Mind over matter
As mentioned throughout the blog, mentality of players is an important aspect of tennis. You are alone on court with none to help you if...
Confidence
With an important tournament approaching and the majority of the academy players competing, the academy tends to not change anything...
Clay vs hard courts
Today, the weather wasn't so great so we had to some times go inside and some times out. These means that the players have to adjust. The...
post tournament - no rest for the wicked
Post tournament day.... lots of yoga and stretching. People may think tat once you have had a tournament playing over 6 matches you...
Finals day ...
Finals day, a long awaited day that you hope you are going to be there for. Gladly, we were. Jean had the semi- final and the final...
Sore and tired
Day 2 of the tournament. An early start as usual, wake up at 6:00 leave at 6:15 and be there to warm up for 7:15. These are certain...
First round
First day of matches is always apprehensive day. It started off with a 2 hour rain delay, therefore we had to keep Jaedan moving so she...
Off we go to Okemos
Today we leave for Jaedan's tournament, the midwest level 3 Okemos tournament. The morning didn't start out how it usually would but...
even the young ones run...
Due to a tournament coming up there are certain aspects I learnt that you have to do in order to keep healthy and fit leading up to the...
Group session
Today was a hot day in 30 degree celsius heat which was good but also made it physically and more mentally difficult to play. Day off...
