Category: Coaches Blogs

Tennis Talent Identification and Development in Tennis

by tennisconsult I already wrote about how to identify talent in tennis in the post How to identify talented tennis players among those juniors who already play There is an interesting scientific article below. It was written by M. Crespo and P. Mclnerney and published in Coaching and Sport Science Review of the ITF. I hope the…
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Factors to Be Considered When Creating a Tennis Talent Identification Program

by tennisconsult There is the second part of the article Tennis talent identification and development in tennis Factors to be considered when creating a talent identification program We strongly recommend that all national associations (NA) should have in place a talent identification program as part of their general player development program. Countries that have a “small” tennis…
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Why sarcasm doesn’t work

By Sarah Stone WTCA COO/Founder and Dr Michelle Cleere   Sarcasm is destructive. It is a form of teasing that can be detrimental to an athlete’s confidence and security.  So why would a coach want to use sarcasm as a way to communicate? Maybe they are just sarcastic in general, perhaps they get nervous around new…
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How Much Should Junior Tennis Players Train?

by tennisconsultA couple of words from my personal experience. When I was attending high school and college in Russia I used to do track and field. My results were pretty good for a non-professional college level:  100 meter sprint – 11.5 seconds, the long jump – 7.1 meters.  I trained four times a week for two…
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Is your Feedback process False and Failing?

FALSE FEEDBACK FAILS We all need feedback to improve. As coaches, there is one area that I feel a lot of coaches are not consistent enough in – providing feedback to the athlete or parent that is honest, regardless if it’s nice or not. In the coaching industry, they speak about the 5 to 1 ratio…
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“I’m Not FEELIN’ It Today!”

The Trouble with Focusing on Emotions As a culture we are tuned into our moods—perhaps, at times, too much so. The juniors in my program echo this reality like a piano sounding board. Within the first five minutes of almost every practice, various players announce how they feel about their ball striking—and usually, it’s not…
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