World Tennis Convention 4: Dream Large, Coach Higher!
Introduced by the Segal Institute, GPTCA in affiliation with the ATP & powered by Coachtube
The fourth consecutive World Tennis Convention is about sharing, studying, and changing into an envoy of tennis. You may register and have repeated entry to over sixty-five essential shows via Could 17, 2024, by clicking this hyperlink: https://wtc4.coachtube.com/
Fernando Segal, President of the Segal Institute is devoted to the worldwide growth of tennis growth via enhanced teaching. An advocate of life-long studying, Segal established the convention for high-performance coaches and different business companions. Coaches and business leaders have to be dedicated to the occupation and develop a efficiency mindset. Be a motivation and communication champion and attempt to create development within the sport.
Rafael Paciaroni: The significance of the atmosphere within the long-term growth of tennis gamers
The most effective gamers on tour have a successful atmosphere comprised of a really robust chief, usually the coach, members of the participant’s workforce, and shut household. This intimate group is known as the 1st core. Each member of this group has a particular function in guaranteeing the belief of the participant’s dream.
The coach, like a CEO, manages the group and nurtures a successful atmosphere for optimum growth. Everybody within the 1st core have to be dedicated to the participant’s objectives and clearly talk for they’ve excessive and direct affect on the participant.
There are challenges to sustaining this optimum atmosphere. The coach should defend the participant from any unfavorable influences particularly criticisms posted on social media. He labored with world #13 Beatriz Haddad Maia who carries two cell telephones – one that’s just for 1st core members whereas the opposite is for these outdoors that intimate group. By having two separate telephones, he was capable of management the circulate of communication, particularly throughout tournaments, defend her from undesirable negativity and criticism, and preserve a constructive, successful atmosphere.
David Ferrer: My tennis views in excessive efficiency
Former #3 on the ATP Tour with 27 singles titles. For Ferrer, curiosity is essential to excel on the elite degree. Many gifted juniors burn out on the professional tour as a result of they lack the requisite curiosity and skill to grind and navigate the inevitable challenges. If you’re emotionally mature, it is possible for you to to adapt and your recreation will enhance. Some gamers are innately extra aggressive and embrace it. The little particulars make the distinction. He began working with a coach and shortly after, made the highest ten for the primary time.
He values overcoming obstacles and accepting frustration. So as to construct confidence in your participant and garner belief, discover widespread pursuits. Communication and unification between participant and coach is essential. Coaches ought to lead by instance and have empathy to evaluate the emotional state of gamers. Constructive vitality and sound values are extra necessary than approach and ways for we’re first human beings – then tennis gamers!
David Witt: Basic ideas in girls’s tennis for gamers from junior to skilled pathway
Former coach of Venus Williams, Jessica Pegula and is at the moment working with world #7 Maria Sakkari. When working with juniors don’t focus an excessive amount of on successful; excellent the approach and learn to assemble factors. The psychological facet is paramount for skilled gamers; how they deal with losses, stress, stress, accidents, and match preparation. It’s essential that gamers exude constructive vitality and physique language.
These with essentially the most potential are good athletes who regularly enhance and are mentally resilient. Psychological/emotional well being must be prioritized. The season is exceedingly lengthy so if a participant feels burned they need to take a couple of weeks off after which return to competitors refreshed and keen.
For a lot of juniors, the transition to the professionals is exceptionally tough and it isn’t for everybody. Many discover life on the street arduous and wrestle being away from their households. If a participant enjoys outdoors pursuits, they may carry out at a excessive degree.
The participant/coach should like each other and possess mutual respect and belief. Communication is essential – focus on objectives, emotional state, and stress ranges.
Coaches are champions of communication – when to talk and when to stay silent. The drama surrounding a participant will be substantial so it’s important workforce members are in sync. So long as the participant really feel cared for, they may belief and pay attention attentively and solidify the partnership. Coaches have great tasks. It’s a really taxing occupation particularly with juniors so it’s important to share data and success tales.
Gaurav Maholtra, Director, Limitless Heart of Excellence Academy: Recreation changers: how implicit instruments rework tennis athletes into champions
Implicit instruments – particular drills and instruments tailor-made for every stroke and the way they facilitate steadiness and allow gamers to seamlessly transition between offensive to defensive methods. These instruments have revolutionized teaching as a result of they interact the physique at a better degree, sharpen important considering and decision-making, and drive gamers to adapt to various situations. Hand pads are worn to enhance eye/hand coordination in addition to a wood spoon in a managed atmosphere to work on volleys earlier than transitioning to a court docket.
These implicit instruments perform to create optimum biomechanical steadiness whereas augmenting holistic bodily growth with fewer accidents. They empower gamers to make requisite choices with confidence, agility, and a deeper understanding of the sport leading to extra versatile, adaptable athletes. For extra data, please go to www. limitlesstennisce.com
Louis Cayer, LTA senior efficiency advisor: An built-in method on teaching footwork
He’s a world coach who labored with seven #1 doubles gamers on the ATP Tour. Each time you step on the court docket you’re growing the performer and participant. It’s essential to develop widespread terminology for coaches and gamers. Should safeguard the psychological/emotional state of the participant. By praising the performer, you’re creating an identification and manifest future.
Prepare them to see the court docket as manageable for so long as they keep within the desired quadrant, they may attain and successfully hit most volleys. Establishing norms is important: transfer to the ball, hit, get better. Norms are requisite to elucidate what’s achievable at every degree and this calls for constant, onerous work. Norms established for every stroke create targets for footwork effectivity.
Anticipation – to learn technically and predict tactically – can also be vitally necessary. A participant should predict what the opponent will or is not going to do and alter accordingly to their place. Footwork is integral to instructing; not an apart. Coaches should impart data, kind, and rework gamers into winners!
Dr. Jim Loehr: Coaching your gamers to turn into credo-driven tennis warriors
He’s a famend sports activities psychologist who labored with a number of number-one gamers together with Jim Courier and Monica Seles. Psychology is an enormous element in aggressive sports activities. Coaches should practice gamers to be noble opponents. He investigated how soldiers- the last word warriors- had been skilled since they need to carry out underneath life and dying situations. In the middle of his analysis, he gleaned many beneficial insights together with the glory code of samurai warriors.
He endeavored to light up how the glory code functioned to create a supreme warrior. He based the Human Efficiency Institute and wrote two books. He decided that vanity and self-worth result in a noble path as a warrior.
How does tennis influence a participant’s ethical character? Well being ignites efficiency and this encompasses the bodily, emotional, psychological, and religious. He concluded that it’s the religious dimension that interprets most into aggressive effectiveness.
The credo for tennis warriors is; that ethical character will create an awesome individual and competitor! Whilst you can’t management the climate or velocity of the court docket, you’re in charge of your perspective whatever the rating, effort, and constructive self-talk. On these three dimensions, Loehr holds his gamers accountable.
Nice tennis function fashions exhibit moral brilliance and you’ll win as a competitor in case you successfully handle this moral code. A coach’s major duty is to instill good character from an early age and together with dad and mom, reinforce this code of ethics on and off the court docket.
Andrew Mateljan: Match4tennis – health coaching methods for tennis gamers: Enhancing agility, power, and endurance.
He’s a coach and former #1 participant in Southern California and by the age of 19 was teaching full-time. His major purpose is to make Match4tennis extra accessible and attainable. Tennis is an especially demanding sport that requires agility, power, endurance, and psychological fortitude. Tennis-specific health is important!
Restoration and stopping accidents are paramount. Tennis is extra bodily than ever and gamers are invested in peak health. To maneuver shortly and alter path with ease, he makes use of cone drills, lateral motion drills, agility ladders, and hurdles. Energy coaching is essential for optimum efficiency. It enhances energy, depth, crispness of volleys and prevents accidents. For this modality, he makes use of medication ball throws, plyometric coaching, steadiness, and core stability.
Interval coaching that mimics the cease/begin nature of tennis and cross-training to spice up tennis-specific stamina are employed. He fashions strategic restoration and tailor-made vitamin plans to reinforce and maintain endurance. Psychological resilience can also be fortified throughout coaching. Create chaos throughout drills to allow them to handle match chaos!
It is a holistic method to tennis health that’s structured to reduce danger and maximize efficiency. Prepare smarter – not more durable! Prehab as an alternative of rehab! Foster a tradition of innovation and share your successes with different coaches. For extra data, please go to www.match4tennis.com
David Sammel: Greatest killer of success “feeling sorry for your self”
Founding father of Mindset Faculty, ATP Coaches Committee member, and present coach of Liam Broady. Killers of success embrace searching for perfection, obsessing over outcomes, competing poorly when having a nasty day, and evaluating your self to others in an unhealthy approach.
Each participant should climb their very own ladder! Too many gamers overthink and fear concerning the opposition; as an alternative, deal with what you deliver to the desk. It is a wholesome mindset. Coaches should encourage gamers to deal with their very own journey and practice each day to enhance.
So as to keep away from these pitfalls, gamers should create the proper psychological basis. The primary killer of success is feeling sorry for oneself! On this state of affairs, the participant has no management over their thoughts, makes excuses, quits the tour too early, or blames it on genetics.
Gamers should handle adversity one other approach and perceive that overcoming it isn’t at all times tantamount to successful. Coaches should encourage gamers to stay curious concerning the future. Decide to curiosity and ponder how a lot you possibly can enhance in 12 months or two years and with that degree of dedication and long-term imaginative and prescient, you could simply find yourself prime twenty! For extra data, please go to www. mindsetcollege. co.uk
Yannick Yoshizawa CEO & Founding father of Unbox Sports activities – official company of the World Tennis Convention
Their mission is to advertise and unbox the worth of coaches. Coaches are extra seen now as on-court teaching is permitted and Unbox is capitalizing on this chance. Tennis is a two-billion-dollar business and there’s substantial room for development on this space. Nice coaches add worth by attracting sponsors, media consideration, and followers. If they’re pressured to advertise themselves they may have much less time to coach.
Wim Fissette, a founding member of Unbox, is a good coach who labored with a number of grand slam winners on the WTA tour. Unbox has advertising and marketing, enterprise, teaching, and authorized departments. There are business, instructional, and talking engagement alternatives for coaches. By selling the undervalued, they may elevate the occupation and help the following technology of coaches. Unboxing and profiting from alternatives; is their mission. Don’t keep in your lane or colour throughout the traces; they wish to unbox you and your potential! For extra data, please go to yannick@unboxsports.com
Marie-France Mercier, Director of Coach Schooling & Companies, Tennis Canada: The event of a holistic tennis coach
Coaches have to create a secure, inclusive, welcoming atmosphere. She has developed the “entire participant growth pathway.” Not all skilled gamers began their journey the identical approach. The 5C framework, whereas relevant to gamers, can also be informative when growing coaches. Higher folks, higher gamers, higher coaches. To create higher gamers, coaches ought to undertake a holistic method to teaching as a result of this framework fosters development of gamers as folks and rivals.
Tradition: respect, preventing spirit, delight, and 100% effort. Create a purposeful atmosphere that values studying and continuous enchancment. Embrace stress and challenges; create enthusiasm in your gamers
Character: be progressive and educated. Go the gap, be caring, resilient, proactive, face worry, and study from experiences.
Confidence: Brad Gilbert who’s a scholar of the sport embodies confidence. As a former participant, coach, and broadcaster he has a 360-degree view of the sport and is at all times studying. Be artistic, progressive, and problem conference.
Connection: Nick Bollettieri is a good instance. He was charismatic, at all times smiling, and provoking gamers. Talk successfully, create alliances, and perceive one’s limits in addition to your participant’s.
Competence: tennis-specific expertise are very important. Bob Brett is a good instance. He was succinct however impactful and efficiently utilized them. Teaching is a lifelong journey so attempt to enhance each day!
Mike Anders, Director WTA Coach Program & Member Companies: The Tennis Coaches Program
Since feminine tennis gamers flip professional as both youngsters or younger adults, it’s essential to have enter on coaches who affect them personally and professionally.
This program was launched in 2017 though the WTA shouldn’t be within the teaching or schooling sphere. Their method over time has modified to a extra holistic one. A greater coach results in higher athletes and total product in order that they determined to speculate time and assets in coach schooling.
Whereas coaches should not members of the WTA, they sought to formalize the connection as a marketable asset. And whereas gamers are impartial contractors that may rent whomever they like, the WTA is dedicated to making sure via a vigorous vetting course of, that coaches of their program are secure, moral, and certified.
The WTA, because the premier group in girls’s skilled sports activities, regularly strives for better fairness. Since solely 5-10% of membership is feminine, they launched the WTA Coach Inclusion Program in 2021. Their intention was to draw extra feminine coaches, actively recruit them, and supply the requisite instruments for fulfillment. Fairness can also be good for enterprise since manufacturers wish to align with this philosophy and platform.
In 2023 there have been extra new feminine than male candidates and in 2024 at Indian Wells, there have been 3 instances as many credentialed feminine coaches than the earlier yr. That is outstanding progress for a program nonetheless in its infancy and seeking to increase in Europe and Asia. They’re additionally prioritizing schooling, mentoring, and safeguarding requirements for all WTA coaches whereas selling it as a viable profession alternative. For extra data, please go to coach@wtatennis.com
Fernando Segal: WTC founder, director, and worldwide tennis growth knowledgeable
The 4 tennis ideas: coaching methodologies utilized as famous in his new guide “Analytic Formative System.”
These 4 constructs work in unison throughout competitors however some gamers are weak in a number of areas. Consequently, coaches should consider every participant on these 4 modalities and decide how properly they’re built-in.
Head tennis = mind/thoughts duo
Tennis of the ft = footwork
Tennis of the hand-body
Tennis of the coronary heart
A motivated mind/thoughts is regularly studying subsequently it’s important that coaches are champions of motivation. All actions are taken and executed from the choice within the mind.
Coaches should seize their participant’s consideration and create a constructive studying atmosphere with a purpose to encourage them. When you do the identical warmup each session, the mind will get bored. Gamers are regularly participating in self-talk and training themselves. A coach’s job is to show their gamers to educate themselves. Educate them to learn their opponent, the scenario and formulate and execute an efficient response.
Coaches should create a safe atmosphere, pose questions, and encourage gamers to problem-solve via guided discovery. Coaches should at all times seize/preserve consideration and by creating and innovating, you’ll encourage your gamers to take part. When you can think about it, you possibly can manifest it!
It isn’t about you – it’s about what they study and that is why instruction must be particular. Situational coaching = working towards actual issues so that in competitors, gamers can routinely reply.
Depth is the important thing to creating high-performance gamers, not the variety of hours you practice. Matches are received within the final ten minutes so coaches should guarantee their gamers are supremely centered throughout this era and repeatedly practice for victory.
Footwork is the third backstroke of tennis. Ft first, then shoulders, then arms. The tennis of the hand/physique is to make the most of the forces of the kinetic chain since influence is the king of the stroke whereas the hand is the comb to paint.
Tennis is a sport of questions and solutions: coach is posing, participant is answering; opponent is posing, participant is responding. Tennis of the guts entails dedication, effort, and consistency. Coaches should develop drills that combine the guts for nice champions to refuse to yield. For extra data go to @fernandosegal www. fernandosegal.com www. segalinstitute.org
