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Tennis Pod Pro Videos
Lee Couillard hosts Tennis Pod Pro Videos. Learn all the secrets of the pros as well as methods of teaching the basics to beginners. All this and more is here, all captured in short one- to two-minute clips. This podcast is for everyone: from professionals to the interested novice. Videos are categorized and searchable. To learn more, visit http://www.punahou.edu/tennisvideos/
- Wrist snap?
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Lee Couillard, USPTA, Head Tennis Professional, Punahou School, Honolulu, Hawaii explains the "wrist snap" on the serve. Dr. Martin Baroch mentions that elite players do have faster racket head speeds on their forearm extension, pronation and upper arm internal rotation. It is important to note that all the body movements are needed to produce an effective serve and that one should not primarily concentrate on just pronation and upper arm internal rotation.
- Crouching kids volley drill
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Lee Couillard, USPTA, Head Tennis Professional, Punahou School shows a tip on the volley for young children. Young children need to get low on the volleys just as adults. Here in this video old volleyballs and water polo balls are used to have the students sit on to teach the first progression on the volley.
- Putting on the brakes
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Lee Couillard, USPTA Head Tennis Professional, Punahou School, Honolulu, Hawaii explains the "Brake Step" to the ACE II tennis class.
- Racket acceleration
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Bernard Gusman, USPTA, Director of Tennis, Punahou School, Honolulu, Hawaii shows a drill to increase racket acceleration. This can also be used as a beginning topspin progression. - Yoo (KOR) vs Domijan (USA)
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November 15, 2008 USA F29 Honolulu Futures Semi-finals action between Daniel Yoo, Korea (ATP Ranking #605) and Alexander Domijan, USA (ATP Ranking #855). Yoo defeated Domijan 4-6, 7-5, 6-2.
- Kumantsov (RUS) vs Sijsling (NED)
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2008 USA F29 Honolulu Futures Semi-finals action between Andrey Kumantsov (Russia) and Igor Sijsling (The Netherlands).
- Reid (AUS) vs Sijsling (NED)
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ITF Pro Circuits, USA F29 HONOLULU FUTURES. Quarterfinal action between Matt Reid, Australia and Igor Sijling, The Netherlands.
- Weight transfer
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Lee Couillard, USPTA, Head Tennis Professional, Punahou School shows clips of ATP players landing with the correct weight transfer. It is important that when players land they are in position to move immediately to the next shot. Included in the video is an excerpt of Dave Porter, Ed.D. from a recent high performance workshop conducted at Punahou School. In this clip he explains this complex movement.
- 2008 Honolulu Futures
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ITF Pro Circuits. USA F29 2008 Honolulu Futures footage. Uladzimir Ignatik is the #1 seed at the Honolulu Futures tournament. He is the 2007 French Open Boys 18 and under champion and is currently ranked #451 in the world.
- Swinging Volley