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Cover: 20 drills for creating versatile tennis players
20 Drills for Creating Versatile Tennis Players
with Renata Marcinkowska,
Tennis Pro & Instructor;
2x All American at Oklahoma State University

Join world renowned tennis professional Renata Marcinkowska for a look new drills to keep your practices fresh and your creative juices flowing.

Marcinkowska shows you a unique warm up to get your players focused and having fun while developing racket control.

She demonstrates more than 20 drills to help your players become resourceful on the tennis court. These drills help promote the use of different grips, controlling the angle of the racket head, increasing the velocity on your strokes, improving footwork, building a "delayed passing" mentality, and much more.

In addition, you will see the importance of generating different types of spin on the ball during your practice sessions and the fundamental swing movements to create them.

You'll also discover how "branding" can become a great asset to a player's repertoire during a long match.

Give your players the opportunity to grow their game by improving their creativity on the court.

56 minutes. 2011.

DVD
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Cover: the most common tennis errors and corrections--second edition!
The Most Common Tennis Errors and Corrections--Second Edition!
with Renata Marcinkowska,
World Champion Tennis Professional & Instructor

Unforced errors are the difference between winning and losing many tennis matches. Eliminating these costly errors is crucial in the quest for greatness.

Building on her 2004 release, The 32 Most Common Tennis Errors (& Corrections!), World Tennis Champion Renata Marcinkowska takes you through more than 10 types of shots, showing numerous common errors followed by a correction for each along with an exercises to use when fine tuning those skills.

Marcinkowska's demonstrations make it very easy and simple to understand the mistake and correct them immediately. Swing errors include forehand, backhand, over hand, approach shots, and the serve. Also understand how a quick grip change can fix an entire error and how practicing on a clay court will improve performance quickly.

In addition, Marcinkowska gives you tips for avoiding player burnout to keep your program in high spirits and your athletes excited to be there.

A great video for high school and collegiate coaches, as well as tennis parents who want to help their children build championship technique.

70 minutes. 2011.

DVD
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Cover: high school tennis coaching academy 3-pack
High School Tennis Coaching Academy 3-Pack
TND-03849A: with Lawrence Eyre, Maharishi School (IA) Head Tennis Coach;
USPTA "National High School Coach of the Year" 2009,
Professional 1 Certified Tennis Teacher(USPTA -1991),
16 State of Iowa Titles (4 team, 7 singles, 5 doubles), 10 runner-up (7 team, 1 singles, 2 doubles)
featured in Sports Illustrated "Faces in the Crowd"

We followed 2009 National High School Coach of the Year Lawrence Eyre through two extended practice sessions giving you unprecedented access to every conversation, drill, decision and the layout of his practices.

In addition to live practice footage, Coach Eyre delivers `spot on' coaching points and explanations that will enable you to take his ideas and blend them into your own style of coaching.

Over the course of these practice sessions, Eyre focuses on strengthening five key areas in order of importance.

  • Consistency and accuracy of strokes and serves (most important)
  • Direction and placement
  • Depth
  • Spin
  • Velocity/speed/power (of least importance)
This DVD provides a myriad of drills and coaching points to ensure that each of your players continues to improve in these areas.

Lawrence Eyre has had great success with several generations of high school tennis players. Now you can implement the drills, techniques and coaching tactics that have led to 16 state championships!

219 minutes (2 DVDs). 2011.



TND-03849B: with Lawrence Eyre, Maharishi School (IA) Head Tennis Coach;
USPTA "National High School Coach of the Year" 2009,
Professional 1 Certified Tennis Teacher(USPTA -1991),
16 State of Iowa Titles (4 team, 7 singles, 5 doubles), 10 runner-up (7 team, 1 singles, 2 doubles)
featured in Sports Illustrated "Faces in the Crowd"

The majority of a tennis match takes place between points and sets. If you and your athletes know how to make the most of this time, you will gain a competitive advantage over your opponents.

This unprecedented `All Access' DVD is an unbelievable teaching tool designed to help coaches maintain the all-important balance between specific, practical feedback and overall motivational encouragement of their players during match play.

COACHING IN PRACTICE
USPTA's 2009 High School Coach of the Year Lawrence Eyre takes you inside a "live" team practice and simulates how he prepares his team for a match. Using an intra-squad match, Eyres demonstrates how he practices watching and coaching his players at changeovers or at the end of sets.

COACHING IN A LIVE MATCH
On Disc 2, you will see Coach Eyre 'on the move' at every opportunity - from court to court - offering observations, suggestions and encouragement to all of his players during their matches. Filmed during an actual high school tennis match, this is a segment you will want to watch again and again. The coaching and the suggestions are terrific!

Get a leg up on your competition this season by mastering your down time during the match!

Eyre-coached teams have played for the State Team Championship 11 times in the past 24 seasons despite being the smallest school in the State of Iowa with a tennis team!

140 minutes (2 DVDs). 2011.



TND-03849C: with Lawrence Eyre, Maharishi School (IA) Head Tennis Coach;
USPTA "National High School Coach of the Year" 2009,
Professional 1 Certified Tennis Teacher(USPTA -1991),
16 State of Iowa Titles (4 team, 7 singles, 5 doubles), 10 runner-up (7 team, 1 singles, 2 doubles)
featured in Sports Illustrated "Faces in the Crowd"

Lawrence Eyre has taught and coached 15,000 tennis players over an impressive career that spans several decades of changing equipment, ideas and facilities. As a result, Eyre knows the challenge of putting together a tennis-specific strength, conditioning and quickness training program that works in the off-season, pre-season and in-season.

This DVD contains a collection of games and drills that can be applied to a wide variety of court conditions, team sizes and talent levels.

From the warm-up to the cool down and everything in between, Eyre shares all of the games, exercises and drills that he uses, with consistent success, to improve his players' fitness levels, prevent the occurrence of repetitive, overuse injuries and keep practices fun and competitive.

You will appreciate Eyre's coaching points throughout the DVD - perfectly timed to eliminate any confusion in how to organize a game or drill and/or why this drill is done, as well as insights on team building, hydration, rest and more.

This excellent tennis DVD also includes a resourceful `Rube Goldberg Machine' of eight training stations, all operating simultaneously on one court. It includes reaction drills, weight training, running and plyometrics, plus, tennis-specific drills on court - both with and without tennis rackets. Your team will love it!

Eyre-coached teams have played for the State Team Championship 11 times in the past 24 seasons despite being the smallest school in the State of Iowa with a tennis team!

90 minutes. 2011.



DVD
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Cover: fundamentals, formations & tactics
Fundamentals, Formations & Tactics
by Craig Tiley,
Director of Player Development for Tennis Australia;
former University of Illinois Head Men's Tennis Coach, 2003 NCAA Champions, 2X National Indoor Champions, 1999 & 2003 NCAA Coach of the Year

America's leading college doubles coach teaches you and your players how to learn new and exciting ideas that will develop winning doubles combinations for all levels of play. This tape includes on-court discussions about the importance and function of each player's role in doubles and demonstrates on team serving and returning formations. Serving formations include conventional, Australian, tandem, and the new switch formation. Returning formations include conventional, offsetting, and attacking. Effective team work strategies are also demonstrated.

36 minutes. 1997.

DVD
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Cover: creative tennis
Creative Tennis
with Joe Dinoffer

Creative Tennis is the ultimate tennis teachers guide for group lessons and creative drills. Great for staff training or any serious coach or parent helping any level of player improve their tennis. The 2-disk DVD set is packed with over 5 hours of action that is divided into 6 programs:

  • 9 Keys to Small Groups
  • Fun with Large Groups
  • Footwork and Movement Drills
  • Decision-Making Drills
  • Game-Based Learning
  • Game-Based Drills.

2 DVDs 5+ hours. 2010.

DVD
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