Entries by dazdrake

Setting Standards for Athletes in Coaching Sessions

This blog is a bit of a change up in the usual sport science topics that I talk about.   Like many blogs before it, my inspiration has come from actual conversations with my coaches.  I have been talking with some of my team about the psychology of coaching and about the two qualities that I […]

Pacey Performance Podcast Review – Episode 446

Episode 446 – Hailu Theodros – Improving change of direction ability, deceleration drills and coaching “transitional movements Hailu Theodros Background   This week on the Pacey Performance Podcast is Athletic Development Coach at Speedworks, Hailu Theodros. Hailu spoke recently at the Sportsmith speed conference about gamespeed and his talk was incredible so to get him […]

Paid Internship with APA

Dear coach,   This year has been a blast and we have had a great time welcoming five coaches on our 2022-23 internship/studentship programme based at Gosling Tennis Academy.     The next APA Paid Internship programme for 2023-24 is now OPEN!   Click the link HERE to find out more…   To apply, please […]

How Do We Learn To Move – Part 2

This blog has been simmering for a few years now.  I wanted to share my experiences as someone who has been coaching for 20 years, and has subscribed to one particular philosophy of coaching athletes how to move- only to move away from this way in recent years.   In Part 1 – I summarised […]

How Much Do You Train Your Serve?

This blog is an update on the Vision of APA and a run down of the findings of the first Pilot Study looking at shot frequency data for junior elite tennis players.   I’ve mentioned previously that APA has the goal of being the ”Best Tennis S&C Team in the World” by 2025. This will […]