The following post is an excerpt from Frank’s newest book, INNOVATIVE TENNIS CHARTING.
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INNOVATIVE TENNIS CHARTING
Innovative Tennis Charting is a series of resourceful charts that have been designed for easy implementation and maximum information gathering potential. The charts quantify detailed match performance by identifying the strengths and weaknesses of a player’s performance under stress in real match conditions.
The charts’ “user-friendly” format makes them attractive to athletes, novice tennis parents as well as advanced tennis coaches. The goal is to encourage coaches, parents, family, and teammates to assist in the athlete’s mental, emotional growth. After charting a match, the charting notes should be shared with the player and the developmental team to organize future training sessions.
ADDITIONAL CHARTING ADVANTAGES:
PAST MATCH CHART REVIEW:
Players often play the same opponents repeatedly at the higher levels. Reviewing past charts against the same opponent will reveal the opponent’s tendencies, strengths and weaknesses.
CHARTING POSSIBLE FUTURE OPPONENTS:
You may also want to consider asking your athletes to stay at the tournament site and chart future opponents for a comparison study.
SELF-CHARTING:
Recognizing and applying the present match stats during actual match play is a valuable, learned behavior that the top players have mastered. Question: Would it prove meaningful if the athlete knew the opponent’s forehand to backhand unforced error count heading into a tie-breaker?
