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UNDERESTIMATED SUPERPOWERS

April 2, 2021 By Kris Soutar Leave a Comment

  Will we ever see a year like 2020? I bloody well hope not! Being stuck in a Co-Vid lockdown has offered a few silver linings. Spending way more time with my wife and children, learning how to adapt and pivot my business, getting even more used to delivering online and offering a chance to […]

  • Let’s throw out the patchwork quilt

Earlier Posts

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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Be Bully Proof

March 29, 2018

This has been tough, really tough to write. It is such an emotive topic and I found myself writing with too much emotion. It is unlike me to take a long time to write but […]

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