See an excerpt of Pawel’s background and activities throughout an extraordinary career in tennis.

Pawel comes from an old tennis family (see family tree) and started playing at the age of six. He became a Polish junior champion in singles and was a member of the junior national team. During his studies, Pawel played in ATP tournaments in the East and West.

Pawel is fluent in Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, German, English, and Russian (basic level).

  • Two Swedish coaches to Norway
  • Two page spread
  • The Swedish Way
  • “That’s why Sweden lags behind” article
  • Book from HTK
  • Coach of the Year
Education
  • Masters level at the Sports Academy in Warsaw (5 1/2 years)
  • All steps in the Swedish Tennis Association’s education program for tennis coaches at The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences in Stockholm (10 weeks full-time, 4th degree)
  • Completed international courses i ATP, WTA and ITF
  • Completed all coaching courses run by the Norwegian Tennis Association (Stages 1, 2, and 3)
Work History
2021-2024
  • Pawel travelled with Jan Choinski.
2006-2018
  • Sports Manager with responsibility for tennis at NTG at Bekkestua in Bærum. Pawel still works part-time at NTG-U. (Among the first students in 1981, there were only alpine climbers with athletes such as “Finken” Jagge, Lasse Kjus and Tom Stiansen.)
  • Of today’s 15 sports in Bærum (270 pupils), only 2 are winter sports, while the other 13 are both team and individual summer sports. The fact that the pupils are from all parts of the country, and that so many sports are in one place, results in a varied and exciting school environment. NTG Bærum moved in the summer of 2003 from the old school at Vøynenenga in Vestre Bærum to new, larger and more modern premises at Bekkestua. Nadderud Stadium, an artificial turf field and associated training field, and Nadderudhallen with sports and swimming hall are only a few hundred meters away.
  • In autumn 2007, NTG Bærum started tennis with several of Norway’s most promising players.
  • Read more about Tennis at NTG here.
2005-2017
  • Head Coach at Stabekk Tennis Club.
  • In 2005, Pawel was employed as head coach at Stabekk Tennis Club with responsibility for elite players and talent development. In the hall above, Pawel trained several Norwegian champions. Today, STK is one of the leading tennis facilities in the country with five indoor courts and seven outdoor courts of top quality.
  • The pictures above are of the new hall from Planforum Arkitekter AS. The hall was ready for use in September 2010, and was officially opened on 24 October of the same year. It has 5 hardcourt courts coated with Latex-Ite from Unisport. The hall has a cafeteria, changing rooms, showers, sauna and exercise room. It also has wireless internet.
  • Visit the website of Stabekk Tennis Club.
1997-1999
  • Worked for several years as a mentor at Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas and assisted Head Coach Carl Neufeld in connection with training camps, analysis and advice.
1990-1994
  • Assistant coach for Poland’s Davies Cup team in connection with assignments as private coach for Wojtek Kowalskij, best ranked in the top 100 in ATP and was his coach before the Olympics in Seoul.
1984-1997
  • During these years he was commissioned by the Swedish Tennis Association’s age manager for boys under the age of 18, where the task was, among other things, to:
    • Be the national team captain in connection with individual championships and team championships as well as national matches.
    • Plan and conduct training camps for the players within the age category.
    • Keep in touch with and follow up players within the age category.
    • During this period, the team won three golds in the team EC, one gold in the team WC, one EC gold in singles and one EC gold in doubles.
1981-2004
  • Winners of the Beckers Team Cup Dahlman Ekeroth Bengtsson Kristianson Wahlmark Enneberg
  • Winning team elite series men
  • Trenerkollega Calle Hageskog Leder HTK Mats Carlsson
  • Team Parajet Ola Kristiansson Johan Alven David Ekdahl
  • Swedish Champions U18 Mikael Tilstrom and Miria Wahlmark
  • Swedish Champions in teams David Ekeroth Pappa Wahlgren Jonas Enneberg Lars Anders Wahlgren Hans Ulrik Nilsson
  • Svenske Mestere Ekeroth, Wahlgren, Eneberg and Bengtsson
  • Larsa Wahlgren and Cecilia Dahlman i Olympiahallen
  • Johan Alven, Junior World Champion
  • Johan Alven and David Ekeroth, Orange Bowl vinnere
  • Good friend Bjorn Hellberg signs book
  • Cover in Tennis magazine with Prpic, 12 years
  • Finalist Single Winner in doubles Jr EC Ola Kristianson
  • Elite series team: Tillstrom, Kristiansson, Svensson, Bengtsson and Alven
  • Future European champions Ulf Persson and Ola Kristiansson
  • Kim Bengtsson
1979-1980

Pawel Strauss is a professional tennis coach with extensive sports and fitness knowledge, with a main focus on training elite and competitive players. Using his expertise, he coaches players on both a national and international level.

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