Great post subline.
Everything EXCEPT the court speed. We don't need clay. We just need coaches who will teach guys to hit backhands and returns of serve and worry less about ranking points. Every court in So Cal that gets resurfaced (that I play on - and I play at about 10 different venues, some private, most public) is now a grittier hard court.
Funny u mentioned that because I took my daughter to a couple so called top usta camps and It was a joke.
Could you elaborate? How old is she? How long has she been playing and how does she stack up to her local peers? What were you expecting and what did the camp do (or not do) that made you call it a joke?
She's 14 now she's been playing 2 years. I took her to what was suppose to be a camp for more serious players and it was like a after school program for elementary school the coaches to me were just goofing around with a kids. I train mma fighters/boxers so understand the coaching aspect of coaching and that what I witness wasn't it. I guess what I'm saying is they seem to recreational coaches not coaches for future champions. My plays well. She box and she ran track she extremely athletic and she understands the game. Low margin of errors are her biggest issues. It's gonna take time.. but it's hard finding a coach like a rich Massey ect
This discussion reminds me of something that Darren Cahill posten in the "Ask ProTennisCoach" thread. He thought that it was a problem that they mostly play on the same surface in the US.
There 11 us women in the top hundred to date.
Sweden and Germany and great Britain have plenty of clay courts. Whats their problem?
Sands is 101 and will be there after the open. That makes 12 find me another country with more. This is all bs. People refuse to look at the good things and always look at fhe negatives. The new usta facility will have all the courts. Again we are not the only tennis power having issues.
Good question. This post was based off a few articles I read reviews recently. I just wanted to get people opinion.
No big deal. Its a legit question but there are many answers. Champions dont pop out of woodwork. If that was the case you would see 20 young Spaniards poping up after nadal.Good question. This post was based off a few articles I read reviews recently. I just wanted to get people opinion.
This was nothing more than a simple post based off the interview that Patrick McEnroe did a few months ago about the usta development of pro tennis players.
Haha.yeah you are 100 percent right. It's a beautiful thing for one to express is view point on certain subjects..
And on a positive note the 12 people the us has in the top 100 is the most out of any country!!Haha.yeah you are 100 percent right. It's a beautiful thing for one to express is view point on certain subjects..
Ya and like many guys he is kinda full of bs. He had plenty of development and was just an average player. If keys or stephens makes a run at a slam and based on recent wta result that a strong possibility considering who has made good runs he will eat his words. Italy hasnt produced a male grand slam champion in forever and the guys eat dirt over there.
Francesca Schivon 2010.. that I can remember!!
True and pannetta today right. Both never even got to a slam final till their 30s. Both trained clay since they were in diapers. Now give keys a few more years and we will see who developed better. And italian men? Well like i said they eat dirt but cant hardly win a tournament let alone a slam.
Population in millions from 2014:
I had to upgrade my cable package for tennis channel smh.. extra 29.99 so my daughter can watch..
So what? India over a billion china over a billion look at it that way. There are four major sports over here where athletes get paid millions plus soccer. Tennis is a niche sport and always will be. We have had our ups and downs and will continue to do so. Dont make excuses for germany and sweden when they also produced amazing champions like edberg and becker and wilander and borg and graf and others but gee since germany only has 80 million people thats an excuse.
Give me a minute to find that articleIdiotic!
What countries?
This is true
I agree but it is the number one highest paid sports for women. From my humble research . Please note that I'm not saying money is everything BUT I'd rather invest in tennis than to put my daughter in softball at 6 years old and college is as far as she can go if she's good.
Can't speak about Sweden or Britain, but in Germany the problem is complex.
That's my point. I teach piano, and one of my black students could not watch Serena, even when I suggested that she would really want to see history, because "we can't see tennis at home".
You must be fairly young.
All of the hockey playoffs are on cable, majority of nba playoffs are on cable, most of baseball playoffs are now on cable. Kids play those sport plenty. Sports moving away from broadcast is a trend thats been going on for years. And you are making excuses for germany and sweden the population argument is an excuse.
We produced consistent slam contenders on the men side from the mid 70s till sampras,aggassi. Since those days the slams have literally been dominated by four guys. With a surprise like del po or cilic popping up here and there. Hewitt hasnt been in any mix in ten years. The world is also different than it was 20 years ago many countries have more reasources to help tennis players. The Czech republic is a tennis player manufacturing machine. Its basically what the dominican republican is in baseball.
Again i think people keep thinking well we were so dominant why are we not anymore? You can extrapolate this to anything. The usa use to produce most of the worlds cars. Well thats until japan and Germany and korea ect got into the game post war. The reality is its a more competative environment. Look at great britain. They have one guy. If not for him its a dead zone and was decades. And most likely will be again after he retires. Yea they had henman he was decent. But this is a country that invented the freaking game.
So? That's his opinion. My opinion is you can teach BH, return, and patience on any surface. If you want to debate, fine. If you want to parrot what some talking heads say, knock yourself out. If Gilbert were so sure of that he'd quit ESPN, create an academy and start popping out champions. Don't hold your breath.
What do you mean a problem with USTA pro development? There is no problem I can see!
