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SOTO SPY 🕵️‍♀️ Full Time STA Players

SOTO SPY 🕵️‍♀️

Full Time STA Players @maxhgraham & @max.relic21 firing up their Monday morning with competitive games inspired by @djokernole 🔥 A great way to get the legs moving and the blood pumping ready for a strong week of training in the Sotogrande sunshine ☀️

#tennis #fire #sun #spain🇪🇸 #compete #vamos #letsgo #fun #legs #teamsoto

@carlitosalcarazz showing us all the shots here @a

@carlitosalcarazz showing us all the shots here @andaluciaopen in Marbella 🇪🇸

Here he is turning the point around in the semi final vs @munarclar

Serious clay court 🎾 👏🙏💪🇪🇸 #alcaraz #munar #atp @atptour

Control The Controllables @ctc.podcast Episode 110

Control The Controllables @ctc.podcast Episode 110: Tom Gullikson

In this clip, Tom speaks about his twin brother Tim’s relationship with Pete Sampras, and Pete’s incredible gesture on the day of Tim’s funeral.

A must-listen episode - catch it now via the link in our bio 👆

SOTO SPY 🕵️‍♂️ Full Time Academy Play

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Full Time Academy Player and @sotoschool Vedant Mohan, 10, working with coach James Buswell on his decision making when using his FH cross court.

3 options signified by calling out the colour of the cone:

1. Strong cross creating width by breaking side line

2. Deep cross into D zone - applying pressure with depth and finding opponent's BH (assuming they are right handed)

3. Deep cross middle (C zone) - safer option when receiving a more central ball or under a bit of time/movement pressure.

Keep up the hard work Vedant!

#tennis #tenis #tennisacademy #sototennis #teamsoto #forehand #development #spain #sotogrande

Thoughtful Thursday 💭 We are so grateful for

Thoughtful Thursday 💭

We are so grateful for the day in, day out support we receive from the parents, guardians and families of our Academy players 🙌

Like @jamie__murray, we recognise the sacrifices families make in order to provide incredible opportunities for athletes, and thank them for their endless encouragement, their time, their investment and their energy that enables sportsmen and sportswomen to thrive and enjoy their journeys 💪

Catch Jamie’s Control The Controllables Episode #13 and @judymurray_ ‘s Episode #27 via the link in our bio 👆and make sure you give our new Instagram page @ctc.podcast a follow so you don’t miss out on all the latest CTC news!

#thoughtfulthursday #thoughtoftheday #thankful #dayindayout #grateful #jamiemurray #judymurray #controlthecontrollables #podcast #tennispodcast #tennis #teamsoto

Workout Wednesday 🏋️‍♂️ A big shoutout

Workout Wednesday 🏋️‍♂️

A big shoutout this week to Max Robertson-Beavers who has been working hard in the gym over the past few months and shown some great improvements!

The first video shows Max completing a range of fundamental movements including an arabesque and forward lunge, whilst also having to focus on other cues including cone touches and a good posture throughout the movements to ensure the cone doesn’t fall off his head 👀

Another exercise which focuses on balance and footwork is noughts and crosses- Max has to use his toes to grab the sock and throw it to a position on the board. If he doesn’t throw it where he aims, then this could mean he loses the game!

The third clip shows Max focusing on coordination. From his pancake position on the floor, Max has to coordinate his hands with his lower body to ensure he keeps bouncing the ball all the way up to a standing position. We progress this drill by using a metronome so Max has to time his ball touches to the beat provided ⏱

With all developing tennis players, core strength is an important focus for training. Here, Max demonstrates a deadbug, but with added rotational force which he is trying to resist. The ability to resist rotational force aids the development of rotational power on court 🎾

Even with all this hard work, Max has also stepped up and demonstrated exercises to others. You can see him and his sister Mollie squatting with their kettlebells- Max helped to coach Mollie some tips for this exercise!

Well done Max and keep up the excellent work 👊

If you’re a fan of McEnroe, Borg, Sampras, Agass

If you’re a fan of McEnroe, Borg, Sampras, Agassi or Courier, this is a must-listen CTC episode!

Tom Gullikson reached as high as #34 in the world in singles and #4 in doubles. He is a 2-time Grand Slam finalist, winning the Mixed Doubles at the US Open in 1983. Also known as Gully, Tom was the US Davis Cup Captain between 1994 and 1999, leading the US team of Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, Jim Courier and Michael Chang to victory in 1995.

As Team USA's coach, Tom also helped Agassi win a gold medal at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.

Tom talks to Dan about his playing and coaching career, including what it was like being the other side of the net when John McEnroe yelled "you cannot be serious¨ for the first time at Wimbledon!

Control the Controllables is now on Instagram! Here we’ll be sharing all the latest from the Podcast on it’s very own dedicated account. Please go and give us a follow @ctc.podcast 🎙

You can also keep up with all the latest episodes on our CTC website via the link in our bio.

If you enjoy this episode, please let us know in the reviews section on Apple Podcasts! ⭐️

Tekkers Tuesday 🎾 12-year-old Full Time Acade

Tekkers Tuesday 🎾

12-year-old Full Time Academy Player Maita Munyimani's 🇦🇺 serve comparisons from September 2020 to April 2021.

Picture 1 shows how Maita now has more space under his right elbow and a wider stance because his right foot is now further behind his left foot.

Picture 2 shows how Maita’s left arm is now higher at the point where he initiates upward drive with his hips, which will help him get a better shoulder over shoulder action.

Finally, Picture 3 shows how Maita now has a more athletic finish with a stronger arabesque position, demonstrating that he now uses more of his body and his legs to drive upwards into the serve and forwards into the court.

Still lots of work to be done but big improvements made in a short space of time! Keep it rocking Maita 💪

#serve #development #progress #tennis #tenis #tennisacademy #sototennis #teamsoto #sotogrande

Snap! Friends reunited ft. matching👕❤️🎾

Snap! Friends reunited ft. matching👕❤️🎾

SOTO SPY 🕵️‍♂️ STA Full Time Player A

SOTO SPY 🕵️‍♂️

STA Full Time Player Alin Fatu 🇷🇴 working on an early setup with his shoulders and his racket, allowing greater angles of separation between his shoulders and hips.

This results in an earlier throwing position, more time to find the best position and a more effective acceleration through the ball.

The goal of this is to create greater ball speed speed on Alin’s forehand when in aggressive positions 💪

#tennis #tenis #tennisacademy #sototennis #teamsoto #spain #sotogrande #forehandtechnique

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