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Posted on Saturday, January 28, 2012 10:49 AM
It was ultimately an Inability to overcome a Presence deficit, that led both Federer and Sharapova to fail in their bids to reclaim the coveted Australian Open title during enormous matches against Victoria Azarenka and Rafael Nadal, respectively.
OOPSE, Observing Our Present Sensory Experiences, is the RPM Tennis recipe for Presence. Everyone needs to become aware of this simple, yet vital recipe for How To summon one's potential.
Presence awakens our potential every time - without fail. |
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Posted on Friday, November 11, 2011 12:37 PM
This is not my first time I've jumped up and down about the importance of using awareness of our senses to access the zone. However, returning to the courts after a six week absence yesterday, I had an epiphany.
Practicing with my friend and fellow coach, Chris Yoder, we started out with some spirited mini tennis. Chris had suggested rallying at a very acute angle ....so we were hitting practically parallel to the net. It was around that time that Chris first mentioned his current obsession with a discipline that is far from novel. |
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Posted on Tuesday, November 08, 2011 3:21 PM
I predict that in the future, early elementary school curriculum will focus increasingly upon developing advanced observational skills in small children. In other words, education must become more about HOW TO absorb, assimilate and measure our responses appropriately.
Currently, too much of our approach to education is about WHAT. WHAT did you make on the test? WHAT did you learn today? Why don't we do a better job of empowering children with specific skills for HOW TO LEARN? |
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Posted on Friday, August 19, 2011 12:03 PM
As I have stated in the last two articles: the USTA's Ten and Under, court, equipment and competition initiative will not, by itself, cure what ails player development in the USA. I am not saying that using this equipment is a bad idea. In fact, I am simply seizing this perfect opportunity to highlight a defining theme of RPM Tennis. This theme is simply, students need "how to" details, not "what to do" commands.
This is essential for students of the game to grasp an overall understanding of the sports inter-related principles. |
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Posted on Wednesday, August 17, 2011 12:09 PM
A central problem with player development in the USA is the lack of a specific, process-oriented, how-to road map for player advancement.
This begins with a simple emphasis on the stroke production details that help us to produce control. This means that learning to control a forehand and backhand via topspin should be the first order of business. This is the only universally effective answer for creating a developmental sequence that balances a developing player's control and aggression. |
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Posted on Tuesday, August 16, 2011 2:51 PM
Spin is everywhere, from molecules to galaxies, from spiral passes on the football field to spinning frisbees on the beach. In nature, as well as sports, spin often means control.
The RPM Tennis formula for advancing new legions of junior talent starts with some fundamental changes in how the game is taught. Quickly overcoming the counter-instinctive challenges of learning topspin is a huge part of this RPM Tennis blueprint for successful player development.
For tennis, topspin translates into depth control and trajectory control. |
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Scott Braymer, Founder RPM Tennis: Posted on Tuesday, July 19, 2011 10:51 AM
On his way to winning the Seascape Challenger, Laurynas Grigelis took out the top seed, Igor Kunitsyn in 10 - 8 in third set tie breaker. He finally sealed the deal against the equally impressive Kunitsyn after fighting off five match points. The highlight of the match might have been a deuce point, late in the breaker. Pressured by a forward moving Kunitsyn late in an acrobatic rally. Laurynas flattened out a high, wide ball for an absolutely SICK backhand passing shot at mach speed.
Grigelis' quarterfinal victory over Mathew Ebden had also featured a tie-breaker, albeit in the second set. |
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Scott Braymer - RPM Tennis: Posted on Sunday, July 17, 2011 11:28 AM
As the fog lifts at the $100,000 Challenger Level event at Seascape Resort in Aptos, California today and only two players remain, local fans are asking themselves a familiar question. Is this guy going to be a force on the tour in years to come? And the young man about whom they would be pondering - he is the cool-headed nineteen year-old kid from Lithuania.
The first thing that I noticed about Laurynas Grigelis was his unique breathing technique. Rather than exhaling through contact with the ball, Grigelis exhales after contact - while the shot is in flight. |
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Posted on Monday, July 11, 2011 11:01 AM
The lightning fast indoor conditions created by Coach Courier at The University of Texas at Austin backfired as the US Davis Cup team failed to win a singles match.
Making the adjustment to indoor tennis is a tricky transition. After months of slow outdoor hardcourts, red clay, and even the slower, modern-era Wimbledon conditions, jumping into indoor tennis should not be taken lightly.
Roddick might also be willing to take some of the blame for the way the court ultimately effected our chances to beat the stacked Spanish team. |
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Posted on Thursday, July 07, 2011 11:47 AM
Each year, just after Wimbledon winds down, minor league-tennis comes to the Central Coast of California in all it's glory. In the last six years, we have seen Andy Murray and John Isner rise from the fray that is known as The Seascape Challenger Tournament.
Each year there are new stories blossoming at this seaside venue, just outside of Aptos,California. A couple of years ago, Brad Gilbert, under contract with the British LTA, brought his English charge and his son Zak to compete in this colorful event. |
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