Ever found yourself in a practice situation where your partner just isn’t quite as good as you had hoped? There are ways to make this more fun for you, if you just leave your ego aside and use it as a controlled practice session.
West Meade Spring Tennis
2018 Spring West Meade Tennis
Read below for info on "Fast Feed Drills" & Kids Tennis2018 Kids After School Tennis
West Meade Swim and Tennis Club
10-14 yr olds:
Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays 4:30-6.
Pre pay by the month: Classes are only $20 each.
Drop in (With email the day before): $25
Email us margot@sphericalyellow.com to book!
Email margot@sphericalyellow.com or call 615 681 6165 for more information.
Adult: Fast Feed Classes this week
Tuesday 6pm! (Temps will be lovely!)
Book by emailing margot@sphericalyellow.com
Coming as soon as it warms up:
West Meade Swim and Tennis Club
Saturday Morning Tennis:
8am-10am Brunch Tennis
Croissants, Coffees, and other goodies while playing the fun games from Fast Feed and a mix in!
10-11:30 Kids Game and Point Play!
Register your interest for these classes to be added to a draw to win free classes!
Email margot@sphericalyellow.com or call 615 681 6165 for more information.
Interested but not ready to commit? Join the Spherical Yellow mailing list for more information, or shoot me any question: margot@sphericalyellow.com
This weeks special is to buy 2 Apple Cinnamon RX Bars for $4!
Next day restringing, all Head products including a full array of demo rackets, cold recovery drinks (KillCliff) on site, and RXBars (delicious protein bars with no junk in them).
Details here...
2018 Spring West Meade Tennis
Read below for info on "The Serve Series" "Fast Feed Drills" & Kids Tennis
Email margot@sphericalyellow.com to find out how you can score FREE lessons if you have not played with us since 2016 or are new to Spherical Yellow!
Value Bundle - Serve Series & Fast Feet!
Get ready for league Tennis with this fantastic combo!
Bundle up your Weekly Serve Series with your Weekly Fast Feet and get the BEST deal!
You will get 6 weeks of Serve Drills designed in a progression to get your serve ready for the League Tennis season, as well as 6 weeks (not 5) of footwork patterns and drills to immediately increase your efficiency moving around the court!
More info on the serve series here: www.sphericalyellow.com
Starting Jan 29th at West Meade Swim and Tennis Club
Mondays 10:30-12 and Wednesdays 10:30-12
2018 Kids After School Tennis
West Meade Swim and Tennis Club
10-14 yr olds:
Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays 4:30-6.
Pre pay by the month: Classes are only $20 each.
Drop in (With email the day before): $25
Email us margot@sphericalyellow.com to book!
Share and get discounts for referring a friend! Email margot@sphericalyellow.com or call 615 681 6165 for more information.
Adult: Fast Feed Classes this week
Wednesday and Friday 6pm!
Book by replying to this email!
Interested but not ready to commit? Join the Spherical Yellow mailing list for more information, or shoot me any question: margot@sphericalyellow.com
This weeks special is to buy 2 Apple Cinnamon RX Bars for $4!
Egg whites for protein. Dates to bind. Nuts for texture. Our core ingredients are all there for a reason. No free rides. No fillers. No B.S. Just good, clean food with 100% natural flavors. What you see is what you eat.
We also offer full Pro Shop Services...
Next day restringing, all Head products including a full array of demo rackets, cold recovery drinks (KillCliff) on site, and RXBars (delicious protein bars with no junk in them).
Details here...
Black Friday Mega Deals!
Black Friday Mega Deals!
Incredible deals on Private Lesson Packs right now!
Normally $325, now $280.
BLACK FRIDAY SPECIAL! This price is this weekend only and has the rare deal that these lessons will not expire until the end of MARCH!
What a great gift idea!!!
Take this moment to commit to your game and have private instruction weekly, 5 weeks is a good block of time to really see some improvement in your game!
This will only last through the weekend so don't miss it! HERE
Also, don't miss these incredible deals on lightly used demo rackets!
Head Speed MPA for only $90
Head Instinct S for only $100
There is one more really cool thing that you NEED going into the holidays. These 12 Healthy Holiday Hacks, now on sale for only $5! Buy and download all your fav recipes, with a hidden healthy twist, including a fantastic Grain Free Stuffing Recipe!
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See you on a court somewhere soon, and in the meantime, catch many many Tennis related antics on Instagram!
See you there!
Simple Volley Solutions
Volley technique repairs can be so much fun, as most people over complicate this stroke, and yet in reality the key to an excellent volley is simplicity. Two main things that will help your volley that are often over looked, sound so basic, but working on these will be guaranteed to help your volley.
Firstly, always have an excellent ready position.
Is your volley ready position always excellent? So often people are not quite in the correct position, or they are watching the ball with out snapping back to position quickly.
- Have your arms out in front of you, with space for a basketball between your elbows. Yes that's right! That far out in front of you! Everything about the volley becomes easier the more we become comfortable making space between our racket and our body.
-Have your wrists and forearms firm, think of a 90 degree angle between your racket handle and your forearm. Yes, this will burn those forearm muscles at first but trust us, this is essential, and should be maintained at all times while volleying. Keep your eyes on the rehab posts, one coming soon on forearm strength.
-Face the ball. I am sure you have heard this many times, and an entire article could be written on this, but do not be constrained by the shape of the court, do not necessarily face the net, but imagine like little arrows are coming out of your shoulders, and that both of them are pointed (hopefully with your feet too) towards the ball you are getting ready to receive.
-Be on the balls of your feet and always do a split step when your opponent hits the ball. More details on the split step here. This is an essential and often forgotten part of the ready position.
Secondly, keep your racket in front of you at all times!
Your volleys will get more and more comfortable the less you take your racket back, which is why it's best to try to eliminate any motion away from the ball that is coming towards you. The energy in your volley should for the most part be coming from your legs. For some reason this can be a little bit difficult to over come, but this "aha' moment is so much fun to help players achieve, as suddenly what can feel like rather and awkward and scary shot to execute, becomes comfortable, fun, and so much easier to control.
- As you set the racket in front of you to prepare for the volley, keep it in front of you as you turn and move towards the ball. This does not mean you should remain rigid. In fact it requires fluidity with your shoulders, so that the racket remains between you and the ball as much as possible, with the least amount of extraneous motion.
If this is a too hard to do while volleying on the court, do a volley to volley drill with your friend where you put yourself in the corner of the court, with the fencing behind you. It seems that people learn faster when their take their beloved racket back and it goes crashing into a fence! Don’t worry, if this description isn’t quite clear enough, videos will follow soon!
Moral of this article! Have a killer ready position every time, and keep the racket as far in front of you as possible!
Kyrgios Gives Back
Professional athletes often don’t realize just how powerful they truly are, in regards to making a difference or standing up for what they believe in. Such selfless acts of kindness should not go unnoticed.
Nick Kyrgios pledged $50 per ace he hit at the China Open to help those victims in Puerto Rico that have been affected by Hurricane Maria.
“In light of what’s happened in Puerto Rico and seeing so many good people struggle, I will be helping fellow tennis player Monica Puig in her admirable fundraising efforts to help the great people of Puerto Rico,” Kyrgios had said according to Reuters.com.
October 12 2017, By Ashli Beverly
WTA Players making fundraising fun!
The past few years Karolina Pliskova has been on top of the WTA’s ace leaderboard. June 2017, Pliskova launched the Karolina Endowment Fund.
So, what makes this fund so interesting and fun? For every ace Pliskova hit at the U.S. Open, her fund donated 200 euros to the Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Department of Motol University Hospital in Prague. To help with promotion for her cause, she has created the hashtag #AceQueen and #Bojuj, which means “fight” in Czech. In 2015 she hit 517 aces and 530 in 2016. Talk about having fun to raise funds!
Check her out on instagram @karolinapliskova for more info!
October 5, 2017, by Ashli Beverly.
Finding Success in What is Usually Perceived as a Failure.
So often we are so quick to criticize ourselves, especially on the Tennis court where we are usually either striving to improve something, or to win. Following on from last week where we focussed on finding the solution, rather than thinking about the problem, this week we are looking at finding success out of a "failure".
Here are a few examples that I see regularly, of how people are hard on themselves, but should really find a success.
When working on the technique of anything, you mustn't get annoyed if the shots do not go in the court, you're trying to specifically fix a certain part of your stroke, so focus on the success you find within those specific goals. Be it the follow through, the contact point, or anything else. Be pleased with the small successes, and the important ones will be even better and also easier to fix later on.
When serving, I am always quick to praise someone who doesn't hit the toss when it's not accurate, rather than criticize the fact that is wasn't perfect. While the toss is very important to get right, it's also something that takes a lot of work for it to be perfect. A better celebration is simply the (often hard) decision not to try hitting that bad toss!
If you said to yourself, I am going to aim up the middle of the court, but the ball goes long. Be pleased that the direction of your aim was good, and next adjust the aim of the depth. This is a big one I see often in doubles drills!
One simple method for a positive mindset
Focus on the solutions, not the problem.
Fit n Fab Class Fall 2017
Join us for this fun combination of 45 minutes of Fitness and Prehab with Macy of Fittest Core a specialist fitness and core instructor, followed by 45 minutes of Tennis with your very own Margot of Spherical Yellow!! This unique combination will sure to help you to shed a few lbs before Halloween!
Spaces are limited, so sign up fast.
Tuesdays: 10:00-11:30
Fridays: 9:00-10:30
Hey Moms - if this Friday time is a bit too early, shoot me an email: margot@sphericalyellow.com fast to request a time change, and we will do our best to accommodate your post drop off school needs!
Buy the bi - weekly package and save $50!
But wait! There is more! Macy and Margot found that they have such similar ideas on Food for Fitness, that they made an awesome 10 day Nutrition Plan!
"We love food, we love it so much that we have had to learn how to be balanced, thinking about what we eat throughout the week to make sure that we can perform at the highest level, keep our energy levels up and stay FABULOUS every single day!"
So: Check out the Nutrition Plan.. 'cause if you're in this class you can get it for only $29.99! (Normally $49.99)
Registration for this is available by email after you book this class!
No Crust Quiche
These are delicious as a breakfast or snack, and once you cook a batch, will keep all week in your fridge!
Join us for this fun combination of 45 minutes of Fitness and Prehab with Macy of Fittest Core a specialist fitness and core instructor, followed by 45 minutes of Tennis with your very own Margot of Spherical Yellow!! This unique combination will sure to help you to shed a few lbs before Halloween!
Eggplant (Aubergine) Hummus
A delicious guilt free dip to have as an appetizer or snack, recipe in the Nutrition Plan!
Cook the Eggplant in the morning (or night before) and blitz together the ingredients right before eating!