Chapman\u2019s tennis program is looking to raise the bar this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Last year, the men\u2019s team closed out their season with a 4-13 record, and the women\u2019s team finished at 4-11. However, the Panthers have begun this season undefeated, with both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s teams winning all of their first three matches.<\/p>\n
So who is behind this change? The turnaround starts with newly appointed head coach, Evan Parry. Prior to his arrival, one thing was for certain \u2014 Chapman tennis needed redirection. Their recent success is proof that the winning elements have been there all along. The Panthers now have a coach who can push them to new heights.<\/p>\n
For Parry, the wins are great, but the shift in culture is the real story.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey all just seemed really, really hungry to improve and just to have a positive atmosphere, \u201d Parry said.<\/p>\n
Upon meeting some of the students and staff during the interview process, Parry knew Chapman would be the perfect place to establish a new culture centered on support and growth as a team.<\/p>\n
\u201cI guess part of my coaching philosophy is, I need to really know the person, not just the athlete,\u201d Parry said.<\/p>\n
His coaching style extends beyond the game. Parry encourages his teams to spend time together, whether it’s grabbing food after practice, studying together or simply being there for one another.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur coaches have never really prioritized team building or teamwork (in the past), and so it’s really nice to have that,\u201d junior finance major and captain Aram Izmirian said. \u201cYou can just tell already that the energy is different.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chapman\u2019s tennis program is looking to raise the bar this season.\u00a0 Last year, the men\u2019s team closed out…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482245,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-482244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482244\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}