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Tennis help for parents of junior players
Short, practical articles from Coach Arthur: what to say, what to practice, and the rules that cause arguments. Every one ends with something you can use with your child today.
Coach ArthurHead Pro, Concord Tennis Academy · Toronto, Canada · 20+ years coaching
What is tennis IQ, and how to build it (even without a court)Tennis IQ is how well a player chooses where, how high, how hard and when to hit. Five activities to build it at home, with exact steps and no court needed.Read the article →
Where to hit: the simple singles strategy every junior should knowHit into the big empty space, rally cross-court, and change direction only on the right ball. Court diagrams, the real court numbers, and a drill with exact steps.Read the article →
How to help your junior player stay calm under pressureA between-point routine with exact steps, the "in 4, out 6" breath, a reset after a miss, and the exact words to say (and not say) after a loss.Read the article →
Red, orange, green, yellow: which tennis ball stage is your child in?What the red, orange and green tennis balls are, the official court sizes and ages, what each stage should learn, and the signs your child is ready to move up.Read the article →
Tennis rules kids (and parents) often get wrongThe ball hits you, the serve clips the net, you touch the net, the net post, the tiebreak order: what the ITF Rules of Tennis really say, with rule numbers.Read the article →