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          It was back in November 2017, at the BTCA Coaches Conference in Northampton that I met Head Coach of Aphrodite Hills Tennis Academy, Scott Wakefield.  Scott was exhibiting his Academy in Cyprus, and we were doing the same trying to promote sportsprosconnect.com.  So, as the presentations were going on, all […]

              Good morning Ken DeHart.  Its a pleasure speaking to you today. Could you please spend a few minutes telling us viewers a little about yourself and your career in tennis as a player and coach? My name is Ken DeHart. I am the Director of Player Development at […]

Order! Order! How chronological and biomechanical order relate to efficient and effective technique Maybe you’ve heard the Speaker of the House of Commons, the man who maintains discipline and order during parliamentary debates at The Houses of Parliament in London, shout Order! Order! When the debate becomes rowdy! I frequently find myself talking to coaches […]

        Good morning Josh Whiteman, could I ask you to introduce yourself and a little about your history in tennis? Morning Mark, thanks for having me. A brief history of my coaching experience is this: I started coaching on the AELTC’s Wimbledon Junior Tennis Initiative. It is a fantastic scheme that visits […]

                    Good morning Dr Michelle Cleere, its great to be able to interview you here today…  For those who don’t know, please tell us a little about yourself and what you do for a living? Dr. Michelle: Good morning Mark and thanks so much for having […]

                    Emma Doyle, its a pleasure to have you with us today!  Please could you introduce yourself and what you have done in the tennis world so far? Hi Mark – and thank you for allowing me to share some of my insights on your blog.  […]

Vertical throwing to develop the serve:  If you get your kids throwing overarm to practise serving, you might find these pictures of the developmental stages of the throw interesting. (I’d love to tell you where I got them from, and I’d like to give the author credit, but I honestly can’t remember) The problem is […]

                 Good morning George Scholz, consultant / advisor of iFOOTWORX TM, please introduce yourself and your history in tennis and other sports. Hi Mark, Tennis Coaches, Athletes, Fans … We truly love and appreciate Social Tennis, your hard work, innovation, enthusiasm and passion for Tennis and Tennis Coaches! […]

          Welcome, Neil Alvarez, as the first coach to be interviewed by sportsprosconnect.com in 2018.  Firstly, could you please introduce yourself and your background? Thank you Mark, for receiving me here. My name is Neil Alvarez i am the discoverer and developer of Alvarez Fear & Recoil Test Trainer R90-17. I […]

   Like any business you need goals to succeed.   At sportsprosconnect.com one of our long term goals is  to ‘help the sport of tennis by growing the participation levels worldwide’. In order to achieve this it is down to each countries tennis federation to come up with a plan, and inform their coaches on how to deliver […]

Developing the best athletes at Point of Contact by improving balance, agility, timing and spacing – Hugo Allen & Lenny Schloss  Striking the ball in the sweet spot and keeping the eyes on the point of contact for at least a tenth of a second ensures a player is on balance, increasing the number of […]

  Good morning Bill, please tell us a little about yourself and your background as a top level tennis coach. Well coming up on 30 years now coaching and teaching tennis world wide.   I have been fortunate enough to play, coach, teach and speak in over 20 countries world wide during this time with players […]

        I flew to New York with 3 major goals in mind.  The first goal was definitely achievable, the second goal possible, and the third – well optimistic is one word that describes it well.  Nothing tried, nothing gained…  You have to speculate to accumulate, I was telling myself.  At the end […]

Good morning Yves Latreille, thank you very much for your piece on mental preparation last week.  This is just to follow up on this and is a series of questions that has been collated from the viewers…  Firstly, how important do you feel that mental preparation is for a beginner, league player and then for […]

  Mental Preparation in Sporting Athletes: Firstly, I think there is a lot of misconceptions and a lack of understanding from players, parents and some coaches of what mental preparation actually is for athletes in general… Mental preparation is not:    PSYCHOANALYSIS OR PSYCHIATRY… So, what is Mental Preparation? Mental preparation centres on the learning […]

   August News: Its only the first day in August and I havent been in touch since Federer became Wimbledon Champion again and Garbine Muguruza beat Venus in the Womens Final.  Another memorable Wimbledon has gone and now we are on a countdown to the final Major of the Year – the US Open.  I […]

       Good morning Viktoriya Lushkova, firstly, could you please tell us a little about yourself and your background as a tennis player. I was born in Ukraine, neither of my parents ever played tennis so I’m the first family member to ever play. I have played tennis for over 15 years. I first […]

  A True story by Herold Super. Living in the so called ‘ Gold Coast Area’ at the Lake of Zürich, Switzerland – we say ‘Oligarch County’-Surrounded by at least 35.000 Millionaires….. On a sunny day, the very pretty moms drive their Range Rovers…Pretty daughters their Mini Coopers and dad in his Ferrari, Lamborghini or […]

          Good morning Jon McLamb.  Could you give the viewers a brief synopsis of your history in tennis? I played junior tennis in North Carolina and college tennis at East Carolina University. Following college, I taught tennis at Forsyth Country Club in Winston-Salem, NC and Bent Tree Country Club in Dallas, […]

        Wimbledon Women’s Singles: Top picks Serena Williams pulled off a remarkable feat earlier this year when she won the Australian Open despite being eight months pregnant. She is now in her final trimester as Wimbledon approaches, and she will have to be content with cheering on 37-year-old sister Venus from the […]