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Cracking the Code – More women speakers equates to more female attendees, and here is why
It is no secret that coaching has always been an old boys club. Unfortunately, this rings true on an even greater level in tennis. Statistically, only 19 percent of registered tennis coaches in Australia are women. France has an even smaller proportion, where only 15...
Magdalena Maleeva’s successes on and off the court
Magdalena Maleeva is no stranger to success. Growing up, the Maleeva sisters were three of Bulgaria’s top tennis players. In fact, Magdalena and her sisters, Katerina and Manuela, combined for a staggering 40 WTA singles titles and each became WTA top- six players...
The process is more important than the result itself – Justine Henin
Seven Grand Slam singles titles, an Olympic gold medal, 43 WTA singles titles, and a total of 117 weeks as the world No. 1. These are just a few of Justine Henin’s accomplishments throughout her storied tennis career. Despite retiring from the sport in 2011, Henin has...
Creating the ideal environment for each female tennis player
Sports teach young athletes so much more than just the fundamentals of the game. They teach monumental life skills such as strength, character, grit, and commitment. However, young girls are dropping out of sports at an increasingly high rate. This dropout rate is...
Tennis coach Elise Tamaëla: ‘I love the game, but I do not like the tennis world’-
Female tennis coaches are scarce: besides Elise Tamaëla (34) there are only five others in the top hundred of the women's circuit. Recently she helped Kiki Bertens as interim coach in Charleston at her biggest tournament victory. With Elise Tamaëla as interim coach,...
The Transition game: The forehand approach
I often take my students to various academies for match play, and I always observe whats been taught on some of the other practice courts. I see the usual groundstroke drills and techniques been rehearsed and fine-tuned, I see some good live ball drills and intense...
Technique, movement, and execution of tactics – Middle Ground: Triple Vision
One of the many issues I see with junior players, and professionals also for that matter, is that they focus too much on only their own side of the court. I think it's very important to focus on the other side of the net, not only to see how the opponent is doing...
Know what type of player you are
In between lessons at my club I will often walk around the outside courts and observe matches between club level players and high performance junior level players. While all players seem to hit the ball well for their respective levels, the one thing that stands out...
Di Lorenzo receives annual Oracle US Tennis Award
Former Ohio State Buckeye Francesca Di Lorenzo flew out to Indian Wells California yesterday alongside WTCA President Ann Grossman Wunderlich. The pair has spent many years working together and it paid off in a very big way yesterday. Oracle Corp. CEO Mark Hurd, along...
Volley Master – Learning from Rennae Stubbs
A lot of my coaching on the professional tour has consisted of working with some of the worlds best doubles players. I have been fortunate enough to spend a lot of time working with Rennae Stubbs and the information I gathered about volleys was incredible. Rennae was...
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