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50 Leading the new generation: knowledge takes time to develop but learning from more-seasoned mentors can keep you ahead of the game.

52 Nurture and develop: experience has only added to David Close’s passion for developing future champions.

53 What do you see? Daniel Nestor’s backhand volley has helped him claim the world No. 1 doubles ranking and multiple Grand Slam titles.

56 Coach Talk

57 Coach drills

58 Coach corner

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Everyone has a story to tell and most often the person is sure to have had learnt a lesson from the specific

implementations to their coaching business. In turn, their success has the potential to inspire you to also achieve your own success.

Being open to and attending seminars and conferences will only assist you in becoming a better equipped coach. Australian Tennis Magazine looks at some personal development options and the benefits they offer.

Australian Grand Slam Coaches’ Conference

The fourth consecutive Australia Grand Slam Coaches’ Conference attracted a record of more than 260 coaches to the three-day conference.

The coaches who attended had the opportunity to learn from the experiences of a talented line-up of speakers including Roger Federer’s coach Paul Annacone and Gil Reyes – Andre Agassis’s former fitness trainer.

Other keynote speakers included former pro player and Tennis Australia Academy Head Coach, Scott Draper, world leading biomechanist Professor Bruce Elliott, skills acquisition specialist Dr Damien Farrow, Michele Krause of Cardio Tennis USA, Pat Rafter’s former development coach Gary Stickler and Australian Institute of Sport women’s coach, Nicole Pratt.

“I feel that this conference goes a long way towards fostering a sense of unity amongst the people working in the tennis industry from the ground up,” Tennis Australia Club Professional coach Bryan McKenna says.

Delegates had an option of attending two streams – ‘Community Tennis’ or ‘Champion’ streams – which helped to tailor the conference to suit their specific needs.

Being open to share experiences is the cornerstone of the Australian Grand Slam Coaches’ Conference allowing coaches to learn different ways of doing things better or more efficiently.

“Too often tennis coaches work in isolation in order to earn a living and therefore are guarded and protective of their knowledge, techniques, teaching strategies and business set-ups,” McKenna says.

“This conference allows all coaches to learn from each other, to appreciate just what it takes to make a champion, to see and hear from the leading coaches, mentors, and trainers worldwide to gain confidence in their own teaching techniques by confirming their own strategies and also at the same time learning and sharing new ideas with others.”

Coach mentoringA mentor has the potential

to influence a new coach or an experienced coach with their coaching careers. Whether it is on a formal or an informal basis, on the job training can make an enormous difference.

The mentoring can be used for a vast

array of topics including on court coaching, lesson planning, building club-coach relationships,

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Experience takes time to build, but you can learn from the experience of others and continuing to develop your knowledge will keep you ahead of the game. By Daniela Toleski

A SECTION DEDICATED TO TENNIS AUSTRALIA COACH MEMBERS

Tennis Australia Coach Membership T: 03 9914 4191 F: 03 9650 1040 Email: [email protected] Website: www.tennis.com.au/membership

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Attaining extra knowledge will assist you with developing your athletes.


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coaching programs, marketing or business management.

“In an industry where professional development can be confined to the formal environs of group coaching courses, mentoring is a valuable source of one-on-one professional development,” Tennis Australia Coach Development Project Manager Andrea Buckeridge says.

The value of mentoring in facilitating professional development can be maximised be a mentee’s organisation and openness, respect of their mentor’s expertise and willingness to develop (or change if required).

A mentoring relationship usually begins with someone a mentee looks up to and admires, but it’s important for both parties to be available and agree on a structure including duration, set some boundaries, identify areas in which the mentor is qualified and willing to assist, identify the mentee’s goals to ensure achievable targets and expectations are met and review the relationship.

Receiving unique one-on-one personalised professional development that’s tailored to

specific needs will allow mentees to develop in certain areas that they feel needs a little more attention.

Mentoring can also be a professional development opportunity for the mentor. The experience can re-energise them, provide a new point of focus in a career they’ve held for years and further expand their skills by exposing them to new coaching methods, from what is usually a new generation mentee.

Tennis Australia encourages head coaches to take on mentoring roles on an informal or formal basis with their staff to share knowledge and experience to enhance on-the-job learning.

NetworkingBeing a qualified coach already, you

probably already have a passion for learning, but all forms of personal development assist you with networking.

Building up a network of other coaches will not only assist you by increasing your knowledge but it will add value to what you can offer as a coach. These like-minded people may even require your services in the future and most professional development opportunities will give you access to highly skilled and knowledgeable experts within the tennis industry whom you might otherwise not have come into contact with.

As a mentor or a speaker there is sure to be a sense of satisfaction with sharing knowledge and skills with another coach. It also helps to bridge the gap between a newcomer to the tennis industry and its long-term members.

So whether you’re starting out as a coach or have been in the industry for a while, the knowledge that you gain from the experiences of others will not only develop you as a coach, but can have an impact on your business for the better.

Benefits of learning from others• Equipped with more tools in your toolkit• More confidence• Being ahead of your competition• Develop yourself and your business

Tennis coaching conferences around the world USTA Tennis Teachers Conference

The 2011 USTA Tennis Teachers Conference will tentatively take place 27–29 August 2011 at the Grand Hyatt New York in New York City. Visit www.usta.com/ttc for more information.

ITF Worldwide Coaches ConferenceThe 17th ITF Worldwide Coaches

Conference will be held at the Port Ghalib Red Sea Resort, Egypt from 19–25 November 2011.Visit itftennis.com/coaching/education/workshops/worldwidecoaches for more information.

Roger Federer’s coach Paul Annacone shared his knowledge with Australian Grand Slam Coaches’ Conference attendees.


David Close’s business Avanti Tennis is the official coaching operation at the East Camberwell Tennis Club.

The club is located in the beautiful setting of Riversdale Park in Melbourne’s east and actively supported by the surrounding Camberwell community and members since its initial founding in 1920.

It offers six spacious en tout cas tennis courts, and two Mod Grass tennis courts, all under lights, giving members the opportunity to participate both socially and in competitions.

Close’s involvement in tennis began at the age of eight with his most vivid memory being rubbing shoulders with some of tennis’ greats.

“My most memorable moment as a player would have been when I got to play alongside my childhood heroes including Bjorn Borg, Guillermo Vilas and Cash at a Honda Tennis Challenge at Queens Club in London,” he says.

But he pursued education and completed a Bachelor of Education in PE degree, which ultimately led to his coaching career.

“Once I completed my Bachelor of Education in PE I was teaching full-time and coaching.

Within a short period of time I realised that I loved the coaching more,” he says.

“Being outdoors, having a lot of variety in the ages and abilities of the students and the opportunities to travel were a lot more available. Meeting new people in the world of tennis and travelling have always been a passion of mine and tennis has enabled me to get to places that I may have

never have gone to before.”He further expanded his knowledge

by completing both Australian and European coaching qualifications – including LTA CCA Coach in the UK and is part of the Registered Tennis Professionals in Europe. He has also recently been recognised as a Talent Development Coach through his results in developing athletes.

Close has over 21 years of coaching experience gained at clubs in and around Melbourne as well as overseas in the UK. He’s also been a Tennis Australia national touring coach.

During his coaching career so far he has worked with numerous top UK juniors and he was appointed the ITF coach for the 2007 tour to the Australian Open Junior Championships (with the team including Richard Berankis who currently has an ATP ranking of 74).

“As an [Australian] national touring coach I have taken teams to Young Stars, Orange Bowl and in 2010 a German Tour. Some of the players on these trips that I coached included James Duckworth, Maverick Banes, Jarryd Chaplin and Annabelle Andrinopolos,” Close says.

He currently coaches a few players part of the Melbourne National Academy or the Tennis Victoria State Program and these include Isabella Beischer, Carla Georgescu, Caleb Boland, Chanel Dimos, Andjela Reljic, Zac Marshall, Jessica Brzozoskwa and Brittany Boys.

Learning more about his

students has helped Close to develop programs to suit individuals to help them all reach their full potential.

“I work hard on getting to know the personality of my players and what makes them tick and how to get the best out of them,” Close says.

“I believe from a young age to instil in my players a love of the game, a strong sound technique with a wide range of shot capabilities so not to be just one dimensional but to have the ability to think out on court through situations and probably most importantly of all a strong self-belief,” he says.

Having the ability to make an impact on someone’s life in a sport that they enjoy is something that inspires Close with his coaching, especially being a witness to the improvement made by his students.

“This could be a four-year-old, an inspiring junior or an older adult player. To see a player progress from a beginner player to an elite level is always a buzz,” he says.

Close is committed to his club and hopes to have a role in making a difference to the club’s future.

“I will continue to develop and improve the programs and opportunities for members and coaching clients that have been put in place at East Camberwell Tennis Club. This club has seen large capital projects completed in the last two years, an increase in membership and participation in teams, so it’s an enthused club with energy,” he says.

With passion for his club and the willingness to learn more about tennis, Close has the drive

and dedication to evolve with the game.

With more than 21 years experience as a coach, David Close is working hard to nurture and develop junior talent in Melbourne.

Name: David Close

Club: East Camberwell Tennis

Club, Victoria

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UK – LTA CCA Coach, European

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Professionals), Bachelor of

Education in PE

Other: Tennis Australia Talent

Development Coach, Tennis

Australia Touring Coach

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David explains the correct grip to one of his students.

In 2002 Daniel Nestor was ranked No. 1 in the world in men’s doubles. Known as one of the best doubles players on tour, Nestor shows us the backhand volley that helped him win the mixed doubles title with Katarina Srebotnik at this year’s Australian Open.

By the Stroke Master

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Racquet head above wrist.


Elbows away from the body create a space between arms and body.

Forward movement continues towards the net.

Trunk and shoulder rotation to align the racquet to the oncoming ball.


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Where Science MeetS Art

the other interpretAtion of ‘body-Weight’

Listen to commentary of professional sport and you’ll often hear those involved refer to how many ‘body-weights’ of force need to be absorbed as part of performing a particular sports skill.

Think cricket bowling, athletics or gymnastics ... and ‘body-weights’ are virtually synonymous with any discussion on injury. The term itself refers to the number of times that the force absorbed during an impact (typically between foot and court-track-pitch) can be expressed in body-weights (i.e. force of impact / [player mass x gravity]).

With this in mind, let’s take a look at how ‘stressful’ moving on a hard court is on a player’s body. The table below summarises how many body-weights of force are absorbed through a player’s body when performing movement patterns typical of tennis and as compared to other sports skills.

In comparing the peak force numbers, it is little wonder that

gymnasts and cricket bowlers sustain so many musculoskeletal injuries at young ages. The same could be said of young tennis players when one considers the repeated loads that their bodies (lower limbs, hips and spine) need to absorb as a function of point play (landing from a serve, changing direction). From this perspective, it’s fortunate that the jump smash is relatively rare in tennis!

Landing and/or running technique can moderate the forces tolerated by the body, while the ground reaction force profiles will also change with court surface. To this end, it’s unsurprising that clay has been linked to a lower incidence of injury. The sliding that is such a feature of clay court tennis helps to dissipate the force that is absorbed by the lower limbs – in much the same way as the follow-through does for the upper-limbs during the ground strokes and the serve.

Sport Skill peak vertical ground reaction force (expressed relative to body-weight)

Gymnastics Back-sault 10–13Cricket Front foot contact in fast bowling 8–10Athletics Sprinting 2–3Tennis Change of direction 2–2.5

Front foot landing from a serve 3–4 Landing from a jump smash >10


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Dr Machar Reid holds a PhD in tennis biomechanics and is the Sport Science and Medicine Manager for Tennis Australia.

If players actually hit different serves “off the same toss”?

Some coaching texts encourage servers to use the same toss for every serve, thereby limiting the information on offer to returners. In contrast, coaches implore returners to attend to

the ball toss in an effort to determine the tactical intent of the server. Jim Courier articulated these ‘competing interests’ by stating: “you

can see a server’s tendencies if they toss the ball in a certain spot” yet “the best servers don’t give anything away ... with the same toss they can hit three spots on the court: out wide, into the body and then down the middle”.

A recent analysis of some of this country’s best young playing talent considered whether players do ‘hit different serves off the same toss’. While it could be argued that the players to which Courier referred weren’t being assessed, the findings were instructive. That is, in serving down the T, body and wide target locations on the deuce court, the right handed players maintained their ball toss position in the forward and vertical directions but not laterally. While only subtle, the differences in the lateral direction were consistent and pointed to the toss following the direction of the target. This finding appears counterintuitive and challenges the way that most of us think about the ball toss in the serve given that a common way of exaggerating the slice (typically associated with the wide serve on the deuce court) applied to the ball is to toss it further right (for a right-handed player).

froM the StAndSTrunk rotation in the forehand ... how much rotation is enough?

Imagine two male players, one professional in his early 20s and the other a nationally ranked 16-year-old, exchanging forehands crosscourt. The coach, knowing the important role of ‘trunk

rotation’ to velocity development in the stroke, may contrast the separation angles (the angular difference between the alignment of the hips and shoulders) of both players.

Any subsequent and related advice may sound good and it may

even elicit an immediate (but unlikely lasting) change to the player’s performance. But, what is the coach really observing and how realistic is the feedback given the likely physical constraints of both players? Here, recent work out of Salzburg in Austria offers some interesting insights regarding the trunk’s involvement, and our instruction of that involvement, in the forehand stroke.

Their analysis of the forehands of two groups of male players reflects our age-based (16 v early 20s) vignette. The three most impactful findings are summarised below.

• Dragoo, J. L., & Braun, H. J. (2010). The effect of playing surface on injury rate. Sport Medicine, 40, 11: 981-990.• Landlinger, J., Lindinger, S., Stoggl, T., Wagner, H., & Muller, E. (2010). Kinematic differences of elite and high-performance tennis players in the

cross court and down the line forehand. Sport Biomechanics, 9, 4: 280-295.• Reid, M., Whiteside, D., & Elliott B. (2011). Hitting to different spots on the court: the ball kinematics of the professional tennis serve. Sport

Biomechanics (submitted).

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All players rotated their trunks to the same extent (created very similar separation angles) in the backswing.

The ~2o-year-olds rotated their pelvises far more aggressively through to impact and, in the process, generated higher racquet speeds than the younger players.

The linear velocity of the shoulder and rotation of the upper trunk/shoulders were more pronounced among the older players (whom generated higher racquet speeds).

practical application

Separation angle has a physical limit. In other words, unless the extent to which players rotate their shoulders passed their hips is noticeably lacking, more is not better.

‘Back hip’ drive helps to produce the rotation of the pelvis. It is linked with higher hitting speeds but likely realises it full potential with age/increased strength.

16 and ~20-year-old male players prepare their trunks similarly in the backswing but engage their trunks differently in the forwardswing. Once players learn to rotate their shoulders passed their hips in the backswing (which can happen far younger than 16), the focus should shift to the timing and magnitude of the players’ trunk rotation to impact. Maturation, and more specifically trunk-shoulder strength and anthropometry (i.e. girth) will present early physical constraints to this forward trunk rotation.


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2011 Australian Grand Slam Coaches’ Conference DVDs now available

Interested in watching footage from the 2011 Australian Grand Slam Coaches’ Conference? Tennis Australia coach members can now hire the DVDs free of charge from their state resource library. Contact your local Coach Development Coordinator to hire now.

Presenter notes and powerpoint presentations can be downloaded at tennis.com.au/coaches/resources/education.

Find-A-Coach on the Tennis Australia website is the most effective way for players, parents and the public to

find a qualified tennis coach. A new look Tennis Australia website has been launched including an improved Find-A-Coach

function. Qualified coach members can update their details online now. Visit tennis.com.au/coaches/membership and click on the button “Update profile” to update your details. Please log in with your My Tennis ID (Your My Tennis ID number is on the back of

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For application forms and schedules please visit the Tennis Australia Coaching Course calendar at tennis.com.au/coaches/education/courses-qualifications.

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Objective Attacking/defending/neutralising, to control time and space

and develop competitive skills.

Description 1 • First to seven points – points played cross court only,

singles court.

• 2 on 1 – Player A alone, players B and C alternate shots.

• Players B and C must run and touch the opposite singles

line after each shot.

• Players rotate after each set.

• Change to opposite cross court direction after three

rotations.

• Player A is looking to take away time from players B and C,

possibly using angles to increase the distance players B and

C must cover.

• Players B and C are looking to buy time and play deep to

minimise options for player A.

Description 2 • As above but players B and C must touch the doubles line

after each shot.


Write down your own list of the top 10 skills of quality coaching.What does it look like? Something

like this?1. Communication skills2. Passion3. Empathy with athletes4. The ability to engage with athletes and

inspire athletes to fully engage with the program

5. Enthusiasm6. Technical knowledge7. An understanding of the relevant principles

of sports science and sports medicine8. Energy9. Curiosity (which inspires a passion for

learning)10. A commitment to continuous

improvement and accelerated learning.

You could add hundreds of skills to this list: experience, drive, initiative, the will to win, attention to detail, commitment, vision, determination, a strong work ethic etc. There are as many desirable coaching skills as there are coaches.

But, in this century, there is one coaching skill to rule them all – creativity. The question is: Can you teach coaches to be creative? The simple answer is “Yes we can. We can teach coaches to be creative.”

It is not easy. It is much easier to teach what’s known, what’s been published, what’s been researched, or what’s been done before than it is to teach coaches how to create something new.

But, now, more than ever, creativity is a critical coaching skill and the ability to accelerate learning faster than your opposition has never been more important.

In the pre-internet days, coaches came up with new ideas, created new plays, created new training techniques and gained a winning advantage over their opposition. Now, any winning advantage lasts about two minutes. You come up with a new idea, you nurture it, you grow it, you kick it around with your coaching colleagues seeking feedback and after a lot of thinking you decide to take a risk by introducing it to your athletes at training and two minutes later the dad of

one of the athletes has taken a video of your revolutionary new idea on his Blackberry, uploaded it to YouTube and players all over the world have free and immediate access to your best and most brilliant thinking.

That’s the world we live in and the half-life of ideas is only going to get shorter as mobile technologies and social media tools become more efficient, more powerful, more accessible and cheaper.

So, the challenge for coaches seeking to gain a winning advantage is to become more creative: to create new ideas, new directions and new paths to help athletes to enhance their performance.

Winning coaching in this century means learning faster, creating faster and applying ideas faster: faster than your opposition and faster than at any time in the history of sport.

Five golden rules oF creative coaching1. The idea must be new to your sport – it

can’t just be a copy of something someone else is doing or has done. But it can be an idea you have from another sport or another field of endeavour.

2. It must work – it must improve performance.

3. It must be able to be communicated and understood by athletes who can then use the idea to accelerate their rate of their performance enhancement.

4. It must itself be flexible and also subject to change, adaptation and evolution: there is no place for static thinking in sport.

5. It must not be limited by the restrictions or boundaries of past thinking i.e. to be

truly creative the idea must not have limits imposed on it based on what has worked or not worked in the past.

The opportunity for the creative coach to be successful has never been greater. In the past, the opportunity to be a successful coach may have been limited to the coach’s access to quality information, the latest coaching resources or coach education programs.

Now, all you need is access to a laptop and an Internet connection and all that has limited you in the past is readily available. Knowledge is not the limiting factor in coaching: it’s creativity. It’s being more creative than your opposition and it’s your capacity to take what’s known and, by being creative, going into the unknown.

Creativity as a core coaching skill has never been more important: take a risk, be innovative and change your sport with creative coaching.

Read the full version of this blog at sportscoachingbrain.com/creative-coaching-teaching-coaches-to-be-creative-and-innovative or sign up for regular email posts from Wayne Goldsmith at sportscoachingbrain.com.

Coaches’ corner

By Wayne Goldsmith

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creative coaching: teaching coaches to be creative and innovative

Incorporating football into a practice session helps keep things creative for Gael Monfils.


Mlc tennis hot shots Making a diFFerence

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His behaviour became very difficult due to frustration. He lost his enthusiasm for ball sports. Everyone who knew him felt sad for a little fellow who was regarded as being a happy boy with a real spark for life; who rollicked through his days at 100 miles per hour. Through the support of his Hot Shots coach and the suitability of the program for development of ball skills, he has regained his “mojo” and is focusing again. He recently enjoyed participating in the Red Ball Challenge. He (and his nine-year-old sister) became so enthused about tennis that they would get up at 6am, have their beds made, set the breakfast table and pack their school bags on tennis days. The best thing for him about the Red Ball Challenge was being part of a team and helping each other and going out and having fun together. I wonder if this is what Pat Rafter is after for the next generation of kids that wants to play for Australia ... being able to bottle that enthusiasm for the team; playing well individually but also being able to celebrate a team mate’s success as well.”

– Appreciative parents from Jason Lindeman’s coaching business

The feedback from all the parents whose children were involved with the Red Ball Challenge was extremely positive:• “My three kids have improved out of sight with Hot Shots and all enjoyed it immensely. It has taken their enthusiasm to another level.”• “My six-year-old woke me at six this morning to go for a hit – which I promised yesterday I would do today.”

The eight kids we had in the Challenge can all rally well over 100 shots in a row, with a highest rally score of 432. Jason Lindeman, High Performance Coach and MLC Tennis Hot Shots deliverer. Along with brother Bryce, Lindeman runs MLC Tennis Hot

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