How To Hit Your Forehand Harder. Part Two Zones

How to Hit the High Forehand

coaching the mental game

The players have to play with pressure first. This can be through tournaments, league, or challenge matches. There must be something at stake. Video of the match can also help as their play will be very obviously on display.  charting also helps.

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How to Run practices

Tennis Drills Coaches DON'T FEED: Attackers/defenders

some drills are better if the students feed, you get more reps, and the art of feeding is taught as well as touch.

How To Train with PRessure!

Add the audience to your group lessons and you got instant pressure.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGsR2HpKkYY

Return of Serve Drill for large groups

sadly, this drill is probably more scary for the pro than the players. it's a good way to get your players to combine returns and volleys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJH7FWazAo8

Tennis Games: Cross-Eyed

I learned this game from a National 14 and under coach.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uistqLdp4TI

Tennis Games: Olympic Tennis

this game requires two volleyers, two baseliners, and away we go...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKIe__hsTA4

Tennis Elbow Cure part 2

weights again...every week, I have to lift or my arm dies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2F-rFQkpFQ

Tennis Elbow Cure

as you age, it's all about weight training

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_j0ZtQW4eY

Tennis Drill: Randy Scott Director of PREM Center's Game

The cool but interestingly fun game

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVECXeg9A-U

Coaching: DURING the match

This is the toughest thing to do especially with emotional players--keep it simple, make them repeat it, and move on

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xVD6iFUGMo

High School Tennis: Team Captain selection is very important

Coaching high school is also about teaching responsibility and leadership. I leaned heavily on my captains to run and control the team because kids listen more to kids than to their coaches.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL1P0qyiaKM

Coaching: The Big Game

Lucky for me, I've been able to be in the big games--division champs, state champs, team champs...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JPRfHWT0KE

Coaching: The Serve and Volleyer

aww. basically what I tell myself

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbqoehOmcUM

Coaching Point: What Not to Say as a Coach

I wished I learned this before I said it to my players

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_gQi4-bEcc

Coaching: Coaching After A Game

what I wish my coach told me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7OW2QIXz6E

College Recruitment Video

TO make a good college recruitment video you need to show your student hitting all the shots, plus some match play. The videos I've seen and the ones I've made, we try to incorporate all these elements along with some character points of the student.

Ironically, nowadays coaches want you to post it on Youtube since it's faster and easier than receiving a cd or dvd.

One Hour Practice Plan for two friends

It's been awhile since I just hit with someone. The male ego doesn't relate well to just hitting for fun, but I have a partner now that just likes to hit. And it reminded me about my developmental days--when I dated a girl that played, we would practice all the time and not play sets, well a different kind of sets... sorry. anyways this practice which I haven't done since formed the foundation of my lessons.

5 minute warm-up--mini tennis, then volleys--we would volley straight ahead, cross court fh, and cx bh. (cx crosscourt).

then groundstrokes straight, cx fh, cx bh--20 minutes

then, serves and returns--playing only cx fh/cx bh 20 minutes

then, cx fh but one volleyer and one baseliner. 20 minutes.

and some days we would do it longer.

nowadays it's called a lesson :D AHAHHA

find a partner that you want to practice with and someone to play. this practice is the equivalent of playing three sets--now do it at 12 noon like we did...and let the fainting begin...12 noon in bangkok...