David Sammel

David Sammel
Tennis coach and author, David Sammel
Born	July 5, 1961 Johannesburg, South Africa
Residence	Burley in Wharfedale, Yorkshire, UK
Citizenship	British
Education	Batchelor of Arts: Economics and English
Alma mater	North Texas State University
Occupation	Tennis Coach, Consultant, Author
Notable work	Locker Room Power, Fit-For-Purpose Leadership #1 and #2
Website	davidsammel.com

Locker Room Power,

David Sammel (born in 1961 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a tennis coach, sports consultant and writer. Since 2010, David has been the head coach at TeamBath-MCTA and is also the author of the book Locker Room Power: Building an Athlete’s Mind. David has coached players including Liam Broady,Arvind Parmar,Barry Cowan,Wesley Moodie,Martin Lee and Andrew Richardson.

David began coaching at The Metselaers club in Schevingen, the Netherlands in 1987 whilst still representing the club as a player, assisting with their promotion to the top division. In 1989 after captaining the Manchester Mortgage Corporation League team, he accepted the head coach position at the Matchpoint Indoor Club. Sammel went on to work with a number of players including Jamie Delgado, Arvind Parmar, Andrew Richardson, Martin Lee, Chris Haggard,Barry Cowan, Miles MacLagan and Samantha Murray.

Richardson achieved a five set win over top 30 player Byron Black and reached the third round of Wimbledon in 1997. In 1999 Miles Maclagan held two match-points against Boris Becker and Arvind Parmar qualified for Wimbledon going on to upset the seeded future French Open champion Albert Costa. In 2001, Barry Cowan extended Pete Sampras to five sets in the memorable "You'll never walk alone" court one encounter.