Category: Coaches Blogs

Does Anyone Really Know How to Produce Champions? Part II

Coach Mullins As I mentioned in Part I of this blog, I strongly believe the coaches we need to be celebrating and rewarding are the ones that are finding ways to help children be passionate about our game. These are the coaches that are truly developing players and not just managing and smoothing out the…
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Does anyone really know how to produce a champion? Part I

Coach Mullins Did Erik Spoelstra suddenly become a worse basketball coach when Lebron James left the Miami Heat? Was Bill Belichick a bad coach when he got fired from the Cleveland Browns, and will he have the same success after Tom Brady retires? Would Phil Jackson have won 11 NBA titles if he was the…
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Why Tennis is still the intelligent choice for your child!

Of course we are biased. We love tennis, but every once in a while it is worth reminding ourselves that those that don’t yet play may not see tennis as we do. Here are our top 10 (in no particular order) but please add to the thread with your thoughts too! It’s a Brain Game…
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Seven Things Great Coaches and Leaders Do

by Allistair McCaw Seven things great coaches and leaders do: 1. They listen better:Great coaches and leaders know how to listen well. They understand that they will be able to come up with better answers, solutions and decisions for their athletes or teams when they tune in and simply listen better. 2. They adapt better:Great coaches are like…
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AGNIESZKA RADWAŃSKA

WTA / TENNIS PLAYER It wasn’t the dream of many Polish kids to be a tennis star. To be honest, Poland and tennis don’t exactly go hand in hand. We don’t have a strong history in the sport or players to look up to, so kids aren’t leaping at the chance to play. But my…
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What Makes a World Class Tennis Player?

by Javier Palenque What makes a world class tennis player?    Often I wonder if I could afford XYZ coach or send our kids to ABC academy, that would be a sure  way to make our kids quickly improve and get to the level above where they currently are. But, then another part of me (the…
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