Group session

kayea6
May 25, 2016
1 min read

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 fitness today as Jaedan has a tournament this weekend which we as a team are helping her prepare her for. A player named Maddie came in this morning to work with as she also has a tournament this weekend. When a player has a tournament I learnt that it is best to not teach them a new skill but to improve on what they have and help them build confidence. Today we worked on consistency having to do 10 minute hitting without making any mistakes. This of course put the player under pressure and gives them the motivation to move their feet. After this conditioned sets were put in place. Here the person serving had to start 4-1 down in the set again putting pressure on the server to hold serve. This was then switched round to the server being up and encouraging the receiving to try and break serve. On this was done we played out a doubles set as they are playing doubles together. Here we tried to make sure they worked as a team on court, and moved together. After 3 hours of playing it was time for lunch. 3:30 came and the academy players arrived in full flow. Today, I focused on playing points due to their tournament coming up and trying to ensure that they have patience and build the point up instead of trying to win it straight away.