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Case Study Aiden Sexton    1 June 2017 ATTITUDE   Attitudes are the Mind’s Paintbrush        Attitude…..what a lovely word.   But what does it really mean ?   And how do you know if you have the correct attitude or not ? And if not,   how do you go about changing it ?...

Zane Crema Cairns International Tennis Centre JDS Finals   2016   Title:     The Dream: How badly do you want it ?       Zane recently played in the JDS Finals tournament at Cairns International Tennis Centre. He came third in his age group (with the top two players...

Rory   Spanton   The Journey……and subsequent technical and tactical changes     Many people think a champion suddenly appears on the tennis scene. I doubt if that has ever happened. Everyone great player I know has gone on a journey. Usually from Club Champion to...

Chase Crema Title: Tennis: Taking Responsibility Chase (who is only 8 years old) recently played in a JDS tournament at Innisfail TC. He won his first match but had his following matches washed out. In his one match he won 2 sets to nil BUT both sets were resolved via...

Flynn Crema Title:      Tennis: The body shape and consequent tennis tactics Flynn recently played in a JDS tournament at Port Douglas. For himself he played very well going all the way to the final (where he lost). He probably played the best tennis of his life....

Presentation Baseline Tennis Juniors July 10 2016 At Innisfail TC Tennis is a wonderful game. ………but so cleverly designed. There are two great things about tennis. The structure of the game is designed to challenge every section of your game, including your psyche....

Tactics at Club Level Are you thinking at all when you play a match ? Outfoxed So what do you know about tactics? Do you know anything at all? And if your answer is no…..that is ok. You probably are totally focused on your own game…..perhaps trying so hard to simply...

Match Report Blanche Lagrisola Rizal Memorial Stadium , Manila, Philippines Junior Age Tournament 21 April 2016 I observed one of Blanche’s matches (which she won) , and found the following items in her game which would need improvement if she desired to achieve...

The Two Hats What I am about to tell you will sound so, so simple that you would say to yourself “who would ever get those two hats mixed up ?” Well trust me, I have seen so many players get totally mixed up with this simple idea. The main reason for getting it wrong...

The Battle of the Sexes Who are the Better Tennis Players ?  Females or Males ?         This subject of course has been around for a long time, and may go on forever. Which sex are the better players ? Where shall I start ?   I guess we should go back to the first...

Rustiness Are you swinging like a rusty gate ?     For the tennis player who is trying to move up the club ladder and/or make changes to a stroke, taking a long break from tennis is not a good idea. However some times a break from tennis is unavoidable; you may have...

Watching tennis on TV Can you improve your own tennis game ?     There are different ways you can watch a tennis match on TV. You can enjoy the match. Simply watch the ball (if you can see it ?) and the score, and if the match is a very close one you will be sucked...

The Topspin Forehand And common problems with this stroke.   Learning the topspin forehand can be relatively easy for a semi-beginner. I say “can be”…….. if that person fell out of the cradle with the feeling for the correct swing (including the J- swing.) For a...

In my experience the most common problem for the backhand ground stroke lies in poor setting up of the stroke prior to making the forward swing. Nearly always an incomplete setting up. This can be ….not doing enough footwork tracking (which leads you to the correct...

If you have a giant versus an ant (or Dad versus a five year old) I do not think that tactics will  make a difference to the outcome. But if you have a fox versus a sheep, the fox will usually win even though the sheep is much bigger. Why ?  Because the fox will...

So the French Open is now over. Stats usually reveal what truly happened. Wawrinka hit an amazing number of winners. 60 in the final, 60 in the semi final and only 43 in his quarter final.  Serena by comparison hit 34, 37 and 39 in her 3 final matches. For me, one of...

So you are a C Grade tennis player, playing some club matches and or some tournaments, and you hear this talk about match stats.And you ask yourself "do I really need these ?.....it is only a C Grade tournament". Well the answer lies in one of your previous choices....

  (Pic BH, left foot planted; right foot about to go forward) Why do I like this photo ? Well, mainly because there is so much information within the pic. Things like...where and when. The first thing that caught my eye was the soon to be planted right foot. And what...

What makes up "the perfect junior club champion"? Well obviously the person needs to be a very good tennis player; usually well rounded in their game so they are competent with two areas of match play. Those are being able to attack when necessary and conversely being...