If you are doing more than your compatriot's in your sport then you have the upper hand, if you are doing more than the world number 1..........feel free to take their place!
Andy
Wednesday, 20 January 2010
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
Its good to be back...........
I know, i have been away for like a week nearly! Sometimes setting goals and working seem to get in the way of updating ones blogs!
However, here we are with an emphatic run down of all that has happened in the life of a tennis coach! Am refraining from saying vet player at this point due to the fact i have taken the decision to try and re-attain my top 500 world ranking in the over 40's next year, whereby life would have settled down and of course my books would have earned me enough to manage my time in a more able way.
Right now life is more in a disabled way and i have a million and one things to do. Perhaps i should attend some sort of time management course and hence save myself valuable working time daily. Hmmmmm ermmmmm do i really have time? Geez its all i can do to fit in watching the oz open just now.
Right so after one of the most restful breaks of the year, or seemingly so, my first real venture this year was the well attended one day course i ran at Bannatynes in Thurrock. Nice venue, nice journey time and easy enough. The attendees were excellent and learnt a huge amount on Running Effective Drills for club players. This enhanced the ability for those that attended the ability to earn recurring money if they adhered to everything that was taught! Not that coaching is about earning money if you are truly a coach, for me its more a way of life rather than a living.
I will post the handout for this soon on the andytennis website when i have filled it out a little more for those of you who failed to turn up. In fact come to think of it, the link will also be handy for those who couldn't make it due to bad weather or who just plain could not be bothered to turn up due to lazyness or even worse did not want to learn anything more because they may know it all.
Anyhow i digress...
My remainder of the weeks leading to today consisted of planning and writing, organising and more writing and planning writing and organising. The programming of something big to hit the UK (All will be revealed when ready, but in the real army talk standby standby (also known as ZUJ)) and a few personal lessons to get me back on track and some top class hitting in the weekly squad and with fellow compatriates. Although i do remember a walk on and 15 minutes later, walk off session, due to the dia hitting from both persons on court that day. We decided to give the court over to Danny Ward top class ex-England player who still plays vets. I have to say he does look slow and sluggish but will probably give me a hard time on court all the same due to his ability to hit consistently and something about the level he once accomplished may come into the equation too!
After this week i am off travelling again with racket in hand and big holdall in the other, Basingstoke is my first stop off. I have thus decided that instead of being the maniac i usually turn out to be and travel the 186 miles to and throe, i have booked a hotel room for the week and will stay to work on my tax for the year ready for April. Which will be a first but i guess its time i did these things monthly instead of sitting alone in a room for a day working it out in midst June when i normally get around to giving it to my accountant.
Now to spend the rest of the week checking out the Australian Open till silly o' clock in the morning to keep ahead of new players, styles and tactics that occasionally leak into the game unbeknownst to some coaches.
I hope at this stage you have all set your goals and are working your way through the first four but don't forget the downloads from the website to help you out. Evidently, if you ended up on andytennis.com site then you have taken a wrong turn. Turns out that this is dedicated to the one and only Andy Roddick, i guess a bit like comparethemeerkat.com and comparethemarket.com quite similar really.
Right am out of here, email if you need anything.
Andy
However, here we are with an emphatic run down of all that has happened in the life of a tennis coach! Am refraining from saying vet player at this point due to the fact i have taken the decision to try and re-attain my top 500 world ranking in the over 40's next year, whereby life would have settled down and of course my books would have earned me enough to manage my time in a more able way.
Right now life is more in a disabled way and i have a million and one things to do. Perhaps i should attend some sort of time management course and hence save myself valuable working time daily. Hmmmmm ermmmmm do i really have time? Geez its all i can do to fit in watching the oz open just now.
Right so after one of the most restful breaks of the year, or seemingly so, my first real venture this year was the well attended one day course i ran at Bannatynes in Thurrock. Nice venue, nice journey time and easy enough. The attendees were excellent and learnt a huge amount on Running Effective Drills for club players. This enhanced the ability for those that attended the ability to earn recurring money if they adhered to everything that was taught! Not that coaching is about earning money if you are truly a coach, for me its more a way of life rather than a living.
I will post the handout for this soon on the andytennis website when i have filled it out a little more for those of you who failed to turn up. In fact come to think of it, the link will also be handy for those who couldn't make it due to bad weather or who just plain could not be bothered to turn up due to lazyness or even worse did not want to learn anything more because they may know it all.
Anyhow i digress...
My remainder of the weeks leading to today consisted of planning and writing, organising and more writing and planning writing and organising. The programming of something big to hit the UK (All will be revealed when ready, but in the real army talk standby standby (also known as ZUJ)) and a few personal lessons to get me back on track and some top class hitting in the weekly squad and with fellow compatriates. Although i do remember a walk on and 15 minutes later, walk off session, due to the dia hitting from both persons on court that day. We decided to give the court over to Danny Ward top class ex-England player who still plays vets. I have to say he does look slow and sluggish but will probably give me a hard time on court all the same due to his ability to hit consistently and something about the level he once accomplished may come into the equation too!
After this week i am off travelling again with racket in hand and big holdall in the other, Basingstoke is my first stop off. I have thus decided that instead of being the maniac i usually turn out to be and travel the 186 miles to and throe, i have booked a hotel room for the week and will stay to work on my tax for the year ready for April. Which will be a first but i guess its time i did these things monthly instead of sitting alone in a room for a day working it out in midst June when i normally get around to giving it to my accountant.
Now to spend the rest of the week checking out the Australian Open till silly o' clock in the morning to keep ahead of new players, styles and tactics that occasionally leak into the game unbeknownst to some coaches.
I hope at this stage you have all set your goals and are working your way through the first four but don't forget the downloads from the website to help you out. Evidently, if you ended up on andytennis.com site then you have taken a wrong turn. Turns out that this is dedicated to the one and only Andy Roddick, i guess a bit like comparethemeerkat.com and comparethemarket.com quite similar really.
Right am out of here, email if you need anything.
Andy
Tuesday, 12 January 2010
Goal setting extra
Okay so as promised we need to add an extra page for those of you who work with younger students. Whilst i am at it however, i may as well talk about the more advanced County and State players we have.
When working with juniors you need to have an understanding of not only what you think they need but what they also think they need. To you a forehand may look fantastic, to them they may feel it doesn't quite seem right leading to breakdowns under pressure.
For these guys we wont be talking about the terms personal, financial or spiritual (see part 1) but will cover the other aspects. This is a great time to get your students to do some homework! Click this link to get your students to fill out this form although you may want to simplify this slightly as its taken from my first book 'World Class Tennis Mentality'.
To access the Tennis tech tact list click here and click on the appropriate link www.andytennis.co.uk
As for cutting goals out, you will find that most of the goals set will be tennis related (dependant on age and their own personal environment). There will be minimal cutting away although you will need to discuss any goals that seem outlandish.
The best question to ask about there goals at this stage is the simple question 'Why?' and work from there.
Short of that you need to download the goalset masterplan and work to this with just four simple achievable goals. Don't forget once your students have achieved one goal march onwards and pick up another. When working with the higher level players then you will definately need to involve the rest of the team around them.
For instance lets say my goal was to increase more power into my serve! I will need to see my coach and set some exercises to work on perhaps technically and tactically, my fitness coach may set some plyometric exercises to build some explosion into my body. My psychology coach will help set visualisation work and these may mean i have another handful of daily goals to reach my main goal of more power into my serve.
Like everything email me if you need help here but i think it is quite simple. Good luck
When working with juniors you need to have an understanding of not only what you think they need but what they also think they need. To you a forehand may look fantastic, to them they may feel it doesn't quite seem right leading to breakdowns under pressure.
For these guys we wont be talking about the terms personal, financial or spiritual (see part 1) but will cover the other aspects. This is a great time to get your students to do some homework! Click this link to get your students to fill out this form although you may want to simplify this slightly as its taken from my first book 'World Class Tennis Mentality'.
To access the Tennis tech tact list click here and click on the appropriate link www.andytennis.co.uk
As for cutting goals out, you will find that most of the goals set will be tennis related (dependant on age and their own personal environment). There will be minimal cutting away although you will need to discuss any goals that seem outlandish.
The best question to ask about there goals at this stage is the simple question 'Why?' and work from there.
Short of that you need to download the goalset masterplan and work to this with just four simple achievable goals. Don't forget once your students have achieved one goal march onwards and pick up another. When working with the higher level players then you will definately need to involve the rest of the team around them.
For instance lets say my goal was to increase more power into my serve! I will need to see my coach and set some exercises to work on perhaps technically and tactically, my fitness coach may set some plyometric exercises to build some explosion into my body. My psychology coach will help set visualisation work and these may mean i have another handful of daily goals to reach my main goal of more power into my serve.
Like everything email me if you need help here but i think it is quite simple. Good luck
Monday, 11 January 2010
Setting goals for 2010 Part 7 of 7
Welcome back to the last day of your goal setting programme. Although for those of us who are tennis coaches and players, you will be interested in the extra sports goalsetting day i will add tomorrow.
From the remaining goals, choose the four goals which are the most important for you to work on right now and enter them onto a goalset worksheet (available at the link below).
The sheet itself will be self explanatory and help you to set a path for your career in 2010. On the back page of the goal you can chart your progress if possible.
To download a pdf of the goalset masterplan visit www.andytennis.co.uk and click on the goalsetting masterplan link under news.
Now if you need help on setting goals then feel free to email and i will help at will. Although in the unlikely event of receiving thousands of emails then i may just have to pick my way through.
Good luck and enjoy the whole process
From the remaining goals, choose the four goals which are the most important for you to work on right now and enter them onto a goalset worksheet (available at the link below).
The sheet itself will be self explanatory and help you to set a path for your career in 2010. On the back page of the goal you can chart your progress if possible.
To download a pdf of the goalset masterplan visit www.andytennis.co.uk and click on the goalsetting masterplan link under news.
Now if you need help on setting goals then feel free to email and i will help at will. Although in the unlikely event of receiving thousands of emails then i may just have to pick my way through.
Good luck and enjoy the whole process
Sunday, 10 January 2010
Setting goals for 2010 Part 6 of 7
Hey all. Now we are getting to the crux of the programme so lets get straight to it...
Divide the remaining goals into three categories: Short range (1 month or less); Intermediate (1 month to 1 year); Long Range (1 year of more). Mark these as SR, I or LR accordingly.
Remember:
Some goals must be big (out or reach but not out of sight to make you stretch and grow to your full potential
Some goals must be long range to keep you on track and greatly reduce the possibility of short range frustrations
Some goals must be small and daily to keep you disciplined
Some goals must be ongoing
All goals should be specific
Good work and we are nearly there one more day and you can get to work with your total goals programme.
See you all tomorrow whereby we get to choose some goals and get them to work
Divide the remaining goals into three categories: Short range (1 month or less); Intermediate (1 month to 1 year); Long Range (1 year of more). Mark these as SR, I or LR accordingly.
Remember:
Some goals must be big (out or reach but not out of sight to make you stretch and grow to your full potential
Some goals must be long range to keep you on track and greatly reduce the possibility of short range frustrations
Some goals must be small and daily to keep you disciplined
Some goals must be ongoing
All goals should be specific
Good work and we are nearly there one more day and you can get to work with your total goals programme.
See you all tomorrow whereby we get to choose some goals and get them to work
Saturday, 9 January 2010
Setting goals for 2010 Part 5 of 7
If you have reached day 5 then you really are ready for a great 2010, but we have more work to do and more cutting down of goals. After all lets really face it, how many goals can you achieve in a year?
After each remaining goal ask yourself these questions and these relate to session one:
1. Will reaching this goal make me happier?
2. Will reaching this goal make me healthier?
3. Will reaching this goal make me more prosperous?
4. Will reaching this goal make me more friends?
5. Will reaching this goal give me peace of mind?
6. Will reaching this goal make me more secure?
7. Will reaching this goal improve my realationships with others?
If you cant answer yes to at least 2 of these questions then eliminate them from your list. Be sure to consider your family when you answer these questions.
What remains now are our true goals and tomorrow we will divide these up into workable chunks. Remember and inch is a cinch but a mile is a trial.
After each remaining goal ask yourself these questions and these relate to session one:
1. Will reaching this goal make me happier?
2. Will reaching this goal make me healthier?
3. Will reaching this goal make me more prosperous?
4. Will reaching this goal make me more friends?
5. Will reaching this goal give me peace of mind?
6. Will reaching this goal make me more secure?
7. Will reaching this goal improve my realationships with others?
If you cant answer yes to at least 2 of these questions then eliminate them from your list. Be sure to consider your family when you answer these questions.
What remains now are our true goals and tomorrow we will divide these up into workable chunks. Remember and inch is a cinch but a mile is a trial.
Friday, 8 January 2010
Setting goals for 2010 Part 4 of 7
Day 4. You are doing well if you are at this stage, although yesterdays work wasn't difficult.
Now I want you to take further goals away from your list as we continue to cut away the naff stuff.
Ask these four questions, ALL of which must have a ''yes'' answer:
1. Is it really my goal?
2. Is it consistent with my other goals?
3. Can i commit myself to finish this goal?
4. Can i see myself reaching this goal?
Remember this will help to reduce your goals on your i really want to be, do or have sheet and make the whole process more manageable. We are now one more step away from realising your true goals list and that will become the focus of tomorrows session!
Now I want you to take further goals away from your list as we continue to cut away the naff stuff.
Ask these four questions, ALL of which must have a ''yes'' answer:
1. Is it really my goal?
2. Is it consistent with my other goals?
3. Can i commit myself to finish this goal?
4. Can i see myself reaching this goal?
Remember this will help to reduce your goals on your i really want to be, do or have sheet and make the whole process more manageable. We are now one more step away from realising your true goals list and that will become the focus of tomorrows session!
Thursday, 7 January 2010
Setting goals for 2010 Part 3 of 7
Lets continue....although i have to say in reply to some followers, i will update' my own personal' goings on after finishing the goals programme. This will make easy reading for those that follow later in the year. However, you should know that as i write these goal parts that i truly am also defining mine with you all.
SO, we have our dream list written down at this stage and what a list some of us may have! You know, if i was to do everything on the list i have right now i would be in a heap of trouble. I want to work out on the court for myself for one hour per day, go to the gym for 45 mins, do 30 minutes of stretching at the end of everyday along with 30 mins of visualisation. Now i want to read one book a week for never ending learning, spend some quality time with my family each night and eat out at least once per week. To continue i need to produce one itunes type psychology cd for you all and write 1 ebook per quarter. On top of the one published book a year goal i have set previously. Websites need to be updated and and and....... and to put you in the picture i get up at 06.20 daily and leave at 07.00 to get to work after running everywhere. I finish and get home at 19.00 hrs. Somewhere in between i sleep, at this stage someone do the maths for me!!!
The answer is to start cutting out some goals i have written and i dare say that you have to do the same also.
For each item you have written down answer the question ''WHY?''. If you cant verbalise in one sentence why you want to be, do or have, then it truly is a dream and not a real goal. at this point you should cross it off your list.
Good luck and see you all tomorrow. Evidently welcome to the new followers lets see if we can reach 1000 by the end of the year!!
SO, we have our dream list written down at this stage and what a list some of us may have! You know, if i was to do everything on the list i have right now i would be in a heap of trouble. I want to work out on the court for myself for one hour per day, go to the gym for 45 mins, do 30 minutes of stretching at the end of everyday along with 30 mins of visualisation. Now i want to read one book a week for never ending learning, spend some quality time with my family each night and eat out at least once per week. To continue i need to produce one itunes type psychology cd for you all and write 1 ebook per quarter. On top of the one published book a year goal i have set previously. Websites need to be updated and and and....... and to put you in the picture i get up at 06.20 daily and leave at 07.00 to get to work after running everywhere. I finish and get home at 19.00 hrs. Somewhere in between i sleep, at this stage someone do the maths for me!!!
The answer is to start cutting out some goals i have written and i dare say that you have to do the same also.
For each item you have written down answer the question ''WHY?''. If you cant verbalise in one sentence why you want to be, do or have, then it truly is a dream and not a real goal. at this point you should cross it off your list.
Good luck and see you all tomorrow. Evidently welcome to the new followers lets see if we can reach 1000 by the end of the year!!
Wednesday, 6 January 2010
Setting goals for 2010 Part 2 of 7
So hopefully the goalsetting imagery stage is going well and you have taken stock of what you already have.
In week 8 (which is an added bonus/extra for all the tennis players/coaches out there) i will teach you in one session how to set goals for your students. Enhancing their careers and hence your pocket when it comes to working outside in inclement weather.
Right to week 2...
Having taken stock i want you now to make a list of everything that you want or need, desire or wish for in your life, environment and career.
Write these down (and that is important for the following days to continue on) or type if you feel the need, all that you want to be, do or have. If you have a family, be sure to include your mate and children when you set your goals. This entire goal-setting process helps channel your logical left brain and frees your creative right brain for more effective use of your imagination. Note: you gotta 'be' before you can 'do' and you gotta 'do' before you can have. Right now take action and see you tomorrow
In week 8 (which is an added bonus/extra for all the tennis players/coaches out there) i will teach you in one session how to set goals for your students. Enhancing their careers and hence your pocket when it comes to working outside in inclement weather.
Right to week 2...
Having taken stock i want you now to make a list of everything that you want or need, desire or wish for in your life, environment and career.
Write these down (and that is important for the following days to continue on) or type if you feel the need, all that you want to be, do or have. If you have a family, be sure to include your mate and children when you set your goals. This entire goal-setting process helps channel your logical left brain and frees your creative right brain for more effective use of your imagination. Note: you gotta 'be' before you can 'do' and you gotta 'do' before you can have. Right now take action and see you tomorrow
Tuesday, 5 January 2010
Setting goals for 2010 Part 1 of 7
Welcome back all. Now is the time of year to set the goals for yourself in all areas of your life and i am going to take you through this part in the next 7 days. This should equate to about 2 hours worth of work.
Earlier in the year i set you a task to review your year which is always fascinating! Turns out i accomplished 14 of my own personal goals. One up on the year previous.
Your job this time around is to take stock of your life right now.
Answer the following questions...are you generally happy? How about your health are you respectively healthy? Are you reasonably prosperous? Do you feel secure in life? Do you have a good bunch of friends that you can rely and turn to? Have you peace of mind? Have you good family relationships? Have you hope in your life?
Answer the following questions...are you generally happy? How about your health are you respectively healthy? Are you reasonably prosperous? Do you feel secure in life? Do you have a good bunch of friends that you can rely and turn to? Have you peace of mind? Have you good family relationships? Have you hope in your life?
If you answer no to any of these questions then you need to set goals in the impending area. Take stock of the following areas in your life for today's task...
Personal Position
Financial Position
Career
Physical
Spiritual
Family
Social
Environmental
This is very similar to reviewing your past year in regards to everything you learnt, attained and achieved. Jot down everything that you have in these areas, paint a great image in your minds and we will move this on a stage tomorrow.
Good Luck and see you tomorrow
Coach Andy
Sunday, 3 January 2010
Happy New Year
Hope you have all had a great 2009 and are ready to embark into 2010.
Starting Monday or tomorrow we will begin the 7 day goal setting plan for this year.
I am also planning a number of 1 day courses for 2010 that will involve working with your students in the field of tennis psychology although you will be used a guinea pig yourself for this procedure. I will let you know in due course for these set of dates.
But will leave you with this blog from coach nino http://www.lta.org.uk/Articles/Guest-Blogger/31122009---Psychology/
Right see you all tomorrow on the first day of work this year
Starting Monday or tomorrow we will begin the 7 day goal setting plan for this year.
I am also planning a number of 1 day courses for 2010 that will involve working with your students in the field of tennis psychology although you will be used a guinea pig yourself for this procedure. I will let you know in due course for these set of dates.
But will leave you with this blog from coach nino http://www.lta.org.uk/Articles/Guest-Blogger/31122009---Psychology/
Right see you all tomorrow on the first day of work this year
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