Thought of the Day: Coaching the past for an evolving game – logical?

This thought of the day is to do with time, the past, the present and the future.  It occurred to me (and a friend), that in the time it took Nadal, Federer, Murray etc to become the players they are today it involved a substantial journey in time.  During which the game evolved dramatically and continues to do so.

Now, considering your young players, maybe mini tennis maybe 13/14 years old and ask the question  where will the game be when they reach the mid twenties?

Should we necessarily be modelling our tennis teaching and learning on the current game or hypothesizing, and analysing what the game will be, might be like in 10 years time.

The UK have always been critised for being 10 years behind the other countries and I know that the culture of the UK in sport is not so forward thinking and relies on what we have always done.

Will the game advance?  yes of course!

Should we be looking at what Nadal, Djokovic etc do poorly and work with our young players on these facets?

Does the key lie in thinking beyond what is currently possible?

Well, we have some ideas of where the game may go and what will be required of next generation tennis players but I would also like to hear your predictions?

best,

The Tennis Engineer,

 

Thought of the Day

When performing analysis one must always consider the context.  That is the tactical intention, position of the opponent, position of the player and  the type of ball.  Applying a technical model to this will reveal the areas of success and areas of improvement.