Federico Palermo

WORKSHOP TENIS ARGENTINA 2007 - Disertación sobre la Preparación Física Innovada en el Tenis" BUENOS AIRES - CLUB GEBA (Gimnasia y Esgrima de Buenos Aires)

Mesa redonda de preguntas y respuestas, debate final y cierre del Simposio Internacional

About me

I was born in the city of Rosario the 24 of April of 1979.  From 1983 to 1996 I attended my studies in the Maristas School (Rosario)

In 1987 (8 years) I began to make several sports, among them Tennis, this My first great trainer was my greater passion was Alexander (Pollo) Young bull that I teach the main base of this sport and he showed the way to me towards the competition. After crossing a long way, in 1991 I gained the Provincial Masters being left number 1 of Santa Fe.

In 1992, already competing at national level I reached the position number 3 of the country and was named registered of the Argentine Association of Tennis taking the standard mother country in many inaugural ceremonies of Events.

In 1993 I began to train with Cacho Coria in the city of Rosario, soon we formed competition equipment (Matías Sosa, Cecilia Ortiz, Guillermo Coria and I) with which we played interclub’s representing the Florida Club of Buenos Aires where we acquired unforgettable experiences and insurmountable results.

In 1994 I trained in the Club Gimnasia y Esgrima of Rosario where I obtained important titles, as much in interclub’s as in open matches thus obtaining, the card of first category.

Soon in 1995 I trained in the Jockey Club of Rosario with Carlos Castellán, played Top Serve and I competed in diverse National Matches until year 1996.

In 1997 until the 2001 I began to attend the Teaching staff of Physical education in the Institute of Superior Education Gral Jose de San Martin and parallelly to this, I made the Teaching staff of Tennis Level 1. Also I attended Congresses and Symposiums of National nature and the International. Then I discovered that this was really my vocation and that my yearning to get to be professional tennis player had become the dream to be a great trainer, by such reason I began to travel abroad to become qualified at international level.

In 2002, as physical trainer I began to work in Hockey where I acquired great experience and knowledge.

In 2003 I began to overturn all my tennis experience working in diverse places of the city of Rosario like the Jockey Club, private Countries and clubs. By the end of this year summons the Prof. Oscar Cacho Coria like Physical Trainer in the preseason of the Academy Guillermo Coria in the city of Venado Tuerto.

In 2004, after 6 weeks to work there, I am named Physical Trainer of the player Guillermo Coria who was with difficulties in one of his shoulders, injured at level of the abdominal ones and rehabilitating one of its adductive ones. Then N° 101 of the ranking was positioned world-wide (race of champions) and number 5 in the ranking system of entrances. Beginning to work with him, at the beginning of year 2004, two weeks before the initiation of match ATP of Buenos Aires, in which the player manages to adjudge the championship.

G.E.R Club. Press Conference about the Tennis Clinic "Guillermo Coria Academy". In the photograph (from right to left): Patricio Campbel (G.E.R.'s president), Guillermo Coria, Carlos Aimar (Santa Fe's Sub-secretary of the Sport's Department) and me.

I travel with the sportsman during the matches of Marseilles, Dubai, Indian Wells (Californian), Nasdaq (Miami), Montecarlo, Barcelona, Hamburg, Roland Garros (Paris), Queens (London), Holland and Wimbledon (London). During the this period, without doubts most successful of all his tennis race, the player manages to reach two championships ATP, a Masters Series and four end, two of them in Masters Series, one in Grand Slam “Roland Garros” and soon another one in Match ATP on turf of Holland “Ordina Open”, surpassing to great exponents of world-wide tennis like Carlos Moya, Nicolay Davidenko, Tim Henman, Marat Safín, David Nalbandian and Fernando Gonzalez among others, positioning number 2 in the world (Race of Champions) and number 3 in the World-wide Ranking (System of Entrances).

During years 2005 and 2006 I continue working in the GCoria Academy with which I dictate clinics of tennis of theoretical qualification - practical under the roll of General Coordinator in the Area of Physical training supervising and directing the project.

Alto Rosario Shopping Gym. "Tennis Physical Training and Sport Medicine" course organised by A.M.P.R.O.T. In the photograph (from left to right): Dr Gabriel Martinez Lotti (C.O.T.'s director), Rocío Galarza (tennis placer) and me.

In 2007 I fulfill the roll of Coordinator in the Physical training of the Department of Competition of the Jockey Club of Rosario. 

In 2008, next to an equipment of professionals of forward edge, beginning to work in the Approach Academy, “Center of Training of High performance in Tennis” (Rosario - Argentina) like Director of the same one in the Area of Physical training. From year 2005 to the date, I am giving in different conferences from great events such as: Clinics Annual Theoretical-Practice throughout all the country, Courses on Physical training, National Congresses of Tennis, Workshops organized by the Argentine  Association of Tennis (AAT) and International Symposiums organized by Biodeport and the Argentine Association Argentina of Medicine of Sport and Science of the Exercise (AAMD and EC) next to professional outstanding worldwide.