Tom Stow the Second Generation – Teaching the All Court Forcing Game
Sponsored by the NorCal division of the USPTA
Sunday November 4th 1 to 5pm Fremont Hills Country Club
Moderator – Jim McLennan
Tom Stow had an incredible impact on the game, on scores of players, and equally if not more so, on many of our leading tennis coaches. Many of the coaches who started with the Tom Stow foundation have taken their teaching methods into new areas much as our game has evolved as well.
The four invited coaches are:
John Hubbell
Tennis Director Pacific Athletic Club
Formerly National Coach in USTA Player Development
San Jose State Men’s Tennis Coach for 17 years
Coached the US Junior Davis Cup Team 1981 – 88
USPTA, PTR, USTA High Performance Certification
Brent Abel
1984 National 35s Doubles Hardcourts Champion
2009 National 60s Hardcourt Singles Champion
2009 ITF World Championships Singles quarterfinalist, 3rd place Doubles
Publisher Webtennis.net
Doug King
Head Pro; Meadowood, Napa Valley
Founder; Acceleration Tennis
Played #1 Singles for U.C Berkeley, 1976
Calif. State Singles Champion; 1979
Steve Stefanki
Formerly US Junior Davis Cup Coach
Played at UC Berkeley
Innovator and broadly respected within our community
Seminar Outline – Teaching the Tom Stow All Court Forcing Game
Playing the All Court Forcing Game – Brent Abel
Positioning and tactics
Stroking requirements needed to play this game
Moving forward creates pressure
Specific teaching methods to teach the all court forcing game
The Volley – John Hubbell
Hands – Shortening the stroke but squaring the hit
Feet – Movement to and through the ball
Balance – Progressions to a successful volley
Balance, movement, posture and grace – Steve Stefanki
Balance the frequently overlooked building block of the game
How to move with less effort and more efficiency
Coaching lineages influenced by Tom, as well as examples from other sports
Attention to detail, chunking, deconstructing the strokes – Doug King
Borrowing techniques from other sports – golf, boxing
Two handed forehands – how they train the core and shorten the swing path
Detailed explanation of chunking and the theory of deliberate practice
The Meeting of Tom Stow and Torben Ulrich
15 Comments
jose li
October 22, 2014any registration and fee for this class? how to register? 1pm, 11/4
thx
jose
Jim McLennan
October 22, 2014Jose – the Tom Stow event was held a few years ago – sorry – but read up and check all my podcasts as they pertain to Tom
Jim
Mark Ullman
February 14, 2014Jim –
Is there any progress on a DVD or audio of this seminar?
Thanks
Jim McLennan
February 14, 2014Mark
It is available from the NorCal USPTA
Jim
Danny D
August 24, 2013IS TOM STOW KNOWN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, THIS COULD REALLY HELP WITH MY TENNIS GAME AS I OFTEN LOSE ALOT AS A AMATEUR TENNIS PLAYER
yuko hsegawa
November 7, 2012Hi! Jim
I enjoyed the seminar on sunday very much.
I never hard about Tom Stow before.
I felt so lucky to get know his ideas by great coaches.
Let’s have it again.
yuko
Jim McLennan
November 7, 2012Yuko – thanks for the note, and yes I will do more about this both online and at our club
best
Jim
Mark
November 5, 2012If I lived in California, I would have been there. Great line-up and topics concerning Tom Stow. Will there be any copies of the presentations?
Jim McLennan
November 5, 2012Mark – thanks for your interest, the USPTA filmed the entire course, they will probably create a dvd on it – at this point I cannot say when
Jim
in the meantime I will be adding to the material on this home page re Stow
James Ward
November 2, 2012Power packed!
Marc S
November 2, 2012Looks like a great program
Bummed I cannot be there, nor my kids!
Mogens Kock Hansen
October 31, 2012Torben Ulrich, Danish tennisplayer. He met Tom Stow? And what came out of that? Being Danish myself, having followed two times Wimbledon finalist, Kurt Nielsen, and Torben Ulrich’s brother, Joergen, so many years ago makes me curious about what that meeting is all about.
Kind regards, Mogens Kock Hansen
Jim McLennan
October 31, 2012Mogens – I am not sure, Torben knew Jeff Borowiak, and Jeff had spent time with Tom – I will ask around
Jim
I met Torben once in Napa with Doug King – fascinating
Robert A
October 31, 2012The combined experience and expertise assembled for this program is immense. Awe inspiring, really.
Mary Williams
October 30, 2012Impressive outline!
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