Articles Archive for April 2010
Kelly's QuickStart Journal »
Yesterday was the christening of our brand new permanent QuickStart courts. It also marked the last day of our first 3 week session of QuickStart instruction. In these first three weeks, I followed the suggested QuickStart manual, practice by practice, tweaking it to fit my personality, teaching style, and my kids’ general ability. In our first 5 and 6 yr old class, I found it difficult to manage a mere 2 kids of two very different skill levels. One of these children had limited coordination, and found it difficult to …
Kelly's QuickStart Journal »
My name is Kelly Parker. Tennis has led me around the world, and now it has led me to a 36 foot court. I think throughout all my experiences, the 36 ft court is just as intimidating to me as anything else I have done on a tennis court. I start this blog in an attempt to document my experiences in the new QuickStart tennis format. My goal is to enjoy the experience with the kids, and have an open mind about this new initiative that is becoming the face …
Golf Tips, Specialty Shots »
Every golfer can recall a time on the golf course where you have to either hook or slice the ball around a tree or around a dogleg hole. These shots can come in handy a lot of the times. It is important to know how to hit these shots, not only to use them on the golf course, but to fix your own shots if you are hitting it a certain way. Hook or Draw
Let’s assume that you are set up correctly and square to the target.
The angle that your club …
Featured, Most Popular, Training Aids »
The training aid that we use most with our students is the putting mirror by Eyeline Golf. This product is very simple and extremely effective in helping a player continually work on the correct fundamentals. The putting mirror promotes good fundamentals and good fundamentals promote lower scores. The mirror has lines to help you position your eyes correctly, work on proper alignments including putter face and shoulders, and helps to insure proper ball position. This way you are always practicing the correct fundamentals.
The mirror comes in two sizes. The larger …
Groundstrokes, Kelly Parker, Strategy, Tennis Tips »
What does it mean to play “High Percentage Tennis”? You will hear instructors and coaches say this many times, but until you understand the angles of the court it will mean nothing to you.
High Percentage Over the Net: The net is the biggest obstacle you will have to get over when playing tennis. If you think about it, if you hit the ball in the net, the point is over. You have no way of winning that point. However, if you hit the ball over the net and possibly out, you …
Kelly Parker, Serve, Tennis Tips »
The serve is the most important shot in tennis. It is the only shot that you have 100% control over and it can give you a big advantage at the start of the point.
There are two key things that you should always remember on the serve. If you are doing these two things well, you will be able to hit a good consistent serve:
You should always go up! One of the most common mistakes (especially when players are nervous) is to to pull your head down or dropping your left …
Featured, Golf Tips, Most Popular, Robert Linville, Short Game »
The short game system we teach is based on logic and fundamental principles. First, I believe there needs to be a logical reason to do things a certain way. If there is a technical and mechanical advantage to swinging a certain way of setting-up with certain alignments, then by all means we want to do that. You will get much better results if we use sound principles and keep the process as simple as possible.The first step in the process of improving your short game is developing the proper set-up …
