Kris Soutar's Tennis Journal (Blog)

Always a keen writer, Kris regularly shares his views which are often considered a bit out of the box. His original and creative thinking could spark something new in you that could lead to a positive development in your life.

2021

May 10 | Entry 61 – Kris Gray – Tenerife Tennis Academy
May 4 | Entry 60 – Being consumed
April 26 | Entry 59 – Howard Green – Marine Commando to Supermovers
April 19 | Entry 58 – Be a show off
April 12 | Entry 57 – Rosie Sterk – Smashing through doors
April 5 | Entry 56 – Lara Suarez-Neves – To motherhood…. and beyond
April 2 | UNDERESTIMATED SUPERPOWERS
March 29 | Entry 55 – Nick Williams – Bringing vision to life
March 22 | Entry 54 – Anne Keothavong – Searching for belonging
March 15 | Entry 53 – Mike Aitken – Changing lives for 36 years
March 3 | Entry 52 – Alan Beaddie – Clontarf Tennis Club Aces the Majors – St Francis Hospice
March 1 | Entry 51 – Cultiv8 Tennis – Developing people for life
February 22 | Entry 50 – Anna Smith – Journey to top 50
February 15 | Entry 49 – Pete Bothwell – his journey to Davis Cup team
February 8 | Entry 48 – Mark Walker
February 1 | Entry 47 – Emma Doyle – Dream Seekers
January 25 | Entry 46 – Mike Castle – Learning about learning

2020

July 13 | Entry 45 – Ze Lopes – Portuguese Tennis Culture
July 6 | Entry 44 – Rodney Rapson – Playsight
July 2 | Entry 43 – My Lockdown Reflections
June 22 | Entry 42 – Elizabeth Caproni – Being Yourself
June 15 | Entry 41 – Mike James – Halton Tennis Club – a constant evolution of a vision
June 11 | Entry 40 LOVE – Judy Murray – Back to Tennis with Brodies
June 8 | Entry 39 – Jonny O’Mara – ATP Tour Doubles Player
June 1 | Entry 38 – Hazel & Jordan Gray – Tennis & Fitness industries
May 25 | Entry 37 – Toby Smith – A tennis journey of joy
May 18 | Entry 36 – Mel Benson – Girls in sport, creating opportunities
May 11 | Entry 35 – Vania King – Serving Up Hope
May 4 | Entry 34 – DR DAVID HAMILTON – When tennis and science collide
April 30 | GOAL-SETTING THINK TANK PLAYLIST
April 27 | Entry 33 – MILES MACLAGAN – his journey from playing to coaching
April 20 | Entry 32 – GREG MCHUGH – from sporting obsession to professional actor
April 18 | ED CORRIE PODCAST – PART 6 – favourite memory from the tour and why?
April 18 | ED CORRIE PODCAST – PART 5 – pros and cons of being coached by your brother
April 18 | ED CORRIE PODCAST – PART 4 – learnings from college tennis experience
April 15 | ED CORRIE PODCAST – PART 3 – Training full-time at the famous Queens Club
April 14 | ED CORRIE PODCAST – PART 2 – Even the best players in the world compare themselves negatively
April 14 | ED CORRIE PODCAST – PART 1 – Overview of professional playing career
April 13 | Entry 31 – Ed Corrie – reflections from Junior to ATP career
April 12 | TENNIS AT HOME – Footwork – Athletic Hop
April 12 | Changing your grip at home
April 12 | TENNIS AT HOME – Chute to Score
April 12 | TENNIS AT HOME – using Balloons at home
April 12 | TENNIS AT HOME – Learning tennis on paper
April 12 | TENNIS AT HOME – Serve patterns with a stringless racket
April 12 | TENNIS AT HOME – Volley techniques with a stringless racket
April 12 | TENNIS AT HOME – Shadow strokes with a stringless racket
April 12 | TENNIS AT HOME – Footwork – Shuffle, Cross and Run Step Hits
April 12 | TENNIS AT HOME – Footwork – Hops and Jumps
April 12 | TENNIS AT HOME – Footwork – transfers and pivots
April 12 | Reinforcing technical development in squads – Tennis Scotland Coaches Conference 2020
April 12 | Monitoring and Developing Confidence for Parents – Overview
April 12 | Technical Anticipation – seeing what the opponent WILL NOT do
April 12 | Coaching Webinar Playlist – Robert Gordons University
April 12 | Project Dinosaur to Dynamo – part 2
April 12 | Project Dinosaur to Dynamo – part 1

2019

December 23 | Entry 30 – SARAH FLOTEL – TRANSFORMING YOUR INNNER GAME
December 2 | Let’s throw out the patchwork quilt
October 23 | Entry 29 Garry Cahill – Prodigy Tennis
September 18 | Entry 28 – Barry Fulcher – Progress Tour – Bridging the gap in competition
August 21 | Scratching under the surface of the 1-4 shot stat
August 21 | Entry 27 – Scratching under the surface of the 1-4 shot statistic
August 5 | Entry 26 – DEAN SUTHERLAND – POWER RANGER – WORLD CHAMP KICKBOXER – PRO BOXER
August 1 | THE TIPPING POINT BETWEEN WHINING AND WINNING
July 12 | Entry 25 – MARK BULLOCK – the vision of inclusive tennis
June 21 | THE SUPERPOWER OF SENSITIVITY
June 5 | Entry 24 – Road Tripping with Judy Murray – Bonus Episode
May 30 | Entry 23 – Road Tripping with Judy Murray
May 7 | The most important ingredient is LOVE
March 28 | Remember the days of the autodidact?
March 1 | Entry 22 – Nicholas Jacobsen – see the ability not the disability
February 27 | TENNIS DRILL – WRONG FOOTING YOUR OPPONENT
February 25 | 5 reasons why mini-tennis is not working
February 18 | 8 STEPS TO A HEALTHIER TENNIS COACH – COMMITTEE RELATIONSHIP
February 5 | DON’T POUR POISON INTO EARS
February 4 | Entry 21 – Max Evans – Rugby pro to Padel Tennis ambassador
January 22 | BUILDING CONFIDENCE
January 18 | My love/hate affair with social media
January 12 | My favourite Andy Murray memory

2018

December 29 | 2018 Tennis Tour Review
December 18 | Entry 20 – The new ITF World Tennis Tour
December 11 | WRITE THE BEST SONG YOU CAN
December 11 | Entry 19 – Ally Begg – from boyband to football producer
December 7 | Entry 18 – Ally Begg – from footballer to boyband
November 27 | IT’S WHAT WE DON’T SEE THAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE
November 25 | DADDY – DAUGHTER TIME – kitchen tennis
November 20 | FAMILY TENNIS TIME PLAYLIST
November 14 | USING EMOJIS TO CHART MENTAL SKILLS IN TENNIS
November 12 | Being NORMAL is the new exceptional
November 9 | MATCH CHARTING #5 – STATISTICS AND PERFORMANCE
November 8 | DEVELOPING RALLY SKILLS IN TENNIS
November 6 | “You can tell they have been coached!”
October 16 | RALLY THRESHOLD OR FIRST STRIKE MENTALITY?
October 14 | Entry 17 – Georgie Bruinvels – FITR Women “A game changer for girls”
October 8 | MATCH CHARTING #4 – PATTERNS OF PLAY
October 2 | CHARTING RETURN OF SERVE IN TENNIS – THREE METHODS
October 1 | MATCH CHARTING – #2 – TACTICS INTO TECHNIQUE
October 1 | HOW TO CHART A TENNIS MATCH – #1 – starting simple
September 20 | HOW TO WRITE A MATCH REPORT IN TENNIS
September 18 | Changing the feeling of THREAT into the feeling of OPPORTUNITY
September 10 | Serena is guilty…… of being human….
September 6 | BAN COACHING FOR A YEAR
August 28 | Entry 16 – Yasmin Clarke – from playing on tour to coaching on tour
August 24 | How much time do you spend with your loved ones?
August 17 | The Cogs of Contribution
July 24 | Learnings from the world of boxing
July 18 | The Irish Tennis Family
July 4 | Story instead of Stats
June 28 | Determination vs Desperation
June 25 | To GROW-UP or PLAY?
June 22 | BOP it
June 18 | Bring back the poster days
June 15 | Entry 15 – Judy Murray – building from the foundation up
June 11 | Be a problem solver
June 5 | Does your coaching reflect life?
May 28 | Cutting the cords of dependancy – part two – for the coach
May 22 | Cutting the cords of dependancy
May 15 | Entry 14 – Elliott Mould – ADHD – a journey of self discovery
May 7 | Stats the way ….ahaha I like it ….ahaha
May 7 | Reflective Questions Playlist
May 3 | Be a Michelin starred Tennis Coach
May 1 | Entry 13 – Leolia JeanJean – the pressures of being a child prodigy in tennis
April 30 | Compare with Caution -the pitfalls of taking your eye off the ball
April 25 | Time to Invest in the Cockroaches
April 25 | The Realities of Coaching Playlist
April 15 | Example of Tennis Player Analysis leading to goal setting and action plan
April 13 | Let’s farm out tennis!!
April 4 | Facebook Live Q&A from 23rd March 2018
April 4 | Tennis Methodology Playlist
April 4 | Player Development Pathway Playlist
April 1 | Entry 12 – Stuart Fraser – insights to tennis tour journalism
March 29 | Be Bully Proof
March 26 | Feel sorry for the cheats….
March 16 | Hierarchy is the root of all evil
March 15 | Entry 11 – Kelsey Stewart – Commonwealth Games Athlete
March 14 | DEATH BY COMMITTEE – PART 2
March 13 | FOOTWORK CYCLE PLAYLIST
March 2 | Prestwick Parents talk on monitoring and developing confidence in your sporty child
March 1 | Entry 10 – Jenny Claffey – Mindset of a Champion
February 28 | Competing with instant gratification
February 28 | BACKHAND PREPARATION TIPS
February 28 | SLICE BACKHAND TIPS
February 28 | Tactical Analysis FIRST Technical Analysis SECOND
February 28 | HOW DO YOU SET GOALS??
February 26 | Facebook Live – 24th February 2018
February 16 | THREE LAYERS OF TECHNIQUE – CONFORM – APPLY – ADAPT
February 15 | Entry 9 – Paul Delgado – Living Tennis – Building a Tennis Business
February 14 | A little less conversation….
February 13 | Entry 8 – Half Hour Haver – Cameron Norrie – Implicit vs Explicit learning
February 13 | #13 – How do you YOU deal with cheats??
February 7 | Don’t become a chef just because you like eating food
February 6 | How do you train?
February 1 | Entry 7 – Dan Kiernan – Soto Tennis Academy
January 27 | Do our players study for their exams?
January 27 | Entry 6 – Half Hour Haver – tennis philosophies and methods
January 18 | Kris Soutar’s Tennis Journal – Vlog #11 – Re-filing your memories
January 16 | I’ll see you in the gutter….
January 10 | Kris Soutar’s Tennis Journal – Vlog 10 – Experiences & Memories
January 3 | Entry 5 – Kenneth Bastiaens – Activate your Potential

2017

December 21 | Does the tennis world suffer from Destination Addiction?
December 19 | Kris Soutar’s Tennis Journal – VLOG – Episode 9 – Competition leads to coaching
December 18 | Be Kind…. it works
December 13 | Kris Soutar Tennis Journal – BLOG – Be the calm within the storm
December 12 | Kris Soutar’s Tennis Journal – VLOG – Episode 8 – Would you employ someone?
December 11 | Kris Soutar Tennis Journal – BLOG – Talent Attraction for….. Coaching
December 7 | Kris Soutar’s Tennis Journal – VLOG – Episode 7 – From Centre Court to the Streets
December 6 | Entry 4 – Melissa Pine – WTA Finals Tournament Director
November 28 | Kris Soutar’s Tennis Journal VLOG – Episode 6 – Ramblings of an introvert
November 22 | Entry 3 – Matt Little – the story of the tortoise
November 21 | Kris Soutar’s Tennis Journal – VLOG – Episode 5 – The UK tennis coaching industry is unhealthy
November 14 | Kris Soutar’s Tennis Journal – VLOG Special – testing new Head Radical MP
November 9 | Kris Soutar’s Tennis Journal VLOG Show – episode 4 – ranting about coaching
November 8 | Entry 2 – Louis Cayer – how he works with players
November 2 | Entry 1 – Louis Cayer – his journey through coaching
October 31 | Soapy’s Singapore Swing
October 31 | Kris Soutar’s Tennis Journal (vlog) episode 3, 31st October 2017
October 31 | Episode 2

2016

December 15 | The Ace of Clubs
July 6 | Kyrgios as Kyrgios can be
June 29 | Tennis Identity
May 23 | The numbers game
May 18 | Could we farm tennis out a bit more….
April 12 | How could a healthy competition structure help develop coaches?
March 23 | High Performing vs High Performance
March 11 | People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care
March 10 | Parents – don’t make robots out of your children
March 3 | Product of our environments
January 21 | Technique has become……. too technical!!

2015

September 30 | No such thing as easy
September 27 | Career paths in tennis
September 24 | Naomi Cavaday on the perception of female coaches in British tennis
September 24 | Take what you do seriously but not yourself
September 23 | Don’t get strung along
March 30 | Feedback Pyramid
March 30 | Developing Confidence

2014

December 11 | Determination vs Desperation
December 3 | Help or Hinder