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 | Mar 7, 2018 | Allistair McCaw, Andy Dowsett, Match, Parent, Uncategorized
Guest contributor to the Tennis Parents blog, Allistar McCaw is this week looking at how parents can set the right example to their children. Actions speak louder than words. And with that in mind, kids look up to adults as the example. They learn self-control by...
by admin | Dec 3, 2017 | Andy Dowsett, Match, Parent, Uncategorized
It is crucial that young players have ‘match awareness’; that is knowing what is happening in a match and how they can improve and think correctly on court. Parents often watch a match and report back to the coach on the strokes which didn’t work, or...
by admin | Nov 28, 2017 | Andy Dowsett, Parent, Uncategorized
We discussed at our recent GAMEPLAN event (pictured), the importance of being supportive and non-judgemental of your child when they are competing in a match. As a parent it is all too easy to get caught up in the emotions of watching your child play a match, and...
