Tennis Coaching "Super Coaching"

This video shows the communication between coach and player. The coach is using questions to help the player to discover for themselves.

Emira Stafford age 12 coached by Tom Allsopp


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[aviramdj]

@jsbroussard25 I am not a parent coach :-) . I had my share of young kids that I taught and now play the tour or play national level tennis .

I am going through youtube to learn .

Even though I disagree with alot of talking during training .

here, I also learned alot . thanks .

Keep on good work .

[jsbroussard25]

@aviramdj That is the problem with most parent coaches, they worry to much on "where" the ball goes. What this coach is concentrating on is what she is doing to the ball and getting her to do the same with her own thought process. What you need to understand is that it's what you "do to the ball" that gets the ball to the right spot and until you can control this aspect you don't need to worry about where the ball goes.

[tommyenglish1]

@aviramdj I don't think we need to see where the ball goes to learn from this video or see the quality of these shots. And I am not saying the quality is high.

I don't use this method all the time or with every pupil but to show real "super coaching" I should have asked her more questions such as, "how would you like me to feed the next few balls? Harder? Softer? Higher? Wider? The pupil can then help me to push them and find the perfect balance between success and failure.

[aviramdj]

@tommyenglish1 Dear tommyenglish. yes it does speak for itself.

I want to see if she has good percentage and if she hits deep .

We people that watch this video cant know if she hits maby balls out or in .

we can guess .

Your method is good but you "overuse" it .

I think your a good coach, that is why i take the time to reply here.

Don't be a coach with an Ego, open your mind a bit ..

If you like I can show you videos of my pupils and love to hear comments and corrections .

[tommyenglish1]

@aviramdj Please let me know these mistakes I am making? And speaking a lot as an answer is not going to be sufficient. I am clearly not speaking too much. I am asking questions trying to get my pupil involved in her own development. I am training her to think and be able to solve problems on her own and understand what makes her shot work, thus making her feel responsible for her improvements.

[tommyenglish1]

@aviramdj the fact that you wanted to see where the balls landed speaks for itself...

[aviramdj]

@tommyenglish1 I did watch the video to the end, cause the girl is very talented and was interesting to hear what the coach says .

Would have like another angle of view to see where her balls hit .

[aviramdj]

@YarpBarp09 Exactly what I thought .

[aviramdj]

@tommyenglish1 I understand fine. what im seeing is a good coach that just speaks a lot and does the same mistakes i did for many years . It doesn't matter though, This girl is great and has a great slice. What i commented was not a statement, it was an advice . i do agree it was written in a bad way, sorry for that .

that is why i will remove it . many times I mean 1 thing and get misunderstood for another .

[tommyenglish1]

@aviramdj you either didn't watch it all or you just don't understand.what you are watching