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ETI "Coaches" Network library lesson plans
Mental
- Mindful or Mindless – it is all about the ball
- Emotions and Pressure – featuring Allen Fox
- Mindfulness Resources
- Calmness
- Relaxation
- Test you IQ
- Stan Smith on Momentum
- Emotional IQ Test
- The Performance Arousal Graph
- Playing in the Moment
- Mindset
- Winning the Mental Match
- Building Self Confidence – Fred Earle
- The Art of Winning – it is all about information
Footwork & Balance
- Cat and Mouse
- Early to Step To push on the ground – shorten the length of your stride
- Moving from the Center
- Natural Tennis
- Agility and Balance
- Tap Tap Tap
- The Educated Foot – Fred Earle
- Unit Turn and Rehearsing
- Back and Back
- The Gravity Turn – dynamic imbalance – thanks to Don Kerr
- The Footwork Dance – thanks to Tom Stow
Singles Tactics
- How to Move Forward
- Returning the Second Serve
- Playing the Big Points – Checklist
- Return of Serve – Simplify, Simplify, Simplify
- Redirect – Offense, Defense and Neutral Options
- Length Rather than Speed
- The Other Side of the Net
- Creating an Accurate Assessment – match charting
- McEnroe in Action – “Mensa Tennis”
- Decisions - in a cross court exchange – when to go up the line?
- Decisions – you are centered and well behind the baseline
- Lob Early – Lob Often
- Shorting the Ball
- Drilled Out – Trey Waltke (an ex pro) urges coaches to use the entire court
- Pushing – why can’t there be a better word for it
- Sparring – learn to minimize errors
- The (all important) First Point of the Game
- Patterns of Play – Sampras vs Agassi – a classic point
Doubles Tactics
- Covering (nearly all of) the Angles
- Return the Ball Crosscourt – in front of your partner
- Volleying to the Open Court – the untouched winner
- Deuce Court Return of Serve Lob
- Ad Court Return up the Middle
- Plan B
- Embracing the Basics of Doubles
- Two Against One – tactical plans for Offense and Defense
- Get the Return of Serve in Play
- Partnering – Communicate, Assist, Compliment – in that order
Forehand
- Sidespin Forehand – up the line – dialogue and demo
- The Passive Hinge
- Tinkering with the Modern Forehand
- Federer Whip
- Natural Tennis
- Measuring – Simplify your Preparation
- Dimitrov – Squaringup on the Forehand
- Forearm Rotation
- The Heavy Ball
- Drop Shot
- Third Shot Attack – wide serve and forehand winner
- Topspin – crouch then finish up
- Inside Out Forehand- graphic
- Reverse Forehand Lagging – dragging the hand and racquet
- Forehand Leverage and the role of the non dominant arm
Backhand
- Slicing the Slice – underspin backhand
- Situational Tennis and the One Handed Backhand
- Recovery Floater
- Drop Shot Drill
- Topspin Mechanics
- Wawrinka and Gasquet – commonalities
- Roger Federer Swooping Backhand
- Slice Drop Hits
- Super Slo mo of the Sting
- Purposeful Drop Hits
Serve
- First Serve Return
- Sequential Elements of the Federer Serve
- On Court Takeaways of the Federer Serve
- The Spin of your Service Toss
- The First Touch (in the warmup) on your Serve
- Grip Issues and the Spin Serve
- Taming Your Toss
- Cartwheeling – a second look
- Milos Raonic – Sybervision
- Serving Checklist
- The Sidespin Serve
- Up and Down – Down and Up
- Three Fingered Grip
- What is Up with the Serving Window?
- Stay Out of Your Pocket
- Sore Shoulder(s)
- Badminton and the Serve
- Stosur kicker out wide to the ad court – build you own
- Tossing into the Swing – thanks to Blackie Jones
- Pancho Gonzalez – loose and swiveling on the serve
- The Leading Elbow
Volley
- Wall to the Ball
- Moving to and through the Volley
- Bumping the Ball
- No Mans Land is No Big Deal
- Locking the Wrist
- On Court Lessons – the Pick Up
- On Court Lessons – the Backcourt Volley
- Volleying to the Open Court – graphic