tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099399204615379934.post6809309230173337443..comments2024-03-21T03:17:43.017-07:00Comments on NorCal Tennis Czar: Academy makes waves with two national champsPaul Baumanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02770428701355016461noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099399204615379934.post-18918143884249869772016-08-31T08:01:29.636-07:002016-08-31T08:01:29.636-07:00Awesome Article! Great job on the details!
My so...Awesome Article! Great job on the details!<br /><br />My son worked with Joseph when he was at Rio Del Oro and was just the 3rd boy (other than Collin and JT) to survive Joseph's grueling workouts! Joseph at the time only worked with Collin and JT, and was the Jr. Co-ordinater I believe at the time, he also had lots and lots of adult lessons. <br />After watching the first couple of lessons Joseph had with my son, we knew why he only had 2 kids!<br />Very, very few kids really want to be champions, and most would quit or go back to their previous coach.<br />But my son loved it, his game did a complete 180! But the confidence was beyond belief!<br />His only regret was that he was already 17 years old when he first switched over to Joseph, but in 1 years’ time, he was beating 90% of the players he never beat before! He had his best 2 years of his Jr. Career and his only regret, He told me was that we didn't find Joseph sooner when my son was maybe 13 or 14. My son stated that he would be top 10, I asked in California? He said no, in the Nation! <br /><br /> BTW his JR. ranking went from 650 in the Nation to 250 by the time he had to age out of the Jrs. That was an amazing feat! He received numerous college offers a few large schools including some 70 to 80% offers from smaller colleges. These offers would never have come without Joseph’s coaching!<br /><br />The confidence Joseph instilled in him, the smart play style, and heavy ball hitting, the angles, was amazing, everyone noticed his 180 improvement, one coach said Joseph was worth his weight in Gold. <br />It was soon after that almost every decent player in the Spare time academies wanted to train under Joseph! I won't go into detail, but that was the beginning of the JMG Academy! <br /><br />BTW my daughter was the first girl that survived Joseph’s training and in that short time he was at Rio, her game went from never winning a National tournament match, to wining 4 matches at the Prestigious West Coast Nationals, including an upset of the #6 ranked player in the 1st round!<br />Her confidence, her patience, her angles, were amazing, what a job he did in less than 3 months!<br />Granted she worked her butt off from 7am to 7pm that summer and did everything Joseph told her including playing 3 to 4 sets a day! She survived his grueling workouts and lessons and wow, that tournament was an amazing performance and changed her game forever! It's too bad he had to leave Rio Del Oro. She was devastated because she loves Rio Del Oro! She was able to train with JMG at Rollingwood Racquet Club, before he moved to Arden Hills. When she was training, her game was on fire!<br /><br />So for us as Parents, and Joseph knows, my 2 kids were taking lessons from Joseph before JMG Academy was started, and before the avalanche of other kids from Spare time academy wanted to work under Joseph. I think my son was nicknamed the "Godfather" of JMG! Everyone knew about Collin and JT, but the incredible change that Joseph did to my son's game in such a short time, was outstanding, amazing, not enough words to describe it! The kids and Parents that knew my son could not believe it! I believe even Joseph was inspired to possibly start working with more kids and share his great knowledge of coaching! But to stick with his rule of a kid really wanting it, and willing to work as hard as possible to get it. This is why he didn’t have many kids before, most would quit after 1 lesson, and we understood his approach and my son said that type of training is what he always wanted and needed. He could probably write a book about all the positives that he got out of the 2 years with Joseph. His training is not for every kid, but if the kid is willing to work, listen and do exactly as he is instructed, something positive will happen!<br /><br />So happy for Joseph, he needs to write a book or two! He has worked so hard to earn this!<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06388986675575887760noreply@blogger.com