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S H O T O F T H E W E E K 👏 What a way for Oli

S H O T O F T H E W E E K 👏

What a way for Oliver Blomfield @ollie_blomfield 🇬🇧 to finish his latest STA Access Training Period by winning March’s penultimate ‘Shot of the Week’! You certainly can’t fault Ollie’s commitment with this forehand lob 💪 .

It’s been great having you at base for the last month Ollie, we’re looking forward to welcoming you back this summer 🙌 .

Can Ollie take the title and win ‘Shot of the Month’? 🤔 Keep your 👀 on our feed to choose your winner 🏆

#shotoftheweek #forehand #lob #shot #winner #skills #tennis #tennisacademy #sototennis #teamsoto #vamos #reel #reels #instagramreel #tennisreel #fyp #spain #sun #sunny #costadelsol

It’s Friday! 🙌 It’s been an action-packed

It’s Friday! 🙌

It’s been an action-packed week of fun and rewarding training under the beautiful March sunshine at base in Sotogrande, ending with our Team Soto Friday Circle ⭕️.

We’ve met some fantastic new faces this week, but also said some sad ‘goodbyes for now’ to some long-standing STA Players - good luck in your future adventures, you’ll always be a part of Team Soto ❤️.

Congratulations to our excellent Player of The Week, Aditya Arora @aditya.arora_11 🌟

Good luck to our players competing locally here in Spain 🇪🇸 over the weekend at the Cádiz Championships and next week at the @itf_juniors J60 Alicante and the Andalusia Champs!

Team Soto is also being represented at ATP events by Pro Team Players Alberto Barroso Campos @albertobarroso96 🇪🇸 and Coach Pepe Juarez @pepejuarezc 🇪🇸 competing at the Challenger @atpchallengertour in Girona @clubtennisgirona , and Lloyd Glasspool 🇬🇧 @lloyd.glasspool and Harri Heliövaara 🇫🇮 @harriheliovaara starting their campaign at @miamiopen , alongside their Coach Dan Kiernan @dkiern1 🇬🇧 - Vamos Equipo 💪.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

#sototennis #tennisacademy #tennis #friday #fridayfeeling #juniortennis #proteam #atp #teamsoto

S O T O S P Y 🕵️‍♂️ This week we spot

S O T O S P Y 🕵️‍♂️

This week we spotted STA Access Player Marco Lee @marcoblaislee 🇺🇸 working on his take-back on the forehand side with Senior Performance Coach Bruno Argudo 🇪🇸.

At the beginning of the session, Marco’s take-back was quite high before contacting the ball. Bruno worked with Marco on achieving a smoother swing by getting him to keep his palm and head of the racket facing down just before the forward swing. ✋⬇️

Shortening the swing will help Marco find his contact point further out in front, especially when receiving fast incoming balls.⚡️

After progressing the exercises, you can see Marco’s improved take-back started to allow him to make contact further out in front. Great work Marco! 💪

#forehand #performance #tennistips #teamsoto #sototennis #tennis #tennisacademy #STA #spain #sotogrande

S O T O S P Y 🕵️‍♂️ This week during

S O T O S P Y 🕵️‍♂️

This week during Wednesday’s integrated basket sessions we spotted our 15+ Players practicing their recovery stance, with STA Coaches Mike Digby @mikedigbyy 🇬🇧 and Aleks Andrejic @aandrejic96 🇷🇸.

Specifically, Access Players Ben Purcell @benpurcell03 🇬🇧 and Oliver Blomfield @ollie_blomfield 🇬🇧 were working on opening up the hip to allow a better recovery.

Keep up the good work boys! 💪

#recovery #footwork #hips #intensity #energy #performance #teamsoto #sototennis #tennis #tennisacademy #STA #spain #sotogrande

T H O U G H T F U L 💭 T H U R S D A Y “You

T H O U G H T F U L 💭 T H U R S D A Y

“You get respect from showing you try ALWAYS 100%, and not necessarily because you win.” Dave Miley @dmiley9 🇮🇪

An excellent reminder from Dave Miley, our latest @ctc.podcast guest, about the importance of the day-in-day-out effort and energy required to become the best version of yourself and get the respect you deserve!

Head to our podcast page above or click the link in our bio to listen to Dave’s full episode #186, in which he talks about how we can improve tennis for everyone 🙌.

Also, please show your support by voting for us in the Best Tennis Podcast category of this year’s Sports Podcast Awards! 🗳 Head to the link in our bio for more info 👆

#podcast #thoughtoftheday #quote #quoteoftheday #tennis #tennisacademy #teamsoto #sototennisacademy #ctc #controlthecontrollables #pod #respect #effort

Teamwork makes the dream work 🤜🤛 This Wedne

Teamwork makes the dream work 🤜🤛

This Wednesday Doubles Session saw our Players compete in the “volley game”.

In this game, the tramlines are out to make the game faster, and the ball is not allowed to bounce on your team’s side twice in a row - keep up the great energy everyone! 💪

#doubles #doubleswednesday #doublestennis #teamwork #teamsoto #sototennis #tennis #tennisacademy #STA #spain #sotogrande

W O R K O U T 🏋️‍♂️ W E D N E S D A Y

W O R K O U T 🏋️‍♂️ W E D N E S D A Y

This week we captured a group of our Full Time U15 Players in their Strength session led by STA’s Head S&C Coach Tom Turner @tomturnerstrength 🇬🇧.

Our Players started their session with full body exercises that target improved capacity and strength. The Players’ focus during these exercises was the quality of their movement posture and their control to help build quality foundations and robustness 🏋🏽‍♂️.

To bring out our Players’ competitive side, they then had a 3v3 power competition, with the aim of covering the most distance they could with various medicine ball throws💥.

They then finished up their session with some compound movements to develop strength and power to support tennis performance 🎾.

Great work boys 💪🏼.

#workoutwednesday #workout #fitness #gym #strength #teamsoto #sototennis #tennis #tennisacademy #STA #spain #sotogrande

S O T O S P Y 🕵️‍♂️ We spotted Full T

S O T O S P Y 🕵️‍♂️

We spotted Full Time Player Briony Dando @briony_dando 🇬🇧 working on defending out of her backhand corner when under time pressure.

This is a very common scenario in Women’s tennis, where players often look to take advantage of the second serve.

Briony was working on adapting her swing path to the fast incoming ball. This was achieved by shortening her swing to make it more compact.

The faster the ball travels the more a player has to focus on keeping a compact swing that feels like a “jab”.

STA Performance Coach Mike Digby @mikedigbyy 🇬🇧 was also getting Briony to use her physicality and put a lot of load in her legs to stay in line with the incoming ball.

The cue used here was to “twist and drop” her knee.

Keep up the great work Briony!

T E K K E R S T U E S D A Y 🎾 We saw STA Acce

T E K K E R S T U E S D A Y 🎾

We saw STA Access Player Oliver Blomfield 🇬🇧 @ollie_blomfield working on changing direction down the line to set up the forehand strike ⚡️.

As a left-handed player, it’s key for Ollie to look to change the pattern of play down the line, since this will get his opponent onto their backhand.

This is advantageous, as generally Men’s tennis is about dominating as much as possible with the forehand ✋.

How can Ollie do this? 🤔

1️⃣ By playing heavy down the line to try to push his opponent back diagonally, as this will give him time to set up his forehand and allow him to increase his court territory 💪.

2️⃣ By using his slice down the line (typically used when playing higher in the court) to make his opponent “play up” - this allows Ollie to set up the forehand strike 💥.

Great job Ollie! 🙌

#forehand #forehandstrike #strike #tennisacademy #tennistips #tennis #teamsoto #sototennis #sototennisacademy #skills #coaching

🚨 We have some incredibly exciting news to shar

🚨 We have some incredibly exciting news to share with you! 😍

Our Podcast Control the Controllables @ctc.podcast has been nominated for Best Tennis Podcast by the Sports Podcast Awards for the second year in a row! 🤩

As a Podcast Team, our ultimate aim is to give those in the wider tennis community access to the most experienced people in the sport.

We feel the recognition of the Sports Podcast Award would help us reach more aspiring young players, parents, coaches and tennis fans who can benefit from the incredible stories, learnings and advice that our guests give.

Your votes helped us win Best Tennis Podcast last year, and we would love it if you could support us again! Please click the link in our bio and vote for CTC! Thank you 🙏.

#ctcpodcast #controlthecontrollables #podcast #tennispodcast #sportspodcast #sportspodcastawards #podcastaward #tennis #sport #tennisacademy #sototennis #teamsoto #entertain #educate #energise #vote #votectc

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