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My full-time job is coaching students aged 5-75. Regardless of age, I expect each of my students to listen to my coaching as I give them advice point-by-point and apply what I am teaching them during each coaching session. During a coaching session, I am in charge; my student\u2019s job is to listen to my <\/em>advice.<\/p>\n Tournaments<\/a> are somewhat different. When I am coaching Perry Wilson in a tournament, I can give him advice between <\/em>games; but I am not allowed to coach him during <\/em>the actual game. Perry is the one who needs to coach himself<\/em> during the game. Between points, Perry needs to analyze for himself what went right, what went wrong, and what he needs to do in the next point.<\/p>\n Between games, I give Perry 1 or 2 tips and have him repeat the advice back to me.<\/p>\n Then I ask: It\u2019s crucial that you develop the ability to coach yourself between points, keeping your mind active. If you fall into a 5-0 hole, you still have the chance to turn the game around if you can coach yourself to a better strategy.<\/p>\n Samson Dubina is an accomplished player and coach. He was the US Nationals Men\u2019s Singles Finalist in 2010.\u00a0Learn more about Samson<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My full-time job is coaching students aged 5-75. Regardless of age, I expect each of my students to listen to my coaching as I give them advice point-by-point and apply what I am teaching them during each coaching session. During a coaching session, I am in charge; my student\u2019s job is to listen to my … <\/p>\n
\n Who\u2019s the coach?<\/em>
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\n Perry is the coach.<\/em><\/p>\n