What are some good techniques for teaching tennis that will impress beautiful girls?

What are some good techniques for teaching tennis that will impress beautiful girls? Recently a girl asked me if I could play tennis with her soon and teach her how to play (She has never played before and is trying out for the team next year, so she has the whole summer to practice). I’m a good player (I do USTA tournaments), currently ranked in the top 75 in my state of South Carolina, and I have fun when I play and I’m not the type of player who yells when they miss shots or anything. I was wondering how I should start it, like I plan on teaching her the eastern or western grip for forehands and just rally with her while I teach her the correct forms to hit the ball and the correct footwork, but I’ve never actually taught anybody who has never played before so I could use some suggestions. Also I hope that I could play with her more than once so if she gets better she will ask me to play with her more (Hopefully all summer).

If you have any suggestions that would help her get good at tennis faster, make the "Lesson" really fun, or help me impress her, PLEASE tell me. (By the way I am 16 and she is 17, I’m telling you this so you don’t give advice thinking I am like 13 or something, haha)

I’m mainly looking for ideas on how to get her better and how I could get her to want me to keep playing with her, and covering these categories
1) Drills / exercises
2) Techniques I should teach her
3) Ways to start the "lesson" without me sounding arrogant, and things I should say to motivate her
4) Ways to show her the techniques, like on the forehand if I should just move her hand to the correct grip and get behind her and drop the ball and swing with her or something
5) Just anything that you think would help me out, thanks

Ok well I guess I will just go down your numbered list.
1) The very first drill you should do with her is to stand beside her and drop feed it for her. Once she becomes comfortable swinging the racket, move on to fed drills from the net. At first just start feeding to her forehand but be careful not to under develop the back hand, as this is a common problem with teenage tennis players today.
2) Even though you said you would like to go fast with the lessons, you cannot rush natural developement. Start her off with a continental grip (neither easter nor western). Once she can comfortably hit the ball back, teach her about spin. Since she must learn how to serve in order to play school matches, teach it slowly and at her discretion. Serving is very frustrating for beginners.
3) To not sound arrogant, just tell her that your happy to help and all the lessons will be at her discretion; if she doesn’t want to hit, don’t hit. To motivate her, explain to her that in three months (summer vacation) she can easily make the team. Keep the prospect of making the team fresh in her mind.
4) At very first you definately should. Don’t do this more than one or two lessons because she may become aggrevated at her apparent lack of progress. Muscle memory also developes early at your age so the actual hand placement should come easily. Also, if you start moving her along and telling her that she’s doing well, she will become more excited about it. My students have a tendency to do so atleast.
5) Be careful to never say anything discouraging or show of your serve too much. This can dishearten the student and make them think that since they started late, they can never achieve your level of play.

These are the techniques I use as a coach. I’ve only been coaching officially for a year but these seemed to have worked when I learned. Good luck with the chick.

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3 Responses to “What are some good techniques for teaching tennis that will impress beautiful girls?”

  1. Vanilla Face says:

    Ok well I guess I will just go down your numbered list.
    1) The very first drill you should do with her is to stand beside her and drop feed it for her. Once she becomes comfortable swinging the racket, move on to fed drills from the net. At first just start feeding to her forehand but be careful not to under develop the back hand, as this is a common problem with teenage tennis players today.
    2) Even though you said you would like to go fast with the lessons, you cannot rush natural developement. Start her off with a continental grip (neither easter nor western). Once she can comfortably hit the ball back, teach her about spin. Since she must learn how to serve in order to play school matches, teach it slowly and at her discretion. Serving is very frustrating for beginners.
    3) To not sound arrogant, just tell her that your happy to help and all the lessons will be at her discretion; if she doesn’t want to hit, don’t hit. To motivate her, explain to her that in three months (summer vacation) she can easily make the team. Keep the prospect of making the team fresh in her mind.
    4) At very first you definately should. Don’t do this more than one or two lessons because she may become aggrevated at her apparent lack of progress. Muscle memory also developes early at your age so the actual hand placement should come easily. Also, if you start moving her along and telling her that she’s doing well, she will become more excited about it. My students have a tendency to do so atleast.
    5) Be careful to never say anything discouraging or show of your serve too much. This can dishearten the student and make them think that since they started late, they can never achieve your level of play.

    These are the techniques I use as a coach. I’ve only been coaching officially for a year but these seemed to have worked when I learned. Good luck with the chick.
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  2. thebuttkiller says:

    75 in state. man you are ranked low. AND IS NORTH CAROLINA TOO… play with the hot girl
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  3. Local Pace says:

    gee i tried to teach a girl tennis once. It’s really hard. I would certainly start with a flat, maybe slightly western grip on the forehand, and a completely flat grip on the 2 handed backhand. Just make sure she understands that consistency and depth is the key to winning tennis matches.
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