I think we need to equip our students to be able to play a tennis match in 30 days. That’s right, 30 days, not 6 months, not 2 years.

 

For most, ‘playing’ tennis is way more enjoyable than being fed balls or doing drills.

“Playing” gets them to fall in love with the sport, and reduces drop-out.

 

If your students’ goal is to play matches eventually, we are doing a dis-service to our players if we don’t prepare them for playing matches in a fast and efficient way.

 

You can teach someone to play in 30 days if you teach them simplified swings.

 

#2 Players Don’t Use the Right Equipment When Starting Out

Having a new player use a 27” powerful racquet & high bouncing tennis ball on a 78’ court is not the best learning environment.

 

Too many failure happen with each skill before the player is able to get the hang of it, and time needs to be spent reversing bad habits.

 

All of this is solved when you put the right equipment in a player’s hands.

The right equipment in my opinion is Spec Tennis equipment.

 

I’ve had so many players on the court that were using a regular tennis racquet and were frustrated, but then when I put a Spec Tennis paddle in their hand and had them try the same skill, it was like magic. Suddenly they were able to gain confidence in the skill in ½ the amount of time. And since they built confidence in the skill it was easy for then to them switch back to the tennis racquet.

 

Failing too often is not a good thing. By using Spec Tennis equipment you control their success rate.

 

#3 Players Don’t Practice on Their Own

Sure, players spend time on the tennis courts in between their lessons, but do they actuall y ‘practice’ the skill(s) that they’re working on in their lessons? Not typically.

It’s because we aren’t enabling them to practice on their own.

 

Say a beginning adult is working on their forehand in private lessons. When they go to practice with their friend who is also a beginner, not much gets accomplished in terms of practicing that skill. ½ the time, the practice partner isn’t capable of hitting to their friend’s forehand and rallies are short. A high % of balls that do go to the forehand are not in the desired strike zone..

Eventually the players say “let’s just rally” or something along those lines.

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Ever since I incorporated Spec Tennis into my curriculum, players CAN and DO practice on their own.

The Spec Tennis paddles and soft tennis balls give players control, making practice more productive. Logistically it becomes easier to practice. They can practice anywhere including in their driveway.

 

They’re able to take full swings at the ball and control it in a small space. More balls are hit in a shorter amount of time. Less balls are played out of their strike zone. They improve at a faster rate. End of story.

 

 

30 Day Course

I’ve created a video course called the “30 Day Tennis Blueprint” which tackles all of the above problems.

I teach players simple functional swings, get them using the right equipment, and teach them how to practice on their own.

You can pick up the course today here: https://spectennis.com/product/30-day-blueprint/

And enter promo code: “spec15off” at checkout for 15% off.

 

If you’d like to learn more about Spec Tennis please contact me, nate@spectennis.com