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Quotes
 
"The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want."   Ben Stein
 
"I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature."  John D Rockefeller
 
"It's like a frat party without the drinking."  Mike Bryan about the US Davis Cup Team
 
"The shoulder left by God"   Justin Gimelstob on Andy Roddick
 
 

IMPONDERABLES

 
If practice makes perfect, and nobody's perfect, why practice?
 
Who decided "Hotpoint" would be a good name for a company that sells refrigerators?
 
For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism.
 
Trivia
 
1) Who had the most double faults in a singles match, and how many?
2) What was the longest match ever played?
3) When was the '6 pack'  introduced, and by what company?
4) What company developed the original windows computer interface that we see on Microsoft and Mac computers?
 

Power of Coaching

The essence of good coaching is positive relevancy.

Teaching a player who doesn’t practice renders the instructor somewhat irrelevant.

Teaching a player who works hard at the game magnifies the responsibility of the instructor/coach.

Young players who grow with the game will improve regardless of what they are taught. Coaches who teach these players must be careful to maximize their players’ potential from the outset and guide them to proper technique.

At no time should you allow your player to continue with poor technique in any area you believe should change, especially during the tournament season. As long as changes you make help maximize your players’ potential for the future, do not hesitate to make them right away.

Racquet/Tennis Clubs have a tendency to divide up their junior beginners by age, gender or both, instead of athletic ability. All beginners are assigned the more inexperienced instructors. This could not be worse for the better athletes. Clubs should separate their junior beginners by athletic ability and the strongest and more experienced coaches should be assigned to the better athletes so they get the best possible start into the game.

The best coaching credo I could possibly imagine is the following:

We have a responsibility to make……..

Average athletes……….good players

Good athletes………….great players….and….

Great athletes………….Champions!

Dave Hyams    North Augusta SC

Preclude Lesson Miscommunications

When I have a new student I always make sure that I e-mail them a "lesson info sheet" which gives details about where to check in, clothing requirements, what to do in case of doubtful weather, our rates and our lesson cancellation policy.  In addition, I'll mention the weather and cancellation info on the phone, too.  In this way, I run into much less miscommunication.

Neil Witherow     Jackson, MS

from the One Good Idea CD Book

 

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Trivia Answers
1) Marc Rosset (Switzerland) lost to Michael Joyce (United States) at Wimbledon 1995 in four sets, hitting 26 doubles faults.
 
 2) Fabrice Santoro defeated Arnaud Clément (France) at Roland Garros 2004, in a 6h 33m first round match played over three days.
 
3) Coca Cola introduced the 6 bottle carton in 1923, by then president Robert Woodruff (who remained president for 6 decades)
 
4) In 1973, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) developed first personal computer with a graphic user interface and a mouse. Unfortunately, they did not take advantage of this and many other creations from this research unit.