Sly Black international tennis training
How champion are born ?
I want players to really develop & don't want any player getting lost in the mix. I am certain that parents will quickly see that our program is the highest quality and best value in the tennis world.
The Vision
- Sylvester "Sly" Black has quietly gone about his business of coaching and developing junior gold ball winners and professional players
- Sly is considered to be the most successful junior tennis coach in North America over the past 10 years
- Sly has teamed up with some of the highest level tennis coaches and sports science practitioners in the world
- Sly has no interest in creating a tennis factory atmosphere and is going to keep everything in his program privatized or semi-privatized
The program
- Stroke Production: Learning correct technique and consistency with each stroke by drilling and video observation
- Footwork Movement: Learning the correct and most efficient movement in tennis including sand work, field and track work, and on-court movement.
- Drilling: Having tennis balls fed to the members by our pros with precision, working on patterns, technique, specialty shots, and conditioning
- Live Ball Drilling: Match simulations, playing patterns, consistency drills, placement and target drilling, endurance and speed training
- Video Analysis: Watching match-play, stroke production, and discussing technical analysis
- Strength & Flexibility Training: Building your body to become stronger and more flexible to prevent injury
- Mental Toughness: Learning what to do between points, how to focus one point at a time, and learning to compete in the zone
- Speed and Agility: Learning to move using Center- Point Theory to become a faster and more efficient player with sand, track, and field workouts
- Match Play: Point simulations such as playing up, playing down, pressure sets, and playing the score
Tennis private lessons
- "Private Lesson" Schedule will be 6 hours per day
- "Private lessons" range from $ 50 -$175 per hour depending on coach and content of lesson
- It is important for parents to recognize that drill sessions do not take the place of private lesson instruction
- Private lessons are necessary to work on your junior's individual needs, not the set agenda in the drills. All of the instructors help run drill sessions
- "Daily Private Lessons during School Time" will be limited so please in inquire as to availability
- Will not responsible for any aspect of private lessons including medical liability
Home school
Daily training schedule
- 8:00 am - Dynamic Warm up - 15 min
- 45 min Ground Stroke Development Station
- 45 min Volley and Overhead Station
- 35 min Serve Station
- 45 min Fitness (footwork and endurance)
- 35 min Competitive Play and Strategy
- 10:45 Dynamic Cool Down/ Wrap up 10 min
- 3:00 pm - Dynamic Warm up - 15 min
- 35 min Ground Stroke Development Station
- 35 min Volley and Overhead Station
- 35 min Serve Station
- 45 min Fitness (footwork and endurance)
- 35 min Competitive Play and Strategy
- 6:20 Dynamic Coo! Down/Wrap up 10 min
Expert coaching staff
- Personalized attention with a "Coach to Player Ratio" of 1 to 4, highly certified with great coaching experience
- Offer a variety of semi/private lessons depending on the players needs and skill level
- Meet each players needs with: one-on-one lessons focusing on additional stroke productions, fed-ball drilling, footwork movement, mental strength training, physical conditioning, video analysis, etc.
- Meet each players need with tennis specific conditioning (agility, quickness, footwork, plyometric, etc.)
- Provide a Fun, Friendly, and Family Atmosphere, with a game plan in mind to mentor, develop, and maximize the players' potential, talent, and skill level
- Continue to establish SBITT as the #1 High Performance Tennis Training Program for junior players in South Florida and in the quickest, safest, and most fun manner possible
- SBITT has the staff and resources to allow any player to reach the level of excellence they desire: high school team, advanced junior competition, collegiate tennis, or the pro circuits
- Promote Academics and Character in Tennis
- Focus on technique, strategy, mental strength, and physical conditioning in a very serious atmosphere of match play, drilling, and physical training
- Travel to tournaments with a group of other players who have experience in competition and/or already ranked in the state, nationally or internationally
- Take the essential training elements on the road to tournaments as a team, supporting each other and learning how to not only win, but to make losses a learning and growing experience
- Notes, progress reports, along with video will be kept and reviewed in match play like the professionals do
- Continually monitor the progress of each tennis player and discuss each players' individualized needs with their parents
Sly Black Tennis Academy
Sly Black: Tennis Director
- Sly Black is an internationally renowned junior tennis coach and has been working with top national and international ranked juniors for 18 years
- He currently works with 27 junior players and has trained 8 players ran the world and 15 players ranked #1 in the United States
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He has coached juniors to more National and Super National titles than
Tennis Academy in the United States - He has run the most successful junior program in North America in the past 15 years
- The USTA and many coaches have rated him to be the most successful country
- His three daughters were ranked #1 in the world when they were 11, 12 and 13
- He works with Sloane Stevens when she trains in Boca Raton
The following Tennis players
worked with Sly Black
1. Sloane Stephens – ranked #31 on Professional Circuit, former National and World
Junior Champion
2. Sachia Vickery – Pro Circuit, former National and World Jr. Champion
3. Julia Boserup – Pro Circuit, former National and World Jr. Champion
4. Julia Olaughlin – Pro Circuit, former National and World Jr. Champion
5. Alicia Tornado Black – National and World Junior Champion
6. Tyra Hurricane Black – National and World Junior Champion
7. Charlotte Owensby – National and World Junior Champion
8. Cori Gauff – National and World Junior Champion
9. Nicole Pitt – former National and World Junior Champion
10. Steven Sun – National and World Junior Champion
11. Derick Chen – National and World Junior Champion
12. Tommy MyInikov – Pro Circuit, former National, World Jr. Champion
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