Coaching Tennis
Some people may think that tennis is just a blow off sport, that it doesn’t take any talent, and anyone can do it. I started playing tennis about 4 years ago and I remember how hard it was to learn. One of my best friends and I started playing together and his dad had taught him how to play, when he first started teaching me I got really frustrated because I would keep hitting the ball out and I found out that playing and coaching tennis was much harder than it seemed.
The first part of coaching tennis involves what type of equipment to get. Tennis is a relatively cheap sport compared to a lot of other sports. What some people don’t realize when getting a racket is that the more expensive the racket is doesn’t necessarily mean that’s the one you want to get. The price of the racket is based on how much power the racket itself has and how good of a racket you get is based on how good you are. If you are just starting out you don’t need a $200 racket it will be too advanced for you and you will not be able to hit the ball like you should when you are just beginning. For beginners you are better off getting about a $25-$50 racket, they don’t have as much power and will be exactly what you need to start learning.
After you get the racket the first thing you need to learn is how to grip the racket. You hold the racket almost like you are shaking someone's hand, it may feel a little uncomfortable at first, but after a while it will fill normal. The next thing to learn is how to swing the racket. When swinging the racket you need to get in the right stance which is turned sideways with your feet facing where your racket is. When you swing you need to try to keep the racket straight where the head...
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The last part of coaching tennis is learning how to keep score. The score of the person that is serving is always the first number to be called out such as 15-love. Scoring goes: love, 15, 30, 40, game. If you and your opponent get to 40-40 that is called deuce. From there you go deuce, advantage server or advantage receiver, and then if the person who had the advantage wins the next point then the game is over, but if the receiver wins the point than you go back to deuce. One set is six games, and a full match is the best of six sets.
All of what has been in my paper has been the basics of coaching tennis. I have covered how to hit the ball with your forehand and backhand, how to serve, the rules of tennis, and how to keep score. After you learn all of that you will know how to play tennis.
Coaching is an integral part of helping achieve one’s maximum abilities. Dr. Gawande (2013) explains that, “Coaches are not teachers, but they teach. They’re not your boss—in professional tennis, golf, and skating, the athlete hires and fires the coach—but they can be bossy” (p. 3). It is difficult to say what is the exact function of a coach, however, they help bring forth another point of view different from our own and they also help bring about the right mindset in order to subdue a weakness.
Tennis serve Introduction to tennis Tennis is a sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to play the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball will not gain a point, while the opposite player will.
Points are scored only by the serving side when it serves an irretrievable serve (an ace) or wins a rally. Losing the serve is called a sideout in singles. In doubles, when the first server loses the serve it is called a handout and when the second server loses the serve it is a sideout.
Karch Kiraly, an American volleyball player with two gold medals, once said, “No volleyball game can begin without a serve, and the serve is the only technique that is completely under your control.” The serve is what starts every play and is used to attack the other team’s offense. With the rally scoring used in volleyball today, there is no room for service errors. With plenty of practice and these eight simple steps, you will be serving like a pro in no time. Previous volleyball experience is recommended to successfully complete these steps.
The United States Tennis Association (USTA) is the national governing body of tennis. Established in 1881, the mission of the USTA is to “promote and develop the growth of tennis.” The mission statement serves as the guiding principle for all activities of the United States Tennis Association. The USTA is the largest tennis organization in the world. It operates with the assistance of 17 section associations, serving more than 665,000 members and 7,800 organizational members.
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Years of playing the game and not improving, Gawande incidentally finds himself play tennis with a young man who is a tennis couch. The young man gives Gawande a tip about keeping his feet under his body when hitting the ball. At first he is uncertain, stating, “My serve had always been the best part of my game….. With a few minutes of tinkering, he’d added at least ten miles an hour to my serve. I was serving harder than I ever had in my life” (Gawande, 2011, p.3).
The way Morgan incorporated tennis into his game is by using a similar net; however, he raised the height to six feet and six inches off the ground. He also created this game for his fellow businessman Blain. When Morgan invented his game he came up with a set of rules, however many of his rules have been changed or there are new ones. One of the rules to this game is that before the game starts, there is a coin toss. This coin toss determines which team gets to decide who gets the serve first.
My love for tennis blossomed at the young age of eleven. During middle school my peers knew me as the boy who was remarkably talented at tennis and I savored that title. Butterflies floated throughout my youthful body whenever someone complimented me. As the years passed, my dad nurtured me into a top player. Before I knew it high school arrived and it was time to compete at a higher level. My excitement was out of this world, but I knew my dad could no longer push me forward and my future was up to me. However, the ego I developed over the years blocked what lie in front of me. I wasn’t looking at the bigger picture; the hard work demanded of me, teamwork, and the motivation to reach an ultimate goal. Throughout my four years of participating
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