Hey Paul VI Girls Tennis Team Members ...
This is one of my very first posts of the blog seen here. Its about the service toss. If you were with me today you got to use it and the wrist assist ... go to this link http://www.squarehittennis.com/instructionsTA.html ... if you don't want to read the whole post here. You can click on the left, after you click on the link above, to see to short video pieces about the 'Wrist Assist' and the 'Toss Assist.' I decided to take a Flyer and buy them, and after today's experiment with some of you, I see their usefulness.
Those who were with me thanks for being my test run. Those who hadn't used them yet will use them in the near future. BUT I want all of you to watch the video and learn about what important aspects of your tennis game that these aids can help improve. We will be working on those same aspects of your tennis game in practice each and every day this season. The volley is a stroke that the 'Wrist Assist' is particularly useful for. You'll see it instantly.
Good practice and I saw lots of good stuff. BUT We all can do an 8 min mile. I was reminded today that my old high school coach had us do a 2 mile fitness test, and in no more than 16 mins. Which one of our transfer students had the pleasure of taking with him last year. The two mile road run was a blast, even though I may have tried to hide along that route on occasion, to shave 1/4 mile off at the end.
Hey !!! If anyone wants to try a 2 mile fitness test, we could put it to a team vote.
I will email you all tomorrow, an hour before practices starts, if rain appears to be an issue.
Sincerely,
Coach Bo
REPOST - Paul VI Tennis - Service Toss 'How To' - Feb 2010
What is the most important shot, yet hardest to master in the sport of tennis? The Serve. I want you all to visit this you tube site and watch the video there on the service toss. Listen and pick up some necessary tips to improve your service toss. Note why Brad Gilbert thinks the toss is so important.
Brad Gilbert is one of the best in the tennis coaching business, he resurrected Andre Agassi's career in the late 1990's and spent time after that coaching Andy Roddick and Andy Murray, both in the top 10 now. This simple activity was something we did each and everyday of the first part of practice. Gilbert thought it so important that he and his partner invented a teaching aid for that specific reason. To mold it to you muscle memory in the most effective and efficient way.
The advice he gives about the toss is point for point the same as I gave all tennis team members each and every time we practiced such. Many of you didn't seem to like it. I hope this video sways your opinion now of its importance.
Notice the target dot in the video that he uses to practice the toss. Please hear where Brad recommends to start the toss and where to release the toss. Remember put a very little bit of pressure on the ball with the forefinger and thumb of your toss hand. Notice Brad and Venus above holding their toss arm up after the release of the ball. See his eyes and head still held up after the release of the ball. Notice where he holds the tennis ball in his hand. It was great to find this new training aid product, on brad's "square hit" website.
