The International Tennis Federation (ITF) Level 2 regional coaching seminar for high-class players has ended in Turkmenistan. It was held at the Tennis Complex of the Ashgabat Olympic Village, where the introductory course «Play Tennis» for training coaches was held in 2020, and a higher-level coaching seminar Level 1 was held in 2023. And now, for the first time, an educational regional coaching seminar of the ITF professional level Level 2 was held here. This became possible due to the assignment of the status of «Educational and Training Centre of the Asian Region» to the Turkmen Tennis Complex. The corresponding certificate was presented on the 1st of June, 2024, at a ceremony in the Olympic Village of the capital by the ITF representative for the development of tennis in Asia, Seyedamir Borghei, The Turkmenistan: Golden age electronic newspaper reports.

The ITF Level 2 Regional Coaching Seminar brought together 15 coaches – 11 from Turkmenistan and 4 from Bahrain, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan, who had an excellent opportunity to improve their professional level to prepare high-class tennis players. The course lecturers were renowned specialists of the International Tennis Federation – Seyedamir Borghei from Iran and Igor Shelyakin from Uzbekistan.

Over the course of 12 days, the seminar participants completed 37 online courses on the ITF Online Academy platform, after which they were admitted to five exams related to on-court game practice, conducting individual and group lessons, testing and writing essays. In case of successful certification, the course participants will receive an international Level 2 certificate, which confirms a high level of training and gives the right to represent players at the largest tournaments.