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Sam Dodds, Professional Golfer, Talks Tennis

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Sam Dodds, Professional Golfer, Talks Tennis

Golf is an popular sport with skills that complement tennis. Sam Dodds is a professional golfer who’s been cross-training by playing tennis.

Golf is an enormously popular sport with a lot of skills that overlap and complement tennis. Sam Dodds is a professional golfer – and qualified golf coach – who has been enjoying some cross-training by playing a bit of tennis. In this recorded discussion with Richard Marklow, Director of inspire2coach, Sam and Richard (who coaches Sam) identify and explain the overlaps and differences whilst indulging in some golf chat!

Highlights of Sam’s golfing journey

Junior golf

Started playing at 15 years old
Warwickshire boys champion 2007
Midland boys champion 2007
Warwickshire boys team captain 2007
England schoolboy international 2007

Mens Golf (amateur)

Midland amateur champion 2008
Warwickshire amateur champion 2012
Warwickshire match play champion 2012
Warwickshire open champion 2012
England tournament of champions 2012

Turned pro 2014

Have coached & played since
PGA Degree
Won many pro am tournaments, county and midland
Qualified for PGA playoffs 2019
Coach all levels (including disabled)
Coaching holidays

An Introduction to Get Set 4 Tennis

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An Introduction to Get Set 4 Tennis

Get Set 4 Tennis is a community tennis club priding itself on inclusivity and accessibility. They run affordable coaching for around 800 kids a week.

This live Interview with Jon Wildman and Sam Nelmes of Get Set 4 Tennis was recorded Monday 28th September 2021

Get Set 4 Tennis is a community tennis club in the UK that prides itself on inclusivity and accessibility. They provide affordable coaching both in their ‘club’ program and their SEND outreach program, where they teach approximately 800 children per week. Get Set 4 Tennis have also launched a coaching and career pathway for older teens with additional needs who may seek a career in the tennis industry. Get Set 4 Tennis look to involve anyone into the tennis ‘family’ regardless of ability, age, or impairment and find creative solutions for EVERYONE to participate.

They believe strongly that you should, “See the ABILITY. Not the disability.”

In this interview coaches Jon and Sam discuss:

The background of Get Set 4 Tennis
What is SEND and how the programme works
Sam’s preconceptions and concerns about working with players with disabilities and additional needs
How many coaches feel about this type of work
How coaching players with additional needs and impairments is different
Their advice to coaches who have not done this type of work, or who would like to but have concerns

Ideal for tennis coaches working with junior tennis players, and parents of tennis players. We have a number of other resources which will be useful to you if you want to know more about inclusive tennis and disability tennis.

Disability Tennis and Inclusion in Tennis – an interview with Mark Bullock
Making Tennis More Inclusive – Mark Bullock
An Interview with Gordon Reid, MBE

Cardio Tennis! Past, Present, Future!

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Cardio Tennis! Past, Present, Future!

Michele Krause managed the Cardio Tennis program from startup; helping it become a global product and part of tennis culture.

Michele Krause is a tennis fitness integration specialist. She was previously the Cardio Tennis Global Education Director for 15 years and recently partnered with the USTA to grow Cardio Tennis. She managed the Cardio Tennis program starting in 2005 and under her leadership it became a global product and is now part of tennis culture throughout the world.

Michele is an experienced international speaker and trainer who has presented at industry events all over the world and has delivered over 500 educational courses to tennis and fitness professionals.

In this 45 minute online interview hosted by Mark Tennant, Michele will talk about how Cardio Tennis started and evolved, the health and wellbeing benefits of Cardio Tennis as part of a healthy lifestyle, and where she sees Cardio Tennis evolving over the coming years.

If you’re a tennis coach who runs Cardio Tennis classes or would like to in the future, a tennis player who would like to participate in Cardio Tennis, or just a tennis fan interested in talking tennis, you’ll find this a lively, fun and informative interview.

Get more Cardio Tennis inspiration and innovation!

Michele has provided the following links to help you keep up to date with Cardio Tennis inspiration and innovation!

What is Cardio Tennis? – “The ultimate mind body fitness experience using tennis to provide the aerobic and anaerobic workout”
For information, education, updates, documents, community and video – https://www.facebook.com/groups/cardiotennisinstructor
Keep your eyes open or an amazing platform for Cardio Tennis Instructors – COMING SOON!
Follow Cardio Tennis on social media
- Facebook: CardioTennis
- Instagram: @CardioTennisInstructor and @CardioTennis

Mental Health Issues

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Peter Coniglio Discusses Mental Health for Tennis Coaches

Peter Coniglio is a Mental Health and Mental Performance Coach, who uses a solution-focused approach in his coaching.

The importance of mental health in sport has received greater attention in recent years as high profile athletes have revealed their mental challenges and changed the perception of athletes as being mentally “tough”. By speaking out, athletes have helped the sports community by normalising the issues facing athletes and shining a light on the whole area of mental health in general.

Peter Coniglio is a Mental Health and Mental Performance Coach. Peter uses uses a solution-focused approach in his coaching. He originally used the solution-focussed approach in pain management as he is also a qualified sports therapist and corrective exercise coach. The solution focussed approach to coaching is based on the assumption that the solution to the problem doesn’t necessarily come from focussing on the problem.

In this interview with Mark Tennant, Peter discusses:

The public versus the personal persona of well-known athletes
His role when working with athletes
The stresses and challenges which tennis coaches face which can affect mental health
Solution-focussed coaching and the importance of looking for positives in what we do
The importance of talking, and of listening to others when they want to talk
The importance of hope, and having a clear focus on the way things could be if positive change were to happen

Interview with Simon Wheatley

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Interview with Simon Wheatley

Simon Wheatley is the author of The Sweet Spot: Unleashing Potential in Tennis Coaches, Players & Parents and until recently was the Performance Coach Education Manager at the National Tennis Centre in Roehampton, London.

Simon Wheatley is the author of The Sweet Spot: Unleashing Potential in Tennis Coaches, Players & Parents and until recently was the Performance Coach Education Manager at the National Tennis Centre in Roehampton, London.

In this interview Simon discusses:

The importance of parents in the child’s tennis journey and the risks of ignoring parents or getting it wrong
Ideas of how to create and maintain an effective coach/player/parent relationship
The parent sweet spot and why the sweet spot is so important.

Sam Dodds, Professional Golfer, Talks Tennis

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Sam Dodds, Professional Golfer, Talks Tennis

Golf is an popular sport with skills that complement tennis. Sam Dodds is a professional golfer who’s been cross-training by playing tennis.

Highlights of Sam’s golfing journey

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An Introduction to Get Set 4 Tennis

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An Introduction to Get Set 4 Tennis

Get Set 4 Tennis is a community tennis club priding itself on inclusivity and accessibility. They run affordable coaching for around 800 kids a week.

They believe strongly that you should, “See the ABILITY. Not the disability.”

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Cardio Tennis! Past, Present, Future!

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Cardio Tennis! Past, Present, Future!

Michele Krause managed the Cardio Tennis program from startup; helping it become a global product and part of tennis culture.

Get more Cardio Tennis inspiration and innovation!

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Mental Health Issues

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Peter Coniglio Discusses Mental Health for Tennis Coaches

Peter Coniglio is a Mental Health and Mental Performance Coach, who uses a solution-focused approach in his coaching.

Related Articles on Tennis 24/7

Interview with Simon Wheatley

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Interview with Simon Wheatley

Simon Wheatley is the author of The Sweet Spot: Unleashing Potential in Tennis Coaches, Players & Parents and until recently was the Performance Coach Education Manager at the National Tennis Centre in Roehampton, London.

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