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Capello actions dismay PFA chief Gordon Taylor, head of the Professional Footballers' Association, calls the England manager's criticism of the decision to oust John Terry as England captain "bizarre and disappointing". Liverpool 0-0 Tottenham Luis Suarez returns after but cannot inspire Liverpool to victory as they share a goalless draw with Tottenham. England under-prepared - Strauss Captain Andrew Strauss admits England were under-prepared following his side's 3-0 series defeat by Pakistan. Contador given two-year drug ban Alberto Contador is handed a two-year ban for a doping offence - and is stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title. Charlton undergoes minor surgery Sir Bobby Charlton undergoes minor gall stone surgery after falling ill before a sports awards night in London. Football only unsold 2012 sport 1.5 million football tickets remain available for London 2012 after the sport is identified as the only discipline which has not sold out its allocation Lancaster strives for stability England head coach Stuart Lancaster suggests England will be largely unchanged for Saturday's Six Nations match against Italy. Red Bull launch new car for 2012 Red Bull launch their new car for the forthcoming season, to be driven by world champion Sebastian Vettel and team-mate Mark Webber. Ferguson blames assistant referee Pakistan seal England whitewash England slump to a 71-run defeat in the third Test in Dubai to suffer a series whitewash by Pakistan for the first time.

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Capello actions dismay PFA chief
Gordon Taylor, head of the Professional Footballers' Association, calls the England manager's criticism of the decision to oust John Terry as England captain "bizarre and disappointing".
Liverpool 0-0 Tottenham
Luis Suarez returns after but cannot inspire Liverpool to victory as they share a goalless draw with Tottenham.
England under-prepared - Strauss
Captain Andrew Strauss admits England were under-prepared following his side's 3-0 series defeat by Pakistan.
Contador given two-year drug ban
Alberto Contador is handed a two-year ban for a doping offence - and is stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title.
Charlton undergoes minor surgery
Sir Bobby Charlton undergoes minor gall stone surgery after falling ill before a sports awards night in London.
Football only unsold 2012 sport
1.5 million football tickets remain available for London 2012 after the sport is identified as the only discipline which has not sold out its allocation
Lancaster strives for stability
England head coach Stuart Lancaster suggests England will be largely unchanged for Saturday's Six Nations match against Italy.
Red Bull launch new car for 2012
Red Bull launch their new car for the forthcoming season, to be driven by world champion Sebastian Vettel and team-mate Mark Webber.
Ferguson blames assistant referee
Pakistan seal England whitewash
England slump to a 71-run defeat in the third Test in Dubai to suffer a series whitewash by Pakistan for the first time.

Meusburger and Mayr in the Austrian Fed Cup Team

(Feb.1)With 2 players from the Estess tennisacademy, Yvonne Meusburger (WTA 61) and Patricia Mayr (WTA 371), the Austrian Fed Cup Team went on his way to the first round match against Argentinia in Buenos Aires. After Sybille Bammer and Tamira Paszek cancelled the trip to South America due to illness and injury, the team was completed by Melanie Klaffner and Barbara Schwarz. Also Argentinians Nr. 1, Gisela Dulko (WTA 38) is not a fixplayer due to problems at the hip, the chances for the Austrian Team are still not to bad.
Yvonne Meusburger will be for sure Austrias Nr. 1, Fed Cup Capitain Alfred Tesar will decide after practice sessions, who will play 2nd single. The first round match will be played on the same site as the Daviscup Match Argentinia against England next week.

Estess Coaches meet for yearly convention

It is a tradition that all Estess coaches from the various countries meet in the middle of December, in Seefeld /AUT, for continuing education and to exchange experiences . Estess founder Håkan Dahlbo summoned for the15th time more than 30 instructors at the hotel Veronika, in order to educate the coaches on and off the court. Fredrik Johansson showed in a very impressive way his newest findings about functional training. The combination of his experiences as a coach and as a doctor makes it very interesting to listen to him. Håkan Dahlbo talked about the new Diploma test, which will take place on the same level in all bases. He mentioned that young kids will have great benefit for the rest of their tennislives, if the basics are well done. Also, Peter Hedlund and Fredrik Oscasson spoke about psychology and physiology. One of the afternoons, Dahlbo, who is also responsible for Tyrolian Junior tennis, invited coaches from the Tyrolian federation to join the group. Harald Mair talked about footwork and showed a video with some exercises from a coaches conference in Stockholm. The highlight of the convention was the Christmas party, where some players like Yvonne Meusbeurger from the Estess academy attended. The Estess founder sent an appeal to the coaches and finally all participants were happy to collect € 928.- for the Klemenschits twins, who suffer from cancer. After 4 days of hard work the instructors were glad to receive the Estess Diploma from Håkan Dahlbo.

Group Estess donates to Klemschits Twins

Once a year, in the middle of December, the coaches from Estess have their convention in Seefeld/Austria, in order to get some continuing education and to exchange experiences. During the Christmas party, Hakan Dahlbo, founder of Estess, sent an appeal to his coaches and to the coaches of the Tyrolean Tennis Federation, to support the Klemnschits twins, who suffer from cancer. Since January of this year, they have had to undergo 19 surgeries, which are not covered by their health insurance. Yvonne Meusburger, who has played Fed Cup with the two sisters from Salzburg, told the crowd about the twins' struggle during the past months, and eventually she was happy to be able to raise € 928.- to donate to the twins. In addition there was a raffle of a € 300.- watch for all coaches, who spent for the Klemenschits twins.

Observations on Ball Watching

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Doug King

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As difficult as it is to accurately detail the nuances of the physical movements of a tennis stroke, it pales in comparison to the complexities involved in watching the ball that you are going to hit. This is because watching the ball not only involves keeping your eye on the ball but also keeping your mind on the ball.

Many (especially Scott Ford on TennisOne in his series “Playing In The Zone”) have written extensively and luminously about “ball watching.” So, staying in theme with Jim McLennan’s Spring Training schedule for January (Back to the Basics), I would like to chime in with my own personal observations about ball watching, both borrowing on, supporting, and sometimes reinterpreting what Jim, Scott, and others have said before.

Physical screening in Stockholm

An Opinion By Paul Baccanello Professional tennisplayer, ATP ranking 300.

Recently I attended the ESTESS medical centre in Stockholm, Sweden for a medical screening with Fredrik Johansson and found it a most worthwhile experience. To begin with the convenience of the medical centre for those players competing primarily in Europe is excellent. Also the time frame is most appealing; If it wasn't for a delayed flight, I would have been able to have completed all tests and screenings within 36 hours.

Meusburger and Mayr in the Austrian Fed Cup Team

Estess Coaches meet for yearly convention

Group Estess donates to Klemschits Twins

Observations on Ball Watching

Physical screening in Stockholm

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