Motivation

Why would the kid want to learn this thing?

Opportunity

Have you built the environment where the kids are able to learn what you are trying to teach them?

Capacity

Have you understood the child’s physical and mental capacity?

Very often, if you get to a point where the kids are not learning and you’ve hit a block, it’s one of those three learning principles. It’s like actually you have created a good why and they are motivated, but you haven’t built the necessary environment.

If you think tennis coaching is about what you know about tennis, well, you’re, what, 30-40 % there. We all know tennis coaches out there who have studied tennis to the nth degree. They know, everything there is to know about tennis, but somehow, they’re not a people person which then means that they are not as successful as a coach as they could have been.