Coaches - Coto de Caza Tennis


Eric Clark

Eric is the tennis director and a USPTA Certified P-1 professional. Eric began coaching tennis 16 years ago at Sun Valley Resort under the tutelage of Jack Crawford and former Davis Cup Captain Tom Gorman. Eric was very instrumental in building an Adult Academy at Wintergreen Resort in Virginia to become one of the top 5 Adult Academies in the country. He built upon his expertise with adult groups (both singles and doubles) to help nurture a Junior Program, which has laid the foundation for many great college players and professionals to come. Eric joined the Coto Valley team in November of 2005 under the direction of Vic Braden, to develop competitive and social events for adults and juniors. Eric has continued to grow the program over the last several months and recently brought onboard Katarina Lajcakova from Slovakia.

Katarina Lajcakova

Katarina is an ITF Certified Teaching Professional, who used to play on the junior tour in Europe and with WTA top ranked professionals, such as Daniela Hantuchova. Katarina studied tennis and physical education at Prague's Charles University in the Czech Republic. Her 14 years of playing tennis coupled with her educational background in physical education brings a wealth of knowledge to her coaching abilities. Eight years ago she began coaching juniors not only on the fundamentals and development of the game, but on the physiological aspects, which have helped to drive children to excel.