Modern Tennis Teaching:
More fun for students and teacher - low stress, high success
"quickstart" and "10 and under" tennis, small racquets, courts, and "nets", big balls... different ways of having fun while learning tennis... - and good for adults, too!
More fun for students and teacher - low stress, high success
"quickstart" and "10 and under" tennis, small racquets, courts, and "nets", big balls... different ways of having fun while learning tennis... - and good for adults, too!
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I look at Modern Tennis Teaching as a new way of teaching tennis than how we learned. It's based on having fun first, starting to play a little quickly, while using equipment and games that help teach good form and technique. Simply put, it's way more fun for teacher and student... low stress, high success.
This video is an intro video to "quickstart" tennis. Special balls, small court/racquets, modified "net" - lots of games, simple stuff that's not typical tennis (good tips for any sports introduction) - and they integrate team goals in a largely individual sport. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lThRULU6s_g&feature=related
And this video shows neat practice techniques with ball on the ground or rolling/bouncing low, and no net. I've used this with my daughter, other kids and even some beginner adults with good success. You quickly learn timing, backswing, follow through, coordination... without worrying about bounce or height or the net. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIBBVY4JUOs&feature=related
New/Other "right" proportioned racquets - While you can still have a lot of fun with a $5 thrift store racquet or $20 aluminum racquet. Most current kids racquets have overly big head sizes. Attempt to use right-sized racquets that are proportionally sized to current adult racquets and help teach better technique. My favorite is the Keiki 65 - it's generally about a 1/3 smaller in each spec (head size, length, weight) than a current adult midsize racquet. And with full graphite construction is better than the aluminum versions. I have some to test/share and be in touch to let me know if you want to get in on bulk ordering discounts.
More info at: http://tennishelpdesk.com/TennisArticles/tabid/59/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/195/The-Keiki-65-Experiment.aspx
(if video doesn't work, try clicking download file link, or search youtube for "keiki 65")
Contact me with questions at 508.641.4706 or send me a message below.
This video is an intro video to "quickstart" tennis. Special balls, small court/racquets, modified "net" - lots of games, simple stuff that's not typical tennis (good tips for any sports introduction) - and they integrate team goals in a largely individual sport. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lThRULU6s_g&feature=related
And this video shows neat practice techniques with ball on the ground or rolling/bouncing low, and no net. I've used this with my daughter, other kids and even some beginner adults with good success. You quickly learn timing, backswing, follow through, coordination... without worrying about bounce or height or the net. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIBBVY4JUOs&feature=related
New/Other "right" proportioned racquets - While you can still have a lot of fun with a $5 thrift store racquet or $20 aluminum racquet. Most current kids racquets have overly big head sizes. Attempt to use right-sized racquets that are proportionally sized to current adult racquets and help teach better technique. My favorite is the Keiki 65 - it's generally about a 1/3 smaller in each spec (head size, length, weight) than a current adult midsize racquet. And with full graphite construction is better than the aluminum versions. I have some to test/share and be in touch to let me know if you want to get in on bulk ordering discounts.
More info at: http://tennishelpdesk.com/TennisArticles/tabid/59/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/195/The-Keiki-65-Experiment.aspx
(if video doesn't work, try clicking download file link, or search youtube for "keiki 65")
Contact me with questions at 508.641.4706 or send me a message below.
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