Lesson 1:
Intro - Why Four Styles
This lesson explains some of the pain behind the player's experience of being taught a style which does not mesh with their skill set, and their natural predispositions. Players vary in their ambidexterity, and how they like to spin. Learning to identify and help guide a player to their best style will help them to truly own the shot. This is the result of over two years of experimentation in developing a system for discovery.
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Many players have suffered by having been taught in a cookie cutter style, where a coach teaches only one style, and if the players can learn it, great, but if not, then they have a problem. Thanks to the work of John Yandell who identified these four styles, that are now within the parameters of the USTA Player Development department, I began to study how to teach these. More importantly, you ...
