Brian Thinks: Ideas from the Court

How to look for a tennis job during Covid-19.

DAILY TENNIS TIP / EPISODE 237

1. Start now by Updating Your Linked In Page

2. Network

3. Continue to Deliver Value To Your Students

4. Set Up Budget with Under Employment or Unemployment.

5. Reduce Costs and Accelerate Debt.

6. Consider SBA Disaster Assistance.

7. Avoid Debt To Make You Feel Better

8. Stick To Routines

9.  Stay in Shape

10. Schedule Doctor Appointments (Dentist, Vision, Orthodontist, Physical Therapy).

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Brian explains the type of tennis pro's to look for when looking for tennis programming.

DAILY TENNIS TIP / EPISODE 236

Generalist:

1.  Club Pro:  Kids, Adults, Privates, Group Lessons

2. Part Time Pro / Freelancer

Specialist:

1.  Development Coach 10-14 years of age (Rick Macci and Nick Bollettieri )

2. High Performance Coach

3. Touring Coach

4.  Beginner Coach - Tiny Tots or Adult Introductory or HS Tennis Coach

5.  Privates

6.  Large Groups / Camps / Programs (Director of Tennis at a Country Club).

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What's going on with the current state of tennis and the courts we play on.  Brian analyzes how the international sport of tennis copes with Covid-19.

DAILY TENNIS NEWS / EPISODE 236

1.  Pandemic Insurance.

2. US Open Become Satellite Hospital

3. South Florida Tennis Courts Are Shut Down.

4. Rest of Florida Is Not As Strict

5. Raleigh Tennis Club Use Policy of the Future?

Wimbledon Cashes in on Pandemic Insurance Policy

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Brian explains how to solve the transparent net trap when you are playing tennis and other fresh perspectives on how to see the game of tennis.

DAILY TENNIS TIP / EPISODE 235

1.  The Naked Eye Can't See Contact With Your Racquet.

2. Tracking the Ball vs Watching The Ball

3.  The See Through Net

4.  Fear of Hitting Long (Can't See Where it Lands)

5.   How will I look? (Fear of missing)

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Brian dives into the value of point play for developing your tennis game.

DAILY TENNIS TIP / EPISODE 234

1.  Practice Points

2. LiveBall

3. League Matches

4. Tournaments

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Brian explains how the best tennis players have more discipline than talent.  

Day 6 of the 7-Day Kick Start Tennis Lesson Series:  Habit Building.

DAILY TENNIS TIP / EPISODE 233

1.  Examples of athletes with great talent.

2. Examples of athletes with great discipline.

3. Examples of athletes that have both.

4.  How do you develop good habits?

5.  How often should you practice?

6.  The power of information.

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Brian explains the benefits of "Situational Drilling" to improve your tennis game.

DAILY TENNIS TIP / EPISODE 232

1.  Who are Situational Drills Good for?

2. What is a Situational Drill?

3. Why are Situational Drills Beneficial?

4.  When is a good time to do Situational Drills?

5.  Which Situational Drills are best?

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Brian describes how Return of Serve practice can transform your tennis game.

DAILY TENNIS TIP / EPISODE 231

1.  Find someone who can serve.

2. Find a Ball Machine with Elevated Projectile 

3. Back Returns

4. Neutral Returns

5. Aggressive Returns

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DAILY TENNIS TIP / EPISODE 230

Brian Goes Over the Fundamentals of the Serve to prepare you for his online course Xelerator Tennis System.

Tip: Warm Up Before Your Serve

Toss Practice

1.  How To Hold The Ball

2. Three Hinges

3. Elevator Shaft

How To Hold the Racquet.

1.  Frying Pan

2. Forehand Grip

3.  Continental

Timing Your Serve

1.  Experiment with Height

2. Timing of Your Forward Swing

3. Full Motion

4. Abbreviated Swing

Targets

1.  Aim for Service Line 

2. Missing Long better than Missing In The Net

3. Hit A Lot

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Brian incorporates movement into the 7-Day Kick Start Tennis Lesson Series.

DAILY TENNIS TIP / EPISODE 230

1. WARM UP MOVEMENT

2. FEET & LEGS

3. TRUNK & CORE

4. HAND & EYES

5. REPEAT - WITH BALL STRIKING

6. PROGRESSIONS - 30 -45 MIN WARM UP

7.  SITUATIONAL DRILLS

8. POINT PLAY

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