Ugly Training Often Become Pretty In The End! Take a few minutes and contemplate the following questions… Is your training influenced by the perception of others? Are you afraid of what they might say? Do you use training methods based on the positive response you hope to get from your athletes, their parents, or other …
It is far too common for tennis coaches and performance coaches to look directly at the movement performed on the tennis court during a match and say, “that’s all they need to train.” This is why tennis players lack in areas that other sports athletes don’t. Tennis, although considered a short-court sport- meaning the players …
What are You Selling – Do the Math! You might be wondering if I am going to try to sell you something- nope! Well, kind of… but not to buy from me. I want your clients (tennis players, parents, coaches) to buy from you. Here’s the deal. Suppose you are a tennis coach, a tennis …
If you Google ‘fast feet drills’, you will find see thousands and thousands of them. You will also find articles, videos, and graphics of athletes performing all kinds of fast-foot drills. But, there is a problem. Just doing random fast-foot drills without a system of execution is like playing tennis holding the racquet the wrong …
Maybe the most asked question asked outside of actually training methods and strategies is, “What Tools Do You Use, Coach?” If you have followed me for any length of time, you know I am a very resourceful coach- I use basics to help more coaches and players also use the basics. I’m resourceful in taking …
Because we are strength and conditioning professionals, we feel we must always have our athletes perform drills, but do we factor in the drills and reps they get on the court? Seriously! Consider how many times a tennis player moves laterally, changes directions, accelerates, and decelerates. It’s a ton! If we have these players do …
