by Michelle Cleere | Jan 19, 2018 | Anxiety, Coaching Technique, Junior Atheletes, Michelle Cleere, Uncategorized
How can you improve your focus and refocus during your match when there are distractions? What does it take to be truly in the moment? Take a walk in the woods. As you are walking, focus on the sights, sounds, and smells around you. While you are washing dishes,...
by Michelle Cleere | Dec 19, 2017 | Anxiety, Coaching Technique, Junior Atheletes, Michelle Cleere, Uncategorized
Your coaching mindset, whether it is ego mindset or mastery mindset, is the #1 thing that can get you and your athletes where you want to be, or not. You just have to decide where you get the most benefit and unlock your potential. And mindset can be referred to in...
by Andy Dowsett | Nov 20, 2017 | Andy Dowsett, Coaching Technique, Parent, Uncategorized
We don’t always need to teach a double handed backhand to beginners. Many players handle the double handed backhand well, however there is no reason not to try both the single and double handed backhand and see which the player prefers. If a youngster has a role model...
by Michelle Cleere | Nov 17, 2017 | Anxiety, Coaching Technique, Junior Atheletes, Michelle Cleere, Uncategorized
Undertraining and overtraining can lead to the opposite of what an athlete is striving for and can hinder performance. In Matt Kuzdub’ s (2017) excellent blog, Overtraining and undertraining in tennis: can both lead to injury, he talked about how physically under and...
by Craig O'Shannessy | Nov 12, 2017 | Coaching Technique, Craig O'Shannessy, Junior Atheletes, Uncategorized
G’day from New York! So what do you think… Who puts more returns in the court between the following two levels? A Top 10 player in the world. A 16 year old junior (boy or girl) We all know how inconsistent junior tennis is. Lots of balls spraying. Lots of loose...
by Andy Dowsett | Oct 8, 2017 | Coaching Technique, Junior Atheletes, Parent, Uncategorized
As parents whose child undertakes an activity, whether that is a sport, instrument or endeavour; we pay for that coach to teach our child to improve, and we would also hope that they also teach some life-skills along the way, not as a bonus but as a part of the...
