by admin | Jan 4, 2021 | Andy Dowsett, Uncategorized, Winning and Losing
Practice makes perfect permanent Mastery When I work with groups of junior players learning to play tennis, I use a plan which helps structure the learning processes within each lesson. Below you will see a glimpse of the SYSTEM-9 lesson plan which I use and which...
by admin | Dec 21, 2020 | Andy Dowsett, Uncategorized, Winning and Losing
When working with elite players we need to ensure that we create a little more pressure in the practice environment. This ensures we can add the extra ingredients required that are missing when we are in a match situation. It also ensures we produce players rather...
by admin | Dec 13, 2020 | Andy Dowsett, Uncategorized, Winning and Losing
There are many tennis players who really have no idea what is happening on the court; perhaps this is the fault of the coach or perhaps the fault of the player. I am currently coaching in Demark and during league play you will typically find the coach will sit on the...
by admin | Dec 1, 2020 | Andy Dowsett, Uncategorized
With an annual income of £52 million from the Championships and approximately £14.76 million in revenue from other events, plus a staff of around 300, how good are the LTA are growing the game of tennis? In this article we are not going to talk about how the governing...
by admin | Nov 25, 2020 | Andy Dowsett, Uncategorized
At some stage during the average club coach’s career, they will come across a player or even group of players that play the game a little better than themselves. Alongside a ‘high level’ player will hear the words “my son/daughter needs to hit with higher level...
by admin | Nov 8, 2018 | Andy Dowsett, Uncategorized
The buzz on the tennis street now is increasing participation and we need to get more players playing the game rather than having a nation of coached juniors. SYSTEM-9 is the ideal tool to bring kids to the game and keep them interested through fun learning and also...
