tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38486698578465569812024-02-21T03:39:19.757-05:00Sly Schotts - Teaching Tennis Pro<b>Orlando, Florida (Winter Park)</b>Doug Ingbretsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01224778798131009256noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3848669857846556981.post-30781764954410475602013-05-18T13:14:00.000-04:002016-10-09T19:28:25.974-04:00Important Information from 3rdToad.com Tennis<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Thank you.Doug Ingbretsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01224778798131009256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3848669857846556981.post-29373918229179665072013-05-17T10:04:00.000-04:002014-12-06T21:18:59.376-05:00Summer Saturday Clinics<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am going to begin Saturday morning clinics this summer. These will probably begin the third Saturday of June to give many of you time after school ends to get the summer underway for your kids and those vacations to crowded destinations because everyone else did the same.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Those interested please leave your name and rating (as if I don't already know most) by using the comment section below and please <b>invite a friend</b>. You can follow this update by selecting <i><b>Notify Me</b></i> in the comment section.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">More detail will follow, but I plan on beginning at 10:00am and then adjusting the time earlier as we approach the true heat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>La Hombres</b> may come out and offer discounted salads and some cool drinks post-clinic. Go by and have lunch or dinner at their place and tell them what a great idea this is.</span>Doug Ingbretsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01224778798131009256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3848669857846556981.post-48400682580458818472013-05-11T08:42:00.000-04:002014-12-28T08:14:06.693-05:00Thank You for the Turnout<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm impressed. Thank you all for making a great showing and participating in the Cinco de Mayo - Extra Cheese Please Mixer we had last Saturday. I believe everyone who signed up, showed up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The sponsors were very gracious and asked if we would be doing these in the future. <b>La Hombres</b> definitely wants to do it again as long as my sidekick, Tom Stanton, doesn't eat so many darn tacos. I think he had over 13 of them. There's something about being from Arizona and tacos.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Whoever came up with the margaritas made with Lemon-Lime Gatorade, nailed it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>All Things Sports</b> was glad to see so many of you who came out and shopped with them this week. That kind of support keeps them sponsoring our events. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'll try to schedule more such events during other holidays - significant ones or otherwise.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Again, thank you.</span>Doug Ingbretsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01224778798131009256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3848669857846556981.post-13715771524000739862013-04-14T11:16:00.000-04:002014-02-25T16:45:49.962-05:00Tennis and Fitness<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tennis is a competitive sport and on most levels we are rewarded with the social aspects as well, yet, tennis is not a substitute for a complete form of physical health and the answer to all your fitness needs, even if you are a pro – ask them.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tennis, recreationally or otherwise, requires much more from the human body and incorporates many more movements (great stuff) and brings into play a variety of muscle groups, joints and associated tissues, than those required of most other sports - the studies have been done.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Welcome Tom Stanton from Mesa, Arizona. He has a tennis bio that is outstanding - I will tell you more later if I don't fire him first for being too good.</span><br />
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He will be assisting me with clinics and group drills and may even be helping with private lessons.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I stumbled over an excellent video by Tom Avery on maximizing the one-hand top spin backhand stroke. This video is concise and covers his instruction from the proper points of view, making Tom's explanation easy to understand.</span><br>
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">As soon as he had covered the basic parts of the stroke and completed a full swing from preparation to finish, I was reminded of one player, Roger Federer.</span><br>
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I remember years ago after winning a major match (those days when we were more likely to see Roger run around his backhand), he was asked what part of his game he wished to work on the most. "My top spin backhand", was his reply. Well, we know what has become of this - it's one of the most graceful and accurate one-hand backhand swings in the game.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank you for all the participation we had and the cheers and support received at the Junior Challenge Clinic.<br /><br /> I hope the idea of me coaching both players after every third game was beneficial and I thank all you parents for staying in your seats.<br /><br /> It was instructional and competitive, yet fun and everyone had a very sportsman like attitude. Great food too - thank you to the families. I plan to do this occasionally when we have the proper time and right mix of students.<br /><br /> It was amazing what the player's learned about their game and their opponent's game as well. Actually, it's amazing what I learned about them.<br /><br /> I hope they shared with you parents what they learned. If they didn't, just ask.<br /><br /> Again, thank you.</span>Doug Ingbretsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01224778798131009256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3848669857846556981.post-67376649079215459442013-01-22T19:48:00.000-05:002015-01-31T10:43:47.999-05:00Congratulations Gail Forse<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Congratulations to Gail Forse for being moved up to 4.0.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Her record last year and her Singles win at the Orlando Open at the end of the year left no denying she is playing better than the 3.5 label she had been wearing for the last two years.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At least she is not protesting this as I know so many sand-baggers do. (You know who you are.) She's ready to go play with the big girls and probably take it a little further. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Short of an injury or another baby, I guarantee she will be playing 4.5 within two years, perhaps sooner.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Congratulations Gail!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0