What Is The Best Development for a Player?

[Coolio]

The age old question.
I am coaching a kid for example that is up for selection for a performance programme in an academy.
This involves travelling, high expenses for the coaching etc. so whether it is worth it is a question.

Yes, there might be a better overall crop of players, more higher level experiences like travelling to tournaments abroad as a team or whatever, but what if a small club has a group of 3/4 highly keen players and 1 coach. Maybe the coach who is fully in charge of those few players, can give them better treatment than what a performance programme in a big academy can give them?

I personally believe match practice is a fundamental part of a player's development.
Gabe Jaramilo's tennis pro player blueprint sets out the training for a 12 year old at:

Drilling 12hrs Matchplay 7hrs Physical Training 5hrs

For an u12 player, what do you see it at?
How many hours a week should they play?
How important do you think individual technical lessons are vs group squads?

 

[FiReFTW]

Look at ATP pros and you will find your asnwer.

-Match practice and experience
-Training, tennis drills, hitting with a hitting partner
-Gym and strenght and conditioning training
-Good nutrition

 

[PMChambers]

Where is TW Forum in this routine?

 

[ChaelAZ]

Few academies my son attended was around like 3/1 for practice and match play. Conditioning every day and strength training a few times a week.

 

[TimeToPlaySets]

1 hour reading about 2018 rackets.
1 hour discussing string tension
2 hours debating Fedal vs. Kyrigos in some pointless regional tournament.
2 hours watching old Sampras and Agassi slo-mo serve videos.
2 hours posting in TTW and making fun of suckers who hire coaches
5 minutes doing a few jumping jacks and leg stretches
1.5 hours playing doubles.

After about 40 years of this, you will rise up +.5 rating

 

[Wise one]

The age old question.
I am coaching a kid for example that is up for selection for a performance programme in an academy.
This involves travelling, high expenses for the coaching etc. so whether it is worth it is a question.

Yes, there might be a better overall crop of players, more higher level experiences like travelling to tournaments abroad as a team or whatever, but what if a small club has a group of 3/4 highly keen players and 1 coach. Maybe the coach who is fully in charge of those few players, can give them better treatment than what a performance programme in a big academy can give them?

I personally believe match practice is a fundamental part of a player's development.
Gabe Jaramilo's tennis pro player blueprint sets out the training for a 12 year old at:

Drilling 12hrs Matchplay 7hrs Physical Training 5hrs

For an u12 player, what do you see it at?
How many hours a week should they play?
How important do you think individual technical lessons are vs group squads?

Under 12? Let the kid play baseball. Forget about tennis!

 

[Traffic]

I personally believe match practice is a fundamental part of a player's development.
Gabe Jaramilo's tennis pro player blueprint sets out the training for a 12 year old at:

Drilling 12hrs Matchplay 7hrs Physical Training 5hrs

For an u12 player, what do you see it at?
How many hours a week should they play?
How important do you think individual technical lessons are vs group squads?

So 24hrs of tennis workouts in one week? When do they go to school? For a 12U? You'd have to be homeschooled and committed to playing tennis at the Pro level.

Assume working out 2hrs a day during the week, M-F. That's only 10hrs.
I can't imagine working out 3hrs a day. Then that's for 7days.

School is in session for 7hrs. There is commute time to and from. Maybe want to eat breakfast and dinner. That probably takes up 10hrs. Then commute time to and from the tennis club. That's a 14-15hr day.

Not sure there are many here that have gone through such routine nor coach someone that intensely.

 

[CJ Tennis]

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[Bender]

1 hour reading about 2018 rackets.
1 hour discussing string tension
2 hours debating Fedal vs. Kyrigos in some pointless regional tournament.
2 hours watching old Sampras and Agassi slo-mo serve videos.
2 hours posting in TTW and making fun of suckers who hire coaches
5 minutes doing a few jumping jacks and leg stretches
1.5 hours playing doubles.

After about 40 years of this, you will rise up +.5 rating

It takes under 40 years to rise up in rating by 0.5 if you watch videos and record yourself in broad daylight at 240 fps.

You've been on these boards for ages, c'mon, step up your TTW game!

 

[Coolio]

Bump.

How many individual lessons should a 10/12/14/16 year old kid get a week, how many hours groups, how many practice matches?

What if I gave you 10 kids who gave you for example a fixed fee per year. How would you structure training for them on a weekly basis?