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Wednesday, 29 February 2012
Myelin Development in the Brain ABC Nightline 09 30 09
Give a top coach the worst kid and in 15 minutes you can see massive change when the right formula is applied to coaching.
Saturday, 25 February 2012
Noble Tennis Massive Junior circuit July 28- August 8, 2012 U10-U18
www.courtsidecanada.ca
This Massive Junior Tournament circuit is for kids of all ages to come and play a ton of tournament matches.
The circuit is made up of two day tournaments runing over two weeks at the Ottawa Atheletic Club in Ottawa from July 28th to Aug 9th. Plus - the $10 000 Roman Cup (Juniors U12-18) & the $12 000 Ontario Open will be played in between our 3rd & 4th series giving you even more opportunity to play tournament matches.
Stay tuned for more details that will be posted very soon to our site. Our registration and circuit website will launch March 1st 2012. We will also post weekly video and blog updates so make sure to tell your coach and friends this is the biggest series of Tournaments in Canada and we want to see you here.
FYI: We will have practice courts available both morning and night. We will also have transportation available to and from the event and the official hotels.
Thursday, 23 February 2012
3-Step AA Ladder
This is a great video - Athletes must bring the dedication to their sport and they must make a conscious choice to move up the ranks of their sport. Remember it is not about talent but about making a choice by the athlete and only a few truly make a choice.
"What keeps me going is goals" M. Ali
"What keeps me going is goals" M. Ali
Coaching - do not get fooled.
I know parents that rush their kids all over to try and get the next big coach to work with their son or daughter. I am here to tell you to be careful and start looking for real core components to getting a great coach.
1- Is it Replicable? Is what they have done a fluke? Was it a one time great student or can they produce champions over and over again? Look at the detail that they leverage and look to see that they have a construction mindset.
2-Is it Controllable? Is this something that has to do with effort, awareness and planning? If you watch the breakdowns, you’ll see how great coaches makes heroes of players who pay attention, who anticipate, who get to the right spot at the right time. If Coaches were a high-school English teachers teaching Huckleberry Finn, they would make heroes of the students who are first to spot the themes and connections in the text, because that’s about awareness and effort.
3- Is it Connective? Is it related to a successful outcome? Every big point is built on a scaffold of solid technique. So focus, like any good construction worker would be placed on the foundational things that made success possible. Each of those small moves (the perfectly executed block) is in fact vital, because without it all the good luck (the big winner) never happens. If coaches were a sales consultant, they would focus on the first ten seconds of the sales call — because without a warm emotional connection, the sale would never happen.
1- Is it Replicable? Is what they have done a fluke? Was it a one time great student or can they produce champions over and over again? Look at the detail that they leverage and look to see that they have a construction mindset.
2-Is it Controllable? Is this something that has to do with effort, awareness and planning? If you watch the breakdowns, you’ll see how great coaches makes heroes of players who pay attention, who anticipate, who get to the right spot at the right time. If Coaches were a high-school English teachers teaching Huckleberry Finn, they would make heroes of the students who are first to spot the themes and connections in the text, because that’s about awareness and effort.
3- Is it Connective? Is it related to a successful outcome? Every big point is built on a scaffold of solid technique. So focus, like any good construction worker would be placed on the foundational things that made success possible. Each of those small moves (the perfectly executed block) is in fact vital, because without it all the good luck (the big winner) never happens. If coaches were a sales consultant, they would focus on the first ten seconds of the sales call — because without a warm emotional connection, the sale would never happen.
Wednesday, 15 February 2012
Session 4 working the leveraged Forehand
This is a good side view and you can see how he gets his right foot to 45 degrees in the setup and he is really working on getting the right arm straight prior to and through contact. The straighter the right arm the better the bio mechanics allowing for even more power and jump on the ball.
Tuesday, 14 February 2012
Working the ACE System in Florida
Jordan working the Ace System in Florida. He strained his right shoulder a few days before (Dec 17,11) and it was very sore during this match. He manged to play and win the match and he actually played 2 more full matches. We just found out today Feb 14, 2012 that he had actually fractured a bone in his shoulder.
Working the system in Florida Dec 2011. Points start at 0.13 seconds - high heavy middle to low heavy quad 3.Point 2 starts at 1.06 seconds - Serve body takes time and space and goes quad 2. Point three starts at 2.01 seconds - 2nd serve body to high heavy quad three to high heavy quad three to low heavy quad 4. Please subscribe to our page - click subscribe - it is simple to do
Working the system in Florida Dec 2011. Points start at 0.13 seconds - high heavy middle to low heavy quad 3.Point 2 starts at 1.06 seconds - Serve body takes time and space and goes quad 2. Point three starts at 2.01 seconds - 2nd serve body to high heavy quad three to high heavy quad three to low heavy quad 4. Please subscribe to our page - click subscribe - it is simple to do
Monday, 13 February 2012
Learning the Rafa Forehand - "mastering the heavy forehand"
I am Loving how much players can improve by simply understanding the reference points during each phase of the stroke. Our simple 1-2-3 program can change your game dramatically. This is just his second practice hitting the Rafa forehand and he now hits with with an open stance and the hips start the rotation. His ball is jumping off the court on the landing making it a very heavy ball for his opponent to handle and there is tons of clearance over the net.
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