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We are ready! Are you? @theprogresstour @peninsul

We are ready!
Are you?
@theprogresstour @peninsula.360 @babolat

Happy Friday Everyone! A big Friday Circle marks

Happy Friday Everyone!

A big Friday Circle marks the end of a busy week for Team Soto!

A round of applause 👏 for our Player of the Week Finn Maes, who wins the yellow jersey!

A huge Thank You to @tsa.tennis for joining STA’s Coaching Team this week - we’ve loved having you as part of #teamsoto and hope to see you again very soon!

We are all incredibly excited for next week, when we will host The Progress Tour International Event here at base in Sotogrande 🏠 It will be a week full of fierce competition, strong sportsmanship on and off the court, and lots of fun too!

Good luck 🍀 to those competing at local tournaments over the next couple of days, and to everyone competing @theprogresstour - bring it on! 💪

Have a great weekend ☀️

#sototennis #fridaycircle #friday #weekend #playeroftheweek #tennis #tennisacademy #spain #vamosequipo #progresstour21 #teamsoto

🕵️‍♂️Soto Spy🕵️‍♂️ STA Acc

🕵️‍♂️Soto Spy🕵️‍♂️

STA Access Players Mollie Cooling (11) & Logan Littlejohn (10) working with coach @rg.bedwell on developing a topspin serve 🔄

🎾 In the first progression, the players are serving from the service line, and choke the racket at the top of the handle. They focus on allowing the hand to travel from above the head to the right hand side of the body through the serve.

🎾 In the second progression the players continue this exercise from the baseline.

🎾 To develop the serve further, the focus then shifts to finishing the serve with the racket travelling out to the side and finishing in front to increase spin

Some fantastic drills and progressions for beginning to develop an effective topspin serve! 💪

#tennis #tenniscoach #tennisdrills #tennisacademy #sototennis #teamsoto #sotogrande #serving #secondserve #topspinserve

💭Thoughtful Thursday💭 @pauljubb_99 is on a

💭Thoughtful Thursday💭

@pauljubb_99 is on a fantastic run of form in 2021, having won 40 out of 50 matches on the ITF Tour this year! 👏👏 However, opportunities for him to play weren’t as easy to come by growing up!

In Episode #20 of the @ctc.podcast Paul shares his story & how he had fewer opportunities to play than many of those around him, which taught him to value every moment he got on court 🎾

He discusses how this attitude has continued throughout his career, reminding him to be grateful for every opportunity he is given!

How much do you value the opportunities that are given to you?🤔

#ThoughtfulThursday #controlthecontrollables #ctcpodcast #podcast #tennispodcast #tennis #tennisacademy #sototennis #teamsoto

Workout Wednesday 🏋🏼‍♂️ STA Full Time

Workout Wednesday 🏋🏼‍♂️

STA Full Time Players Joe Kelt @jke1t and Alex Borjegren @alex_borjegren powering through one of their Strength and Power gym sessions!

Both boys are performing different drills which are part of their individualised S&C programmes💪🏼  Throughout the week all STA Players work on various strength, conditioning, cardio and flexibility drills combined into a personal programme created by our Strength and Conditioning Coaches🔥  Keep up the good work boys! 👏  #sototennis #teamsoto #workout #wednesday #fitness #gym #strength #power #personalprogramme #spain #tennisacademy

🚨 New @ctc.podcast Episode! 🚨 #138: Fernan

🚨 New @ctc.podcast Episode! 🚨

#138: Fernando Segal - Tennis is for Life

@fernandosegal is a world-leading coach, tennis development expert and an influential figure in the tennis world 🎾🌎

Fernando has more than 4️⃣0️⃣ years’ experience in coaching. During that time he’s written 1️⃣1️⃣ books 📚 and directed development programs for National Tennis Federations where many junior players have been developed and gone on to win 1️⃣6️⃣ Junior Grand Slams, become Top 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ and even Top 🔟 ATP/WTA Players.

Episode #138 highlights include:

🎾 Why he believes we should all know more about the history of our sport.
🎾 Why he always knew coaching would be his calling.
🎾 Why he wants to professionalise the tennis industry.
🎾 His goal for everyone in tennis to work together to promote the sport.
🎾 The role of Federations and coaches in promoting tennis.
🎾 His belief that there’s too much emphasis on high performance, and not enough on grass roots tennis.

A must listen! Catch the latest CTC episode via the link in our bio now 🎧🎙

#ctcpodcast #controlthecontrollables #podcast #tennispodcast #tennis #tennisacademy #sototennis #teamsoto #performance #grassroots

🕵️‍♂️ Soto Spy 🕵️‍♂️ Here

🕵️‍♂️ Soto Spy 🕵️‍♂️

Here are some of our STA Full Time & Access Players doing the “Black Hole Drill⚫” with Guest Coach Toby Smith.

The players have to avoid The Black Hole ⚫ marked out on the court which allows them to develop different skills & use a variety of different shots to keep the ball away from the middle of the court.

The "Black Hole Drill ⚫" is also fantastic for tactical development - it allows players to see the spaces that are available on the court & takes care of tactics for younger players whilst they develop a better game sense 🧠

Could you beat The Black Hole? ⚫

#tennis #tenniscoach #tennisdrills #tennislife #tennisacademy #sototennis #teamsoto

What a week, and what a year it has been for @ctc.

What a week, and what a year it has been for @ctc.podcast guest and now British No. 1️⃣ @norriee 🇬🇧 who took the biggest title of his career on Sunday winning the @bnpparibasopen! Congratulations Cam!🏆👏

In CTC Episode #131 Cam’s coach @falugones discussed their shared tennis philosophy of hard work and sacrifice - it certainly seems to be paying off! 💪

To hear more insight from Facundo, Cam and their lives on tour, catch the rest of Episode #131 with Facundo and Episode #55 with Cam via the link in our bio!

#controlthecontrollables #ctcpodcast #tennispodcast #tennis #britishtennis #hardworkpaysoff

🏆 STA Weekend Round-Up 🏆 It was a great we

🏆 STA Weekend Round-Up 🏆

It was a great weekend full of tournaments around the region for our STA Players. 🌟

A massive congratulations to Charles Dumonal for winning the event in La Reserva! Saving 4 match points in the final! What a battle!💪🏽

Well done to all Team Soto Players who competed and represented the Academy so well!

#teamsoto #compete #tennis #sototennis #vamosequipo #titletown

Another fantastic day at our STA Mini Tennis Tourn

Another fantastic day at our STA Mini Tennis Tournament 🎾🏡

Congratulations 👏 to Robbie Shields who won the Mini Red Tournament 🏆 and to Johnnie Bassadone who won the Mini Orange Tournament🥇

A huge thank you to all the parents and coaches who made the event possible, and well done to all the players who competed so well 💪

#minitennis #tennis #sototennis #teamsoto #vamos #compete

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