Check out the highlight video of the last clinic on forehand loop.
Time:Sunday,
December 29th 3-7pm @ THPRD.15707
SW Walker Rd, Beaverton, OR 97006
Coaches:
Sean O'Neill (2 x Olympian) & Tim Aikey (Oregon State Champion).
Also some assistant coaches to help with video recording / coaching.
Sponsor:
Paddle Palace, Orange Nittaku Top Balls.
Cost:
$60.00 for four hours. Contact me Tim Aikey, Aikeyt@gmail.com
to
get into the clinic.
Required
level & Partnering: We're not going to put a minimum level on
this clinic, but do know we will be focusing on advanced topics. This
clinic is certainly good for players 2000+. Players will be partnered
up with similar skilled players. Top 20 players will get into the
clinic.
Overview:
Serve and serve return are the most important parts of the game,
after the serve and serve return you are either at a great advantage
or a great disadvantage. Sean and I want to make serve and serve
return a stronger part of your game so that the following balls are
easy to attack instead of hard to defend. Being an advanced clinic we
are going to be getting into the "hows" and "whys"
of all the aspects of serve and serve return so that you can make the
best choice possible. All the topics below will be covered. Time will
be saved at the end of the clinic for Q&A, questions can also be
asked during the lectures. Clinic structure will be lecture, drill,
lecture, drill. We will also have two different time blocks of match
play where players can try to put newly learned material into match
play.
Service
demo & lecture:
1)
Spin deception, why and how to.2)
Placement deception, why and how to.3)
General serve placement and why and why to vary the placement.4)
Varying spin and why and how to.5)
Importance of variety of types of serves, many types of serves will
be shown.6)
Serving based on your opponents strengths and weaknesses, knowing
what their options are based on what strokes they know how to
execute.7)
What serves i should be doing at the end of the game, 8-8,9-9,10-10
etc.8)
Super tricky serve and 3rd ball that your opponents will have no idea
whats going on.
Serve
return demo and lecture:
1)
Options on short serve, flips, drops, pushing, when, where, and in
which cases.2)
Options on long serve and also half long, looping and pushing and how
to, when and when not.3)
Super secret serve return that only the really good players know so
that their opponents can't kill the ball, how it works and what
happens.4)
The biggest mistakes players make when returning serves that make it
an easy win for their opponents.5)
When to spin, when to smash, how to balance and why.6)
We will go over all the tricks and ways of how to read opponents
tricky serves.7)
Tricks of how the top level players adjust to tough serves from their
opponents.8)
The importance of a good push, how to and why.9)
How to return the super spinny side spin serves like the tomahawk and
the pendulum serve, also smart placement on these serves and
why.
Recent
changes to my clinics due to players requests from my post clinic
questioner:
1)
Lecture times are kept as short as possible.2)
Drill time will be 15 minutes +3)
Two time blocks of match play.4)
Private session with Sean O'Neill looking at your serves and or serve
return.5)
The drills will be recorded by an assistant coach of individuals and
a private playlist will be made for each player. This allows players
to see themselves doing the drills on camera. In addition to the
recording either Sean or I will make comments on your playlist
detailing either what happened or what needs to happen or worked on.
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