I had Nick read this article to the team before practice on Friday. The article described Collingswood's tennis team prospects for the up coming season. In it Coach Topeka specifically talked about consistency and working on the little things during practice. He spoke to his boys about ball control and how it is unnecessary to over hit. He reminds his boys that they don't need to serve a 100mph. These are all things that I've had us work on since our beginning. I imagine all coaches are running their practices along the same lines. So take heed that you are doing pretty much the same practice as everyone else.
I now remind us for the hundredth time that we warm-up our serve at 70% power. I understand young men, heck probably all men of any age, love to serve the ball as hard as they can, from the first moment on court for the day. This will lead to shoulder problems. I see many trying this and I hope this article and now blog post will hit home my point.
