Performance Group - Term 1 Week 1

This Weekend our Green, Yellow and Performance players started term 1 of the 24/25 tennis season.

The club is now part of My Tennis Academy thanks to Director of Coaching Barry Clarke who has become an academy member.

This terms sessions will be following the Mastering Doubles Series , where players will look to develop their all round games by improving their doubles skills and knowledge.

The coaching team will be following a constraint led approach, which Barry will further explain at our parent/junior information evening at the end of April.

Lesson 1 focused on understanding territory on the court. This lesson aims to challenge and change having a passive approach. Players delved deeper and questioned the"why" behind every starting position.

Players learned to identify optimal stances based on specific match situations but also aligned these positions with their roles and responsibilities on the court.

The objective is to empower players with the knowledge to move with purpose, transitioning from merely "standing" on the court.

This weekend they learned the following formations in doubles -

Serving

• Neutral
• Defensive
• I
• Australian
• Switch

• Neutral
• Defensive
• Aggressive

The weekend sessions focused on positional awareness, where they Familiarised themselves with different starting positions and their implications for play.

They took part in positional play offs where they looked to discover the strengths and weaknesses of traditional and non-traditional starting positions.

This then led on to role play rally’s where they Put into practice the strategic benefits of specific starting positions.

Players finished with a strategic stance showdown where they integrated the skills and understanding acquired into a
competitive play scenario.

Well done to everyone involved! You did an amazing job!