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I hear the shoe testers talk about stability and a shoe being locked in. I need a shoe that I am least likely to turn my ankle. What does stability and being locked in really mean? Clay

I hear what you are saying, but I think there is a difference between winning and letting your opponent lose. I am not talking about hitting winners, I am talking about playing with freedom and joy instead of fear. One is so much more satisfying. I had rather lose and play with courage and...

I have read this several times and the more I read it the better I like it. Makes sense. Thanks

Problem is that she is 14 and has been taking lessons weekly since she was nine. Playing ugly and winning is not good at her stage of development. She should be winning at this point and not playing to let her opponent lose.

I like your post and you sound very sure of your advice, but since I don't know you, what background do you have working with junior girls.

Curious about what your son's coach said about breathing during a match.

I like the idea of this drill.

Good reality check. Thanks.

These are good suggestions. I will make her some discussion questions for our next session.

Not sure what you mean by this.

You are right about making the footwork lazy.

Well, it is a deliberate strategy, but for this junior it is fear based. The two players you mentioned do use variety as a strategy, but seem to be able to hit the other shots equally as well. I think the difference is the choose to make those shot as opposed afraid to hit their topspin shots.

I have this junior girl age 14 and a ninth grader. She is an excellent player and has great strokes...in practice that is. When she gets in a match she starts chipping everything and keeps much less skilled players in the match with her. She plays the number one spot and even with this chipping...

Is that the old model or the newer Roger Federer model? Why does that help you? What is every day racquet?

This is a question for old pros. If your forehand is suffering during the match. What steps might you take to adjust what you are doing? Let's say you are hitting long.

Yeah, that was a radical change. I can't imagine asking a student to make that adjustment. Just getting them to make the slight change from EF grip to C grip you would think I had asked them to change their sexual orientation.

that is good advice

That sounds like good advice. Unfortunately I have this particular kid in a group lesson and don't have as much time to spend and he has some attention deficit issues too.

These are kids under 10 years old.

Sounds good. Can you give examples of this?

Ok, here is an example. A kid stays open stance to the ball and swats at it instead of turning his shoulders and swinging. Demonstration and verbal instruction doesn't affect him because he is able to hit the ball over the net this way and really doesn't get it he is not accomplishing the...

I get tired of repeating myself to a student repeating the same mistake over and over. I tell them what they are doing wrong first. then I demonstrate and then I remind them over and over till I give up. This happens especially in group lessons when I have one or two students out of 7 who...

This is an old post but a good one. Tennis should be a game of freedom and not a game of fear.

Very helpful. Thank you. I think the hesitation is what I work on with my student.

By the way...what is a digital atheist?

This was a fantastic video and just what I was looking for. Thank you.

Thank you. I will try that.

I have this kid who quickly drops the racquet down her back and waits for the ball to be in position to hit her serve. They move straight up from this stationary position. Does anyone know any specific drills that will help them break this habit?

What ever happened to this DB kid everyone was talking about?