TennisDrills.tv (Little Kids 36 ft. Tennis Drill Sample)

[mantiskf2003]

i don't see any change in these kids movement patterns with each excited cue - so are we (coaches/teachers) the cure for short attention spans and lack of esteem, noted in so many coaching courses worldwide, or are we exacerbating if not causing it?

The contemporary trend is to reward coaches for "inventing" game oriented drills with names; yet , with an approach promoted in many education degree programs - the kids are likely to invent a similar game without specific adult intervention.

[mantiskf2003]

It's great that you're trying to keep kids active.

However, i wonder how often these "exciting new" coaching methods are for the kids and how often it is only exciting the new age coaches. I see kids being just as active, and apparently having just as much fun just having a bash with friends - if they need specific cues to make them want to achieve basic patterns in a sport, after improving some skill work with a coach, I doubt they'll be the ones in the sport in their teen years.