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Professional
Tennis Registry Symposium - 2011
Jim
Egerton Presented "Chess A Practice Court for the
Mind" at the symposium
and conducted a Simultaneous Chess Challenge during
the Casino Night.
All
Photos Courtesy of Professional Tennis Registry (PTR)
Tennis
drills that are fun and challenging.
The
PTR Parade of Nations for all the participants.
Dr.
Doug Eng an expert level chess player presents a seminar
on the two-handed backand.
A
tennis player demonstrating an underspin slice backhand
to the coaches.
The
Casino Night activities at the Symposium.
Included
for the first time a Simultaneous Chess Challenge for
the tennis coaches.
PTR
tennis pro and chess expert Jim Egerton challenges the
coaches.
Jim
explaining what is going on to the challengers so they
better appreciate
the
chess and tennis connection.
The
chess challenge drew quite a crowd. Several of the tennis
coaches pondering
their moves as Jim figures out what to do next.
In
the morning Jim was a student in Michael's Cardio Tennis
Class.
That
night Michael was a student in Jim's chess simul.
Jim
and Michael share a teaching moment together.
In
the foreground is a copy of the TennisPro magazine
Chess
- A Practice Court for the Mind article.
Back
on the courts Tennis Pros from Midtown Tennis Club in
Chicago demonstrate how to get
new
young players into the exciting game of tennis. The
USTA "Quickstart" program
is
designed to get players going right away with equipment
and courts that
fit
the size and ages of the players.
Chess
and Tennis Come to Life at the US Open
in
the 2009 Tennis Point of the Year.
Roger
Federer and Novak Djokovic combined to use 6 chess tactics
that resulted in Roger winning the tennis point of the
year award in 2009. Here are the chess tactics they
used:
A
Pin is when an opponent's piece cannot
move, because the King would be exposed to check, or
does not want to move, because a valuable piece would
be exposed to capture. Like a basketball player with
glue on his shoes is not really helping the team.
A
Clearance tactic is when a chess piece
is traded, sacrificed or driven off the board, because
another piece can accomplish something if they are no
longer in the way.
A
Decoy is an attempt to attract an opponent's
piece to a bad square.
A
Double Attack/Fork attacks multiple
areas of the board at the same time.
A
Desperado tactic is when a player is
going to lose a piece and probably the game, so they
take anything they can for it, maybe a Pawn for a Bishop.
The
Initiative in chess is the same as
being in control of the point in tennis.
Now
click on this link Roger
Hits the Shot of the Year to see these tactics come
to life. Watch the video to see how these chess/tennis
tactics created the combination. Here is a chess explanation
of what is happening during the point.
Novak
is serving, so he has control of the point ( Initiative
) and hits a solid serve. Roger returns down
the middle without much pace.
Novak
makes an aggressive shot (offense), hitting a forehand
deep to Roger's backhand, driving Roger back off the
court ( Clearance ). Roger's return
lands mid court without pace.
Seeing
Roger is off the court, Novak hits a drop shot ( Decoy
) attracting Roger to a bad spot in the corner
up at the net.
Roger
gets to the drop shot, but has left two areas of the
court wide open ( Double Attack ) -
back over his
head
and the entire ad court.
Novak
answers with a backhand lob that attacks an open area
over Roger's head ( Fork ).
Roger
races back to retrieve the lob, but then realizes there
is no angle to play a typical shot.
Novak
centers himself at the net with a meager split step.
Not
wanting to lose the point, Roger ( Desperado
) goes for a “tweener” hitting the ball between
his legs!
Completely
stunned, Novak doesn't want to or can't move for the
ball ( Pinned ), and the shot of the
year sails past him for a winner driving the crowd nuts.
For
an even more amazing shot played by Roger Federer the
following year watch this shot: Roger
Goes Between the Legs - Again (even better)
For a Complete
PDF copy of the Tennis Pro article scroll down to the
words linked to 'Practice Court"
Professional
Tennis Registry TennisPro magazine publishes
Chess
- A Practice Court for the Mind by Jim Egerton
TennisPro
magazine published a feature article about how tennis
players can improve their game by using chess.
Written by Chess-Now founder Jim Egerton it illustrates
how many of the same strategies and tactics are used
in both games.
Highlights
of the the copyrighted article:
- How Game Theory can be used to connect tennis and
chess.
- The Importance of the Center of the Court/Board.
- The ability of tennis and chess players to Think
in Combinations.
- Diagrams illustrate a combination in chess relating
it to a famous tennis point.
- How Chess Can Help Coaches
- Practical Implementation Strategies.
To review
the article click Practice
Court for a PDF copy.
If you wish
republish the content please post the following text
with the article:
"Used
with permission of TennisPro the official publication
of the Professional Tennis Registry (PTR)."
Professional
Tennis Registry Symposium - 2010
Chess-Now
Founder Jim Egerton Presents at the Professional Tennis
Registry.
CheckMate - Teach Your Players to Build Strategies like
a Chess Game
JIM
EGERTON PTR SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY
Jim is a certified teacher, trainer and coach with more
than 25 years in corporate training. A PTR Associate
Instructor, he has played competitive tennis for more
than 40 years at the club level. He has also played
competitive chess for more than 40 years attaining a
master/expert level rating from such tournaments as
the US Open. Jim is a professional speaker, holds an
MBA from Illinois Institute of Technology, and has presented
at numerous conferences and training seminars. He is
the founder of Chess-Now Ltd. (www.chess-now.com), a
training organization that uses chess to help clients
practice their strategic thinking. His goal is to share
his chess and tennis knowledge with other PTR members.
Selected
slides from the Presentation at Hilton Head S.C. Feb
14, 2010.
The
advantage of playing on clay.
The
CheckMate Presentation Agenda.
.
How
does Game Theory Connect Chess & Tennis?
How
are the Chessboard and the Tennis Court similar geometric
surfaces?
What
are some Strategies for Closing out a Tennis Match?
RESULTS
OF THE STRATEGY,
TACTICS,
TECHNIQUE SURVEY
During
the Checkmate – Teach Your Players
to Build Strategies like a Chess
Game session of the Professional Tennis
Registry Symposium on February 14,
2010, each audience member was asked to participate
in an informal survey.
One
objective of the presentation was to use game theory
and chess game
definitions of strategy, tactics and technique to determine
whether they also
apply to the game of tennis.
Participants
were asked as it relates to tennis for their definition
of strategy;
tactics
and technique. They were then asked for an example of
each definition.
Click
here for the complete results of the survey PTR-Checkmate
Survey.
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