dart05's Reviews

Chris is a nice guy and a very good tennis player. That said, he is not much of a coach. His teaching style is very mechanical and I felt he was basically just "going through the motions."

My idea of a good coach is to see the strengths and weaknesses of a player based on height, athleticism, age, and various other factors. A good coach needs to pay attention to detail and break down a player's strokes and figure out a way to maximize that player's skills based on what they have to work with.

Chris does not do that at all. Chris' approach was "Do it like me." He would then demonstrate proper form 2 or 3 times and then expect me to copy his form. Well, that teaching method just doesn't work. Anyway, if I were going to copy someone's form, then I would just watch tape of Roger Federer play and I could watch it for free on Youtube instead of paying Ryan $55 an hour.

Again, nice guy. Lousy coach.