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Tennis Rockers

Claude and Sully

Are you ready to re-imagine and reconstruct the way you realize not just the game of tennis but all the other ways you compete in life? Tennis Rockers pull together beliefs, concepts, ideas, people, and values from a cross-section of multi-disciplinary fields for the purpose of doing things a little different. Tennis Rockers don"t just want to change the game, they want to help people think about changing how they see and live their lives. Coach Claude and coach Sully cordially invite you to put

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82:06

What's Behind Building Fluidity Of Movement?

Tennis Rockers ·

2021/02/15

In this episode, we examine the "emotional chain" that players new to the sport can experience that will block them from obtaining the "physical fluidity" and deep sense of appreciation and satisfaction that a high level tennis player will experience. Someone new to the sport could experience blocks related to the emotional chain from:Walking into the tennis club - a place they either haven't visited or don't visit that oftenWearing tennis shoes they don't normally wearGripping a tennis

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48:54

How To Get Little Kids Hooked On Tennis

Tennis Rockers ·

2021/02/12

Coach Sully is a firm believer in building intrinsic motivation as a key to captivating a little child's interest in the sport of tennis. In this episode he shares his own recipe:Bring something to the court that your child is already interested inIntegrate with item into some of the on-court activityDon't make the net the barrier or the goalAsk them what they want to do and go with itSuggest, but don't push the game onto themApply lots of patience Repeat and hope for the bestThanks for

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39:27

Your Thinking Face? What Is A Thinking Face And Why...

Tennis Rockers ·

2021/02/10

How many of your students are making the thinking face? What is a "thinking face"? What is happening with them when they make their thinking face?If you know what to look for, you can spot the thinking face and you'll be glad you did. The thinking face is all about Intrinsic motivation - self-motivation - and a key to the student falling in love with our sport and deciding to come back. The thinking face says professes interest and neural activity and an opportunity to take personal

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85:13

Can Tennis Lead The Charge In Counter-messaging The...

Tennis Rockers ·

2021/02/08

As people and parents, we're up against a massive amount of food product messaging. Messaging that preaches "easy" and "fast". Messaging that champions duplicity in labeling - "healthy", and "contains real fruit/vegetables", and "provides a full serving of fruits, nuts, vegetables, or seeds". Messaging that leads us to chose food products and "food-like" products which contains additives (blending agents, colors, preservatives, salts, and sugars) that can significantly deplete any

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37:54

Can Boredom Motivate You To Mastery?

Tennis Rockers ·

2021/02/06

What is it going to take to get you to do the tough stuff? Not disappointing yourself or your coach? The shame of others in your group or across the net on the other court weighing heavily on your heart or mind? How about the uncomfortable competition with others in your group or even the coach who is younger in age or the feeling of wasting your money and your time? Maybe an alternative to all that is boredom. What would happen if you took away all the choices and let boredom work

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82:21

Whaddya Want? A Co-Conspirator or A Drill Instructor?

Tennis Rockers ·

2021/02/03

The dentist doesn't yell at you for moving the wrong way while working on your mouth, so why does the tennis pro yell at you for not moving the right way? Both mistakes can cause you pain and possible loss, yet they are treated very differently. No one wants a drill instructor for a dentist so why would they want one in a tennis pro?In this episode, we examine the energy these two types - their motivations (control?) and how they impact other co-teaching pros, students and the facility.

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64:28

A Coaches Style Can Attract And Cover, But It Can...

Tennis Rockers ·

2021/01/31

What type of coach do you want? The "personality", the "informational", or the "method" coach? Maybe someone in between? While all coaches are capable of bringing a bit of personality, information, and method to their on court approach, they typically have a prevailing style. In this episode, we take a look at each of these personality types, in the context of:How these personalities effect a students selection or avoidance of themHow these personalities are interpreted by club staff

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113:26

Can Proactive Tennis Help Us Turn The Corner?

Tennis Rockers ·

2021/01/28

We spend all of our time teaching and learning "reactive tennis" (how will I hit this ball) and no time learning "proactive tennis" (what will I do to set myself (and/or my doubles partner) up to hit effective shots or to force the opponent to hit return shots to me that lead to a setup or a winner. All that time spent practicing "reactive tennis" may be unknowingly leading us into the "fixed mindset" trap of responses:This isn't how we play tennis!Why do we need to learn this?Can't we just

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47:57

The Paper Notebook Should Be Required Tennis Court...

Tennis Rockers ·

2021/01/26

An inexpensive paper notebook is a standard which all students use in class and to reinforce what they must study. Yet a notebook is never included or required on the tennis court for a tennis class.Why not? Wouldn't it aid a students acquisition and emotional and mental processing and retention of the concepts, movements, strategies, technique, and terms a tennis student is expected to acquire?In this episode, we leverage yet another series of struggles coach Sully has had with some

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87:50

On the Teetering Edge Of Transitioning Out Of Tennis?

Tennis Rockers ·

2021/01/23

Before someone just looks at bailing on tennis, maybe we need to consider maladaptive ways of cognitive and emotional processing. You don't have to be a professional psychiatrist or psychologist - just apply a little common sense. Connect, ask questions, consider what is going on. Start a dialogue with your child or student. See if they'll acknowledge your observations and maybe even ask for help or work to setup their own strategies and solutions to overcoming their tennis challenges.

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82:58

What Is The Right Kind Of Parental Involvement?

Tennis Rockers ·

2021/01/20

Parental involvement is really important to your child's game and the future of your familial relationship - tennis can be something that you always talk about as everyone ages.And tennis parents play a very important role in the development of their children. All emotional, financial, and mental support these parents provide as their child works their way through the game is very serious. These parents have the experience, perspective, resources, and tools that no one coach or mentor

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47:14

Seeking Solutions To The Commentator Problem

Tennis Rockers ·

2021/01/17

How can you spot and work with the internal commentator that a student might have? How can you be more self-aware as the student and send the right signals to your coach so they can be better for you?In this episode, we continue to take apart the internal commentator to figure out how to work with it instead of against it. Here is what we have so far:Slow down your transfer of personal data - you, not your student is skilled in tennis techniques, movement, strategy - they process

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60:05

The Internal Commentator Takeover - When a Coach...

Tennis Rockers ·

2021/01/15

We've kicked around the idea of the commentator in previous episodes - the idea that we all have this running dialogue going on inside that is a mix of emotions and thoughts about our lives and what we are engaged at in the moment. While the commentator can help us make decisions and steer us away from things that aren't good for us, it can become a bit of an invisible barrier to our growth and personal development both in the sport of tennis and in our outside lives. The internal

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45:35

Turn Off The Commentator?

Tennis Rockers ·

2021/01/11

How many people actually watch a tennis match or the replay of one with the sound off? Probably not enough. The sound - commentators and commercials alike - could be unknowingly preventing your brain from properly observing, analyzing, digesting, and coming up with a plan to propel the acquisition of your tennis forward. In this episode, we break into the subject of the good and bad of the external (broadcaster or tennis pro/coach!) and internal (ourselves) commentator and the effect

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78:38

What Do You Need To Be A Pro?

Tennis Rockers ·

2021/01/09

In this episode we go in-depth to discover what a pro needs in order to love what they do and give their best to whoever they are teaching. It's not always what you think. Yes, for those who are just starting out, it can be the hardware (the racquets, cart, and cones) or the acknowledgement of their past achievements. But for those tennis pros in it for the long game, it's more about the software. In this episode we talk tennis pro software - what it takes for our resident pro to be good

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93:58

Court Etiquette Ain't Cutting It...

Tennis Rockers ·

2021/01/06

Do you ever walk onto a court at your assigned time only to find people still playing? Maybe cleaning up a ton of balls that will take 5 or more minutes of your time? How about a bunch of trash or the razor sharp lid from the ball container left behind on the court where your young child could accidentally pick it up? What about people walking onto your court 5 minutes early while you're still playing?It's like arriving in your hotel room only to find the previous guest packing things

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84:41

Let's Take The Concept of Vision Deeper ~ We Add...

Tennis Rockers ·

2021/01/01

Music students learning to play an instrument emulate the player (a persona) they want to be (a vision) all the time. It helps them ditch some, if not all, of their sense of self-consciousness to focus on the lesson and connect with the teacher and what they want to achieve. Music students come to their lessons with a will to know and the teacher (similar to the coach) must create an atmosphere that encourages students to struggle. With each new piece of music a student brings to a

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72:37

Working With Vision: Balancing The Will To Conquer...

Tennis Rockers ·

2020/12/30

In our previous episode, we introduced the concept of vision to the tennis lesson. You know. You see the vision of yourself as having the one-handed backhand of a Justine Henin or Roger Federer. It's a mental picture that eggs you on to be better at your tennis than you were the day before. When you come to a tennis lesson with such a vision, what stands in the way of executing it and how will you work towards achieving it?In this episode, we address another invisible barrier to the

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61:32

Tennis Needs Vision Classes

Tennis Rockers ·

2020/12/28

What are you doing to discover your vision for the type of person you want to play like? Does your tennis coach talk vision with you? Does your tennis facility offer classes in vision? You know, a vision of someone who is great at what they do (i.e. a pro tennis player) that you believe in your heart you could play like? To serve or return like them? To execute a play just like them? Maybe to just move as gracefully as them?Maybe more students need to come to their coaches (like

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83:58

Fun Is Not Getting Good Quickly ~ Joy Lies In The...

Tennis Rockers ·

2020/12/24

Instead of looking at the average tennis lesson as fun, maybe we should see it as a struggle. Seeing the joy in the struggle is likely to help perfectionist players take some pressure off their interaction in the sport. If you don't struggle a little with your lesson or your game, are you really having fun and enjoying yourself? Are you really building the grit or tenacity you need for the competition of life? In this episode we begin our emotional journey of tennis. We see the

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