| Did you know that many mental toughness drills
interfere with motor learning? That many conditioning
drills degrade biomechanics? In short, that many of the
most popular drills used by tennis coaches worldwide to
improve one skill actually degrade another? Learn how to properly plan a season from day one through your time of competition moving from strokework to shotwork to matchplay skills following the same phases used in a periodization plan for conditioning. You'll learn when to use dead ball drills, when to move to cooperative live-ball drills, when to move to competitive live-ball drills and when to move to match play. You'll learn that there is no such thing as "muscle memory" and why long rallies or balls fed from hoppers to "groove" strokes actually degrade stroke skills rather than promote retention and recall of new skills. If your players don't practice like they play, they'll play like they practice. If you have ever had a player run to the end of a line after hitting a ball, this book is for you -- and your players. |
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