Unbreakable: Mastering the Art of Holding Serve

Unbreakable: Mastering the Art of Holding Serve

Ryan Henry

Ryan won multiple Australian national singles and doubles titles as a junior and was a key member of Australian team that won the 16/U world junior championships held in Japan. By the age of 18, he had achieved rankings of World No. 1 in U/18 Doubles, World No. 16 in U/18 Singles, 271 in ATP Doubles and 424 in ATP Singles and competed in the Australian Open Mens Singles and Doubles main draw. Ryan retired early from the game at age 19 due to repetitive injuries and has since focused on developing a career as a tennis professional.

Qualifications

  • AICD Governance Foundations Directors Qualification
  • The EDG business essentials program graduate
  • Dent Business Accelerator Program graduate
  • Tennis Australia Master Club Professional and Diploma of Business
  • Tennis Australia Learning Facilitator certificate
  • Strength and Conditioning Level 1
  • Olympic Weight Lifting Level 1

Career history

  • 2004: Tennis NSW High Performance Coach
  • 2006: Tennis NSW Academy Head Coach
  • 2008: Head Performance Coach at Langley Tennis Club in London
  • 2011: Co-founded Voyager Tennis Academy
  • 2017: Joined the Tennis NSW board as a Director
  • 2019: Co-authored and published book ‘Winning on and off the court’

Ryan is responsible for the overall management and development of Voyager Tennis and is passionate about helping tennis thrive at all levels from grass roots right the way through to the professional level.

What I love about Tennis?
I loved the intensity of competing as a player and all the life opportunities that Tennis has provided such as character building, world travel and helping me to build a career. I’d like to share these opportunities and help as many players as possible to develop to their full potential as both players and as people.

This webinar featured Voyager’s Director of High Performance, Luke Bourgeois, and 135 Tennis Analytics CEO and Analyst, Nick Scott! Luke and Nick provided an in-depth discussion on the critical aspects of holding serve and its significance at all developmental stages. Using data from 135’s extensive network across North America, Europe, and Asia, they explored:

– The importance of the “105 benchmark” in holding versus breaking serve.
– Why serving is more than just the serve itself.
– Common errors among junior players and effective training solutions.
– Strategies for point planning on serve and how to train like a professional.

Our mission is to a deliver world class tennis program and to support our athletes, enabling them to achieve their full potential on and off the court.

The Voyager webinar series provides tennis insights from industry experts on matchplay strategy, physical training, injury prevention, sports psychology, US College Guidance, mentoring and parent education.
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