The following post is an excerpts from Match Day Preparation. Thanks for visiting, Frank
PARENTAL MATCH TIME JOB DESCRIPTION
Charting or videotaping your child’s match provides valuable insight for future training. It also is provides an opportunity to positively channel parent’s/coach’s nervous energy during a match. (Players are very adept at reading their parent’s/coach’s emotions (nonverbal communication) while playing.)
- Benefits of Match Analysis:
- Strengths and weaknesses in stroke production
- Implementation of strategies and tactics
- Actual causes of errors
- Dissecting the opponent/opponent awareness
- Movement, spacing and fitness
- Emotional control
- Focus control such as lapses in concentration
- Between point and changeover rituals
PARENTAL POST MATCH JOB DESCRIPTION
- Assist your child in their static stretching, nutrition and hydration requirements.
- Wait an appropriate amount of time before discussing the match.
- Begin match analysis with an over-view of their positive performance goals with an optimistic tone of voice.
- If not present- replace “Did You Win?” with “Did you hit your performance goals. Did you execute the correct shots at the right times?”
- Remind your child to complete their match logs.
Education begins with you! Thanks for visiting, Frank
Contact: Frank Giampaolo
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