| Hi, | | | | majority of beginners do not know the answers to this |
| Enjoying playing a lot of tennis and having lots of fun | | | | question, why should they? They have not played |
| challenging yourself? Well done keep it up. I would like | | | | tennis before. Anyway I can guide the beginner into the |
| to help you develop your confidence and | | | | basic delights of tennis mental skills, Tactical skills |
| understanding of learning the game of tennis. One of | | | | Physical skills and Technical skills. |
| the areas that I make people to be aware of, is for | | | | - What target do you wish to work towards? The |
| them to identify their areas of desired change in their | | | | answer from many beginners would be I want to be |
| tennis. I do this by introducing and asking the following | | | | really good, or the best player in the world. I can then |
| questions: | | | | explain to them that we all have ambitions and the |
| - Where are you at this moment? After the initial | | | | best way to achieve those ambitions of becoming the |
| answer "on the tennis court coach," the next answer is | | | | best player is to have the desire and the dream, plus |
| likely to be I cannot hit the ball and I do not know how | | | | the confidence to work very hard. |
| to serve. This of course helps me give some form of | | | | - Do you know what short/mid/long term goals are? A |
| advice on how you can work toward achieving your | | | | lot of beginners tend to know what goals are about. |
| goals in the future. | | | | Therefore I would summarise goals as a way of |
| - Where would you like to be? There are a lot of | | | | developing and improving whatever goal you have |
| different answers to this question, I would like to be the | | | | decided to put your heart into doing and achieving. |
| best player in the world or I would just like to hit the | | | | - Do we agree? After we had discussed all the |
| ball. Again this is good because it helps me direct | | | | questions above, the you then realises what position |
| beginners in the right direction for their ambitions. | | | | you are starting from, you can then use goals to |
| - What qualities do you consider important? As this | | | | develop and improve your game in manageable |
| question is very open ended many answers come to | | | | pieces. |
| light. I like the one that says I would like a quality racket | | | | If you are starting out in tennis it is always a good |
| and some quality shoes and clothes. Once again this | | | | move to know what you are actual capabilities are at |
| answer helps me to introduce words like desire and | | | | this moment. Once you know your capabilities then |
| wanting to learn. | | | | you can developed your game at your own pace with |
| - What do you consider your personal strengths and | | | | an agreed goal. |
| weaknesses? This can be an interesting because the | | | | |