition on Saturdays
- Wi-Fi Internet service
- Laundry service
- Airport transfer
- Welcome pack
Tuition fee does not include: airfare; travel insurance; miscellaneous expenses.
Additional information
Features of the camp: coach to player is ratio is 1:4; Leisure and recreational activities (paddle boarding, boat trips, etc.); Guided visit to the Rafa Nadal Museum Xperience; Competitions on Saturdays; BBQ dinner and trophy presentation; Transfer services; Free flights offer with Air Europa.
Additional material
Since tennis has been increasingly evolving in the last decades, a very important element of its practice from an early age started being player’s physical preparation. The physical preparation of the Academy is based on two pillars: Coordination Capacities and Injury Prevention. Preventive training seeks to minimize risks of injury and includes the following: joint mobility exercises, stretching the muscles tend to shorten in order to ease tensions, strengthen the stabilizing muscles of the different joints of the body, including rotators and deep back muscles. To work on these aspects, the Academy has the latest technology in equipment and machinery physical training. Mental strength is very important in overcoming adversity, so it is one of the most covered aspects of the Academy.
