STRATHFIELD TENNIS COACHING
Character building, modern stroke technique, fitness & fun games
Our Head Coach at Strathfield is Cindy Dock who has had 3 decades of experience as an Elite Player and a Tennis and Sports coach:
- Reached Top 600 in singles and top 300 in doubles – ITF (International Tennis Federation)/WTA (Women’s Tennis Assoc)
- Tildesley Shield Singles Champion and IGSSA/NSW CHS Tennis Team and Champions
- Top Junior – Australian & NSW State Championships, including Australian Team Champions, representing NSW.
Focuses and develops the core basic fundamentals and techniques of Tennis followed by movement, fitness and fun games that leads to the importance of point play and real matches.
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The Tennis Blast Academy’s coaching programme is based on real Tennis match-play needs. Our senior coaches are responsible for researching the world’ best players and coaches, and consulting with specialists in each area of Tennis education. Our technologies are modern stroke and footwork, definitions, rules and the basic terminology of Tennis, all aspects fitness, tactics and fun games. Once proficient in all aspects, players are encouraged to play competitively and experience full matches.
COACHING DAYS & TIMES
- Juniors: ages 5-16 after school and saturday all day
- Adults: beginners and intermediate weekday mornings
- Monday to Friday 7-11am & 4-8pm
- Satutday & Sunday 8am to 4pm
- Or by appointment
Strathfield
COACHES
– Cindy Dock
– Kerry Dock
– Shaun Max
– Alex Sooveroff
Tennis Technologies
Modern tecnology – used by the world’s leading players.
- Grips, strokes, swing shapes and swing lines.
- Footwork – offensive, rally and defensive.
- Movement and Fitness – speed, agility, power, endurance, flexibility.
- Tactics and trategy
Tennis Blast’s unique, skill-based fitness programme was designed by Kerry Dock & David Bailey.
- Since 2008, Tennis Blast has partnered David and Bailey Tennis footwork
- Bailey Tennis Footwork is used extensively in all Tennis Blast’s coaching and camp programmes
Play on different surfaces, various conditions, tactics.
- Our coachiung method is baserd on our 5 decades of Tennis experience in competition and tournament play.
- Our top coaches have played and coached at international level and are chosen on their coaching ability, standard, qualification and practical experience.
Mental toughness and sports psychology.
- Sports psychology is a major part of our coaching technologies since mental attitude and planning is so important.
- All of our students will undergo gradual (sometimes rapid) acquisition of mental toughness and understand how to fine tune their mind, emotions and energy both on and off the court.