Francisco Amundaray '23 Recruiting Profile

   My tennis started under the supervision and coaching of my dad when I was 8 years old who knew how to play tennis, nevertheless during that time I was in a soccer team and practiced tennis intervalley. My attraction to tennis was more frequent, so I started practicing in my school after hours which help develop a feel and liking to it. During summer I went to a camp (academy) named IMG and also for the next 2 summers.   This helped me develop a good basis and structure in my tennis.   After the first summer a tennis trainer named Jose Francisco passed by and saw me practice, after watching me hit some balls he talked with my dad so he could help in my tennis.   Jose focused on the techniques and was the one who developed my one handed backhand along with other shots like the slice, serve, volley and forehand.  During the years to come in summer I would go to camps (academies) to experience other ways to of playing and try to get to improved to a next level always giving my best effort. The camps that I went to would give me a perspective on how to get better in regard of style, performance, conditioning, and mental understanding of up rises tennis) and what where things I lacked, this has given me the opportunity to tune my tennis accordingly.   My tennis came to a halt in effect to hurricane Maria in 2017 which had destroyed my house and forced me to go in hiatus and not be able to play tournaments. In recent years I have regained my tennis and have begun to take it to the next level with the help of Alfonso Plinio and Cristian Cruz whom now are the ones overseeing my development, always counting with my father supervision and overseeing my training and well being.  Last year I have been doing intensive  physical fitness to better my stamina and power inside the court, this has giving better results in the recent tournaments I have been playing.