College Tennis

Our College Tennis Coaching section will provide you with many great resources related to coaching or playing at college. You will find tennis articles, lesson plans, coaching and management advice, recruiting tips and much more to help you build a successful college tennis team. You will also find many articles that will benefit all college students.

Tennis Confidence and Coping with Errors - By Dr. Patrick Cohn

All kinds of tennis players—junior, amateur, collegiate and professional—need to have high self-confidence to perform their best and feel successful. Confidence is your number one mental game asset on the court. You may think that some confident tennis players are arrogant and use intimidation to psych out their competitors. Some players shout at officials or get into fights with other players because they have big egos and lots of confidence......Tennis Psychology article >>>>

The Five Playing Phases - Defense / "Stay in"  

During every point tennis players are in one of five phases of play:-

Initiating (serve / return)

• Defensive
• Rallying
• Creating
• Attacking

This series of article offers tennis tips and tennis drills as to how to improve each phase of play. ...read more about the defensive phase >>>

Tennis Training For Hard Courts Versus Clay Courts

The following research study compares the difference between playing tennis on hard courts versus clay courts. What you can gain from this research is that there is obviously a distinction between the two surfaces and as a result when training players for competition it is important to focus on the "specificity" factor. That is preparing specifically for the tournament by playing and training on the surface that you will play on during the tournament. That includes your speed, agility and movement patterns will be different for each surface and also your body will be under greater stress when playing on hard courts. Click here for Tennis Training Research >>>>

Need to Build Muscle? Need to Get Stronger? Want to Know More about Strength Training and Tennis? By David Horne - Strength training is an essential key to success for all advanced tennis players. When to start a strength training program, what exercises to do, when to introduce plyometrics training, should i do weights before or after a tennis session, and why should I use weights are just some of the questions that need to be answered in order to maximise the benefits of strength and power training in tennis. In this article we discuss the role of strength training in tennis and identify some key points to consider when starting or knowing when to perform a strength training session... Read more on Strength Training and Tennis >>>>

The Training Environment for Tennis Players - The training environment is a crucial aspect, and only in the right circumstances will tennis players develop. Tennis training environments include academies and squads; or individual and private lessons. Both environments have their advantages and disadvantages.... training environments for tennis players >>>

Tennis College Guide 3 - Congratulations – You have Been Accepted to College! But Now What? In this guide we will outline the most important issues that you will face in college and how a little planning can go a long way in making your college career a memorable one for the right reasons! You will learn about what to take to college, orientation week, living on campus, the free resources available to you, how to select classes, college sports, what to expect as a student – athlete, fraternities and sororities, graduation day, transferring schools, online education options, your safety on campus, how to make money while at college and much more! For International tennis players this guide is an "essential read" in order to gain valuable insight into what you may encounter when in college. Click Here to Get Your Free Copy of College Help Guide 3 >>>>

Tennis College Guide 2 - Paying for College - Get Your Slice of the Billion Dollar Financial Aid Pie!

In this eBook you will learn about all the options available to you when it comes to finding money to help pay for college. There are Billions of dollars available each year in financial aid and in this guide we will outline the major forms of financial aid offered by the government as well as private institutions. We will explain each form in an easy to understand way without all of the technical jargon that is often associated with money. And most importantly we will direct you to the resources and websites that cover each and every topic in depth with the appropriate forms and documents that are required to be filled out. Take your time in reading this section as there is a lot of information that may be new to you. Each year many international tennis players gain scholarships and we will show you how to get them. Click here to Get your Free copy of the College Help Guide 2 >>>>

Tennis College Guide 1 - Getting into College

Global Sports Coaching has many members who are college tennis coaches as well as players who are planning on playing tennis in college. Many of these players are from countries other than the USA so this "College Help Guide" consists of four in-depth guides covering everything you need to know about college. This Guide is provided for free to members. We hope you gain valuable information from the guides that make your college tennis careers a more memorable experience for the right reasons!

In this first guide (85 pages) you will learn about how to fill out and file your college applications, admissions, tips for choosing your college, different types of schools, SAT Tests, ACT, TOEFL, PSAT, CLEP, AP tests, the GED, campus tours, SAT study programs, your high school calendar for college, recommendation letters, college structure, early action plans, college planning and much more! Phase one is devoted to helping you with getting into your school of choice. Click here to Get your Free copy of the College Help Guide 1 >>>>

College Tennis for International Players - Your College Search Starts Here!  

I have recently been talking to a young tennis player from Australia who is interested in playing college tennis in the USA. His ultimate goal is to play on the tennis tour but realises he needs a few years of intense match play. He needs to be able to train with high level players and as a result going to college is a good first step in allowing him to prepare for life on the tour. ....Read Full Article about Colleges in the USA >>>>