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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.

 

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

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