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2014 TENNIS

2014 TENNIS . EDUCATING TENNIS PARENTS By Frank Giampaolo FGSA@earthlink.net. Tennis Champions are a product of a well organized plan.

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2014 TENNIS

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  1. 2014 TENNIS EDUCATING TENNIS PARENTS By Frank Giampaolo FGSA@earthlink.net

  2. Tennis Champions are a product of a well organized plan

  3. “ Pro tour players rate their parents as playing themost significant role in their overall development.” Sports Excellence“ As important as the coaches role is, the tennisparent’s role is tenfold more important. ” Nick Bollettieri

  4. Tennis Parent Communication begins with Identifying the Tennis Parent Personality Parental Personality Traits Impact a Junior Competitor’s: • Attitude & Outlook • Happiness & Motivation • Health & Well-Being • Length Of Time In This Great Game

  5. The Jabber Jaw SOLUTION: Provide insight via email the night before the scheduled lesson to avoid a confrontation & monopolizing the child’s valuable lesson time.

  6. The Judger SOLUTION: Understand brain functions and channel capacity.

  7. The X-Athlete SOLUTION: Acknowledge the evolution of the games training methodology..

  8. The Rocket Scientist SOLUTION: Accelerate the learning curve by getting into the player’s world.

  9. The Drill Sergeant SOLUTION: Fear based motivation seldom works in the long run.

  10. The Negatron SOLUTION: A negative attitude is paralyzing and contagious.

  11. “Well intended uneducated tennis parents often sabotage any real chance of success.”

  12. TOP 20 TENNIS PARENT BLUNDERSAnd How To Avoid Them

  13. BLUNDER 1: Ignoring Your Child’s Brain & Body Type CURE: Training within your child's genetic predisposition will maximize performance at the quickest rate.

  14. BLUNDER 2: Encouraging Dependency CURE: Champions are problem solvers. Raise and nurture independent thinkers with the Auto-Pilot Game.

  15. BLUNDER 3:Not Applying the Success Formula Mozart Michelangelo, Michael Jackson, Bruno Mars, Bobby Fisher, The Beatles, Wayne Gretzky, Yo Yo Ma, Tiger Woods, Andre Agassi

  16. BLUNDER 4:Asking your child to fix a flawed strokewhile keeping them on the tournament trail CURE: It takes 4 - 6 weeks for a new motor program to override the flawed but comfortable old habit.

  17. BLUNDER 5:Refusing to Play Them Down, When it May Pump Them Up! CURE: Consider playing alternative tournaments to gain confidence and develop the habit of winning.

  18. BLUNDER 6:Thinking Perfect Strokes Are Mandatory “Nobody has 100% perfect strokes, it’s what you do with what you’ve got that counts.” John McEnroe

  19. BLUNDER 7:Undervaluing the Importance of Life Skills CURE: Build positive relationships with players, families, tournament directors, lines men, federation representatives and coaches.

  20. BLUNDER 8:Watching their Matches VersusCharting or Videotaping their Matches CURE: Unforced errors versus winners Court positioning chart Ball placement chart Cause of error chart Serving/return of serve percentage chart

  21. BLUNDER 9:Overlooking Organizational Goal Setting CURE: Customized Evaluation Package Weekly/Daily Planners Match Logs Daily Focus Journals

  22. Blunder 10Training Without a Hollywood Script

  23. BLUNDER 11:Misunderstanding Choking Versus Panicking Under Stress CURE: Choking is over thinking under stress… Panicking is shutting down and not thinking at all…

  24. BLUNDER 12:Not Seeing Stumbling Blocks as Stepping Stones CURE: Take advantage of an injury to develop other essential game components.

  25. BLUNDER 13:Ignoring the School Methodology of Education

  26. BLUNDER 14:Believing that Quantity of CourtTime is Quality Court Time “Tennis is aGame of Keep Away… Not a Game of Catch”

  27. BLUNDER 15:Neglecting the Rehearsal of Change Over Rituals & Between Point Rituals CURE: Mental and emotional breakdowns occur in between the action. The solution lies in both internal and external rituals.

  28. BLUNDER 16:Ignoring the Development of Secondary Game Plans CURE: Develop and rehearse more than one style of play. • Hard Hitting Baseliner • Counter-Puncher/ Retriever • Net Rusher • Finesse Player

  29. BLUNDER 17:Being Outcome Oriented versus Performance Oriented Great things begin to happen when the parents and players focus their attention on performance goals versus the outcome of the match. CURE:

  30. BLUNDER 18:Being Oblivious to Periodization CURE: When to train different components as well as knowing when to try unfamiliar things is a key factor in periodization training.

  31. BLUNDER 19:Appling Consistent Skills TrainingVersus Flexible Skills Training

  32. BLUNDER 20:Encouraging “One-Set” Wonders CURE: Closing out sets and matches is a learned behavior that requires consistent repetition.

  33. “Gearing up for a match involves positive self hypnosis”

  34. MATCH DAY PREPARATION Kids pick up every negative word, condescending tone of voice, upset facial expressions and defensive body language.

  35. Common Parental Mistakes:Match Day Sabotage Martha Kolouski Pre-Match Routine: • Wakes up tightly wound… • Doesn’t like Kelly’s choice of outfit… • Upset about her chewing at breakfast… • Peeved about the poor directions • Annoyed about catching every red light… • Martha’s at the end of her rope & Kelly’s match is still 3 hours away…

  36. Common Parental Mistakes:Match Day Sabotage Mark Kolouski’s Pre-Match Pep Talk: • Ok Kelly…she’s ranked 98 spots ahead of us… • Our ranking will skyrocket into the top 20…if you don’t blow it! • Remember, she cheats and will push- so focus! • This is the most important match of the year for us… by far! • Remember, we spent $2000.00 to get you here….so don’t expect us to keep on forking over hard earned money if you lose!

  37. Match Day Job Description of the Tennis Parent The Parent’s Primary Role is to De-Stress their Child.. • Stress Increases Muscle Contractions • Stress Decreases Fluid Movement • Stress Impairs Judgment • Stress Reduces Problem Solving Skills Remind parentsthat athletes performs best in a calm relaxed mental state.

  38. Parental Pre-Game Job Description • Equipment preparation & nutrition/hydration requirements • Warm up routines (Primary/Secondary Strokes) and imagery • Keeping the player away from other players and parents • Discuss styles of play, strengths and weaknesses instead of the opponents past successes or failures • Emphasize the importance of executing the correct shot the moment demands

  39. Parental Match Time Job Description Benefits of Match Video Analysis: • Strengths and weaknesses in stroke production • Implementation of strategies and tactics • Actual causes of errors • Dissecting the opponent • Movement, spacing and fitness • Emotional control • Focus control such as lapses in concentration • Between point and changeover rituals

  40. Parental Post Match Job Description • Assist your child in their static stretching, nutrition and hydration requirements. • Wait an appropriate amount of time before discussing the match. • Begin match analysis with an over-view of their positive performance goals with an optimistic tone of voice. • If not present- replace “Did You Win?” with “Did you hit your performance goals. Did you execute the correct shots at the right times?” • Remind your child to complete their match logs.

  41. Champions are a Product of a Well Organized Plan

  42. Five reasons whyEducating tennis parents benefits your program

  43. EDUCATED TENNIS Parents can help Build and maintain your program Uneducated tennis parents will most often shift allegiance blindly from academy to academy and coach to coach. An unsatisfied, uneducated parent can hurt your program for years to come.

  44. 2. EDUCATED TENNIS Parents can help develop TEAM synergyAND FAMILY HARMONY Uneducated Tennis Parents can sabotage and confuse your efforts. Educated Tennis Parents will be more supportive of the coaches efforts and optimistic about the process.

  45. 3. Accountable parents facilitate success An Educated TennisParent understands their job description. • Educational requirements • Nutrition and hydration • Equipment preparation • Scheduling and traveling • Off- court training • Charting and video taping matches

  46. 4. Involved Parents stay committed for the long haul A parent not involved in the process is quick to blame others or pull their child out of your program after a loss or two.

  47. 5. EDUCATED TENNIS PARENTS UNDERSTAND THE FINANCIAL COMMITMENT Educated families will be more willing to budget additional funds toward their child's developmental blue – print.

  48. “educated tennis parents are critical to the growth of your future champions… as well as to the growth of your business “

  49. To Team up with Frank host your own tennis parent workshop (949) 933-8163

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