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

1. Show us an activity you enjoy doing. Tell us
how you think it contributes to your
personal and professional development.
Applicant: Klimentidis Alexandros

2. HISTORY
France, 12th Century
“Game of the Palm”
considered the ancestor
of tennis.
Modern Tennis was
developed in
Birmingham, UK in 1872

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!

10. CONCLUSION
Physical Health
LOVE

11. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATTENTION!
GRACIAS POR SU ATENCIÓN!