If you work with 10U players you’ll regularly have to decide when to progress a player from red to orange or from orange to green. This is Mark’s comprehensive analysis and discussion of the considerations.
Orange to green – what are the considerations for the step up to the big court?
I honestly believe that being a really good Mini Tennis coach is one of the toughest jobs in tennis. However, the quality of the player you see on the orange court is largely down to the quality of the work done on the red court. So, moving players from red to orange is a big…
Questioning to enhance learning during FMS activities
By Nick Jacques, Jacques Tennis Seminars, New Zealand Questioning to enhance learning during fundamental movement skills activities The following are some examples of the type of questions you could ask during activities Skill questions- Develop feedback and skill awareness eg “what did you notice when you pushed off the ground?” or “what was the fastest part…
Feeding progressions (video)
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Developing the serve with green ball players (Video)
Many of our members and customers will already be familiar with our hugely popular Developing the Serve program. Today we introduce the latest instalment, Developing the serve with green ball players.
We use a tactical approach to structuring serve coaching; it gives you great teaching points for the tennis serve for green ball players and provides you with strategies to get your players serving with a purpose.