Forehands, Footwork & The Fear of Rain.
The kids got their money’s worth on Monday. With some lucky campers spending almost 7 hours working on their games, we do anticipate some tired troopers for our ever popular ( meaning only enjoyed by the camp director) “Zero Tolerance Tuesday”.
Monday’s morning emphasis was on developing the intangibles and showing the kids just how important proper practice techniques are. A key focus was placed on playing with energy & enthusiasm. Concepts included playing 70% of the court as a forehand, playing through the middle in singles and keeping the feet moving at all times. (Make sure you ask you kids if they understand why cars get better gas mileage on the highway than in the city - we had a few doozy answers to this one). Finally in the morning, we talked about the 3 H’s. Head (being smart), Heart (playing with passion) and Hand (talent and strokes).
Afternoon switched focus to doubles and three areas of emphasis that we will feature. 1) Playing at the Net & the Modern Volley, 2) Two people working as 1 unit and 3) Playing down the middle and up the lines. We introduced a new warmup for doubles and made sure we start building muscle memory to play in “Straight lines” on the doubles court. We closed out the afternoon session with our emphasis on the first three shots (Serve, Return and 1st volley)
Wow, what a day. With anticipated rain in the forecast, we put the kids through the paces. Not only starting our highly popular Match Play championships, but in many cases getting 2 rounds of matches in the books.
We also included our first photo shoot of the week and all kids were invited to come and join the shoot. A low turnout will result in a second shoot today. All the camp photos so far can be found on our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/wilsontenniscamps. Give us a “Like” while you are there.
About halfway through our evening session college cup matches a shower came and ruined our plans (urgghhh). Play was suspend about 7pm and will be made up on Tuesday (you thought Monday was long). Matches were picked up at 7:30 am, which I am sure all you parents can grasp just how excited the kids were to play that early. I believe I heard the phrase “what a treat” 😀 Who would have known.
We have a good bunch of kids this week, both on the courts and off and a few of our “frequent fliers” are up to try and challenge David and the staff. With new authority figure “Uncle Mitch” leading the way, I don’t like the campers chances.
Tuesday will feature another long day of tennis as we try and beat the rain again. 99% of the time, we win, but with the paranoia of our Match Play I complete victory for Mother Nature fresh in our minds, we are leaving nothing to chance.
Stay tuned as the week features the heavyweight match of WCTC vs. Mother Nature!
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