Archive for January, 2010

• Ladies Finals from Australia

  Saturday, January 30th, 2010

  I got up at 3:30 am here in Charleston, SC to see THE match from down under.  My roommate was asleep, they wouldn’t let me access the TV in the bar – afraid I would drink them dry I guess.  Little did they know I don’t drink.  I went to the fitness center to watch [...]

• Ball Machines – Using them for Singles Practice

  Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

  Ball machines are great for practicing your singles shots – if positioned correctly.
  5 things NOT to do when using a ball machine:

  Do not place the ball machine only on the baseline in the center of the court
  Do not have the ball machine oscillate only from deuce court to ad court
  Do not use the ball machine [...]

• Andy Roddick loses to 6′6 Croatian in 5 sets but stands just as tall.

  Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

  Andy’s match was a sports psych’s dream.  Andy played a deliberate style early in the match but the 20 year old opponent is very smooth and athletic with a dream backhand.  It appeared early on that Andy was not serving his best.  He had been well around the 70% mark and lots of free points [...]

• Ball Machines – Using them for Doubles Practice

  Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

  Ball machines are great for practicing your doubles shots – if positioned correctly.
  5 things NOT to do when using a ball machine:

  Do not place the ball machine on the baseline in the center of the court
  Do not have the ball machine oscillate from deuce court to ad court
  Do not use the ball machine to practice [...]

• This will be my last update from Aussie Land…

  Monday, January 25th, 2010

  Today was another great day and we finally had sunshine – yeah… I took the tram to Rod Laver and was able to get in straight away.
  Met with the Tennis Australia group that ran the Australian Coaches Conference and thanked them for making it such a great experience. I went to the players tunnel and [...]

• Aussie Land and Tennis Update #4

  Sunday, January 24th, 2010

  It is wet here and I have not had a chance to use my sunscreen in 7 days…..
  Cool, windy and wet – am I in San Jose???
  Dan Santorum and I walked in the mist, wind and chill down Russell Street to Findley St and off to Rod Laver Arena.  Thank goodness for my level A [...]

• Australian Open Coaches Conference 2010

  Saturday, January 23rd, 2010

  250 Aussie Coaches seated in Hisense Arena with the roof retracted and you get to present on the court that the top players in the world compete on…..  Great feeling. Looks like an invite back next year to speak again.  Sold all my DVD’s and had requests for more.
  We listened to Bruce Elliott, top bio-mechanist [...]

• Australian Open Update #2

  Friday, January 22nd, 2010

  This is my third day in Melbourne as a speaker and my first time to Australia.  It has been an awesome experience…..
  Today I walked about 6 blocks from my hotel on Russell St down to the tram (trolley) which I took over to Hysense Arena.  I am the 2nd presenter today on Hysense and they [...]

• Aussie Update from Ken

  Thursday, January 21st, 2010

  Ken DeHart is speaker at the Australian Open,
  Australian Open Updates by Ken DeHart