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Dear Tennis Enthusiast
Issue 18, December 2007
Global Sports Coaching would like to take this chance to wish all our clients a safe and happy Christmas and New Year. Thank you for all your support during 2007 and hope 2008 is a brilliant year.
2008 ended with Roger Federer and Justine Henin finishing as #1, clearly ahead of the rest. Fierce competition should emerge for Henin's position as the Williams girls appear to have regained their fire - but late season struggles for Rafa Nadal and Novak Djockovic place question marks over who will challenge Federer in Australia.
One of the most pleasing results was to see the long suffering, but always good humoured Andy Roddick lead the USA to a Davis Cup victory. The team of Roddick, James Blake and the brilliant Bryan brothers is a formidable one and perhaps Andy can find success in the team format where Federer has denied him on the ATP circuit.
This months newsletter includes articles on:-
- Week 13 of our Lesson Plan Series
- Part 6 of our Speed Training series,
- Improving your Tennis Strategy
A new ebook - "Psyched Up Drills for Tennis" is also available for free to our members as a special Christmas offer.
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Current Tennis Articles
Tennis Lesson Plans - Week 13
This weeks tennis lessons focus on:-
- Beginner lesson - Serve and Return.
- Intermediate lesson - Serve.
- Development / Squad lesson - Game Styles - Serve and Volley.
These plans will be posted on the web site each month ...Click here for week 13>>>
Speed Training for Tennis Players - Part 6: Eight Steps to Developing Blazing Speed - Flexibility By David Horne
Now we get into what I call the " 8 Steps to Developing Blazing Speed." These have been put together thorugh many years of experience as a tennis player, coach, as an exercise physiologist to Olympic and professional athletes and through working with some of the best speed training coaches in the world. The " 8 Steps to Becoming a Faster Athlete" Include:
- Flexibility
- Strength Training
- Developing a Strong Core
- Power Training
- Developing Explosive Starts
- Reactive Speed / Anticipation
- Agility Training
- Functional Training
This weeks article covers flexibility and speed training......Read full article>>>>
Psyched Up Drills for Tennis 
By Rufus Keown
The aim of this e-book is to introduce on-court drills which will improve your player’s psychological performance during competition. Given the importance of mental training, this series will hopefully provide some interesting new material for coaches.
...download Psyched Up Drills for Tennis ebook>>>
Improve Your Tennis Strategy
Perfecting your strokes is a never ending process which is critical for your tennis game. However, understanding and implementing different strategies is not any less important, and in many cases is the determining factor in prevailing over your opponent. There is no one "cookie-cutter" strategy that works for all players. Obviously, different players have their own style of playing, and would like to adjust their game to benefit the most of their best shots. This could mean running around the backhand for a player with a great forehand, serve and volley for a big server, or approaching the net at any opportunity for a great net player.....Click here to read article>>>>
100's of Tennis Drills!
The GSC Tennis Drills Collection is the Ultimate Coaching Aid for all tennis coaches! You will find hundreds of tennis drills compiled by tennis and fitness professionals from all over the world. This collection of drills is comprised of seven ebooks. GSC has converted our Tennis Drills and Tennis Fitness Manuals into digital form so that coaches can download the drills right onto their computer. This allows you to view and print drills whenever you want to! You will receive all seven ebooks for free when you join Global Sports Coaching.Click here to get access to 100's of tennis drills>>
FREE eBooks!
Funny Sports Quotes - A Collection of Over 100 of the Funniest Quotes of All Time
Along with the great quotes that just happen to come out at the most perfect times so do those quotes from athletes who just happen to put their foot in their mouth. These quotes will be sure to make you laugh and see how even the champion athletes have a tough time in saying what they really want to say! Click here to download this eBook>>
Visit our "Free Tennis ebooks" page to select from our free ebooks:
FREE Tennis Drills eBook
FREE Tennis Practice Match Variations
Free Speed and Agility eBook
FREE Great Sports Quotes!
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