Category: Coaches Blogs

Home School Versus Traditional School

By Todd Widom Home School Versus Traditional School There is a new trend in tennis development with coaches convincing parents that pulling their child out of regular school and putting them into an online source of education is going to progress their child’s tennis at a more rapid rate. Tennis is a big business and more…
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Coaching or Coping – Discipline

You may have times when children get over excited or misbehave this may be part of “testing the boundaries”; finding out what is acceptable and what is not. Sometimes the reason children are over excited is because of the behaviour of the coach! When we act over animated and a little crazy, this can send…
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Tips on how to avoid common mistakes in junior tennis

Grant Jenkins has been involved in developmental sport for over 12 years. Below he describes some common mistakes he sees in junior tennis. Hitting Up A common fallacy is tennis is that a player needs to ‘hit up’ (i.e. hit with players better than them) to improve.  The simplest argument against this is to note…
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Let Kid’s Fail

by Allistair McCaw This is something I’m big on when it comes to training young kids, and that’s allowing them to make mistakes, take risks and FAIL.In fact, before I start a training session with young kids, one of my main requests besides great effort is that I see ‘good mistakes’.Let me start by saying this:…
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During Pressure Situations Your Habits Will Be Exposed

by Allistair McCaw During pressure situations your habits will be exposed. Skills learned in non-pressure situations will not necessarily transfer to pressure situations.One thing I’ve come to realize observing sports programs around the world is that a lot of athletes spend relatively little time performing under pressure in their practices. When the critical moment arrives therefore,…
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Parents, Seek Coaches Who Are Tough, but Fair on Your Kids

By Allistair McCaw TOUGH LOVE – Parents, seek coaches who are tough, but fair on your kids, you’ll thank them later: Think back to the teachers and coaches you remember and respected most from your school days. You may only remember 2 or 3, but you probably remember the tough ones, right? The ones that…
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