How the Teaching Academy Works
- One core topic each month
- Weekly lessons, tools, and reflection
- End-of-month retest to track growth
“Small lessons. Daily repetition. Long-term emotional growth.”
The skill before every other skill
Self-
Awareness
Learn to recognize your emotional patterns before they begin controlling your behavior, performance, and decision-making.
Four Weeks. One Foundation.
Each week builds on the last — from understanding what self-awareness is to making it a daily standard.
What Is Self-Awareness?
Learn why self-awareness is the foundation for every emotional skill.
Self-Awareness on the Tennis Journey
See how emotions show up in practice, competition, pressure, and development.
Self-Awareness in the Environment
Understand how parents, coaches, teammates, and the tennis atmosphere shape what players feel.
Self-Awareness as a Standard
Learn how to notice, name, and respond in emotionally intelligent ways.
Everything You Need. All Connected.
Each tool works together so the whole platform supports your growth — without over-explaining itself.
Daily Check-In
Build the habit of noticing your state — every single day.
Open ToolEmotion Racket
Locate what you feel before it takes over your game or your day.
Open ToolPep Talk
Name it before it owns you. Your inner voice, structured and clear.
Open ToolPlayer's Box
Help parents and coaches recognize emotional states from the sidelines.
Open ToolCharacter Trait
Honesty — tell the truth about where you are, without judgment.
Open ToolProfile Page
Track your baseline, check-ins, reflections, and progress all in one place.
Open ToolThe Full Foundation Year
Twelve months. One emotional skill at a time. Built so players can grow through it — not rush through it.
Self-Awareness
What is happening inside me?
The Tennis Journey
Where am I in the larger story?
The Environment
What surrounds me and shapes my experience?
The Role Model Standard
How am I showing up?
Frustration
When reality does not match expectation.
Fear / Anxiety
When the future gets loud.
Perspective
Seeing more than the last match.
Pressure
When the moment starts to feel bigger than the point.
Doubt / Belief
The battle between what you know and what you fear.
Anger
The emotion that wants control.
Confidence
Not a mood, but a relationship with yourself.
Flow
The sweet spot of tennis and life.
Where This Takes You
Years Two through Four build on everything learned in Year One. The curriculum is designed to unfold when you're ready — not before. Each year opens a new layer of the game.
Character traits and internal habits that define how a player shows up — in practice, competition, and life.
Take everything inside the lines. These skills live in match mode, in the big moments, and in the everyday grind of tournament life.
Emotional mastery becomes leadership. This year is about how you influence those around you and what kind of tennis life you choose to build.
The goal is not to rush through the curriculum. The goal is to grow through it.