Welcome back to another week!
With the provincials right around the corner for some we will be focusing the program in parts. Those that are playing in them and those that are not. In order to best prepare those for the event we will be splitting into groups and focusing on personal goals and tasks. This week will be grou (a) focus on provincials and group (b) focus on development for the future.
Group a will be looking on last minute confidence boosters. Tactical conversations and point situations. Group b will further continue drilling. Pushing hard and sticking with the yearly plan.
In order to best suit every player this week there will not be a plan on writing as we are not sure who will be present on each day and therefore what kind of grouping we will have. Also there is a potential snow storm coming in on Tuesday which we will have to work around and attendance will not be know till the moment of.
The long and short of it is that we will be working hard. Preparing individually and in small groups and working in teams to achieve the goals of each player. There will be a second post this week once we have draws and times established from the Ota allowing us to regroup and plan again. Stay tuned.... And let's be ready to go T minus 4 hours...
Monday 29 February 2016
Tuesday 23 February 2016
bring it!
Hello players, parents and fellow coaches.
Here we are again with another week gone by and a new one ready to begin. Before heading into this weeks plan and thoughts lets sum up last week.
To those players that attended ( it was a small week) great stuff. We committed ourselves from Monday to work hard and put in a heavy work load for the week. And that we did. Everyone pushed hard and put in their time and reps. Kudos to all. The goal was for that week to get us on course for the next few. Hopefully it did and this week we can focus on some more partner hitting and structured play.
This weeks plan will be to focus on using the cardio training into our hitting. We will be focusing on high intensity rallying. Aiming for high numbers and big minutes. Pushing our legs and core strength to stay with the ball. Keeping our balance on contact and allowing for minimum mistakes. Lots of cross court hitting, keeping up the quality of each and every ball. Preventing the opponent from changing direction on the ball and dictating play.
We will also be focusing on being aggressive and explosive to the point from the beginning of it. Servers trying win on 4 or less shots. Returners trying to do the same. One example.
The combination of these two attitudes in paying the point should lead us to having short hard hitting and demanding points. May the best player win!
Here we are again with another week gone by and a new one ready to begin. Before heading into this weeks plan and thoughts lets sum up last week.
To those players that attended ( it was a small week) great stuff. We committed ourselves from Monday to work hard and put in a heavy work load for the week. And that we did. Everyone pushed hard and put in their time and reps. Kudos to all. The goal was for that week to get us on course for the next few. Hopefully it did and this week we can focus on some more partner hitting and structured play.
This weeks plan will be to focus on using the cardio training into our hitting. We will be focusing on high intensity rallying. Aiming for high numbers and big minutes. Pushing our legs and core strength to stay with the ball. Keeping our balance on contact and allowing for minimum mistakes. Lots of cross court hitting, keeping up the quality of each and every ball. Preventing the opponent from changing direction on the ball and dictating play.
We will also be focusing on being aggressive and explosive to the point from the beginning of it. Servers trying win on 4 or less shots. Returners trying to do the same. One example.
The combination of these two attitudes in paying the point should lead us to having short hard hitting and demanding points. May the best player win!
Tuesday 16 February 2016
Hello and welcome back from the long weekend. We hope everyone had time to recharge and get ready for a strong week ahead.
This weeks will be a work hard week. With a rare gap in the tournament schedule for most we are going to be able to make a full 4 day push Emphasis will be heavily put on pushing our legs and lungs. Over the past few weeks we have been focusing on match play. Strategy. Tactics and scenario play. This week will be a step away from all that and put on good ol fashion hard work and stamina. There will be a lots of station training. Feeding. Hand tossing and general footwork based drilling. For the odd player playing a tournament this weekend and having a match on Friday you might have a smaller work load. But the others make sure you bring your skipping rope everyday as mentioned in the past. It's essential that we take advantage of calendar gaps during our training to push ourselves and continue to be a step ahead of our opponents. We will also focus some attention to the serve. Working on the patterns and making sure we have command of the type of serve we want to hit Please let me know Tuesday if you are planning on a tournament this weekend. Let's bring the intensity this week!
This weeks will be a work hard week. With a rare gap in the tournament schedule for most we are going to be able to make a full 4 day push Emphasis will be heavily put on pushing our legs and lungs. Over the past few weeks we have been focusing on match play. Strategy. Tactics and scenario play. This week will be a step away from all that and put on good ol fashion hard work and stamina. There will be a lots of station training. Feeding. Hand tossing and general footwork based drilling. For the odd player playing a tournament this weekend and having a match on Friday you might have a smaller work load. But the others make sure you bring your skipping rope everyday as mentioned in the past. It's essential that we take advantage of calendar gaps during our training to push ourselves and continue to be a step ahead of our opponents. We will also focus some attention to the serve. Working on the patterns and making sure we have command of the type of serve we want to hit Please let me know Tuesday if you are planning on a tournament this weekend. Let's bring the intensity this week!
Monday 1 February 2016
Good day everyone,
I hope everyone enjoyed the fantastic week of tennis. So close for Milos. Great to see Canadian tennis back on track. Along with a great showing by the legend Mr. Nestor and with a positive comeback for Genie things are looking good for 2016.
Speaking of looking good for 2016, our juniors had some excellent showings at the recent qualifying events this past week. We will have a great representation of players at the up coming selection events! Go Tour team go!
This week we will be gearing up with some match play stRategy. We will focus our attention a little more individually for those players playing tournaments and for those that are not. With selections, provincials and more in full swing now we will be looking at point play a great deal. Working on specific situations, catering to players strengths and weekness and trying develop each players identity on the court.
It will be important for everyone to try and catch up quickly this week after some small layoff with exam week So with players coming and going throughout the week I will be making everyday available to all players. Just send me a text the morning of that you will either be attending or skipping and we will be able to accommodate changes and make ups throughout the week.
A reminder to all that if you have a tournament this week to keep up with your fitness plans but to stop after Wednesday. Keep Thursday light and be strong and fresh for Friday. If your not playing this weekend , continue as scheduled with your plans and make adjustments next week.
Let's have a fantastic week, work hard and enjoy the challenges ahead!
Tour team coaches
I hope everyone enjoyed the fantastic week of tennis. So close for Milos. Great to see Canadian tennis back on track. Along with a great showing by the legend Mr. Nestor and with a positive comeback for Genie things are looking good for 2016.
Speaking of looking good for 2016, our juniors had some excellent showings at the recent qualifying events this past week. We will have a great representation of players at the up coming selection events! Go Tour team go!
This week we will be gearing up with some match play stRategy. We will focus our attention a little more individually for those players playing tournaments and for those that are not. With selections, provincials and more in full swing now we will be looking at point play a great deal. Working on specific situations, catering to players strengths and weekness and trying develop each players identity on the court.
It will be important for everyone to try and catch up quickly this week after some small layoff with exam week So with players coming and going throughout the week I will be making everyday available to all players. Just send me a text the morning of that you will either be attending or skipping and we will be able to accommodate changes and make ups throughout the week.
A reminder to all that if you have a tournament this week to keep up with your fitness plans but to stop after Wednesday. Keep Thursday light and be strong and fresh for Friday. If your not playing this weekend , continue as scheduled with your plans and make adjustments next week.
Let's have a fantastic week, work hard and enjoy the challenges ahead!
Tour team coaches
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