Junior Lessons
Juniors Private Lessons
If your child is just getting started, private lessons are a great way to introduce them to the basic fundamentals of the tennis game. For juniors involved in competition, high performance private lessons are pivotal in helping them develop their game and strive for excellence.
Junior Drills
Juniors Group Lessons
Group junior tennis lessons are a great way to introduce beginner and intermediate children to the game of tennis in a safe environment together with other kids their age and ability. While tennis is an individual sport, it is best learned in a group setting.
Summer Camp
Juniors Summer Camp
The Summer Camp program is designed to accommodate beginning, intermediate and advanced skill level players by placing them in small groups with other kids their age and ability where complex technical and strategic aspects of the tennis game are being taught in a game playing setting.
On Court
High Performance
High performance tennis lesson help students zero in on building specific skills. The staple of my teaching is helping students develop a 'big forehand'. I feel that owning a powerful, reliable, accurate forehand that does not break down under pressure, makes a player a force to contend with.
Who I am
About Me
Everything I teach, I first tried out myself on the tennis court. Years of teaching have taught me which stroke elements are most important and in what order they should be taught. I've established a very effective method of teaching based on my experience.
The way I Teach
Why Have Your Child
Take Lessons From Me
Because I am known to instill the kind of discipline, commitment and hard work that you as a parent would like your child to have in everything they pursue. Because a tennis lesson is a safe vehicle for your child to learn how to not give up when they are down and leave it all out on the court regardless of the outcome. It's a place where kids have fun competing, and learn how to be graceful in victory or defeat.
What I expect of my students
My Teaching Method
and the 'Big Forehand'
The method I go about using comes from personal experience and it is reflected in the idea that some changes are more important than others. Likewise some strokes are more difficult to attain and maintain than others hence the oversized importance I place on building a 'big forehand'. My exerience has been that despite the 'big forehand's' universal appeal hardly anyowne seems to master it consistently.
On Court
A Parent's Influence
A big part of playing well in tournaments, comes from playing with confidence. Confidence in one's strokes comes from knowing where the ball goes when your child hits it. In order to develop powerful and accurate strokes your child needs to practice hitting the ball with power and authority every time they get out and hit.
By Chuck Kriese
This book was written in the 80's - however it has a lot of very helpful coaching concepts such as the all important 'momentum theory'.
Chuck Kriese is a coaching legend and you can buy his book
from Amazon.com.
By Malcolm Gladwell
Among other useful concepts, Malcolm Gladwell touches on the subject of the key to success being a matter of practicing a specific task for a total of around 10,000 hours.
Check it out at: Amazon.com.
By Andre Agassi
Presents an incredible insight into high performance junior tennis and lunatic parents. I hoope Agassi's story warns tennis parents agains feeding their kids cocaine in order to practice harder.
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By Rafael Nadal & John Carlin
Rafa's candid admission of the incredible physical pain he has to constantly put himself through, makes one pitty the
poor guy who cannot set foot on the tennis court without shooting himself full of
pain killer injections.
