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Decreasing Unforced Errors

Posted on July 24, 2015 by in The Tennis Parent's Bible

The following post list solutions to decreasing unforced errors.(Excerpt from The Tennis Parent’s Bible)  Thanks for visiting, Frank GiampaoloThe Tennis Parent's Bible by Frank Giampaolo

Spotting the Opponents Style Shift
Situation: Our player wins the first set 6-2. Upon the start of 2nd set, the opponent shifts from his hard hitting baseline style into a conservative, retrieving style of play.
Jason: Spots the change in style and counters by simply adapting to the “New Look.” Since he is no longer receiving FREE points, Jason begins to work his selection of patterns found in his “How to Dismantle Retrievers” protocol notes.
Jack: Does not spot the shift in style. He begins to get frustrated by the fact that the opponent is not missing the second or third ball anymore. Without even knowing, Jack begins to play faster and hit harder. Jack is panicking and attempting low percentage winners left and right. Jack implodes once again and breaks another brand new racquet!
 
Elements/Environmental Conditions
Situation: The Easter Bowl (Palm Springs, Ca.) is famous for its windy conditions. Often, players have to cope with 30-40 miles per hour wind speeds. The result is that most often, cautious, consistent retriever style of play gets rewarded. The elements play a critical role in shot selection.
Jason: Adapts his offensive baseline style to a safer style of play. He looks for ways to use the wind to his advantage. He applies more spin to the ball and aims four feet inside the court on each shot. He understands that going for winners in these “crazy” conditions is an almost impossible strategy, so he buckles down and uses his “B” plan. This plan consists of letting the opponent “self-destruct.”
Jack: Begins the tournament with the expectation that the conditions are unfair and he cannot play in the wind! He conveniently forgets that he has had many opportunities to practice in the wind in the weeks prior to the tournament, but chose to cancelled his lessons because he believed it was pointless to practice in windy conditions. (Jack lives in Southern California and Santa Ana Winds are present many times a year.) Guess who lost first and first this year at the Easter Bowl?
 
Time Management
Situation: The opponent starts off on a hot streak. Within 15 minutes, he is up 4-0.
Jason: Understands that controlling and managing both sides of the net is a critical factor in winning tennis.  Since he realizes that he is clearly not in control, he takes a bathroom break. Is this legal? Actually… Yes.  He is looking for two things to happen: One is to take enough time to actually devise a new plan of attack. Two is to act as a “Cooler.” He knows that he has to give the opponent’s fire a chance to burn itself out. We call this a shift in momentum.
Jack: Believes bathroom breaks are for “sissies.” What kind of player takes a bathroom break? The answer is… smart ones!
 
Appropriate Short Ball Options
Situation: Our player’s opponent is a terrific retriever. He positions himself 10-15 feet behind the baseline and seems to get every deep ball.
Jason: Considers the opponents preferred style. He monitors both players’ court positions and elects to incorporate drop shots and short angle shots to pull the opponent out of his comfort zone.
Jack: Is super talented. He can hit all four short ball options (Kill, Approach, Drop, or Side Door), but elects to simply kill every short ball as hard as he can. This plays right into the opponent’s (retriever’s style) spider’s web. Frustrated once again, Jack walks off the court in record time, breaking a few more racquets on the way.
 
Primary Versus Secondary Strokes
Situation: Our last opponent is an old school net rusher. His weapons are power and intimidation. He is coming in and everyone knows it!
Jason: Understands that simply spinning in his first serve is not as macho, but it serves a critical function: It keeps the net rusher from using the second serve as an approach shot. Also, Jason does not go for outright passing shot winners from the first pass, he resists and elects to dip the ball soft and low at the on-rushing players feet. This makes the player choosing to volley earn the winning shot, while giving Jason a higher percentage shot at actually passing on the second ball.
Jack: You know Jack by now…Jack bombs away at his monster first serve. He hits his typical first serve percentage of 30 percent in. Because of the fragility of his second serve “Under Pressure”, he is attacked on his second serve (70 percent of the time). The opponent quickly takes away Jack’s time with his attack and breaks Jack’s serve.
Like most of us, Jack is uncomfortable being attacked. He feels the pressure and goes for huge passing shots as soon as he sees the opponent begin to come in. Most of his passes land closer to the back fence than in the court. After the match Jack takes his racquet bag and shoves it into the trash can and walks to his car.
 
In summary, thinking, reacting, adjusting and problem solving are critical dimensions in top level tennis. Without it, the physical and technical sides of the athlete tend to drift off course. The key tools needed to compete at the higher levels are developed by training the mental and emotional components of the game. If your child resembles crazy Jack, it may be time to organize their developmental plan before another critical year is wasted away.

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Learn Watching Wimbledon

Posted on July 2, 2015 by in Maximizing Tennis Potential, The Tennis Parent's Bible

The following post is an excerpt from The Tennis Parent’s Bible.  Thanks for visiting, Frank GiampaoloFrank Giampaolo

Watching Tennis on Tv

It is time to revisit my post on learning from the professionals.  Tennis on TV represents a great learning opportunity – watch the professionals with a purpose and improve your game:

Watch One Player’s Feet

Most Pros take 10 steps for every 3 steps a ranked junior takes. Have your child simply watch the player’s shoes.

Watch Between Point Rituals

They often appear to be looking at their strings while they use internal vision. Pros control their emotions and spot tendencies. This means they pay attention to how points are being won and lost.

Spot Offense-Neutral-Defense Situations

Shot Selection Way before the incoming ball reaches the net; a pro has chosen the next appropriate shot selection. Call out the correct choice as a Pro prepares to strike. If you can spot the appropriate selection with a Pro, spotting your opponents next shot will become easier.

Spot This Typical Mistake: “Change the Angle …Lose the Point”

Changing the angle is encouraged when you are inside the court. It is discouraged when you are behind the baseline. Watch for appropriate angle changing and inappropriate angle changing attempts. Even top pros often miss when they attempt a down the line screamer from way behind the court!

Spot Styles of Play

Who’s the hard hitting baseliner? Who’s the counter puncher retriever? Is there an all-court net rusher? Spotting the opponents style is the first step to devising patterns and controlling a match. If your child can spot a pros style of play, my bet is they’ll be terrific at spotting their next opponents style of play!

Spot Proactive Patterns

Pros do not simply react. They run one-two punch patterns. Can your child spot them? Ask them to point our serving patterns, return patterns, rally or net rushing shot sequences.

Spot Secondary Shots

Pros do not just have a forehand, a backhand, a serve and a volley. They have a whole “Tool Belt” full of secondary shots and they know when to activate them. Can your child spot a swing volley, a short angle/side door building shot?

Watch for Open versus Closed Stance Ground Strokes

Call out “open” and “closed” when you spot a Pro choose the appropriate stance. Understanding when and why you need them both is an important tool.

Chart Errors to Winners

Having a great understanding of where your winners and errors are coming from, as well as your opponent’s winners and errors may prove to be the deciding factor if your next match goes into a tie breaker! Actually charting a pro will lead to comprehending the importance of limiting errors.

FUN FACT: Top professionals often generate 5 unforced errors a match and 30 winners. Juniors generate just the opposite!

Court Positioning Chart

Chart a pro’s winning percentage while they stay behind the baseline versus their winning percentage while going inside the court. Often, juniors think they are better from behind the baseline. After charting a match, they find their winning percentage is actually better from inside the court. Watching tennis on TV can be a wonderful learning experience. It will secretly lead to improving your child’s mental and emotional performance on the court.

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Are doubles really that important anymore?

Posted on June 25, 2015 by in Tennis Specific Training

The following post is an excerpt from The Tennis Parent’s Bible.  Thanks for visiting, Frank Giampaolo

Is the game of doubles really that important anymore?

If tennis is known as the sport of a life -time, the most popular form of tennis has to be doubles!

In Southern California, doubles can be found in the 10 and under events, all the way up to the 90 and over division. Our children will be enjoying the game of doubles way after their competitive career is over. A common thread found in senior tennis, recreational tennis, junior club teams, high school ball or even college tennis are doubles.

FUN FACT: A top woman’s college coach said this about recruiting players. “In college tennis, doubles is so important, I’d much rather have a top 40 ranked player in singles with a top 30 doubles ranking any day than a top 10 singles player who has avoided playing doubles throughout their junior career.”

The USTA made a critical decision a few years back- combining the singles and doubles rankings into the national ranking system. This means that here in the U.S., a player’s doubles results are an important addition to their overall National Ranking. (The rankings formula includes doubles ranking as a percentage in the overall ranking calculation- singles and doubles are not weighted equally. For more information:http://www.usta.com/YouthTennis/JuniorCompetition/Ranking/#Calculating%20Standings%20&%20Rankings )

On a monthly basis, 20 percent of the questions I now receive are doubles related questions. Below, I have 4 common questions along with answers and solutions:

 

Question: What do we look for when picking a partner?

Answer: There are a few essential elements that make a winning combination: Chemistry! Can they laugh and have fun winning or losing.

  • Seek a partner that compliments their style. It is often called: The Hammer & Wedge System. If you are a hammer…seek a wedge.
  • Possess a common understanding of the nuances of doubles.
  • Pick someone better than you.

I recommend going out to lunch and “talk shop”. See if the basic personalities of all parties “gel.” Some parent/coaches will only allow their child to play one style on all points regardless of the situation. This could prove disastrous. (The pro’s on tour rotate their formations.) Next, play at least 2 practice matches together before committing to an event.

 

Question: My son is shy. He knows he should communicate to his partner during the match, but does not know what to say. What’s your advice?

Answer: Doubles communication is critical in avoiding let downs and dissecting opponents. It is also important that team is synchronized; working as one. Here are some very important strategic issues that your son can use to communicate with his partner:

  • The opponent’s technical strokes, strengths and weaknesses.
  • The opponent’s favorite tactics and patterns that he has spotted.
  • Identify the opponent’s system of play and their likes and dislikes.
  • Investigate the opponent’s focus, intensity or lack of intensity.
  • How to expose your team’s strengths and hide your weaknesses.
  • Nonverbal communication is also very important. Facial expressions, body language or even tone of voice is detectable.

SPECIAL NOTE: Between points and during change-over is when constant communication occurs. On the Pro tour, doubles partners communicate an average of 80 times a match.

 

Question: My 12 year old daughter is scared of doubles. She says it’s confusing. Can you point her in the right direction?

Answer: Promote that doubles is a blast! Its team tennis, so she’s not out there all alone. Take her to watch high school tennis matches or better yet, college ball. As you watch doubles, begin explaining the role of each position in doubles. There are unique job descriptions, patterns, positions, and tactical options in each one.

She will need to develop the tactical options for all four of these positions:

1.)  The Server

2.)  The Server’s Partner

3.)  The Return of Server

4.) The Returner’s Partner

 

Question: My daughter will not go to the net because she says she just gets lobbed. What is she doing wrong?

Answer: Often in juniors, we see players attack the net and place their volley’s back deep, right to the baseline opponent. This gives the baseline opponent plenty of time to lob.

Here’s a question. Which opponent doesn’t have reaction time? Is it the opposing net player or the opposing baseliner? The opposing net player is vulnerable and they can’t lob effectively from that court position.

FUN FACT: The basic rule is hit long to long and short to short. That means if your daughter is back, hit to the opposing back court opponent. If your daughter is at the net, juice the opposing net girl!

 

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Goal Setting

Posted on May 18, 2015 by in Blunders and Cures

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BLUNDER: Overlooking Goal Setting

Goal setting and organizational plans should be used as soon as you enter into the competitive phase. After an event, plan on setting some goals as you schedule your upcoming lessons. Sit down with your entourage to review your performance at an appropriate time. This analysis will provide your “Blue Print” for the upcoming weeks’ worth of lessons and clinics.

There are four basic sides to your game that need to be developed religiously. Examples include:

  1. Technical: (Example: Slice backhand)
  2. Tactical: (Example: How to beat a moonball/pusher)
  3. Movement/Fitness: (Example: Develop core strength and stability)
  4. Emotional/Focus: (Example: Practicing closing out 5-2 leads)

At all levels of competition, matches should be viewed as an information gathering session. The overall objective is to maximize your potential at the quickest rate. Winning comes from experience and experience comes from both winning and losing.

CURE: Identify an area in your game that can be improved upon in each of the four sides of development.

  1. Technical:
  2. Tactical:
  3. Movement/Fitness:
  4. Emotional/Focus:

Define a plan of attack for each of the 4 skills identified. Evaluate the plan after its implementation and determine if the plan is working? Adjust as necessary but continue to train on the skills you need most.

Ask Yourself?

Did you find one flaw per category you wish to improve? Did you set aside time to review your list with your coach and devise a plan on working to improve your identified weaknesses? Do you have a style of opponent that you hate to play? Have you ever taken a month and focused on developing the tools to actually beat that particular style of opponent? Or do you do the same drills week after week and hope for different results?

 

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Mental and Emotional Tennis Tournament Tips

Posted on March 16, 2015 by in Primary and Secondary Strokes, The Tennis Parent's Bible

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Ten Tennis Tournament Tips

As tournament play approaches, common stumbling blocks sabotage even the most talented athletes. Often the difference between winning and losing is simply applying the following mental and emotional tips:

1. Warm up your primary and secondary strokes and patterns  Before a match, warm up the stroke and patterns needed to beat the style of opponent you are about to face. Have the appropriate game plan ready. If you do not know anything about your opponent’s style of play, warm up all your strokes.

2. In the match, keep your intensity and focus up until the match is complete. Often you have a comfortable 4-1 lead and tend to relax and lose focus, now thanks to you, it’s a 5-5 dog fight! Changing from “Playing to win” to “Playing not to lose” is changing a winning style of play.

3. Worthy opponents change their losing game plans. Your opponent switches to their plan “B” and you fail to spot the tactical change and fail to adapt and problem solve.

4. Spot and control the Mega and Mini Mega Points. Remember, you have to take the match from a champion. Expecting them to fall apart and quit when it gets tough won’t happen against the top players. Controlling the “big” points is a critical factor.

5. Perform your Between Point Rituals. Controlling the tempo of the match, your heart rate, mistake & anger management and problem solving takes place in between points. Often against weaker players you don’t bother doing your between point and changeover rituals. Later when you come up against a real competitor, you’re not comfortable with the feelings of problem solving and rituals which makes you uncomfortable applying it.

6. Apply the laws of offensive, neutral and defensive shot selection. Some players tend to go for glamorous offensive shots when they are in a neutral “building” situation. Others tend to get scared and fall back to simply hitting neutral shots when they have an offensive situation. Selecting the appropriate shot at the right time is high performance tennis.

7. Control the energy flow. Your opponent wins 3 games in a row and you just wander aimlessly to the next point. Your head is slumped, like a “poor me”…with a “deer in the headlights” look on your face. You are the only one who can stop this energy flow.

8. Second match warm up routines. Before the second match of the day you don’t bother to re-start your pre match rituals. You don’t bother with a short warm up or visualization with your next opponent’s game in mind. Heck, you don’t even go for a run before checking in. You’re sluggish, unfocused, and go down in flames.

9. If you’re being overplayed and can’t find an answer to get into the match. READ YOUR NOTES. You should have your patterns and plans listed. If you’re losing to a moonball pusher…pull out those notes! Try other options.

10. Gratitude. Your family is behind you 100%. They are always trying to assist you in your life’s quest. They pack your bags, string and grip your racquets, put thousands of miles on the family car to lessons, hitting sessions, off-court workouts, practice matches and tournaments every week! They sacrifice the hundreds of things they could be doing for themselves… They spend their time and thousands of dollars on ….you. Yet, you’re all too often mad at them. You don’t have a chance without the support of your parents. Instead of the “attitude” try gratitude. They are the best allies you’ll ever have.

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Resisting Change

Posted on March 14, 2015 by in The Tennis Parent's Bible

The following post is an excerpt from The Tennis Parent’s Bible.  Thanks for visiting, Frank Giampaolo

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Overlooking the Pain of Change

Remember the old saying? “If you keep on doing what you’ve always done, you’ll keep on getting what you’ve always got.” Players hit common walls in their development. One of those walls is resisting change.

If your child views change, as more painful than losing, they’ll continue in the same losing path. It’s so painful for some to change a flawed grip, stroke or stance; they’d rather accept the pain of losing than deal with changing.

Great things begin to happen when the pain of losing starts to be more powerful than the pain of changing. Once they accept the fact that a change has to be made, they are on their way to the next level.

This is where great parenting comes in. The cycle of change is a three step process:

  1. Step one is accepting change.
  2. Step two is initiating the change. This step is uncomfortable because they have left their old strokes and their new strokes are not fully formed.
  3. Step three is a 4-6 week developmental cycle. During this phase, their new motor programs become personalized and over-ride the old motor programs.

NOTE: In step 2, the pain of being uncomfortable often pulls them back to their old strokes.

SPECIAL NOTE: Placing your youngster into a competitive situation before the three phases are complete may destroy their new motor program and the old strokes will surely return.

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The Mental Components of Tennis

Posted on March 12, 2015 by in New Zealand Summit YouTubes, The Tennis Parent's Bible

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Secret to Maximizing Potential

Posted on March 11, 2015 by in Maximizing Tennis Potential, The Tennis Parent's Bible

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Ten Essential Skills to Maximizing Potential

In this decade, the standard in which every industry performs is doubling and tripling annually. The world of competitive sports is no different. The game’s standards are constantly rising. How does this affect the parent’s role? Due to the increasing numbers of competitors, parents are forced to become more involved in their child’s development. Even in a one-court shot gun shack tennis club in Russia, the competition is training more efficiently. The competition is bigger, faster, stronger and smarter than ever.

FUN FACT: Let’s look at the evolution of the average service speed of some of the #1 player on the ATP pro tour. In 1980: Connors served 84 mph; 1990: Becker served at 112 mph; 2000: Sampras served 128 mph; 2010: ATP professionals often hit the 140 mph range. Andy Roddick holds the current record with a 155 mph delivery! So, what’s the actual service speed your little “Joey” will need to serve on tour in the year 2020… 160 mph plus. That’s evolution baby.

The evolution of your child’s progress is a direct link to their new found training methods. Progress is not made while staying in one’s comfort zone. I suggest asking your youngster to step outside of their comfort zone as they enter into the learning zone. This is where advances actually take place. The Tennis Parent’s Bible’s has identified ten essential steps to accelerate your child’s performance. The following post addresses 3 out of 10 essential steps:

Brain Types and Body Types

Hopefully, you’ve taken some time to visit Braintypes.com and familiarize yourself with how you and your child are wired. Different brain types certainly excel at the physical sides of the game, while some types handle pressure and evaluate tendencies better. Tennis experts agree that a combination of motor skills, mental skills and emotional skills are required at the higher levels. Understanding your child’s preferences will assist you in building their weakest link. Other wonderful benefits of understanding brain types include: disagreement resolution, relationship building, academics and vocation.

Organize a Quarterly Schedule

Purchase a weekly planner and structure in the different areas of development. This includes tournaments, off-court gym, cardio work, hitters, lessons, practice sets, and video analysis to review game days

Nurture All Four Sides of a Complete Player

  1. Primary and Secondary Stroke Skills
    The four different forehands, four different backhands, three different serves and four different volleys need to be developed. Players possessing keen primary strokes and non-existent secondary strokes are usually come in second in a field of two. Your child’s game needs depth to go deep into the draw.
  2. Shot and Pattern Selection Skills
    Independently place your child in an offense, neutral or defensive position. Drill the movement and typical shot selections of that position. Secondly, assist your youngster in designing their proactive patterns. That is their serve patterns, return patterns, rally patterns and net rushing patterns.
  3. Movement and Fitness Skills
    Anticipatory speed is just as important as foot speed. A typical movement drill requires the coach to explain the sequence. The coach says, “Ok, forehand approach shot, forehand volley, backhand volley, overhead, let’s do it!”  I recommend training brain speed as well. So, I would say “Get to the net, I’ll give you 4-6 shots”. I would randomly mix in approach shots, swing volley approach shots, traditional volleys, half volleys and overheads.  Now, multitasking begins. In essence, practicing in the manner in which their expected to perform.
  4. Focus and Emotional Skills
    Emotions come into play during live ball, not drills. We call it dress rehearsal/stress rehearsal. In the session, start sets half way through and asks your child to close it out with role playing.

Here are a few valuable lessons to handle in simulated live ball drills:

  • If your child has trouble with cheaters, every ball your child hits on the line, the opponent gets to call it out. This rehearses emotional control, as well as the art of winning while keeping the balls away from the opponent’s lines.
  •  If your child has trouble closing out a lead; ask them to only focus on sticking to the exact game plan that got them the lead. A common focus flaw is getting bored with an easy set, then going for low percentage, exotic shots.
  • Another typical focus flaw is shifting from playing “to win” (AKA: Attacking) to simply pushing or “playing not to lose.” Many intermediate players get a lead against a top seed and then begin to push. Essentially hoping the top player will choke to them, and hand them the trophy. Guess what, top players didn’t reach the top by choking away matches to lesser players!
  •  If your child hates to play moonball/pushers, hire a college player to role play and be a pusher for the session. Ask your child to rehearse the side door/short angle pattern, the moonball approach shot to swing volley pattern and their drop shot to pass and lob patterns in actual dress rehearsals. I estimate it takes 100 hours of specific pattern rehearsals to perfect the skills needed to beat a top pusher.

 

 

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Common Tennis Parent Personalities

Posted on March 10, 2015 by in New Zealand Summit YouTubes

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Only Playing Up Matches?

Posted on March 9, 2015 by in Maximizing Tennis Potential, Primary and Secondary Strokes, The Tennis Parent's Bible

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Should my child only play up matches?

Tennis skills must be practiced on the practice court and during practice matches. If your child is expected to win every practice match, they will most likely not practice new tennis skills for fear of losing the practice match.  Putting too much stress on winning a practice match can be very destructive in the development of  a high performance player.

Most junior tennis players and their parents fall into the trap of ONLY seeking “up” matches. Up matches or playing someone better is a terrific way for your child to rehearse their A game plan. It can provide a major confidence boost to hold your own or even take a set from a higher level player. It’s a prominent way to get pushed and stretched to the limit.

Two Pitfalls of ONLY Playing Up Matches:

  1. Your child will lose most of the time and that isn’t always the best way to motivate some brain types.
  2. Your child’s practice match victories may be a false victories! A false victory is achieved when the higher level opponent isn’t trying to win, but is using your child as a sparring partner to rehearse his or her B or C game plans, secondary strokes or patterns. I often ask my players to play lesser players and focus on only hitting slice backhands. They are not trying to win at all.

FUN FACT: Alexa Glatch was a great Southern California junior player. She went on to play on the WTA tours and played on the U.S. Federation Cup squad. All through her junior career we scheduled sparring matches. She would be absolutely okay with losing most of her practice matches, as she rehearsed her weaker proactive patterns or her secondary strokes that she didn’t quite own. Yet in tournament junior match play, she would bring her A game plan and beat most top juniors. Essentially giving her practice match opponents fits.

I suggest asking your child to spend an equal amount of time playing weaker players. This will assist in the development of their B and C game plans. We know that players need to master different styles of play in order to be a contender at the national level. Juniors, quite honestly, won’t even try to develop their B and C game in an up practice match. (They don’t want to lose at a faster rate. Can you blame them?) If they won’t rehearse those skills in an up practice match …and they do not want to play practice sets against weaker opponents…when will the skills be developed and rehearsed?

The interesting question is: Why won’t your child play players they speculate are worse? Usually it is a genuine fear of an ego whipping.

SPECIAL NOTE: Players that won’t play down practice matches can often blame their parent’s fragile ego. Uneducated parents unknowingly sabotage their child’s growth by not allowing them to play sets versus different styles and levels of opponents. Consider paying a college player or great adult club player to play practice matches?

At our workshops, we structure practice sets against different styles of opponents, not just different levels. If your child has issues beating a Moonball/Pusher… guess what we focus on? You guessed it, the tools required to beat a Moonball/Pusher! Also, we gladly assist players in finding a weekly up match as long as they agree to play a down match as well.

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