Tennis Instruction Blog

[Essential Tennis]

Greetings,

I would like to make a quick post to promote a tennis blog I began about a month ago that some of you may be interested in. I'm a full time tennis professional and love helping people improve their tennis. I've been trying to think of ideas to expand my exposure as a teaching professional and this is going to be one of them.

I graduated from the USPTA's Professional Tennis Management program at Ferris State University and have taught full time since then. Currently I teach at the #2 rated private Country Club in America and really love my job. It's my hope that through this blog my regular clients as well as any other tennis enthusiasts can gain some knowledge and understanding about how to improve their games. Here is the link to the Essential Tennis blog:

http://essentialtennis.blogspot.com/

So far I've been writing a new article every Monday, and plan on updating it at least that often, possibly more in the future. I hope that some of you can find the content useful!

Cheers

-Ian

 

[Bungalo Bill]

Greetings,

I would like to make a quick post to promote a tennis blog I began about a month ago that some of you may be interested in. I'm a full time tennis professional and love helping people improve their tennis. I've been trying to think of ideas to expand my exposure as a teaching professional and this is going to be one of them.

I graduated from the USPTA's Professional Tennis Management program at Ferris State University and have taught full time since then. Currently I teach at the #2 rated private Country Club in America and really love my job. It's my hope that through this blog my regular clients as well as any other tennis enthusiasts can gain some knowledge and understanding about how to improve their games. Here is the link to the Essential Tennis blog:

http://essentialtennis.blogspot.com/

So far I've been writing a new article every Monday, and plan on updating it at least that often, possibly more in the future. I hope that some of you can find the content useful!

Cheers

-Ian

This is a free tennis site were we provide free tennis tips and instruction. Anything regarding promoting ourselves so that the end goal is to make money is normally not taken well here.

 

[SFrazeur]

There is nothing wrong with a person wanting a bit of professional exposer. In the office world you do it by getting yourself recognized by the boss, the employer. In tennis instruction the ones to make yourself known to are the playing public. While most instructors do not go into and stay in instruction to make money there is also nothing wrong with maximizing your potential. I do not instruct for the money, I charge for the money.

Regarding the actual content of articles I found them bland and unexciting. They were over written in places; when instructing in person starting off with the "What I'd like to talk about today" is fine. However, with written tennis instruction it is needlessly and a waste of a sentence. A reader needs to know why they should be reading as early as possible. The title of the column "Smart Players Hit Cross Court" does this, but then it goes into exposition that takes to long to get to actual content. So far I did not see anything special about what was posted. It was information I had seen elsewhere presented more efficiently. I write this constructive criticism, Ian. it is in no way meant to tear you down. You should continue, it's new and you will probably get better at it. Best of luck

-SF

 

[mrHan]

So far I've been writing a new article every Monday, and plan on updating it at least that often, possibly more in the future. I hope that some of you can find the content useful!

Cheers

-Ian

Ian, Kudo's for taking the time to write this articles in hopes to help someone in improving their games and stimulating the growth of the tennis community. Your weekly blogs do have plenty of good content. That said, keep up the good work and I hope you continue stick around here.

p.s. I looked up your profile and see that you are a lefty Lefty's rock!

 

[Essential Tennis]

This is a free tennis site were we provide free tennis tips and instruction. Anything regarding promoting ourselves so that the end goal is to make money is normally not taken well here.

The blog is free, there is no making of money....


Frazeur if the writing isn't helpful to you then I apologize. Hopefully it will be to others.

 

[Essential Tennis]

Ian, Kudo's for taking the time to write this articles in hopes to help someone in improving their games and stimulating the growth of the tennis community. Your weekly blogs do have good content which many will find helpful. That said, keep up the good work.

Thank you sir, I appreciate it.

 

[SFrazeur]

The blog is free, there is no making of money....

Frazeur if the writing isn't helpful to you then I apologize. Hopefully it will be to others.

It is not a matter of being helpful to me. I have been involved in Tennis instruction for seven years now. While I do not claim to be some sort of master or anything, I have seen, heard and read a lot. Those were some pretty basic themes, nothing new content or presentation wise. My comments were meant to be constructive. Unapologetically so. You are a professional, I would not insult you by feeding you soft balls.

I would further suggest that you do not try and write a new column weekly. Always quality over quantity. At max I would suggest one every other week, with possibly mini-tips in between the major weeks. The best tennis instruction websites have encountered are smaller, or have humble but top-notch instruction. If you go for as many as you are aiming for I think you will windup with burn out, or worse humdrum columns.

-SF

 

[Essential Tennis]

It is not a matter of being helpful to me. I have been involved in Tennis instruction for seven years now. While I do not claim to be some sort of master or anything, I have seen, heard and read a lot. Those were some pretty basic themes, nothing new content or presentation wise. My comments were meant to be constructive. Unapologetically so. You are a professional, I would not insult you by feeding you soft balls.

I would further suggest that you do not try and write a new column weekly. Always quality over quantity. At max I would suggest one every other week, with possibly mini-tips in between the major weeks. The best tennis instruction websites have encountered are smaller, or have humble but top-notch instruction. If you go for as many as you are aiming for I think you will windup with burn out, or worse humdrum columns.

-SF

Thank you for your input