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Operant Conditioning In Coaching
What is operant conditiong? Operant conditioning also known as instrumental conditioning is an association between behaviour and consequence. Why is operant conditioning applicable in coaching? Positive and negative reinforcement works for the process of learning or teaching to get the desired beahviour or outcome. How can it help learners pick up tennis more effectively? Creating…
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Private, pair or group tennis lesson?
Different tennis lessons serve a different needs for different people. Firstly, for kids, there are also a private or group setting and depends on how kids take well to a private or group setting. Generally, it bodes well for social development and fun for kids to interact and learn together. However, a private tennis lesson…
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Playing Tennis At Kallang Tennis Centre
Tennis lessons at Kallang Tennis Centre is located next to the National Stadium and Singapore Indoor Stadium, where sports and art events happen in Singapore mainly. National and youth teams train here as well.The Singapore Tennis Association also conducts its programs here. There is a swimming pool and a netball centre, home of Netball Singapore.…
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Wimbledon And Grass Court
Wimbledon is probably deemed as the popular Grand Slam among the four annually. As we all know it is played on grass and it is not a common surface in Singapore. However, if I am not mistaken we can still find grass courts at Singapore Cricket Club. Some condos do have synthetic grass but I…
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Mental Training During Tennis
Mental training during tennis might be an overlooked area during a tennis lesson especially for recreational players. After all, we are just looking for some fun and exercise. Perhaps for the more serious recreational players who demand more from their shots could find it useful to train their mentality. Many times we fight the negativity…
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Choosing A Junior Tennis Racket For Your Child.
For parents out there looking to get a junior racquet for your kids tennis development. Racket size and length There are different types of junior racquets for kids ranging 19,21,23,25 and 27 inch racquets.The number is written on the racquet itself so look for the number. A rough estimate you can look at but use…
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How tennis can increasingly play a part in Singapore’s society today.
After listening to the NDP rally on TV, diabetes is one of the concerns of health in many people.The extent of the issue surprises me, from 20% in Chinese ethnic to more than 50% in Indian ethnic group in Singapore. I think exercise has always been part a solution coupled with eating right to curb…
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Knowing your National Tennis Rating Program (NTRP)
Firstly, NTRP stands for National Tennis Rating Program which is a guide to rate players. Why would we need to know our ratings? For instance , when someone asks you which level you’re at and wishes to play a game of tennis with you, it is likely one would want to play with someone of…
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Do you need to be very strong to play tennis ?
One of the common thinking people have about the game of tennis i’ve encountered is that you need to be very strong or at least that is thought of by some who don’t play.I would think that is a guess that they make that is based on the size of the court that they perceive,…
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