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Kris Soutar's Tennis Journal: THE BLOG

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DON’T POUR POISON INTO EARS

February 5, 2019 By Kris Soutar Leave a Comment

Words do matter! When it comes to language, we have a responsibility to ensure we do all we can to make our words as impactful as possible. I hear impactful words all time. Unfortunately, the words have a negative impact. People are, on a daily basis, pouring poison into each others ears. Last Sunday I […]

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Earlier Posts

Bring back the poster days

June 18, 2018

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 […]

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Be a problem solver

June 11, 2018

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. […]

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Does your coaching reflect life?

June 5, 2018

  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 […]

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Cutting the cords of dependancy – part two – for the coach

May 28, 2018

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 […]

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Cutting the cords of dependancy

May 22, 2018

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 […]

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Stats the way ….ahaha I like it ….ahaha

May 7, 2018

I’m hoping I’ve not been either, too clever or too old, with my title. I am a geek. I say that as it has taken me decades to embrace this side of me and I […]

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Be a Michelin starred Tennis Coach

May 3, 2018

This is going to be a super quick little read. Something for you to mull over as you sit and have your next cup of tea or coffee. Are you a Michelin starred tennis coach? […]

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Compare with Caution -the pitfalls of taking your eye off the ball

April 30, 2018

It all starts at a very early age…. “Max, you don’t need a nappy, be a big boy like your friends. None of them still wear a nappy” Max is 3 years old and already […]

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Time to Invest in the Cockroaches

April 25, 2018

I bet your wondering where I am going with this blog? A colleague of mine recently, affectionally, referred to me as a cockroach. Perhaps you are wondering how on earth it is possible to affectionally […]

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Let’s farm out tennis!!

April 13, 2018

April 2018 Last weekend we took the kids to one of our favourite places in the world, Aviemore. I love this place as the pace of life is so much slower and relaxed and there […]

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