Professional tennis coach in Kiev Alexey But

Interview: https://up4sport.com/posts/477

Education

National Pedagogical Dragomanov University (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Second Higher Education
Physical Education and Sports — Graduated in May 2025

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Master’s Degree, Physics of Functional Materials — Graduated in May 2014

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Bachelor’s Degree, Physics of Functional Materials — Graduated in May 2012

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT)
Faculty of Molecular and Biological Physics — 2006 – 2010

Professional Experience

Head Coach — Play Tennis Kyiv Tennis Club
Kyiv, Ukraine | Peremohy Avenue, 62 (outdoor courts)
March 2017 — Present
Responsibilities: supervision of court surface quality, scheduling, organization of training processes for own sessions, and support of other coaches during training.

Personal Tennis Coach
Limassol, Cyprus / Berlin, Germany
September 2016 — March 2017
Personal coach of Leonard Alexander Zibel, member of the Bavarian regional team (Germany) U12 (Boys).
Full organization of the training process and tournament support at local German and international events (Tennis Europe).

Tennis Coach — Kyiv Tennis Academy
Kyiv, Ukraine
January 2016 — September 2016
Conducted group and individual training sessions for players of all levels.

Personal Tennis Coach — PRO2000 Tennis Club
Poreč, Croatia
August 2015 — December 2015
Personal coach of Oleksandra Oliinykova, at that time a member of the Croatian junior national team (currently a Top 100 WTA player).
Full organization of the training process (schedule, short- and long-term goals, sparring, nutrition, fitness, tournament planning), sparring partner, and tournament сопровождение at international (ITF) and local competitions.

Sparring Partner — Ukraine Junior Women’s National Team (U12 / U14)
2013 — 2016
Worked with:
• Marta Kostyuk (Eddie Herr Champion 2016, Orange Bowl Champion 2016, Tarbes Champion 2016)
• Daria Snigur and other members of the Ukrainian national team

First Ukrainian Tennis Academy (UTA)
Kyiv, Ukraine
Tennis Coach — May 2013 — May 2015
Training players from amateur to professional level.

Annabel Croft Tennis Academy
Paphos, Cyprus
Individual Tennis Coach — June 2013 — August 2015
Worked with a junior player from Russia; full training organization and international tournament support.

Kyiv Tennis Academy
Kyiv, Ukraine
Tennis Coach — May 2010 — May 2015
Conducted group and individual sessions for amateur and professional players.

Tennis School in Dolgoprudny
Moscow Region, Russia
Tennis Coach / Sparring Partner — May 2008 — May 2010
Coached beginner players and served as a sparring partner for professional athletes.

Professional Skills

• Development and implementation of individual tennis programs (tennis training, fitness, nutrition, tournament planning)
• Technical and tactical coaching
• Tournament coaching and player support

Languages

• English — Fluent
• Ukrainian — Native
• Russian — Native
• Croatian — Basic

Interests

Traveling, swimming, running, active lifestyle, communication with people.