Tag Archive | court behavior
Preparation Checklist: Item #1
If you have been following the crazytennis mom you know that my son has just started his journey into D1 tennis. As a tennis parent it is time for me to sit back and reflect on what kind of tennis parent I was. It is time to see if I did my job of raising […]
Chill Out!
What is it about tennis that causes so many people to be uptight and strung out? It doesn’t matter if you are playing, coaching, watching, talking about or writing about it, people just tend to get too excited about it. Don’t get me wrong I love the sport, and I have had my day of getting […]
Staight Talk from the Tennis Coach
I want to thank Danai C Samuriwo from tenniswithD for writing my guest blog today. I met Danai through the tennisopolis social network. Danai is very involved in the tennis world as a tennis teaching pro, club manager, tennis shop owner and a top-level tennis player himself. Danai writes great blog posts for both tennisopolis and his own blog spot. I asked […]
Words of Wisdom to Share with my Tennis Playing Friends
Coach Billmore from coachbillmoore.wordpress.com posted an incredible blog today that I would like to share. It is a portion of the Commodore Creed that he feels is the most important part for all athletes to remember. Although Coach Billmore isn’t a tennis coach I think the advise holds true for all tennis players as well. If you have a […]
When it’s Time to “Push” my Junior Tennis Player
I left the high school tennis match rather frustrated with my younger son yesterday. He continues to make the same mistakes again and again and appears to play with so little thought into what he is doing. I have been very quiet this tennis season, respecting the fact that he has come back from a […]
Professional Tennis Players Behaving Badly
I came across this article today from Tennis Mental Edge about controlling our temper on the court. It includes three must see videos of the Pro’s behaving badly. After watching them you may realize that your “bad behavior“ on the court really is not that bad. Racket breaking has never been a problem in our household but when my […]
Bad Line Calls. What Can You Do?
“There’s no way that was out, are you an idiot**?!” Screaming, cursing, throwing racquets, smashing the ball back to your opponent, these are all regular occurences on a tennis court. It doesn’t matter if your watching juniors, adults or professionals you are going to see these emotional outbursts and loss of control. Nine times out of ten it has come after […]
What Is Sportsmanship?
Reblogged from ParentingAces: Parents and coaches, please watch this short clip from Dr. Jim Loehr on the importance of sportsmanship. Dr. Loehr is a world-renowned performance psychologist, CEO of the Human Performance Institute, and author of 15 books including his most recent, The Power of Story. Jim Loehr’s contention is that managing energy, not time, […]
