Any Tennis Parents Have Suggestions? - Tennisopolis : Tennis Social Network2024-03-28T21:27:28Zhttp://tennisopolis.com/forum/topics/1869403:Topic:193683?commentId=1869403%3AComment%3A343992&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noHello Mark/Mr. Mayor,
There…tag:tennisopolis.com,2009-07-24:1869403:Comment:3439922009-07-24T14:20:41.196ZBenhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/BenjaminSun
Hello Mark/Mr. Mayor,<br />
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There are many facets you'd need to look at, but first of all, If your son is just getting started, I think the best thing to do to keep him in it is to play some mini-court points and do not beat him too often! If he feels he can rally with you and win points, tennis will get to him. Feeding balls and let him hit may be fun at the beginning, but in a while, he'll be bored - that is common among many kids of that age. So mix it up.<br />
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I made a mistake with my son when he…
Hello Mark/Mr. Mayor,<br />
<br />
There are many facets you'd need to look at, but first of all, If your son is just getting started, I think the best thing to do to keep him in it is to play some mini-court points and do not beat him too often! If he feels he can rally with you and win points, tennis will get to him. Feeding balls and let him hit may be fun at the beginning, but in a while, he'll be bored - that is common among many kids of that age. So mix it up.<br />
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I made a mistake with my son when he was little. He could play mini-court point with me and that was how he got in it. But I asked a little too much, and too soon, from him, by feeding balls to him and kept telling him how he should do fh and bh, and then tennis became boring to him. So now, whenever I ask him, he'll find every possible excuse not to play, and when he runs out of excuses, he'll just say, let's just do it for fun, meaning, just play the points (and let him win).<br />
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So, this experience might be something you want to consider.<br />
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Good luck!<br />
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Ben. Dear Mr. Mayor,
I invite you…tag:tennisopolis.com,2009-05-03:1869403:Comment:3020722009-05-03T23:20:13.805ZLucile Bosche´http://tennisopolis.com/profile/LucileBosche
Dear Mr. Mayor,<br />
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I invite you to look at some video clips on my website of very young kids hitting beautiful strokes.They all are being taught with Oscar's Modern Tennis Methodology. I also have taught my grandson, now age 6 1/2 and he and I have sustained rallys from all parts of the court, plus serve the ball in. In the beginning he didn't want to take instruction from me, but over time, as he began to undersand more and watch me teach other children I gained his confidence and respect. My…
Dear Mr. Mayor,<br />
<br />
I invite you to look at some video clips on my website of very young kids hitting beautiful strokes.They all are being taught with Oscar's Modern Tennis Methodology. I also have taught my grandson, now age 6 1/2 and he and I have sustained rallys from all parts of the court, plus serve the ball in. In the beginning he didn't want to take instruction from me, but over time, as he began to undersand more and watch me teach other children I gained his confidence and respect. My ability to get quick results with players of all ages and ability levels has increased as I become more familiar and comfortable with Oscar's method. Please go to <a href="http://www.tennisteacher.org">www.tennisteacher.org</a> and click on the Video Clips page to see how magically kids respond to this style of teaching. Hi Mark,
I train tennis coac…tag:tennisopolis.com,2009-05-03:1869403:Comment:3018412009-05-03T15:55:25.565ZJohn Carpenterhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/JohnCarpenter
Hi Mark,<br />
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I train tennis coaches for Oscar Wegner is his new Modern Tennis Methodology Coaching Academy which is getting ready to go public. We have 120 coaches already certified in the MTM USA strictly by word of mouth. England has certified 300 already as everyone is moving to this even if they don't credit or know how Oscar is. No seven year old I have ever coached looks ugly after an hour or two as long as I teach MTM. I promise you this, let your son watch the DVDs and teach him to just…
Hi Mark,<br />
<br />
I train tennis coaches for Oscar Wegner is his new Modern Tennis Methodology Coaching Academy which is getting ready to go public. We have 120 coaches already certified in the MTM USA strictly by word of mouth. England has certified 300 already as everyone is moving to this even if they don't credit or know how Oscar is. No seven year old I have ever coached looks ugly after an hour or two as long as I teach MTM. I promise you this, let your son watch the DVDs and teach him to just "touch the ball" and "touch the shoulder" with the butt of the racket pointing to where he wants the ball to go and he'll quickly improve.<br />
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If you start him in a Quickstart program and they teach him a closed stance forehand, your son's potential will be set back severely. Quickstart is great in theory, but where they teach a closed stance forehand, it's a disaster. I watch the program often, have been trained in it, and use it occassionally but my kids get so good so fast because I teach them to copy the pros they quickly move to real tennis balls and rally. I once got a 144 baseline rally from an eight year old of average athletic ability in her third week of lessons.<br />
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Beware what you expose your child to. There is a reason that tennis lost tens of millions of players in the USA and we dropped in the rankings. I believe it's because we didn't listen to the man who has revolutionized tennis teaching around the world. Good data in, good data out, bad data in, bad data out. It's as simple as that.<br />
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<cite>Mark / Mr. Mayor said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://www.tennisopolis.com/forum/topics/1869403:Topic:193683?page=1&commentId=1869403%3AComment%3A301834&x=1%231869403Comment301834#1869403Comment301834"><div>Thanks John,<br/>You know Oscar joined Tennisopolis. You should friend him if you haven't already. Right now my son is 7 and he is enjoying being on the court more and more. His strokes are still quite ugly, but whenever I try to do technical stroke adjustment, he loses interest fast! I think he listens to others more than to his dad. I'm going to sign him up for quickstart this summer. The woman who runs it here at our club is very good with strokes so I'll see how he responds to this.<br/><br/>For all the <a href="http://www.tennisopolis.com/group/tennisparents">Tennis Parents</a> out there, join this new group where we can share our experiences.<br/><a href="http://www.tennisopolis.com/group/tennisparents">http://www.tennisopolis.com/group/tennisparents</a><br/><br/>M<br/><cite>John Carpenter said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://www.tennisopolis.com/forum/topics/1869403:Topic:193683?page=1&commentId=1869403%3AComment%3A301753&x=1#1869403Comment301753"><div>Hi Mark,<br/><br/>Go to Playmoderntennis.com and see the videos of the kids in England and how they are now teaching. Or look at my website and see how I get four year olds to rally with real balls. A kid I started was the youngest ever admitted to Macci's Academy. See what his father says about my teaching on my website, <a href="http://www.ez-tennis.com">www.ez-tennis.com</a>. Quickstart is great, but it would be ten times better if they teach them to play like the pros. You ahve a great idea here, but for youngster, start them off with MTM and teach them to copy the pros, and they'll be fine. Teach them to do something the pros don't do, they'll have to unlearn it later. Even Jan Silva, the 3 year old prodigy, was taught to play like the pros because his father was influenced by the videos of Oscar Wegner.<br/>The mark of a great tennis methodology is it's results are obtainable by others. I have studied every known tennis theory heavily ever put forth by the USPTA, PTR, and USTA, and Louis Cayer, and there is only one methodology that gets proven results across the board. I have taught hundreds of six year olds to play tennis well after destroying a couple thousand my first twenty years. I started a little six year old right after she turned six last fall and now everyone watches her and comments how she hits like a pro on the run looking like Sharapovaa at six and a half. I'll send you video if you like. Susan Nardi of Manhattan Beach can get tiny tots to hit a ball that would but any nationally known name to shame. I know because I worked with her and we teach the same system.</div>
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</blockquote> Thanks John,
You know Oscar j…tag:tennisopolis.com,2009-05-03:1869403:Comment:3018342009-05-03T15:15:17.649ZMark / The Mayorhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/archibot
Thanks John,<br />
You know Oscar joined Tennisopolis. You should friend him if you haven't already. Right now my son is 7 and he is enjoying being on the court more and more. His strokes are still quite ugly, but whenever I try to do technical stroke adjustment, he loses interest fast! I think he listens to others more than to his dad. I'm going to sign him up for quickstart this summer. The woman who runs it here at our club is very good with strokes so I'll see how he responds to this.<br />
<br />
For all…
Thanks John,<br />
You know Oscar joined Tennisopolis. You should friend him if you haven't already. Right now my son is 7 and he is enjoying being on the court more and more. His strokes are still quite ugly, but whenever I try to do technical stroke adjustment, he loses interest fast! I think he listens to others more than to his dad. I'm going to sign him up for quickstart this summer. The woman who runs it here at our club is very good with strokes so I'll see how he responds to this.<br />
<br />
For all the <a href="http://www.tennisopolis.com/group/tennisparents">Tennis Parents</a> out there, join this new group where we can share our experiences.<br />
<a href="http://www.tennisopolis.com/group/tennisparents">http://www.tennisopolis.com/group/tennisparents</a><br />
<br />
M<br />
<cite>John Carpenter said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://www.tennisopolis.com/forum/topics/1869403:Topic:193683?page=1&commentId=1869403%3AComment%3A301753&x=1#1869403Comment301753"><div>Hi Mark,<br/><br/>Go to Playmoderntennis.com and see the videos of the kids in England and how they are now teaching. Or look at my website and see how I get four year olds to rally with real balls. A kid I started was the youngest ever admitted to Macci's Academy. See what his father says about my teaching on my website, <a href="http://www.ez-tennis.com">www.ez-tennis.com</a>. Quickstart is great, but it would be ten times better if they teach them to play like the pros. You ahve a great idea here, but for youngster, start them off with MTM and teach them to copy the pros, and they'll be fine. Teach them to do something the pros don't do, they'll have to unlearn it later. Even Jan Silva, the 3 year old prodigy, was taught to play like the pros because his father was influenced by the videos of Oscar Wegner.<br/>The mark of a great tennis methodology is it's results are obtainable by others. I have studied every known tennis theory heavily ever put forth by the USPTA, PTR, and USTA, and Louis Cayer, and there is only one methodology that gets proven results across the board. I have taught hundreds of six year olds to play tennis well after destroying a couple thousand my first twenty years. I started a little six year old right after she turned six last fall and now everyone watches her and comments how she hits like a pro on the run looking like Sharapovaa at six and a half. I'll send you video if you like. Susan Nardi of Manhattan Beach can get tiny tots to hit a ball that would but any nationally known name to shame. I know because I worked with her and we teach the same system.</div>
</blockquote> Hi Mark,
Go to Playmodernten…tag:tennisopolis.com,2009-05-03:1869403:Comment:3017532009-05-03T03:04:18.310ZJohn Carpenterhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/JohnCarpenter
Hi Mark,<br />
<br />
Go to Playmoderntennis.com and see the videos of the kids in England and how they are now teaching. Or look at my website and see how I get four year olds to rally with real balls. A kid I started was the youngest ever admitted to Macci's Academy. See what his father says about my teaching on my website, <a href="http://www.ez-tennis.com">www.ez-tennis.com</a>. Quickstart is great, but it would be ten times better if they teach them to play like the pros. You ahve a great idea here,…
Hi Mark,<br />
<br />
Go to Playmoderntennis.com and see the videos of the kids in England and how they are now teaching. Or look at my website and see how I get four year olds to rally with real balls. A kid I started was the youngest ever admitted to Macci's Academy. See what his father says about my teaching on my website, <a href="http://www.ez-tennis.com">www.ez-tennis.com</a>. Quickstart is great, but it would be ten times better if they teach them to play like the pros. You ahve a great idea here, but for youngster, start them off with MTM and teach them to copy the pros, and they'll be fine. Teach them to do something the pros don't do, they'll have to unlearn it later. Even Jan Silva, the 3 year old prodigy, was taught to play like the pros because his father was influenced by the videos of Oscar Wegner.<br />
The mark of a great tennis methodology is it's results are obtainable by others. I have studied every known tennis theory heavily ever put forth by the USPTA, PTR, and USTA, and Louis Cayer, and there is only one methodology that gets proven results across the board. I have taught hundreds of six year olds to play tennis well after destroying a couple thousand my first twenty years. I started a little six year old right after she turned six last fall and now everyone watches her and comments how she hits like a pro on the run looking like Sharapovaa at six and a half. I'll send you video if you like. Susan Nardi of Manhattan Beach can get tiny tots to hit a ball that would but any nationally known name to shame. I know because I worked with her and we teach the same system. yes definitely @ target. if y…tag:tennisopolis.com,2008-10-06:1869403:Comment:2013832008-10-06T18:18:46.610ZJUNhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/jun
yes definitely @ target. if you go to some sporting goods store, the price is almost double.
yes definitely @ target. if you go to some sporting goods store, the price is almost double. i'm always open to ideas on h…tag:tennisopolis.com,2008-10-06:1869403:Comment:2013812008-10-06T18:16:58.046ZJUNhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/jun
i'm always open to ideas on how to teach those young ones.
i'm always open to ideas on how to teach those young ones. Hello friends...
I coach a h…tag:tennisopolis.com,2008-09-30:1869403:Comment:1986662008-09-30T13:40:15.012ZTough Love Tennishttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/TennisZone
Hello friends...<br />
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I coach a handful of exceptional kids ages 5 to 6.<br />
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One exceptional student, who is 6 and has been training 4-5 days a week for the past year, can rally up to 20 crosscourt balls on each side (with me at net, bunting them back), can hit volleys with a sideways grip, and can hit a serve up over her head.<br />
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With her, I started out right away with real, brand new balls, a real net, and a few footwork drills... through repetition (me dropping/lightly feeding balls right in front of…
Hello friends...<br />
<br />
I coach a handful of exceptional kids ages 5 to 6.<br />
<br />
One exceptional student, who is 6 and has been training 4-5 days a week for the past year, can rally up to 20 crosscourt balls on each side (with me at net, bunting them back), can hit volleys with a sideways grip, and can hit a serve up over her head.<br />
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With her, I started out right away with real, brand new balls, a real net, and a few footwork drills... through repetition (me dropping/lightly feeding balls right in front of her), she now has a programmed stroke with proper grips and decent spin.<br />
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I suggest stressing a few core things at a time.... always brushing up and out, knees bent through the whole shot, ball ALWAYS over the net.... elbow ALWAYS finishing in front of the mouth....<br />
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then when it all seems automatic, maybe I'll add one thing (racquet catch), or maybe I'll feed from further away... when she sees me do this, she knows she's doing something right, and she feels good.<br />
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teaching kids to be real ballers is challenging.<br />
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any ideas from coaches of juniors out there?<br />
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i'm always looking for ways to keep the kids focused, having fun, and basically tricking them into thinking that the repetitive drills are fun!<br />
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thanks...<br />
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-ben of tennis zone Mike, I got them at Target. I…tag:tennisopolis.com,2008-09-26:1869403:Comment:1963462008-09-26T17:08:14.086ZMark / The Mayorhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/archibot
Mike, I got them at Target. I bought the foam ones which, if they are penn, are called T.I.P. 1, and then the two tone felt ones with no compression are called T.I.P. 2<br />
For Cas, I really like the TIP 2 which are less "active" than the foam ones. Cas can whale on it and still not put it over the fence.<br />
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Mike, I got them at Target. I bought the foam ones which, if they are penn, are called T.I.P. 1, and then the two tone felt ones with no compression are called T.I.P. 2<br />
For Cas, I really like the TIP 2 which are less "active" than the foam ones. Cas can whale on it and still not put it over the fence.<br />
M good info! i'll see about get…tag:tennisopolis.com,2008-09-24:1869403:Comment:1950362008-09-24T14:18:45.444Zmikeindohttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/MikeIndo
good info! i'll see about getting some. i guess at just any sports store? any place better than another?
good info! i'll see about getting some. i guess at just any sports store? any place better than another?