tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2754747871012288058.post3257097834482232458..comments2023-10-04T01:28:33.727+13:00Comments on The Tigers Eye: The Targeted Elite Junior Tennis Player in New Zealandsteve1959http://www.blogger.com/profile/16870341028159345365noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2754747871012288058.post-20882197193812542012014-12-14T12:44:39.218+13:002014-12-14T12:44:39.218+13:00No she should notNo she should notAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2754747871012288058.post-89966828456285875812014-07-19T00:14:23.298+12:002014-07-19T00:14:23.298+12:00couldn't have put it better myself. you my fr...couldn't have put it better myself. you my friend see the big picture. wonder what salaries these mofos are on. betcha steve has a great c.v but this does not mean his solution is superior to the next guy. he's the lone individual holding the million dollar racquet and able to swing wherever he chooses. forget the fact he may not be the best person to do this. alas don't hate the player, hate the game.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2754747871012288058.post-34390903911683583472014-01-24T16:53:46.783+13:002014-01-24T16:53:46.783+13:00I do not think we can use Federer as an example an...I do not think we can use Federer as an example and we are talking about tennis players from New Zealand. Federer had more talent in his little finger than who you are trying to compare.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2754747871012288058.post-74989410913013463442014-01-24T16:41:11.408+13:002014-01-24T16:41:11.408+13:00Roger Federer lost to very lower ranked players be...Roger Federer lost to very lower ranked players before, are you arguing those players are greater than him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2754747871012288058.post-68004466973514986552014-01-21T14:48:35.964+13:002014-01-21T14:48:35.964+13:00Steve, the TNZ strategy was designed by a few peop...Steve, the TNZ strategy was designed by a few people who now have the jobs involved within the TNZ plan. This system is for them alone, rather than for the community of players and coaches. We all know the timeline doesn't add up, especially considering the average age of a top 100 player is 27. The reason these coaches are going young is for two reasons.<br />1) One of the National coaches is running out of options - he started at Fed Cup, then went with Davis Cup, then with our top 18 year olds and hes now with U/15's. Simply no results at any level.<br />2) Going young secures their National jobs for at least 3 years.<br /><br />Rather than easily providing a system that brings people together, this system WILL fail because its designed to segregate everyone apart from the 4 players involved and the National coaches getting the wage..... it's diabolical <br />The truth is that many of the Davis Cup and Fed Cup players were outspoken and the previous TNZ structure had results proven coaches who attempted to really change things....they even got together to write a letter against leading the system into further decline. Steve Johns decided everyone else was wrong and that him and these current National coaches are right........ <br />Players and parents of talented juniors need to ask themselves a very important question with regards to our National coaches - "what National reps have they actually produced themselves for NZ?"..... you will only need one hand to count them all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2754747871012288058.post-58372684249218074922014-01-11T14:56:18.257+13:002014-01-11T14:56:18.257+13:00@funinsydney13 Point well taken.!@funinsydney13 Point well taken.!steve1959https://www.blogger.com/profile/16870341028159345365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2754747871012288058.post-8039493973170545752014-01-10T17:47:33.153+13:002014-01-10T17:47:33.153+13:00Ella Hassall beat selected Elite Junior Rosie Chen...Ella Hassall beat selected Elite Junior Rosie Cheng in a semi final at the NZ Junior Champs last month. Ella was also selected to represent NZ at the Junior Fed Cup in Mexico. She has also beaten Paige Hourigan on past occasions. Should she now replace Rosie as one of the four Targeted Athletes? <br />If TNZ are really serious about getting tennis players into the top 150 then they really need to invest time and money in a lot more than four players - any or all of them could go off the rails for any number of reasons. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06538705029607289979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2754747871012288058.post-10918601932641271172014-01-08T12:06:44.501+13:002014-01-08T12:06:44.501+13:00Steve, Spain produces the best Tennis players in t...Steve, Spain produces the best Tennis players in the world[ males at least that is] What's with Holland? There are no good reasons that we shouldn't produce excellent Junior players, except the inept Tennis Administration, Johns and the TNZ Board certainly need to change and listen, Gary Auckland.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com