ABOUT Us
Mad athletes
All coaches of Mad Athletes are coached and instructed to follow the same philosophies and beliefs of Head Coach and Director Michael Dracos. Constant feedback regarding lesson plans, areas to improve on are communicated to all coaches to ensure each player gets the same high performance service from all our coaches. The Mad Athletes way of teaching is based on hard work, holistically developing each individual’s game, repetition of proven match play strategies and hard work again! We try to achieve all of this whilst creating a fun environment that you look forward to attending. If you have any questions on anything regarding our programs and how we can benefit you in either a tennis or fitness objective. Contact us and we’re more than happy to answer all your questions.
Michael Dracos
Head Coach/Director
Michael is the Head Coach at Lum Reserve TC and the Head Coach of Caulfield Grammar School Wheelers Hill Year 7-12 Tennis Program. He has and continues to work with young students wishing to learn the great game of tennis, as well as extremely talented players that are nationally/world ranked or wishing to reach that level and beyond! Michael can work with the youngest and most basic of students through to the absolute elite, or even to the older adult wanting to learn something new. He has both an extensive tennis and fitness background which is a great combination for teaching modern tennis!
Qualifications
- Tennis Australia Club Professional
- Diploma in "Spanish Way to Develop Players"
- Certificate III (Gym Instructor)
- Certificate IV (Personal Trainer) in Fitness
- Level 2 First Aid
- Working With Children Check & Current Police Check (Clear)
Achievements
- Top 20 Australian Junior
- Victorian Hard Court Finalist – Would have been the youngest winner bar Mark Philippoussis, with previous winners being Darren Cahill and Pat Cash.​​
- Representing Victoria as a primary and secondary student on multiple occassions in both Tennis and Cross Country​​
- Represented Caulfield Grammar School 1st's Tennis from year 7 and captained the team
- Training at Saddlebrook Tennis Academy in the U.S. (Formerly Harry Hopman Tennis Academy)
