I made an arrangement this week, we had Wednesday lesson.
I'm so sorry that I upload this entry so late, as there were so many projects and assignments.
Oscar, Louvre, Calvin, Ivan, Kenny and Jeffrey.
Joseph, this is my first time to see Jeffrey playing tennis in the court!
Although we don't have so many boys, we can have a smaller class size.
We had some warm-up.
Some basic strokes like forehand and backhand.
Louvre hit the target with his powerful backhand.
After some set of training, we aimed to hit the balls deeply.
A fun game: 3 vs. 3.
The score was close. Boys did a good job, they all enjoyed the game.
Today, we focus on the net game: volleys and overhead.
Boys didn't know how to hit an overhead. The beginner like Jeffrey didn't know what's an overhead is. Oscar tried his best and he had a quite powerful smash. In terms of the volleys, I can see they have the room of improvement.
We had the 2 to 1 match.
This drill is very effective and meaningful for our boys.
Louvre, Calvin and Oscar in the same group, while the rest are in another group.
The two vs. one game is quite challenge. You know, the two should totally beat the one person. What you have to do is only return all the balls back to the court, you don't have to hit a winner shot or some powerful killer shots. However, boys didn't know this!!
At first, they did bad. The two couldn't beat the one.
I told them what they should do! At the end, it became better.
Hitting a consistent shot is very important, not only in the Inter-school competition, but also every match. I hope the boys can know the fact that a powerful killer shot or their risk shots are not enough to win a point. What we should do is to be consistent!!
A nice day.
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Our match began!
Today, we had our first inter-school match.
Raymond, Joseph, Charles, thank you so much for coming and supporting the team.
The team members showed up the court at about 8:15. Ernest led a warm-up.
We had our wonderful match with St. Louis. We beated them! Score 8.5:0.5.
Could any of our players write something here? write some feeling?
Something I want to share...
I helped one of coach at Causeway Bay at night, a junior advanced course (HKTA Tennis-for-all course). I saw two of the St. Louis boys in the course (the tallest one and his doubles' partner). I talked with them, they told me that our team is quite strong. The boy praised our wah yan federer was absolutely tough.
One more important thing, when our team standed next to the court, showing some supports to our team members, they felt pressure. The team spirit and support is crucial, this is more important in our next tough matches like French Intel' or other strong team Ying Wa. Showing support for our team member not only can support our players, but also "fear" our opponent team!
We did a good job today.
Keep it on!
* Kei To withdraw =]
I saw another match at the Gap at afternoon, West Island vs. Ying Wa, they are both tough and I wanna to know who win the match.
Raymond, Joseph, Charles, thank you so much for coming and supporting the team.
The team members showed up the court at about 8:15. Ernest led a warm-up.
We had our wonderful match with St. Louis. We beated them! Score 8.5:0.5.
Could any of our players write something here? write some feeling?
Something I want to share...
I helped one of coach at Causeway Bay at night, a junior advanced course (HKTA Tennis-for-all course). I saw two of the St. Louis boys in the course (the tallest one and his doubles' partner). I talked with them, they told me that our team is quite strong. The boy praised our wah yan federer was absolutely tough.
One more important thing, when our team standed next to the court, showing some supports to our team members, they felt pressure. The team spirit and support is crucial, this is more important in our next tough matches like French Intel' or other strong team Ying Wa. Showing support for our team member not only can support our players, but also "fear" our opponent team!
We did a good job today.
Keep it on!
* Kei To withdraw =]
I saw another match at the Gap at afternoon, West Island vs. Ying Wa, they are both tough and I wanna to know who win the match.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Thursday Practice Report (11-Oct-2007)
Wow, the inter-school competition is coming!
Boys would have the their first match on next Saturday!
Today, we had only 7 boys...
I'm quite sad as all school team boys came on Tuesday, Ernest class....
We had Tommy, Oscar, Brian, Jordan, Aaron, Kenny and Ivan.
Probably, the boys who join my training are intermediate level..
I do hope that they would have more improvement here..
I hit some shots with all the boys before 4pm.
Oscar has a powerful forehand, Tommy has a good backhand.
The young kids Ivan and Aaron also liked rallying with me.
We started the drill by the service boxes game.
Starting form the net and hit only in the boxes, the drill is to let the boys to run more.
Later, we also did some volley-volley drill.
Of course, today we had the volley to baseline drills.
All of the boys didn't have a good net game tactics, they seldom moved to the net. Some even never stay at the net when they're in the match.
Some mistakes they made:
later hit, backswing, too much swing, racquet face open....etc.
One more practice is the backhand slice shot.
This drill is for Brian at first, as Louvre told me yesterday Brian did't know how to hit a slice backhand..
We focused on some slice shots and then volleys.
I found that their slice are awful, of course the volley and overhead..
Lastly, we had one double.
Tommy and Oscar vs. Jordan and Brian.
For the first set, Oscar's team won, 6-2.
For the second set, Jordan's team led 3-1.
They performance were okay, but service were terrible.
I didn't tell them to warm-up their service, letting them to know that warming up the service is absolutely important. Once again, they seldom called the score before serving.
On last thing, the attitude in the tennis court.
Tennis is a game for gentlemen.
When we pass the ball to our opponent, please let it bounces once in front of the player. Passing the ball to your opponent should be polite. Others can easily know how wahyan students are in this little things, such as passing the ball, talking or just calling the score.
Tennis skill is important, but what I think more crucial for our boys is to teach them how to behave well in the tennis court.
Actually, I found that no more boys being late on Thursday.
You all have a great improvement, but I hope you can be more consistent in the doubles.
Practice more, boys!
I'm not free on next Thursday, I decided to have the training on the 19-Oct-2007(friday), 9-11am. So, anyone would like to join?
Boys would have the their first match on next Saturday!
Today, we had only 7 boys...
I'm quite sad as all school team boys came on Tuesday, Ernest class....
We had Tommy, Oscar, Brian, Jordan, Aaron, Kenny and Ivan.
Probably, the boys who join my training are intermediate level..
I do hope that they would have more improvement here..
I hit some shots with all the boys before 4pm.
Oscar has a powerful forehand, Tommy has a good backhand.
The young kids Ivan and Aaron also liked rallying with me.
We started the drill by the service boxes game.
Starting form the net and hit only in the boxes, the drill is to let the boys to run more.
Later, we also did some volley-volley drill.
Of course, today we had the volley to baseline drills.
All of the boys didn't have a good net game tactics, they seldom moved to the net. Some even never stay at the net when they're in the match.
Some mistakes they made:
later hit, backswing, too much swing, racquet face open....etc.
One more practice is the backhand slice shot.
This drill is for Brian at first, as Louvre told me yesterday Brian did't know how to hit a slice backhand..
We focused on some slice shots and then volleys.
I found that their slice are awful, of course the volley and overhead..
Lastly, we had one double.
Tommy and Oscar vs. Jordan and Brian.
For the first set, Oscar's team won, 6-2.
For the second set, Jordan's team led 3-1.
They performance were okay, but service were terrible.
I didn't tell them to warm-up their service, letting them to know that warming up the service is absolutely important. Once again, they seldom called the score before serving.
On last thing, the attitude in the tennis court.
Tennis is a game for gentlemen.
When we pass the ball to our opponent, please let it bounces once in front of the player. Passing the ball to your opponent should be polite. Others can easily know how wahyan students are in this little things, such as passing the ball, talking or just calling the score.
Tennis skill is important, but what I think more crucial for our boys is to teach them how to behave well in the tennis court.
Actually, I found that no more boys being late on Thursday.
You all have a great improvement, but I hope you can be more consistent in the doubles.
Practice more, boys!
I'm not free on next Thursday, I decided to have the training on the 19-Oct-2007(friday), 9-11am. So, anyone would like to join?
Friday, October 5, 2007
Thursday Practice Report (4-Oct-2007)
We had Tommy, Oscar, Brian, Ivan, Kenny and two F4 boys.
Today, we focused on some basic strokes, as the inter school is coming, I knew. We had some basic forehand and backhand down the line. I found that most of the boys' volleys are awful.
So, we focused on volleys next.
Some of the boys cannot withstand the powerful groundstrokes. There were some mistakes they made: late hit, racket face opend, lazy footwork... As all of you would know and sure that, we taught these all many many times. Tommy and Brian always hit the ball late at the net, so their volleys are always powerles...
Oscar did better in the game, but these three boys have to work hard more! I'm really worrying for the Inter-school, I'm afraid the French Intel' would not be too weak this year.
So, let's talk about the beginners.
The two F4 boys were great.
They are hardworking and willing to learn, they asked many questions today. I appreciated their heart on tennis.
Lastly, we had the king of the court, doubles.
I'm sorry, this entry is a bit short.
I'm a bit sick in this week.....
Today, we focused on some basic strokes, as the inter school is coming, I knew. We had some basic forehand and backhand down the line. I found that most of the boys' volleys are awful.
So, we focused on volleys next.
Some of the boys cannot withstand the powerful groundstrokes. There were some mistakes they made: late hit, racket face opend, lazy footwork... As all of you would know and sure that, we taught these all many many times. Tommy and Brian always hit the ball late at the net, so their volleys are always powerles...
Oscar did better in the game, but these three boys have to work hard more! I'm really worrying for the Inter-school, I'm afraid the French Intel' would not be too weak this year.
So, let's talk about the beginners.
The two F4 boys were great.
They are hardworking and willing to learn, they asked many questions today. I appreciated their heart on tennis.
Lastly, we had the king of the court, doubles.
I'm sorry, this entry is a bit short.
I'm a bit sick in this week.....
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Friendly Match with Poly-U
Thanks God for the sunny day.
I would only give a very short brief report, as I'm so tired today, sorry..
We had a great fun today with the poly-U tennis team players.
Today, I went to the mass at St. Ignatius Chapel at 7:30am with Oscar, then we had the McDonald's breakfast, going back to the court. It was about 9am, we saw the head coach Ernest and left-hander Joseph, Aaron. I warmed up with Oscar and later talked with Ernest for the stuff of the team...
Later on, some more boys came: Chris, Barry, Tommy, Frankie, Matthew, Ivan, Jordan, Tony.
At about 10am, my teammates of Poly U came. They got only six players at first, including me. We decided to have the three doubles first, and waited for one more player for the single.
At the 1st round, we had:
Doubles:
1. Barry + Chris
2. Oscar + Tommy
3. Matthew + Frankie
Single: Jordan
Sam and I played with Barry and Chris, as they wanna to challenge us! Sam and I played with heart, we played for nearly hundred percent! Barry did well and very consistent, but Chris was still afraid to be a net game players, his net game is weak. He was also quite nervous. Of course, we beated them, 6-2. I watched some other matches, Oscar and Tommy's pair. It was only the first time they paired up and participated for a real match. They did well, especially two of them are quite consistent. Tommy had a good serve, not only powerful but also consistent. The F1 boy Oscar was great, good serve and stable ground storkes. After the match, one of my teammated praised him, telling me that the boy in blue shirt is excellent!
However, I just know the two boys need to have more experience and matches to play and learn!
So, the result of the first round:
Barry+ Chris 2:6
Frankie+ Mat 6:4
Oscar+ Tommy 1:6
Jordan 1:6
Poly-U win all the four match, the score is 3:1 to PolyU
2nd round:
The pairing was just like the 1st round, but with some arrangement. Matthew paired with Tony and Frankie had a single. I only got to played the single with Frankie. When I played with him, I found he is a very fast runner. However, without the training, his strokes were unstable, especially some easy winner point likt the mid-court attack. I hope he would come to the group more and practice more. Oscar 's team was still okay, I sometimes watched their performance. For Mat's team, they are excellent. They beated the Poly-U, the very strong pairing of Poly U. Tony was quite strong, as he is only F2. Matthew was also a good leader. Ernest and I were so pleased that Tony paired with Mat easily, no argue. Unexpected result appeared in Chris' s court, they also beated the opponent. Chris started to be consistent, but volley is still awful. Barry did a good job.
The score is quite close after this round:
Barry+ Chris 6:2
Tony+ Mat 6:1
Oscar+ Tommy 1:6
Frankie 0:6
Score: 5:3 to Poly U
Last round.
The last round is very determined. Before the game, boys had an about ten-minute break. They rushed to the convenient store to get some water. I'm afraid that they cooled down in the break. I just want to tell you that, after the long break(over five minutes perhaps), you should warm-up before the game started. Otherwise, you would play badly at the first few games. The pairing is like the previous round, but with Aaron and Ivan a double, Oscar a single. Matthew also paired with Jordan. With the too long break, boys did badly at the first few game, I bet. Chris and Barry started to be "hea" in the game, lastly lost. Maybe, their opponents were super strong, as Sam told them, if they lose the match, they couldn't come back to the team next time! It's a hard deal! On the other hand, Matthew did the best with Jordan, beating the Poly U for six eggs! Oscar had a single and lost only 2:6. As you should know, Oscar is only a twelve year-old boy, a F1, his opponent is 19 and a university student. Not a very fair match, but i like Oscar's topspin style.
Score: 8:4 to Poly U
1. Barry+ Chris 1:6
2. Ivan+ Aaron 0:6
3. Jordan+ Mat 6:0
4. Oscar 2:6
At the end, Matthew beated all his opponent, a very good captain!
Some short feed back here, I believe all of the boys played the game seriously and really treated the match as the very "real" inter school. The tennis team ofPoly U is quite good, actually, but I bet the boys would beat them in next, or next next time. Our players are all improving, just see Tommy and Barry. The new blood Oscar is also great, if he works hard in this year, he would improve a lot!
Feeling so great today. I'm sorry I represented Poly U and played and beated the boys...
We had a lunch together and back to the court at two.
We had some drills about the intercept, they found it effective. Thanks Raymond and Joseph for helping in the drill! We started trying to focus on the net game and especially the very crucial "intercept".
This is the end of the report, I'm sorry there may be some grammatical mistakes.
I would only give a very short brief report, as I'm so tired today, sorry..
We had a great fun today with the poly-U tennis team players.
Today, I went to the mass at St. Ignatius Chapel at 7:30am with Oscar, then we had the McDonald's breakfast, going back to the court. It was about 9am, we saw the head coach Ernest and left-hander Joseph, Aaron. I warmed up with Oscar and later talked with Ernest for the stuff of the team...
Later on, some more boys came: Chris, Barry, Tommy, Frankie, Matthew, Ivan, Jordan, Tony.
At about 10am, my teammates of Poly U came. They got only six players at first, including me. We decided to have the three doubles first, and waited for one more player for the single.
At the 1st round, we had:
Doubles:
1. Barry + Chris
2. Oscar + Tommy
3. Matthew + Frankie
Single: Jordan
Sam and I played with Barry and Chris, as they wanna to challenge us! Sam and I played with heart, we played for nearly hundred percent! Barry did well and very consistent, but Chris was still afraid to be a net game players, his net game is weak. He was also quite nervous. Of course, we beated them, 6-2. I watched some other matches, Oscar and Tommy's pair. It was only the first time they paired up and participated for a real match. They did well, especially two of them are quite consistent. Tommy had a good serve, not only powerful but also consistent. The F1 boy Oscar was great, good serve and stable ground storkes. After the match, one of my teammated praised him, telling me that the boy in blue shirt is excellent!
However, I just know the two boys need to have more experience and matches to play and learn!
So, the result of the first round:
Barry+ Chris 2:6
Frankie+ Mat 6:4
Oscar+ Tommy 1:6
Jordan 1:6
Poly-U win all the four match, the score is 3:1 to PolyU
2nd round:
The pairing was just like the 1st round, but with some arrangement. Matthew paired with Tony and Frankie had a single. I only got to played the single with Frankie. When I played with him, I found he is a very fast runner. However, without the training, his strokes were unstable, especially some easy winner point likt the mid-court attack. I hope he would come to the group more and practice more. Oscar 's team was still okay, I sometimes watched their performance. For Mat's team, they are excellent. They beated the Poly-U, the very strong pairing of Poly U. Tony was quite strong, as he is only F2. Matthew was also a good leader. Ernest and I were so pleased that Tony paired with Mat easily, no argue. Unexpected result appeared in Chris' s court, they also beated the opponent. Chris started to be consistent, but volley is still awful. Barry did a good job.
The score is quite close after this round:
Barry+ Chris 6:2
Tony+ Mat 6:1
Oscar+ Tommy 1:6
Frankie 0:6
Score: 5:3 to Poly U
Last round.
The last round is very determined. Before the game, boys had an about ten-minute break. They rushed to the convenient store to get some water. I'm afraid that they cooled down in the break. I just want to tell you that, after the long break(over five minutes perhaps), you should warm-up before the game started. Otherwise, you would play badly at the first few games. The pairing is like the previous round, but with Aaron and Ivan a double, Oscar a single. Matthew also paired with Jordan. With the too long break, boys did badly at the first few game, I bet. Chris and Barry started to be "hea" in the game, lastly lost. Maybe, their opponents were super strong, as Sam told them, if they lose the match, they couldn't come back to the team next time! It's a hard deal! On the other hand, Matthew did the best with Jordan, beating the Poly U for six eggs! Oscar had a single and lost only 2:6. As you should know, Oscar is only a twelve year-old boy, a F1, his opponent is 19 and a university student. Not a very fair match, but i like Oscar's topspin style.
Score: 8:4 to Poly U
1. Barry+ Chris 1:6
2. Ivan+ Aaron 0:6
3. Jordan+ Mat 6:0
4. Oscar 2:6
At the end, Matthew beated all his opponent, a very good captain!
Some short feed back here, I believe all of the boys played the game seriously and really treated the match as the very "real" inter school. The tennis team ofPoly U is quite good, actually, but I bet the boys would beat them in next, or next next time. Our players are all improving, just see Tommy and Barry. The new blood Oscar is also great, if he works hard in this year, he would improve a lot!
Feeling so great today. I'm sorry I represented Poly U and played and beated the boys...
We had a lunch together and back to the court at two.
We had some drills about the intercept, they found it effective. Thanks Raymond and Joseph for helping in the drill! We started trying to focus on the net game and especially the very crucial "intercept".
This is the end of the report, I'm sorry there may be some grammatical mistakes.
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Junior Series Review
This is my first time to watch boys' doubles outside wayhan.
As I had to coach all day at the tennis centre, after 5pm, I joined with Barry and Chris. While at about 3pm, I saw Barry and Chris' s singles match from my court.
Something about their single match:
Chris was unlucky, his opponent was really strong and powerful. Chris tried his best, but I think his footwork is lazy... Barry did well and lastly lost 7-9. When I am watching Barry, I feel Barry can have a very closed score with his opponent, or may beat him. Barry claimed that he was a bit sick and didn't play well.
For the singles, I'm so pleased they did well.
At about 7pm, I saw Louvre and Brian.
Louvre and Brian had the doubles, Brian is really good and did well, even their opponents are extremely strong. Louvre, once again, you should control your temper! Winning or losing the match is not very important, what you should do is to enjoy the match with these two high level players. It's a chance to hit with the two great players. Louvre served some double faults... But, all in all, it's okay and I'm quite unexpected Brian tried his best. Boys found that left-hander service is hard to return, especially with the side spins.. Raymond and Joseph, could you play more and serve some more spin serve for the kids?
Here comes to Chris and Barry.
Barry enjoyed the match and did excellent. He had a good forehand and the powerful, consistent serve. I found that Barry wasn't nervous, he can play the match "freely". He played and enjoyed it. Afterwards, Barry felt happy as he can hit with two high level players. For Chris, he's quite nervous and lazy footwork again! He seldom came to the net and have the intercept...
So, great to see the kids' match.
I know all of you improved a lot, however, it's a sad fact that we do have a far gap between the high level players. I'm so glad you all enjoy the match and learnt. Tennis is a long project! We should always learn and try something new. Hope to see the improvement on tomorrow's Poly U match.
Last thing, I found something interesting.
I saw some coaches watching the players today, this is what we didn't see in the past, especially in the junior tournament. I saw some coaches I knew, they used to be HKTA's coaches. Then, I wonder the relationship between the coach and players is very important. In the past, coaches wouldn't go and watch his players in the local tournament. Coach is important after the match, just like what we did today: after the match, I gave the boys some feedback, asking how they feel and how did improved, etc. Feedback is quite crucial for them, as they can learn more.
In future, I hope I can go with the boys and watch their match.
Thanks God, I'm so happy to be a " peer coach" in wahyan. I can easily chat with the boys and give them some advice.
As I had to coach all day at the tennis centre, after 5pm, I joined with Barry and Chris. While at about 3pm, I saw Barry and Chris' s singles match from my court.
Something about their single match:
Chris was unlucky, his opponent was really strong and powerful. Chris tried his best, but I think his footwork is lazy... Barry did well and lastly lost 7-9. When I am watching Barry, I feel Barry can have a very closed score with his opponent, or may beat him. Barry claimed that he was a bit sick and didn't play well.
For the singles, I'm so pleased they did well.
At about 7pm, I saw Louvre and Brian.
Louvre and Brian had the doubles, Brian is really good and did well, even their opponents are extremely strong. Louvre, once again, you should control your temper! Winning or losing the match is not very important, what you should do is to enjoy the match with these two high level players. It's a chance to hit with the two great players. Louvre served some double faults... But, all in all, it's okay and I'm quite unexpected Brian tried his best. Boys found that left-hander service is hard to return, especially with the side spins.. Raymond and Joseph, could you play more and serve some more spin serve for the kids?
Here comes to Chris and Barry.
Barry enjoyed the match and did excellent. He had a good forehand and the powerful, consistent serve. I found that Barry wasn't nervous, he can play the match "freely". He played and enjoyed it. Afterwards, Barry felt happy as he can hit with two high level players. For Chris, he's quite nervous and lazy footwork again! He seldom came to the net and have the intercept...
So, great to see the kids' match.
I know all of you improved a lot, however, it's a sad fact that we do have a far gap between the high level players. I'm so glad you all enjoy the match and learnt. Tennis is a long project! We should always learn and try something new. Hope to see the improvement on tomorrow's Poly U match.
Last thing, I found something interesting.
I saw some coaches watching the players today, this is what we didn't see in the past, especially in the junior tournament. I saw some coaches I knew, they used to be HKTA's coaches. Then, I wonder the relationship between the coach and players is very important. In the past, coaches wouldn't go and watch his players in the local tournament. Coach is important after the match, just like what we did today: after the match, I gave the boys some feedback, asking how they feel and how did improved, etc. Feedback is quite crucial for them, as they can learn more.
In future, I hope I can go with the boys and watch their match.
Thanks God, I'm so happy to be a " peer coach" in wahyan. I can easily chat with the boys and give them some advice.
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!
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!
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