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We believe a teaching and coaching approach has to have the aim to guide the development of individual skills through the creation of the best possible and useful learning conditions. The traditional linear pedagogy starts from the technique a kind of blocked practice. The player has to learn standard movements to perform the strokes, according to prescriptive, one fits all, model, which is depending on the coach. Teaching ways “The game based approach, proper of the non-line

In the common understanding it defines someone who plays successfully, in a given moment, performing in a way somehow natural or that comes with ease. As far as experience and knowledge I would suggest to have a different approach. Let's limit the definition to "someone who performs far above the average at professional level", this is essentially what players, parents and coaches are looking for. “There are exceptionally skilled kids who becomes top pros as well as there are

First of all, let’s clarify the definition or, more realistically, the definitions and then apply them to tennis. With the term talent we can identify an individual who expresses abilities/skills with efficiency and effectiveness, in a kind of natural way; or an individual who can perform significantly better than the average of his/her peers, in a given activity. The two definitions above stated can respectively fit players like Gael Monfils and Dominik Thiem, or the usual d

Is a mirror of the times, the media focuses more on the top singles players rather than on doubles players. Even if it is surely more fun to play and watch compared to singles, doubles is put in a secondary role and only considered in the news in occasion of team competitions as Davis Cup. Yet, it helps to socialize, to develop skills and widely practiced in tennis clubs all over the world, although mainly by adults over fifty years of age. The country that appreciates double

Updated: May 25, 2025 The word academy comes from the Greek word Akademeia , the name of the park or grove outside of ancient Athens where the philosopher Plato taught his students. Just as schools and parks today are often named after famous persons, the Akademeia had been named in honor of a Greek hero, Akademos. Academus (translation in latin), refers to a site sacred to Athena, the goddess of wisdom. It makes sense to use the word academy to describe the world of higher l

Many times you have probably heard about the importance to transfer your body weight into the ball. IT IS MISSION IMPOSSIBLE!!! Actually playing tennis you can only strike a ball. The contact time between strings and balls lasts only from 3 to 5 milliseconds the time of photo flash. Strike a ball is an action which has nothing to do with pushing nor throwing even though the biomechanics of the movement looks similar.

Updated: Jan 17, 2024 We believe a teaching and coaching approach has to have the aim to guide the development of individual skills through the creation of the best possible and useful learning conditions. The traditional linear pedagogy starts from the technique a kind of blocked practice. The player has to learn standard movements to perform the strokes, according to prescriptive, one fits all, model, which is depending on the coach. Teaching ways “The game based approach,