I am hearing more and more chat about the need for children to have emotional control on the tennis court. Funnily enough I have a slightly bizarre theory. Telling a child to control their emotions is bullshit! I know from being a dad to 2 young children, if they are upset […]
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Kris Soutar Tennis Journal – BLOG – Talent Attraction for….. Coaching
If you have been watching my VLOGS you will know I have been talking about the world of coaching as an industry. I received an excellent email from a friend and colleague, Andrew Haw who now coaches in Germany. Amongst many great things he mentioned in his email he wrote “using the term ‘industry’ is […]
Soapy’s Singapore Swing
In October 2017 I had the pleasure of working with Judy Murray for the WTA at the end of year WTA championships in Singapore. I thought what better opportunity will I have than to write my first KS Tennis Journal Blog. The outward trip was a 22.5 hour affair and I’ll spare you the details […]
The Ace of Clubs
THE ACE OF CLUBS I recently had a spare day of time and decided to use this time to go and visit a place and person I had heard was great. I had met the coach several times and he always struck me as someone who knew his mind and didn’t conform (my favourite types). […]
Kyrgios as Kyrgios can be
Kyrgios as Kyrgios can be Its been just under two days since Nick Kyrgios sat in the press room at Wimbledon and answered truthfully the questions that were fired at him. There has been some support for the Aussie kid but in the main he appears to be getting a ridiculous amount of grief. I’ve […]