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Wheelchair Tennis Today with Anthony Anderson & Dan James

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Developing Players with Mark Bey

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The Bryan Brothers, identical twin brothers Robert Charles "Bob" Bryan and Michael Carl "Mike" Bryan, are retired American professional doubles tennis players and the most successful duo of all time. They were born on April 29, 1978, with Mike being the elder by two minutes. The Bryans have won multiple Olympic medals, including the gold in 2012 and have won more professional games, matches, tournaments and Grand Slams than any other men's pairing. They held the World No. 1 doubles ranking jointly for 438 weeks (Mike has been ranked Men's Doubles World No. 1 for a total of 506 weeks), which is longer than anyone else in doubles history, and have also enjoyed that World No. 1 ranking together for a record 139 consecutive weeks. 

They have finished as the ATP year-end number 1 doubles team a record 10 times. Between 2005 and 2006, they set an Open Era record by competing in seven consecutive men's doubles Grand Slam finals.

They are also well known for celebrating winning points by chest-bumping each other. Some of their success is attributed to their particular brand of twinship: the Bryans are "mirror twins", where one is right-handed (Mike) and the other left-handed (Bob). This is advantageous for their court coverage. They were coached by David Macpherson between 2005 and 2016. In January 2017 they reunited with coach Phil Farmer, who previously trained them to their first grand slam title, the French Open men's doubles.

Turning pro in 1998, the brothers retired in August 2020, having played (and won) their final match as a team in March of that year.

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Ages & Stages Fun for All with Tom Gullikson

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The seminar Today's Game: Know Your Runways With The Zones is a different, new approach to teaching lessons for students who are ready to play singles or doubles matches.  A visual, exciting way to have your student improve quicker.

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Tennis matches are dynamic events that go through phases as the match develops. Sudden changes can occur when momentum surges. The aim of the presentation is to explain the nature of competitive matches, and how developing players and parents of players can think about competitive tennis. Part of a wider, very comprehensive work on Match Flow and Momentum, this serves as an introduction to the wider work while offering some practical tips and drills for coaches.

Further information can be found here: www.coachingedgeuk.com

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Want Students to Learn the mental game? Have Them Teach It.

Learning by teaching has many benefits not limited to the comprehension of the mental game, this group lesson plan strategy also helps students develop essential emotional skills. Charting peers & explaining their findings opens the doors to new mental/emotional skills awareness for the athlete as well as critical opponent recognition-called opponent profiling. In addition to learning content, teaching exposes group communication skills, belief in themselves, and most important -confidence. If athletes feel confident enough to explain it to someone else, they’re on their way to improved competitive self-efficacy.

Learning by teaching increases your athletes competitive match skills as well as essential character trait building.

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Ever wonder why your players look great in practice and everything changes during a match?  Instead of the player having a bad day or not being “mentally tough,” maybe the issue is how you are training your players?  This session will focus on specific teaching and coaching methods that can create more match-like conditions and promote long-term learning.

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As we navigate the challenges of the match court, our tennis games on the practice court have in the past resembled an assembly line process of hitting balls in the court.  Transforming PLAY on the Practice Court will look at how we can better negotiate the pressures of match play by creating momentum games.  Momentum is how we gain the advantage and win more and keeping score in practice is the beginning of this transformation.

Outline:

1. GPS Navigation System to Winning more in match play
2. 90% of points will end on or before the 8th shot of the point.  That’s 4 shots per side, or 2+2.  Shot Momentum is the first level of concentration.  Planning the first 2 shots and then staying with the plan is key, the biggest threat to losing points is changing the shot selection in the First Strike Stage of the Point.  First Strike Stage 0-4, Patterns of Play 5-8, Extended Rally Stage +9
3. Rehearsing First Strike Patterns is the first level of “striking first” to gain the momentum of the point.  We’ve all hear the phrase, “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail”
4. Best First Strike patterns to rehearse are Primary patterns, primary shots are shots played to the largest part of the court, width and depth.  So primary patterns would include at least one crosscourt shot, and so therefore Secondary patterns are those in which both shots are hit to the smallest part of the court, width and depth.
5. There are winning probabilities that align with each Momentum/Game Score Scenario - you can and must be aware of these in rder to play the pattern that increases your chances at the win/loss probability.

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Leadership Wisdom with Mike Woody

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Why customers fire us! Customer Experiences and the lowest hanging fruit!

Have you ever wondered why customers leave you or your club? In a sense, do you know why they "fired" you?  We will discuss each of these in detail so that you can retain business, and make more money.  Then turn your focus on offering the best customer experiences and focus on the lowest hanging fruit for growth!

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Tools to Help Engage Our New & Returning Players. Tennis participation increased by 22% in 2020 over 2019. Leverage this information and more from the Physical Activity Council's recent participation and industry study to further engage and retain these players. Learn more about the tools and resources available such as program curriculum, school partnerships, racquet manufacturers' hang tag activation, Serve Tennis, and the USTA's Grow the Game grants. Join us for information on how to gain an advantage from this unique opportunity to grow the sport and expand your business.

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Why and how training and coaching your adult clients with red, orange, and green balls (3.9 and below with emphasis on starter players).

Learning outcomes:

1. Have a better understanding of the importance of the various balls for growing adult participation
2. Activities to develop tracking, sending, receiving, and touch with fitness to use in group and private settings

• Current use of red, orange and green balls
• Our great sport needs a paradigm shift; perspective and experience
• Physical literacy of adults
• The first 10 minutes of any starter experience
• Activities for group and private
  • Juggling
  • Agility ball
  • Up and over
  • Side to side
• How to deal with push back and myths
• Taking a look at middle/middle
  • Backhand Volley progression
  • Up and Back
• Triples…. the greatest game ever

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WOW your students! How to make a real difference through your teaching and coaching