IE Business School Application Process - Question I
Shows us an activity you enjoy doing. Tell us how you think it contributes to your personal and professional development
Question i ie presentation - klimentidis alexandros
1. Show us an activity you enjoy doing. Tell us
how you think it contributes to your
personal and professional development.
Applicant: Klimentidis Alexandros
3. RULES OF THE
GAME
Who Serves First?
Coin Toss
What is Fault and Double Fault?
Fault is when the player fails to get his first
serve into the diagonally opposite service box
Double fault is when the player fails to do so for
a second time in a row
4. RULES OF THE
GAME
Counting Points
1 point scored = 15 points
2 points scored = 30 points
3 points scored = 40 points
4 points earned = game point
How do you win a match?
Win 6 games with a two-game advantage to
win a set
Win 2 sets
5. REASONS TO ENJOY TENNIS
Fun to play
Improves the physical condition of the player
Builds mental strength
A means of socialising
Reduces stress
6. CONNECTION BETWEEN TENNIS
AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
Tennis:
Brings people together chance to make new
friends
Teaches how to deal with defeat improves
your personality
Teaches how to set goals and create a plan to achieve
them
Instills moral values such as respect for the opponent,
honesty, hard work and compassion
7. CONNECTION BETWEEN TENNIS
AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
To succeed professionally you need:
Discipline
Strategic thinking
Mental toughness
High standards of ethics
To know your strengths and how to use them
in your advantage
To know your weaknesses and how to work to
improve them
8. CONNECTION BETWEEN TENNIS
AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Tennis has helped me obtain all these qualities. I
have learned to:
“Read” my opponent and develop a strategy to
strike his weaknesses, using my strengths
Be disciplined and to not lose my temper at any
point of the match
Accept defeat
Respect my opponent
9. Some facts about me
My name is Alexandros
Klimentidis. I am 24 years old
and I have been playing tennis
since the age of 11, when I
found an old racket in my
father’s closet and decided to
give it a try. Since then, I have
been practicing for at least 6
hours per week and I have
participated in national and
regional tournaments!