My private coach for tennis says one thing, but my coach @ school says something else. Who should I listen 2?

Question

For my serves, my private coach wants me to toss my ball above my head for topsin. Plus he says that I need to keep my feet at a side form, like the professionals. My coach at school says that I need to put my left foot pointing towards the front. He also mentioned that my toss just needs to be barely in front of me. Then, my private coach wants me to put topsin in my forehand, but my coach at school wants me to put little topsin. So who do I listen to? Please give me some good advice that will be really helpful.

Please say something about how to stand when serving, and how I should hit with my forehand

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Answer 1

well, for your forehand, I'd say you listen to your private coach and put a reasonable amount of topspin on it. For your serve, the best position to play with is with feet side-on to the baseline, that way you will rotate the most to get front on contact, when u serve the ball, therefore it is thr best possible position for power. However this very good rotation can be hard to achieve for most people, so they turn their feet slightly forward. If you are having difficulty with your serve, then you should use the more forward facing feet. However you should not serve front-on. you should only rotate your feet a maximum of 45degrees towards forward. For you ball toss, toss it over your head sometimes on your first serve, and most times on your second serve. As top-spin creates less margin for error it is good for 2nd serves, for first serves it is good to vary your serve. From my experience school coaches are often, but not always crap. As tennis clubs want to use their best coaches for private lessons, they usually send the crap ones to schools (except for 1st teams/top teams).

Answer 2

I would stick with your private coach. Most of the High School coaches are not up to snuff. What your private coach said about your toss is totally correct, Just be polite listen to your coach at school and do not disagree with him, Your goal is to get to the next level, that is why you pay for your lessons.

Answer 3

I recommend you set up a meeting between your school coach and your private coach and ask them both to share their philosophy and why. There may be some reasons why. The school coach may have some idea about other school players style and ability and his recommendation may be for the good of the team in match play. The private coach may be thinking about play in general. You need to get them on the same page.

Answer 4

Well, to tell u the truth, your private coach is right. But to be good on the tennis team u might just have to listen to your tennis coach even though he/she is totally fundamentally wrong!!! So it's ur choise, u could listen to your tennis coach, develop bad habbits and be a higher rank on the tennis team. Or you could listen to your personal coach develop good habits and not be favored with your coach on the high school team.

Answer 5

i actually teach kids tennis and house to serve..and never..in any time of teaching or earning have i heard some coach say to do what your school coach said....topspin is something every tennis player should at least learn and use before doing other things once theyve gotten competitive....listen to your private coach..he knows what hes talking about....

Answer 6

Trust me the things your private coach is telling you a lot better advice! Listen to him. I had this same problem a few weeks ago...

Answer 7

You should listen to your private teacher because private teachers are professional and they have experience so they know what they are talking about, anyways I know that your private teacher is right on this one because my coach told me to do that and I've done it ever since it helped me alot with my topspin