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...
by admin | Jul 5, 2018 | Andy Dowsett, Uncategorized
Being a tennis player is a journey which we as tennis coaches are guides. From a child enjoying the fun exploration of the ball and racket, through to tennis being a game for life, we’ve documented the eight stages of the tennis journey in our SYSTEM-9 Philosophy....
by admin | Mar 23, 2018 | Parent, Uncategorized
This week our guest contributor is Edgar Giffenig. Edgar is one of the worlds most experienced coaches of high performance players. He has worked as a high performance National Coach with both the USTA and with the German Tennis Federation and during that time had...
by admin | Feb 22, 2018 | Andy Dowsett, Parent, Uncategorized
It was 9am on a brisk Saturday morning in February, 2015. I had just finished my first lecture on mini red competencies at the PTR International Conference on Hilton Head. I was taking questions, when Anne Pankhurst stood up to deliver her verdict: ‘’I have seen some...
