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>> The Tennis Journey By Matt Manasse
When you ask most young kids what they would like to be when they grow up, some typical answers would have to include a firefighter, and astronaut, or even a pro-athlete. To this day, I don’t consider the first twenty-two years of my life typical, but my answer to that question was. * full story * printer version >> Cover Your Bases By Duey Evans
When you are a tennis player who is either playing at a higher level or working towards playing at a higher level, one of the things I believe has to happen is doing the right kind of work to make sure all of your key bases are covered. What I’m talking about is making sure you’re covering the tactical aspects * full story * printer version >> What Balance Means in Tennis By Renzo Raiss
In tennis, balance is mentioned in describing a good tennis player's movement. In watching the development of young junior players, I never have seen exercises made especially to develop the balance in the player's footwork, body movement and stroke. * full story * printer version >> How You Practice Matters By Duey Evans
Not all practices are created the same. Stepping on the court and just hitting the ball without having a sense of what it is you want to accomplish will leave you somewhere, but it most likely will not take you where you are trying to go. There are really two different types of practices that every player should participate in. One is a competitive practice and the other is a cooperative practice. * full story * printer version >> The Parent Trap By Duey Evans
Parents play an integral role in the development of a tennis player at any level. One of the basic questions that is asked a lot: what should the parents’ role be? Unfortunately, with coaches, it’s often an adversarial relationship where the coach feels like he needs a certain amount of responsibility and the parent doesn’t give that to the coach, or the parent interferes too much, or the parent isn’t involved enough and doesn’t seem to care. * full story * printer version >> Win Now or Win Later By Duey Evans
One of the big knocks against junior tennis here in the United States is that the U.S. teaches kids to hit shots rather than how to play tennis. * full story * printer version >> Games-Based Approach Story; Let The Games Begin! By Duey Evans
It has often been said the greatest way to fully understand a concept is to take it and teach it to others. We as coaches do a very good job at that, but we are not the ones who have to go out on the court and play matches. The easiest way to get players to fully understand different concepts about the game of tennis is to put them through the games-based approach to learning which forces them to figure out each situation and teach themselves, ultimately rooting the lessons deep within the player and giving them greater recall in times of stress versus playing rote tennis. * full story * printer version >> TENNIS WARFARE By Duey Evans
When you go on to an athletic field, you are going into combat. When you play tennis, you are engaging in warfare. I first recognized the correlation when I had to memorize, while attending West Point, Douglas MacArthur’s definition of athletics: “Upon the fields of friendly strife, are sown the seeds that, upon other fields, on other days, will bear the fruits of victory.” * full story * printer version >> Following in the Footsteps of Giants By Duey Evans
I believe it’s time for those involved in American tennis to get honest and recognize the status quo just isn’t working any more. Tennis is now played at such a high level it’s no longer possible to have a generalist coach take a player to the highest level. * full story * printer version >> Mental Toughness vs. Sound Technique By Kim Michael Wittenberg
Everywhere you go in tennis today you hear players, parents, and coaches talking about mental toughness. My question is, “is it more important to be rock solid technically or mentally tough?” * full story * printer version Results 1 to 10 of 34 (showing 10 records per page) < 1 2 3 4 >
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