Absolutely no excuse except that the schools were closed and i had a fun packed snow week with my two wee girls! So two weeks in one of my personal coaching life and i promise lots of articles to come this month.
I have to ask is coaching a dying trade here in the UK, are organisations that train coaches getting enough coaches coming through the doors? or are there too many providers out there giving coach education?
Well starting next year i will also throw my hat into the ring and having gained clearance to run coach education courses with licence points, we are all steam ahead! Took a bit of doing but we are for sure there!
I have enlisted the help of some ex tour players to help out and give you a great insight into what is really needed to coach players. Most organisations are busy educating in how to become better coaches, in a different edge i am going to work from the view of the players and have coaches learn from this.
At the same time i have hopefully gained the likes of Izo Zunic to blog about his time currently on the tour with Ani Mijacika who reached 224 in her first year of turning pro. I am currently working on a personalised psychology programme for them both and look forward to working with them next year to reach the top 10 at least!
The site Tennis Mind is coming along and i am flying through the articles to get this up and running although for your membership i have decided to give these for free.......
· Psychology Articles Library
· Free psychology e-books
· Psychology Tools to improve your game
· Psychology games and drills
· Off and on court activities
· Editable forms for you to utilise
· Video clips
· Regular Tennis Mind Newsletter
· Free access to a 12-week Basic Tennis Psyche Course
· Free Visualisation Course
· Free Goal Setting Course
· Discounts on products and courses
AND thats just for starters. I will add more as the weeks and months go on!
AND thats just for starters. I will add more as the weeks and months go on!
The site is currently under construction and should be ready early next year. If you are interested i am giving the first 10 memberships for free (priced at £49.99).
I have a coach ed course in Cambridge tomorrow with Developing Physical Fundamentals in Mini Tennis - I will post the handout on my website when i have finished.
In the coaching department i have picked up some part time work at my old club which will always produce more hours during the day. Schools programme is big next year and i have also tapped into more funding for the year that should see great fruition, wonder if i can persuade them to pay me enough to set up the coaching academy i have planned! It seems as though it wont be that difficult talking to the person in charge!
I managed to play 8 sets the week prior and started playing well, the following week started well 2 sets and 2 hours training with 4 hours coaching on the Monday before the down pour of snow from hell!
As it stands we had 3 foot of snow but that should be gone by Wednesday.
Right back to work and back to tennis before Christmas sets in!
Busy week ahead coaching or not and some coaching dvd's to view from America that i had sent to feedback on. Looking forward to the remainder of the year and the final kids christmas party of which i will present my half hour magic show at!
Have fun and more articles on the way starting tomorrow!
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