The two new articles on TennisMindGame.com this week are both about training tennis juniors. I've been working with Poonky, an 8 year old Thai girl and can share some videos and ideas about training such young tennis players.

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1. What's new?
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a) What is important to work on with 8 to 10 year old kids? Here's the first part of the drills Poonky did often in the last 2 months:

Poonky - Training An 8 Year Old Tennis Junior

b) Another question asked by Poonky's parents and many others is: "How much should my child train? And what should this complete training plan include?"

The training plan for juniors I've shared here is how top juniors in Slovenia practice and it's very similar in most other European countries...

Training Plan For Tennis Juniors

c) Stephen shared his Secret to Serving and it has to do with the moment of hitting the ball.

Thanks Stephen, a free ebook is on its way to your Inbox...

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2. Tennis Thoughts Blog
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The shorter version of the junior training plan is also answered on the blog. A tennis parent asked me why I think Europeans are better than Americans. So here are my thoughts on that:

Junior Training in Europe

You may also want to check the article on BBC where Novak Djokovic shared his thoughts about tennis juniors in Great Britain...

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I am off to a short vacation in Phuket and then I am coming back to Slovenia on the 15th of May. Talk to you in 2 weeks...

Enjoy your game!

Best regards,

Tomaz

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