Kids these days need to learn how to embrace the STRUGGLE! I don’t know, but maybe It’s a sign of my age, but kids these days are ‘soft\’. But before you jump to any conclusions, we need to ask ourselves as adults, coaches, and parents, if it’s entirely their fault? Remember the days when, if …
– by Steve Smith One short answer would be juniors change so often because pros do. Juniors do copy pros. A longer answer would be the role of the ‘buyer’, the ‘seller’ and the ‘taker’. The buyer is the parent(s). The ‘seller’ is the tennis coach. The ‘taker’ is the junior tennis player. Yes, as …
Attitude and competitive effort must be addressed as a priority over winning and losing. The process goals must be defined above result goals daily in order to have long term success. “You are in the process of winning or losing every day of your life, and it usually has very little to do with a …
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Over the course of their career, players will transverse four levels of competing. They will also notice the behaviors associated with these levels of competing in the opponents they face. It is important to let players experience all of these levels so that they can handle the mental and emotional pressures these different roles create. …
View from the Chair Not So Super: The Third-Set Tie-Breaker by Chuck Kriese, 10 August 2012 At junior tournaments throughout the country, it has become common to use so-called ‘Super Tie-Breakers’ (STBs) instead of playing out third sets. These tie-breakers are being used in spite of disapproval from players, coaches and parents. Chuck Kriese, …
