Holiday Coaching Clinic Report
Smarter than Smoking
Holiday Coaching Clinic.
David Brown – WA Development Coach.
The Smarter than Smoking Holiday Coaching Clinic was conducted at the Kingsway Indoor Stadium for junior students under 16, over a 3 day period from 14th to 16th July 2009. Numbers for the sessions were limited but as it happened, 16 players enrolled which with 8 tables doesn’t take a lot of working out!
The content of the sessions were created to provided a continuous progression from the basic grip, strokes and rules through to service techniques and match strategy.
All the students arrived with much enthusiasm and despite working them fairly hard they never wavered during the 3 days. Most if not all went away with more knowledge and expertise than they came with. There were encouraging signs from a number of players that I recognized from earlier tournaments to such an extent that some of the students were invited to join the State Development Program.
It is envisaged that these clinics will be conducted on a regular basis both in and out of School Holiday periods and the only constraints will be the coaching staff availability.
