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I have played for 25 years and coached for the last 17 years--certified United States Professional Tennis Association Professional One--worked for Punahou Schools-voted the #1 Sports School in the United States, as a Program Supervisor, in charge of coaching the High Performance Players as well as coordinating programs for K-12 and Tennis Pro Education.

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Saturday, January 30, 2010

Junior Tennis in Thailand Boys 10 12 14

I was very impressed with the level of the 10's and 12's


The hardest shot...or if you ever play some hotshot little kid do this


Boys 16


the level is very high along with the tactics, but the boys aren't very tall or big.

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Rules to Play Singles By

Rule 1: Serving in Singles


How to Serve More Aces


Rule 2: Return of Serve


Rule 3: Groundstrokes You Need


Rules 1-3 In Action

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Serving Demonstration, Tips to Improve

SloMo Demonstration of a Pro Woman Serve


How to Hit the Jump Serve


Proper Foot Placement

Monday, January 25, 2010

Here are Proven Ways to Improve your Volley

First thing I look at:


Improve your slice--that will improve your volley


Secret Sakuma Drill 1: Attack the Coach


Secret Sakuma Drill 2:

Friday, January 22, 2010

How to hit a Harder Serve

An overview as we explain the jump serve


a demonstration by a girl


add power instantly


Ways to HIT harder


Add Height to your serve

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Comparing One Handed Forehand and the Two Handed Forehand

Loose wrist on the one handed forehand


comparing it to a two hander


The Pro two handed forehand


Plus and minus


pro forehand one hander

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

The Use of Shoulders on the One-Handed and Two-Handed Backhand

First, we look at the two hander


Now we look at the one-hander and it's importance to disguise the slice/topspin

Monday, January 18, 2010

Tennis in Thailand--boys 10's through 16's

I was really impressed with the younger levels of tennis in Thailand--well, at this major PTT tournament--apparently, there are four or five different circuits--not unified...so weird--there's dunlop, toyota, ptt (oil company), lawn tennis (the biggie as they are tied to the national team development, itf, and another one so this PTT is the biggest in January and affliated with Thai Tennis magazine and Lawn Tennis.

ages 10


very good level and very skilled with court management

boys 16's


another solid level, but the boys aren't that big as their counterparts at the 16's and 18's Nationals in Hawaii.

Deadliest shot for boys 10


So similar to America...

I don't get why the Thai kids don't break through, the level is so high, but they do have boys 8 here and 10... so maybe that's alot of pressure at a very young age.

Full Doubles Match: 4.5's Pete (50's #1) me vs Yut/Asawin

Warmups


First Set


second set

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Backhand: Keys to an INSIDE OUT Shot

First an intro to hitting a big backhand


an overview to the inside out return


three ways to hit the Slice


The Key to a Great Slice

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Monday, January 11, 2010

The Best Kick Serves Videos of Hi10spro

I call this the great kick serve demonstration but all people notice is one thing, even though this is a top 5 40's player



A Great kick serve demonstration 2 with a younger, college dude.


A top junior player kick serve


How to learn how to hit a kick serve with five steps I use to teach it


The back arch in the kick serve


Add Height to your serve

Sunday, January 10, 2010

What's Offense and Defense? Position? Shots?

Singles has moments when you're on offense and can attack and moments when you're on defense and can't.



More on this

Saturday, January 9, 2010

Friday, January 8, 2010

The Best Shots of A SuperMan

This dude tore through the draw at the Pattaya Open, one of the biggest tournaments in Thailand. His ability to hit shots was remarkable.

Big Power from a Wrist Snap


Superman DUNK Putaway I saw this and went WOW...


Backhand Slice and Flat: I loved his racquet contact


SLoMo of his Serve

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Favorite Conditioning and Stretching Exercises

we all hate this one==intervals and push ups

try this variant


alley cats


suck in your gut on this one

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Mental Toughness: Return of Serve

Things you need to think about on the return of serve

Monday, January 4, 2010

How to approach the net

sometimes you have to drive the approach to draw an error

Saturday, January 2, 2010

Jan 23-34 Tennis Tournament

Rama5 Tennis Championships
Dates: January 23-24, 2010
Venue: Rama5 Bridge Tennis Court (Soy Bangkruay-Sainoi31)
1. Men Singles (1-60 ranking of LTAT are not allowed) sign up time: 8.00-8.30 am.
2. Men Doubles (able to team up with one of 1-60 ranking of LTAT) sign up time: 11.00-11.30 am.
3. Men Doubles 70+ (each player must be older than 30) sign up time: 12.00-12.30 am.
Prize: Cash and Trophy
1. Men Singles 3,000 baht for winner, 1500 baht for runner-up
2. Men Doubles and Men Doubles 70+ 2000 baht for winner, 1000 baht for runner-up

Regulations:
1. Are based on LTAT standard regulations.
2. 3 Dunlop Forts are used per match/ 4 courts to play
3. Play 1 set ( 8 games- ordinary deuce) if tie-up @ 8:8 games,7 tie-break will decide. And 6 games 2 in 3 sets for final round.

Applying
1. apply and payment directly at the court by contacting Ms. Nan (080-2340233)
2.Transfer the payment for apply via Thai Commercial Bank, account name: Nanya Waitayathamrong, account number: 148-2-07757-2

for more detial call: Mr. Neung 081-827-3345

Mental Toughness: Playing from Behind

There is a method to playing from behind-this is an example of the thought process

Counter the Runaround Forehand

There are many ways to beat the runaround forehand. This one is tough to do, but it's worth it.

Visualize: I watch this video to remind myself

this is the importance of video. when you take a good one of a proper shot, save it to remind yourself how it feels, looks, and is.



I haven't had time to practice but by watching this, my game is coming back.

Pete vs Mr. G complete match including warm ups

warm ups:


first set


second set


finish:

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