01Blog
Mental coaching for junior tennis.
Parents6 min
Second-serve nerves: mind or technique?
A double fault that only turns up under pressure is a different problem from one that turns up everywhere. How to tell the two apart on the practice court, and what a child can do in the moments before the serve.
Parents5 min
How to talk to a child after losing a match
The twenty minutes after a match decide what kind of parent a child is left with that day. What research on tennis parents puts in the car, and what belongs to another day.
Coaches4 min
Handling frustration in practice without losing the player
A player who throws the racket is not the problem to solve. What to do in the moment, what to do afterwards, and why the order matters more than the words.