FRA Podcast #14: Skill Acquisition with Philip O'Callaghan, Mr. Tennis Coach

Thoughts on USTA and UTR from the FRA team tournament in Colorado Springs.

We discuss how the Spanish X Drill fails tennis players and how coaches can do better.

We catch up on how Steve's summer went in Loveland and look forward to his next year and to a couple future podcast episodes.

Steve and Bob welcome Irish tennis coach Philip O'Callaghan to the FRA Podcast to talk about our approaches to skill development in tennis. We hope you enjoy the episode.

Why the traditional tennis lesson has totally failed our students (See  the full Podcast #13)!

The flaws of the traditional lesson...

Coach Bob and I discuss doubles positioning, formations, shot selection, etc!

Coach B-O-B and I discuss the fundamentals of the game and how it relates to our environment here in Colorado!

Coach B-O-B and I discuss 4 steps that we believe would improve high school tennis in this area!

Coach B-O-B with a Quickhit on bad habits in tennis....