The stresses around maintaining a healthy work-life balance are huge for people in all walks of life. However, the challenge of achieving work-life balance is particularly challenging for sports coaches when “normal” working hours are by necessity outside of the hours most people work. That makes it hard for coaches to spend quality time with…
Interview: Is football a good sport to complement tennis?
There is a lot of talk about the benefits of “multisports” and children not being focused on only one sport, particularly at a young age. Tennis and football are sports that tend to be played in different seasons. We interviewed i2c Director Mark Tennant, who leads our Coach Education programme, about how these two sports are complementary.
Mark’s working in groups (video)
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First step to building receiving skills in young players (video)
Question: Is tennis a sending or receiving game? Traditionally I believe that tennis tends to be taught as a sending game. As you watch this clip – and the ones to follow – I want you to think about how we can help our players to be better at receiving the incoming ball.
Top tips for tackling tantrums and teaching kids to lose well
We’ve all seen them, those kids who don’t know how to lose – the dreaded tantrum thrower. Parents are embarrassed, many coaches look the other way, opponents get upset. What is the answer?