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Extreme tennis parenting
Thoughts of Damir Dokic, Jim Pierce through to John Tomic are not positive role models for the world of tennis. Would those kids have made it to that level without the extreme ... -
The deep fear of losing
Tennis players fear the result. Fear the embarrassment of losing to someone who has poor technique and makes no great shots. Even worse, the shame of losing to someone you always beat ... -
Why do kids cheat in tennis?
Some reasons…. Payback – When the opponent has been doing suspicious line calls. Shortcut – Bad line calls create a short cut to winning. Score Pressure – The match is close and they wish the ...
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Extreme tennis parenting
Thoughts of Damir Dokic, Jim Pierce through to John Tomic are not positive role models for the world of tennis. Would those kids have made it ...The deep fear of losing
Tennis players fear the result. Fear the embarrassment of losing to someone who has poor technique and makes no great shots. Even worse, the shame of ...Why do kids cheat in tennis?
Some reasons…. Payback – When the opponent has been doing suspicious line calls. Shortcut – Bad line calls create a short cut to winning. Score Pressure – The match ...How to help a players technique without speaking
Many of us tennis coaches talk too much. Sometimes its enthusiasm, sometimes its the need to feel in control, sometimes its cause we think we should ...Creating your tennis brand
As Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, once said, “Your brand is what people say about you when you are not in the room”. So do ...Legend Volley
The simple games are the best games. So lets take a look at volleys. Lets take a look at risk vs reward. To kids they can ...Thinking outside the square (or rectangle)
When I first started coaching tennis, I knew nothing and I was open to learning from every one and every thing that I ran into in ...So you want to be a tennis coach?
Is it even a real job? I am not so sure. Although I do get annoyed when I meet people who, almost fascinated by such a ...
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