It is my pleasure to introduce you to Huw Philips. Huw has been stringing for nearly 20 years and is qualified as a ERSA Master Racket Technician. Huw has been stringing at Professional tournaments including the Boodles championships at Stoke Park. His company, Racketspec provide a full racket matching and customisation service. If you […]
Feedback Pyramid
Feeding back by Kris Soutar “Be specific with your feedback” This is a comment I write on many a feedback form during coach education. Can you see the irony? I don’t like repeating myself so when I found myself saying the same thing over and over I had to ask myself what I could […]
Developing Confidence
Kris is a Scottish tennis coach who has been working within British Tennis for 23 years. He is an LTA Master Performance Coach and Senior Performance Tutor. As well as coaching and tutoring Kris is a speaker at National & International Conferences. Kris is the director of the high performance tennis company, The Service Box […]
Determination vs Desperation
‘They only get emotional because they are so competitive’ These are the type of words and sentiment I hear often from parents when describing why their child folds under pressure. If someone loses emotional control it does not mean they are ‘more’ competitive than a person who maintains control. True competitiveness begins from within. Tennis […]
Help or Hinder
I am writing this days away from becoming a father for the second time. I am looking over at my 3 year old daughter lying sleeping on the sofa suffering from a cold that has floored her. I have spent the whole day helping my daughter mainly in the form of comforting her. I am […]