FBTL/UTR Seminar Events

 

Five hour FBTL/UTR Event... Two different versions.. 6- 8 or more courts 15-20 players and their parents

12:00 Meet and Greet.  

Play professionally produced 2-3 minute Video produced by Rex with all our content creators of what FBTL is all about and how using the program will help you... not just performance enhancing but life enhancing too

Address players first... Today is a competition day. FBTL has an array of resources to assist you in best preparing and managing yourself on competition days...

Show video explaining how following sections work:

Power of Daily Routines: Preparing you emotionally for your day ahead

The Emotion Racket: Identifying how you feel and taking steps to manage/regulate/sustain

Pep Talk Series: Troubleshooting. Every imaginable tennis situation and how to best cope.

Using these regularly will consistently put you in the best possible mindset to compete your best..

(Notice I say Compete and not play) Only so much we can control.

You will be playing 3 one hour matches today. 

Different players, different levels, different styles...A lot can happen over 3 matches. A lot will happen

I don't know exactly whats going to happen today.. But I do know over time all of these things are going to happen to you eventually over the course of your career

How FBTL functions is proactive and preventative.. It provides you the tools for every imaginable circumstance a competitive tennis player will experience..

Generally.. You're all going to compete today.. Daily Routines Gets you ready to tackle the day

Closer to competition, you're all going to feel a certain way.. The Emotion Racket helps you navigate all the pre-match emotions

Match Time.. Before/During/After.. Pep Talk series covers every imaginable situation that can arise.. If you can think of another, please do

Do we have any best friends here today? And arch-rivals? Anybody in a slump? Anybody coming back from an injury

Take a look.. We will revisit this space after your matches..

Send kids out to Warm-up... Use the Warm-up properly!!!

Bring the parents in

Play the FBTL The Player's Box Video geared toward the Tennis Parent. 

Our goal here is to assist the parents in Understanding their roles. Parents are the most important influence on young tennis careers... How can you be the most effective tennis parent you can be to your child.

Running joke in our industry... If you're going to subject your child to the unrelenting stress of the junior tennis experience, you better have your act together. And if you had your act together, you'd never subject your child to the unrelenting stress of the junior tennis experience. 

But here we are.. So lets make the best of it..

Video will be awesome.. All the hats parents have to wear. Compassionate but also a cautionary tale. Stressing the role parents have, not just in their kids success but their overall enjoyment and wellness of the tennis experience. 

12:25  Bring everybody in... Set up matches... Send them out... One hour timed match

12:30  Matches start on the whistle

1:30 Finish matches...Bring it in.

Get drinks, snack, cool down. Say nothing for 10 minutes. And stress that with parents... Give kids a chance to settle down and regulate emotionally post-competition.

1:45  Bring Everyone In. Match 1 of 3.. More to play.. Talk about what I saw. Answer questions...

Show video of Introducing Next Theme... Managing the emotions of competition. 

Don't get too high, don't get too low.  Play the development game. 

1:55  Send them back out...

2:00   Next match begins.. Another hour.. 

Another Talk with parents again about Parental Identification. Talk about what the kids want from them..They're not just playing a match.. They're playing for your approval. The challenges of watching your flesh and blood compete before you.. Another Video about the different parenting styles (Wade: The Panther, The Social Butterfly, The Stat Charter) All the Coping Skills.. Teach them constructive watching skills.

3:00   Bring them in again... 

3:10   Talk with kids again. Take questions.. Go over what I saw. Stress perspective. Perceive competition as a challenge, an opportunity, not a threat with consequences.. Embrace the Anxiety. Lean In!! 

This is where we learn. How do we deal with adversity? How do we deal with success?  Emotional Management through all the ups and downs of competition

330 Send them out for one more match

3:30 Bring Parents in one more time... 

Take questions from the parents (and they will have them!)

4;30   Bring it in.  

As they come in, give them their merch bags. Food will be out for the kids...

Finish strong.  Video of famous player either zooming in live or recorded Congratulating them for playing  and competing.

5:00  Lottery drawing for one year subscription to FBTL... Give out discount coupons with code for others.. Hoping they will subscribe

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