Do you have a child who wants to take tennis lessons, but you don’t know much about tennis yourself? Even if you’ve played tennis before or have a background in the sport, you may have questions about the techniques and … Continued
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Coaching Tip Tuesday: Winning Advice from Coaches Who Win
In order to be a great tennis coach, you have to learn from the best. You’ve probably been influenced throughout your coaching career by your own tennis instructor or perhaps a coach of another sport. You’ve likely seen interviews with … Continued
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Tennis Stocking Stuffers: 30 under $30
Any tennis player will 30-LOVE these 30 stocking stuffers for under $30. Pick the perfect gift this holiday season with the help of MyTennisLessons! 1. For the person who likes to live-tweet tennis matches Pop Agassi iPhone 6 Case, $25 … Continued
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Coaching Tip Tuesday: Conquering the Fear of Failure
For 10 years, through prep school and college, I spent the weeks following Thanksgiving preparing for final exams. While many people in their first year out of school are relieved to have finally escaped this academic rite of passage, I … Continued
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Coaching Tip Tuesday: How to Make Tennis Fun for Kids
For many summers I was a tennis camp instructor and worked with children ages 10 and under who were beginning players. At some point during those years one of the other coaches came up with a slightly ridiculous game for … Continued
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Coaching Tip Tuesday: How to Teach Someone Older than You
As an academic writing tutor in college, I had the opportunity to work with students from various programs and schools within the university. One such group of students were those from a graduate program designed for working men and women … Continued
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Tennis for Young Adults in a New City
I had never been to Austin, Texas, before nor did I know but a couple of people who lived here when I moved to the city in June. When I packed up my little blue car to drive 14 hours … Continued
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Tech Tennis: Online Instructional Video Resources
It’s amazing how much video technology and internet access has transformed the way tennis coaches teach their students. I feel like a grandma saying that, but seriously — with today’s tech you can have an entire supplemental tennis lesson online … Continued
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8 Reasons Why Coaching in Your Free Time is Beneficial
The team of instructors at MyTennisLessons is a diverse group of people who hail from a number of states, cities and small towns and have a variety of tennis, educational and professional backgrounds. Not every instructor is a full-time coach. … Continued
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Why I “Love” MyTennisLessons.com
A few weeks ago I came across a blog called 50by25, written by a woman named Laura, who in 2010 broke the world record for being the youngest woman to run a marathon in all 50 states. I asked Laura if … Continued
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