What is this group about?

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Permalink Reply by M.C. PRAD on March 22, 2009 at 10:01am

Hi Mark,

this group is about the development of Tennis in USA and Europe. Opinions about similarities and differences in training methods (traditional or modern), materials, sponsors ecc.


Ciao Manuel

Permalink Reply by Dean Wright on April 15, 2009 at 11:10pm

Cambatzu is it true the spanish and russians adopted a teaching method about 20 years ago that was designed by a guy named oscar wegner. This dude is in this country claiming that he did and that's why the USA is falling behind the rest of the world. You can find out for yourself , he has a group on here named after him. I was just wondering.

Permalink Reply by M.C. PRAD on April 16, 2009 at 1:52am

Hi Mark,
Good question. It is hard to say if Spain, Russia or other European Places generally adopted (widespread) Oscar Wegner´s tennis teaching techniques, I really dont know that, probably selectively.
Apparently 2009 marks the 20th anniversary of the publication of Oscar’s first book, TENNIS IN 2 HOURS. Citation www.tennisteacher.com:"In Russia, Moscow coaches adopted Oscar's book as their new ”Tennis Bible” in 1989, spreading it to their grassroots and precipitating a Russian player development that within a decade would astound the world."
Surely, new methods, teaching techniques ecc. (in this case from Oscar Wegner) improved European Tennis(play), but the same is true for the USA.
To sum up: Both, Europe and USA aint falling behind the rest of the Tennisworld :)

Permalink Reply by Mark / The Mayor on April 28, 2009 at 7:55am

Cam, Oscar is a member of Tennisopolis. You should invite him into this group and get his opinion on the differences and similarities here.