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