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...
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...
