Was your bedroom wall plastered with posters of your sporting heroes? Mine were and I think we have an opportunity to bring the nostalgic days of posters on children’s bedroom walls. I am fed up of competitive tennis players not following professional tennis. There are more opportunities to watch tennis than at any point in […]
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Be a problem solver
This is a follow up from last week’s ‘does your coaching reflect life?‘ blog. I’m writing this to expand on the list of problems tennis players have to overcome if they are competitive tennis players. https://theservicebox.com/2018/06/05/does-your-coaching-reflect-the-game/ The reason I am writing this particular blog is to raise awareness on how many different areas there are […]
Does your coaching reflect life?
Recent studies have suggested we spent just under 50% of our waking lives on autopilot. The rest of the time we are problem solving. Does your coaching reflect life? A tennis match involves so much problem solving from start to finish and our goal is to help players be able to solve a large […]
Cutting the cords of dependancy – part two – for the coach
Is a player dependant on the coach or is the coach dependant on the player? Hopefully, the answer is neither but I am seeing a worrying trend of coaches creating a dependency between themselves and the player. As usual, if you are offended by that statement then I am clearly not meaning you. I am […]
Cutting the cords of dependancy
I recently heard a coach say ‘we are putting a strong team around him’ As with most things in tennis, trends are often set by the very best players in the world. The emergence of large tennis teams accompanying the very best players around the globe has raised awareness of the hugely important aspect of […]