![]() ![]() For my program, my students are just learning how to hold a racket, score, and keep a rally going when they meet me. I'm a 4.0/4.5 player that plays 3-4 days a week during the year and I enjoy both watching and playing the game. I think it depends on where you are located and what is expected of your program. The beginners will listen to technique advice, but if you have a lot of them on the team, it will take years to develop them into competitive players. Most of the top players train under private coaches most of the year and aren't necessarily open to technique advice from a high school coach (as TennisA mentions). Understanding strategy in things like doubles is more important in my experience than understanding technique. The coaches aren't primarily teaching technique, though that can certainly be helpful. The best teams around here are drawing from a rich talent pool to start with. Even given that, I think they'd argue that the management/environment problems are the biggest issue. Here in Southern California, a lot of the coaches I know are actually decent players and a fair number were/are teaching pros. I think that it isn't uncommon at all for a lot of high school sports coaches to not be very good at the sport they coach. I think the management issues are more of a challenge, if you asked them for their opinion. No, I agree that it might be common for coaches across the country to not be good players, but I don't think they consider it much of a challenge. ![]()
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