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Queenstown Tennis Academy There are few different things you can do to improve your tennis strokes quickly.First Take Lessons then Practice as much as possible. 
If you're tired of not getting any better, you need to get some help. Our no-nonsense plan will make 2008 the year your game gets going again.
With our assistance, working with players ranging from beginners to players who play in the circuit, you'll first learn how to overcome the most common challenges and toughest obstacles that keep players like you scratching your head.
In the lessons that follow, learn how to hit the serve, forehand, one-handed backhand, two-handed backhand, volley, overhead smash, drop shot, chip shot, approach shot, and so forth.
You'll also find tips and instruction here on how to hit the various kinds of serve: slice, topspin, topspin-slice, (American) twist, and flat (cannonball) serves. Oh, yes, and the kick serve, which is just a serve with heavy topspin on it, like a topspin serve or twist serve. In short, here you will find two kinds of instruction for your tennis strokes:
*an explanation of the basic technique for hitting each type of stroke.
*tips to help you troubleshoot problems players often have with strokes.
In other words, here you get the basics of tennis stroke production and tips for fixing problems. This helps beginners and intermediates with the basics, and it helps tennis players of all levels to understand and troubleshoot problems.
We'll give you goals to keep you motivated and help you chart your progress. Learning how to play smart winning tennis makes the game way more fun. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. -Aristotle Program Characteristics | STAGE | LEVEL | CHARACTERISTICS | | ITF 10 | BEGINNERS |
Getting ready to play
Groundstrokes and volley
Service and overheads
Coordination drills and footwork
Introduction to scoring, point system
To gain the knowledge of tennis etiquette and safety
Self evaluation - keeping track of your personal improvement in the game, and later the matches you will be playing.
| | ITF 9 | PERFECTING |
This module will help players establish foundation in basic strokes.
Introduction to the various spins, contention and set-up plays (singles and doubles).
Techniques practice and correction.
Footwork variations (movements, stance and recovery)
Rally (rally from service & baseline ie an all-court game)
Introduction to Rules of tennis, point system, foot fault etc)
Match play
| | ITF 8 | TECHNIQUE . |
This is a more challenging course for players who have mastered the basic strokes of tennis and are able to keep the ball in play consistently.
Understanding control, consistency, power, spin, depth and placement.
Special strokes, ie volleys, overheads, approach, half volleys, drop, lop & other specialty shots, tactics for initiating plays and attacks (singles and doubles)
To hone these skills through the fires of practice and competition.
| | ITF 7 | COMPETITION |
Practice of footwork variations and specific tactics (singles and doubles).
Know when to change, how to change and why to change a strategic approach.
Court Positions -- serving & return of serve
Volleys, Overheads, Approach, Half Volleys, Drop, Lop & Specialty Shots
Training exercises: endurance, flexibility, speed and strength.
| Develop your Technical skills and Stroke production: This program contains all the technical and tactical aspects of serious tennis; from beginners level to competition. The program comprises steps that are designed to get tennis players involved in game-like situations as soon as possible. These excercises have been planned by stages, focusing on different levels of assimilation and the progression of the excercises. Later steps introduce more advanced skills that players can master as their confidence and ability grows. Each step explains why the skill is important,
identifies the keys to proper execution of technique,
points out common errors and shows how to correct them,
provides drills designed specifically to develop players' knowledge and performance of the skill, and lists specific performance goals for each drill, which help challenge players to improve and progress toward the next step.
Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward. -Vernon Law
Remember: Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching. -Thomas Jefferson . . ...... .
You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he be willing to climb himself. -Andrew Carnegie
"More tennis can be learned off the court, in the study of theory, and in watching the best players in action, than can ever be learned in actual play." -- Bill Tilden Junior Development Squads .
Monday Wednesday & Friday
Mornings: 8.30am - 10am . Evenings 4.00pm - 8:00pm
Proper training is essential for the development of 8 to 16 year old tennis players. The Queenstown Junior Development Squads provide a controlled environment for talented juniors to hone their skills and develop their technique. Drills, hitting exercises and point play are all conducted under the guidance of the coaching staff. The purpose of the squad is to develop skills, fitness and a club team spirit.
1 ½ hour per session
Organised on a term basis - members only. Managing practice time efficiently and effectively Preparation for the season must begin long before the first day of practice. Managing practice time efficiently and effectively will help your children improve their tennis and fulfill their potential. You should work from a master practice plan that varies little from year to year, add more detail and specifics in a weekly plan, and finally flesh out the schedule for each day in a daily practice schedule. The program has been designed by the United States Professional Tennis Association -- the world's largest and oldest organization of tennis-teaching professionals. It includes a structured program of lessons and play designed to move children ages 3-10 quickly through the transitional stages of graduated equipment to full-court tennis. This Web site also includes many fun games, links and supplemental activities to keep children interested in visiting. . . "Coaching is not about teaching the caterpillar to fly, it is about creating an opening for it to see the possibility." PaulLeFebvre
Some people succeed because they are destined to, but most people succeed because they are determined to. - -Anonymous Put First Things First
"No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No steam or gas ever drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined."
You were born to win, but to be a winner you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win. Zig Ziglar
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