USHSTCA Coaches Workbook
Contents
| Coaching Getting Started — New Coaches Getting Ready for the Season Planning Your Season - Overview Planning Your Season - Specifics Planning Practices Build Tactics into Practices Individual Practice Plans Using Personal Evaluation Forms Personal Evaluation Form Making the Cut What Kind of Coach are You? Building a Team Selecting the Right Team Manager Making Line-Ups Coaching Boys vs. Girls Dealing with the “Other” Coach Feeding Tips for Players & New Coaches Too Many Players, Too Few Courts The Dead Ball is Dead Playing Through Short Balls Improve Play with Charting Match Charring Form What’s Your Rally Speed? Use Doubles to Improve Singles Review your End-of-Season Statistics End-of-Season Stat Chart Stress for Success Individualize Practices Short-Term Goal Work Off-Season Goal Setting Improve Your Existing Drills Strategies & Tactics Tactical Priorities for High School Players Practicing Shot Combinations Singles Strategies for High School Players Doubles Positioning Playing “Big” Points Tactical Use of the First Serve Serve ‘em Out Wide! Strategies for Shorter Players Break Serves to Win Close Doubles Matches Poaching — Part I (When to Poach) Tactical Mid-Court Volleys: Singles Using the Topspin Lob Defending Against an I Formation Handling a Two-Back Doubles Formation Practice Match-Play Patterns Strokes Grip Basics Developing Strokes: Power vs. Placement The Myth of the Follow Through Win More Points With Your Feet Primary vs. Secondary Targets Swing Easy, Hit Hard Forehand Quick Fix Two-Handed or One-Handed Backhand? Playing Short Balls with Two-Handed Backhands Slice Approach Shots Poaching - Part II (How to Poach) Progressions for the Volley Serve ‘em “Up” Beware of Pronation High Toss or Low Toss? Serving Tips Improving a Spin Second Serve Teaching Girls to Serve Teaching the Serve and Volley The Slice Serve The Slice Serve for the Serve and Volley Warm Up Your Serve Correctly More Legs = More Power + More Spin Groundstroke Corrections |
Skill-Building
Drills Second-Ball Passing Shots Producing & Playing Short Balls Playing Short Balls Deep-Ball Rally Singles Depth & Direction Taking Balls on the Rise Slice Approach Drill Playing Short Balls With a Two-Handed Backhand Develop Stroke Skills More Quickly Changing Direction Successfully Forehand Technique Drill Inside-Out Forehand Attacking Return 10 out of 10 Return of Serve Practice for Doubles Short, Crosscourt Return Serve & Volley Grand Slam Series Doubles as Easy as 1, 2, 3 Four-Player Attack Smashing Overheads The Topspin Lob Trick Shots Drills For Summer Camps Control your Volleys Put Away “Sitter” Volleys Soft Hands Poaching on an Angle Rally Poaching The Side-Arm Serve Trifecta Tactical Mid-Court Volley Handling Defensive Situations Hitting Over the Net Two-Player Attack! Lateral Movement for Doubles Amarillo 30-Second Hit and Recover Mental Toughness How Choking Affects a Player’s Strokes Sport Psychology: 25 Crucial Seconds The Ideal Performance State Warm-Up Intensity Anger Management & Self Talk Own the Warm-Up Conditioning Conditioning for Tennis Spider Drill Are Your Players Stretching Correctly? Weight Training and Tennis Players Is Aerobic Training Appropriate for Tennis? Treating Sprains Bringing a Player Back from Injury Beat the Summer Heat Keep Cool on the Court The Dangers of Heat and Humidity Nutrition Basic Nutrition for Tennis Players Protein Diets? Fat Chance! Spotting Eating Disorders Miscellaneous Topics Key Rules for Unofficiated Matches Rules Quiz Match Etiquette Fundraising Techniques Are Ball Machines & Backboards Obsolete? The Problem with Hoppers and Ball Machines The Three “Sweet Spots” Different Racquet Types Illegal Equipment Stringing Basics What’s in your Bag? Preparing for College Can You Major in Tennis? Mixed Doubles & TeamTennis Promoting your Programs Summer Camps That Make Sense Are your Dual Matches too Long? |