Parents, it’s important to understand one of the most important parental goals of tournament play and the key to assisting your child on game day is to DE-STRESS them. I recommend focusing on performance versus potential. Here’s a story I’ve been sharing for years: Pretend your little Rebecca is a national level gymnast. She has [...]
The following post is an excerpt from The Tennis Parent’s Bible. Thanks, Frank My husband wants it more than my son. Can you talk to him? A few days after Kathy called me with her concerns, I noticed her husband Steve in the club’s gym riding the life cycle. I said, “Steve, can we [...]
The following post is from The Tennis Parent’s Bible. Enjoy, Frank Tennis skills must be practiced on the practice court and during practice matches. If your child is expected to win every practice match, they will most likely not practice new tennis skills for fear of losing the practice match. Putting too much stress on winning [...]
By Frank Giampoalo The most recent post on TheTennisParentsBiible.com brought many emails and phone calls to elaborate on the subject. The topic is covered more thoroughly my e-book The Tennis Parent’s Bible. On-court anger and tennis performance is very familiar to many. Anger can be channeled and improve performance, but most juniors displaying anger meltdowns [...]
By Frank Giampaolo The following is an excerpt from my e- book, The Tennis Parent’s Bible. The importance of establishing a positive attitude is essential to becoming the best that you can be on and off the court. Begin organizing your plans for 2012 with a positive attitude and enjoy the journey- tennis is a beautiful [...]
Good Day, Wishing you a wonderful holiday season. The following YouTube post was filmed at the Australian International Coaches Convention in 2011. I look forward to returning to Australia this coming January 2012. Parental tennis education will be the focus of my presentation. Patrick McEnroe, USTA Player Development, has been quoted as saying “Player development should be [...]
Taming the inner-demons or negative self-talk is an essential high performance tennis skill. The following are twelve solutions to over-coming negative thoughts: Say Something Good/Positive On the practice court, ask your child to rehearse finding something they did well on each point. This will shift their energy and focus from the negative to positive. The [...]
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