John Cavill

The Tennis Drills. Mixing it up

I believe that from an early age, players should be encouraged to experiment with all the variables you can perform…

3 years ago

Self-Confidence in Tennis…a Vital Ingredient

All tennis and sporting greats have an abundance of self-confidence. To achieve, the player must have an ability to believe…

6 years ago

The Difference Between the Best Tennis Players and Other Players

What is the difference between the best tennis players and those who are knocking around the top of the county?…

6 years ago

The Left Handed Tennis Players

Being left handed tennis players has many advantages and statistics from the United States Tennis Association have shown that roughly…

6 years ago

Command and Cooperative Coaching Styles in Tennis

Effective tennis coaching doesn’t come in one form as every player is different and depending on the students and dynamics…

6 years ago

Advice for Tennis Parents

Advice for Tennis Parents Junior tennis players are influenced by the actions, opportunities and feedback received from their parents. It…

7 years ago

Ingredients of an Outlier

An Outlier is something that is situated away from or classed differently from a main or related body OR a…

7 years ago

Is there such a thing as “Perfect Tennis Technique”?

When a player starts out on their tennis journey, it’s nearby impossible to predict what the final results will look…

7 years ago

Don’t be a Baby!

The title of this article is something I said (Don’t be a baby!) to one of my 10-year-old boys, who…

7 years ago

Recognising the Situation

Recognising the situation I’ve had a few weeks to think about this article and during that time I have tried…

8 years ago

How Do You Learn?

One thing that is very important as a coach or teacher, is to understand how your pupils, students or players…

8 years ago

Mental Toughness. It’s a Choice!

Recently I have been watching a programme on BBC2 called the Special Forces: Ultimate Hell Week which coincidentally a friend…

8 years ago

Concentration Competition

Recently in my coaching sessions both myself and the other coaches I work with have been assessing the player’s ability…

8 years ago

Davis Cup Champions…Where Do We Go from Here?

First we had the answer to the annually asked question of ‘When will we have a British Wimbledon Champion?’ in…

8 years ago

How to Attract More Girls to Play Tennis

There are four times as many boys playing tennis in the UK compared to girls, so what is the reason for…

8 years ago

Finding Talent!

I think the heading of this article is very provocative in itself as what we define as ‘talent’ can mean…

8 years ago

Getting better

Getting better One of my greatest challenges is getting players to play more. It goes without saying that the more…

8 years ago

Being Great

What makes someone better than someone else is a huge subject that has endless possibilities and factors that if arranged…

8 years ago

Seeing Is Believing or Importance of Visual Coordination

I recently attended a conference and one of the topics was on Visual Coordination by a lady called Silvina Jozami…

9 years ago

How to Create a Perfect Tennis Club

Participation, participation, participation! We now have a new focus for British Tennis…Participation! Although I laugh when making that statement as…

9 years ago