Important Dates & More

Hello all.  Hope everyone is enjoying this fabulous weather that we are having!

When we are so deeply engrossed on the day in and day out of training, we sometimes feel like it's groundhog day everyday.  So, below is a quick recap of the what was introduced thus far.

Overview from September to December:

• learning to warm up in a co-operating setting with rhythm and tempo.
• building endurance on spinning bikes with heart rate monitor.
• continue with building that Forehand into a weapon dictating points.
• a strong transition game to finish off at net.
• big serves with slice, kick, and flat.
• return consistency. 
• hot yoga to elaborate on stretching.

Overview from January to today:

•  situation play with patterns.
• continue to work on developing big serves with variation.
• serves & 3rd hit.
• specific returns to push open back to control points.
• serve & volley as an element of surprise.
• depth and consistency.
• beep test.
• goal setting.
• visualization.
• continue with hot yoga.
• speed & agility.

 Hopefully, you can see the shift of different training phases between the two from volume to specific training.  It is important to change up periodically to keep training fresh and fun. With volume training, everything is longer to build endurance.  And with specific training everything is shorter but more to the point with specific skills in mind.  Specific training is most ideal for tournament season which we are in right now.

In the next two weeks starting today, the training plan involves a lot of points and match play getting everyone in the mindset of competing.  One court will be put aside for polishing up as needed. 

Speaking of dates, I strongly encourage you to read on with some important dates for the next two weeks plus summer camp information.

 

Important Dates:

 March Break. Academy will not be running Monday March 14th to Saturday March19th. For those players who are not competing in the Provincials please be sure to make your own training arrangement.  There should be plenty of courts open before 8am but scarce in the afternoon due to the Provincial tournament taking place at our club.  Make sure you book your courts by tomorrow for next week. 





Summer Camp.  The last day of the Elite Program is June 16th.  We will have one week off then summer camp begins on June 27th until one week before school resumes.  Sign up for summer camp will be notified when ready.

Best of luck to everyone playing in the Provincials.  Until next time....