Archive for the ‘Coaching’ Category
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Grips for Volleys
Choose the Correct Grip for Your Volley
Here are 7 questions you might consider before you start:Is there 1 best grip?
What is the experience status of the player – beginner, intermediate or advanced?
What is the age of the player?
What is the physical strength of the player?
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4 Stages of Learning
Get the Competitive Edge with Ken DeHart
Learning a new skill can be quite challenging. There are 4 basic stages we often encounter to take a new skill from unawareness to an unconscious performance level.
Stage 1
Unconsciously Incompetent – I didn’t know I needed to know that or that it existed.
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Ladies Finals from Australia
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 [...]
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Andy Roddick loses to 6′6 Croatian in 5 sets but stands just as tall.
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 [...]
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Begin with the End in Mind
When you begin a point, you need to start with the end in mind…. where do you want the ball to go? You have to select a target. Once you have selected a target…down the line, down the center, cross court or an angle, you can begin to choose the spin and the [...]
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Coaching your young player after a loss….
The last thing I want to hear as a player when I come off the court is a dissertation about the match I just lost. I dread hearing about how well I played, what happened when I almost had the match and all other well intended comments. Give me a few moments to [...]
