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Date: 19 Dec 2006 13:21:05
From: Stevo
Subject: teaching my nephew how to play tennis
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Any tips? Should we go over all of the basics today, ie. forehand,
backhand, and serve? Or should I teach him one single shot at a time
until he has the hang of it? Is there a set way to teach a young
person the game, or is it all play it by ear? Thanks
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Date: 19 Dec 2006 15:05:40
From: ccrevival
Subject: Re: teaching my nephew how to play tennis
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Stevo wrote:
> Any tips? Should we go over all of the basics today, ie. forehand,
> backhand, and serve? Or should I teach him one single shot at a time
> until he has the hang of it? Is there a set way to teach a young
> person the game, or is it all play it by ear? Thanks
It does depend on how old your nephew is, since older children can
absorb and process more technical information. When I taught my
daughter, the first day I went through:
1. Both forehand and backand grips, primarily western and doublehanded,
respectively. I know I will catch hell for this here but it's easier
for them to learn and start this way. I use a shb, and my daughter
experiments with a shb every now and then, but does not have the
strength, yet. I'm not pushing either way.
2. Keep your elbow close to the body. I did not tell her how to bring
her racket back, to use an open or closed stance, to "follow-though",
nor did I tell her where was the best place to hit the ball. I just
simply let her develop her own stroke, limited by that simple edict and
item #5.
3. One thing everyone should learn from Fed: watch the ball and racket
at impact!
4. Hit both bh and fh's equally; hitting 10 each side at a time. This
allows them the opportunity to get into a little groove, but no so much
that one side gets neglected. Remind them of the grip change.
5. Hit the ball as hard as she could! Tennis ain't fun if you can't
smack the stuffing out of the ball. It also teaches themselves the
stroke they feel most comfortable with. I told her not to care where
the ball landed, in fact, I preferred her shots hit the opposite fence.
In time she learned to dial it down.
It's been almost 2 years and she's now complaining that I don't hit the
ball hard enough for her. Topspin came naturally to her a year later.
She has patience and footwork issues, but she's still young.
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Date: 19 Dec 2006 23:16:22
From: Jimbo
Subject: Re: teaching my nephew how to play tennis
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Don't ask me !
Just got back from the tennis centre.............
I stunk the place out - won 1 (thanks to my partner) and lost the other 3
comfortably - no rhythm, timing or technique on the serve - to slow to cut
off volleys at the net etc etc -the harder I tried the worse it got !!
Worse thing is, I cannot practise for another 3 weeks - apart from
Christmas they have a challenger tourney in January !
AARRGGHH ! Sometime I HATE tennis !
Jim ;o(
"ccrevival" <ccrevival2001@yahoo.com > wrote in message
news:1166569540.445829.220320@f1g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>
> Stevo wrote:
>> Any tips? Should we go over all of the basics today, ie. forehand,
>> backhand, and serve? Or should I teach him one single shot at a time
>> until he has the hang of it? Is there a set way to teach a young
>> person the game, or is it all play it by ear? Thanks
>
> It does depend on how old your nephew is, since older children can
> absorb and process more technical information. When I taught my
> daughter, the first day I went through:
>
> 1. Both forehand and backand grips, primarily western and doublehanded,
> respectively. I know I will catch hell for this here but it's easier
> for them to learn and start this way. I use a shb, and my daughter
> experiments with a shb every now and then, but does not have the
> strength, yet. I'm not pushing either way.
>
> 2. Keep your elbow close to the body. I did not tell her how to bring
> her racket back, to use an open or closed stance, to "follow-though",
> nor did I tell her where was the best place to hit the ball. I just
> simply let her develop her own stroke, limited by that simple edict and
> item #5.
>
> 3. One thing everyone should learn from Fed: watch the ball and racket
> at impact!
>
> 4. Hit both bh and fh's equally; hitting 10 each side at a time. This
> allows them the opportunity to get into a little groove, but no so much
> that one side gets neglected. Remind them of the grip change.
>
> 5. Hit the ball as hard as she could! Tennis ain't fun if you can't
> smack the stuffing out of the ball. It also teaches themselves the
> stroke they feel most comfortable with. I told her not to care where
> the ball landed, in fact, I preferred her shots hit the opposite fence.
> In time she learned to dial it down.
>
> It's been almost 2 years and she's now complaining that I don't hit the
> ball hard enough for her. Topspin came naturally to her a year later.
> She has patience and footwork issues, but she's still young.
>
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Date: 21 Dec 2006 04:40:09
From: Manuel Munoz
Subject: Re: teaching my nephew how to play tennis
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ccrevival a écrit :
> Stevo wrote:
>> Any tips? Should we go over all of the basics today, ie. forehand,
>> backhand, and serve? Or should I teach him one single shot at a time
>> until he has the hang of it? Is there a set way to teach a young
>> person the game, or is it all play it by ear? Thanks
>
> It does depend on how old your nephew is, since older children can
> absorb and process more technical information. When I taught my
> daughter, the first day I went through:
>
> 1. Both forehand and backand grips, primarily western and doublehanded,
> respectively. I know I will catch hell for this here but it's easier
> for them to learn and start this way. I use a shb, and my daughter
> experiments with a shb every now and then, but does not have the
> strength, yet. I'm not pushing either way.
>
> 2. Keep your elbow close to the body. I did not tell her how to bring
> her racket back, to use an open or closed stance, to "follow-though",
> nor did I tell her where was the best place to hit the ball. I just
> simply let her develop her own stroke, limited by that simple edict and
> item #5.
>
> 3. One thing everyone should learn from Fed: watch the ball and racket
> at impact!
>
> 4. Hit both bh and fh's equally; hitting 10 each side at a time. This
> allows them the opportunity to get into a little groove, but no so much
> that one side gets neglected. Remind them of the grip change.
>
> 5. Hit the ball as hard as she could! Tennis ain't fun if you can't
> smack the stuffing out of the ball. It also teaches themselves the
> stroke they feel most comfortable with. I told her not to care where
> the ball landed, in fact, I preferred her shots hit the opposite fence.
> In time she learned to dial it down.
>
> It's been almost 2 years and she's now complaining that I don't hit the
> ball hard enough for her. Topspin came naturally to her a year later.
> She has patience and footwork issues, but she's still young.
>
What do you want your nephew to learn?
Is he asking you to play?
Play for fun or for more serious views?
Only asking to know what kind of motivation he might have.
Good ideas exposed by CCRevival.
Minor adjustements, if you ask me.
0. just give him a racket, and see how he's handling / using it
1. than show him what are the usual grips, let him find wich
suits him most (and what he can/can't do with that grip)
2. scrutinize how he's moving around the court / ball (so
can talk about that later)
3. same as CCRevival
4. same as CCRevival
5. slight difference: it's *never* too early to learn
dropshot / improve touch & finesse, see young Martina Hingis
play. Have him hit hard, and ask him to add dropshots.
Strenght *always* comes with age, not finesse.
That's what I did with my girlfriend, and she's now (we know
each other for almost 2 years) asking me to hit flat balls
harder (she can't handle the topspin, but is very responsive
to lateral slices, slices I loved to confused her with when
we started to play).
Manolo
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Date: 19 Dec 2006 13:52:30
From: Old_Golden_Throat
Subject: Re: teaching my nephew how to play tennis
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play Federer video...watch the genius' technique. :-)
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