by SYSTEM-9 S9 | Feb 27, 2023 | Andy Dowsett, Junior Atheletes, Uncategorized
This week I want to talk about the nationals and the importance of communication between players, parents and coaches Ideally you want to be at tournaments for scouting and setting game plans, but as much as we would like to, we cannot always attened matches, and for...
by SYSTEM-9 S9 | Feb 20, 2023 | Andy Dowsett, Junior Atheletes, Uncategorized
My diary from the AO was so popular, that I wanted to continue the S9 diary of my life as a tennis coach in a typical week. Like many coaches around the world, last week was half-term… and so was camp week. The camp was held at what will be the new S9 Tennis...
by SYSTEM-9 S9 | Feb 12, 2023 | Andy Dowsett, Junior Atheletes, Uncategorized
As you may be aware, I spent ten days in sunny Melbourne enjoying the Australian Open while working with my player Olly Beadle who played in the PWII event. The Australian Federation are trying to make this a yearly event so that it can compete with wheelchair tennis...
by SYSTEM-9 S9 | Nov 20, 2022 | Andy Dowsett, Junior Atheletes, Uncategorized
This year, S9 began teaching tennis in a secondary school. This is the first time in the schools’ history that this has happened, and for many of the students, this was the first time experiencing tennis! Now three months in, we have 120 children or 10% of the school,...
by admin | May 25, 2021 | Andy Dowsett, Junior Atheletes, Parent, Uncategorized
In this article we will look at playing the game of tennis and how to improve our abilities through match play. When I look back to when I played tennis as a youngster, I went to the club after school with my mates and played tennis till the adults told us to leave!...
by admin | Mar 23, 2021 | Andy Dowsett, Uncategorized, Winning and Losing
Recently I was a guest on the ‘What are you talking about Willis?’ podcast with Marcus Willis and Dave Earl. Dave Earl is an LTA level 5 coach with over twenty years coaching experience. Marcus Willis is famed for playing Roger Federer in the second round of Wimbledon...
