Thursday, September 27, 2007

Thursday Report (27-Sept-2007)

A very short brief report today.

Nicholas, Louvre, Brian, Tommy, Ivan, Kenny and two other F4 boys. (Raymond asked them to join last Saturday =])

We had some easy warm-up and forehand, backhand shots.
Today, I decided to have some more specially class for every boy, so we didn't have many group games and group training together. Boys divided into few groups and every of them had a very focus drill.

First, Louvre and Brian focus on their net game.
I had some overhead training for them, as you would know Louvre's service and overhead is not that good. Brian also didn't get well of his overhead. Their net game needed to be improved and practiced. Brian's volley is quite good, but sometimes his backhand volley is late hit.

So, Louvre and Brian had a double with Kenny and Ivan, score: 2-2.
I also coached the two new F4 boys some basic strokes, the forehand and backhand.

Tommy and Nicholas had the focus session.
I rallied with Nicholas and Tommy tried to intercept the ball. Tommy's volley is not that good, though he had a very good ready position. Same problem--late hit... Nicholas did well in his forehand powerful shot, but not very consistent and too much spin.

Boys did well in the training.
I didn't have a theme to focus today, as I knew boys would probably have their match coming Saturday or Sunday. So, today is the class of the focusing and correcting. Group lesson is good, but sometimes it can't really help the boys individually, as it is hard to have correction among the group class. Some small group or individual lesson can help the boys, especially their basic strokes and footwork. I hope we can have more small class lesson in the future or in long run.

Here comes to the Grouping list of this year of the HKSSF:
GROUP 2---
1. Kei To
2. French Int'l
3. St. Louis
4. Sing Yin
5. Wah Yan KLN

Jeffrey, don't be shy! Come for the training on Thursday and have fun!
Come and enjoy the class!
If you practice more just like Brian and Tommy, you will see the improvement in the very short time!

1 comment:

Raymond Ho said...

Dear Edmond

Thanks for taking on Nick (Nadal-like)and Fergus. They have both raw talents, but require coaching. I am quite impressed by the timing of Fergus in hitting the ball and Nick's physique and brute power. If you could train them to hit refined shots, they will be a force to be reckoned with. Of course, they must be keen and practised, just like Calvin, Nicholas, Brian and Tommy.

These four have improved a hell of a lot with coaching and training.

Also, Ivan was quite a good player too for his age, but again required more training. I suppose that we are not meant to meet with Kenny, keep missing him in tennis practice. It sounds like a good number now in practice in terms of numbers and combination.

We will look at the fixtures for the Inter-school and plan ahead to arrange Finneran Cup and some friendly for them over Xmas and New Year to keep the squad sharp.

Louvre should be commended for publishing the best article that I have seen among team members. Matthew, Chris and Barry did a couple of good articles a while ago.

See you over the weekend.

cheers

Raymond