Merry Christmas!

Nutrition Article

Great article in the new Tennis magazine:

20 Things You Need to Know About Nutrition

1. Your Diet Impacts Your Brain Function
2. The Right Breakfast Fights Hunger All Day

3. Food Can Fight Pain
4. Don't Run on Empty
5. Sleep Matters ... A Lot
6. Omega-3s Are Beyond Essential
7. Milk Does More Than Double Duty
8. Don't Get Fooled by the Afterburn Myth
9. Organic Food is Worth the Extra Money
10. Alcohol May Weaken Muscle

Can't seem to find the latter 10 online; will post them once have the magazine in front of me.

Happy Holidays to all!

Big Bend National Park

It is a RARITY for Coach Rodgers to be absent from the Racquet Center, especially for an extended period of time (and by that I mean hours and/or days). However, with activity on campus slowing down, Coach left this past Monday morning and drove to Big Bend National Park in Texas. He has had limited cell service throughout, but did manage to send a few pictures our way. Know that his time in remote locations re-energizes him for the Kohawk Tennis ahead. Heard that he had a run-in with Border Patrol though who couldn't seem to figure out, nor find his license plate in their database: COE10S :)

Part of me believes that they were simply baffled as to why one would drive from Iowa to Texas?

2012 Spring Schedule Posters

Here are a couple of posters/wallpapers of the the Men's and Women's spring schedules. A couple of the match-times (and even opponents) are not quite set in stone, such as the ladies' match with Hope during the Michigan weekend.

Coe College Christmas Vespers

Last night, Emmie and I attended the Coe College Christmas Vespers service held in Sinclair Auditorium and presented by the Department of Music and the Chaplain's Office. Although Emmie was rather fidgety throughout, she was quite enthralled with the culmination of the service. The choir, and other performers, lined the side aisles and back of the auditorium to sing Silent Night with candles in hand. Having sat in the back corner (with a 3 1/2 year old), she was all of a sudden surrounded by the action, and awestruck by the beauty. I enjoyed the entire service and took great pride in once again, seeing Kohawk Tennis players in their element off the tennis court. Jackie Pedersen and Sam Kerby are each in the choir and performed wonderfully. There were also tennis players and parents in the crowd.

Fall Sports Banquet

Coe held the Annual Fall Sports Banquet last night. Coach Rodgers spoke on behalf of the program, recapped the season, highlights of and presented awards to the ladies. A quite successful Fall to say the least....

Team Conference Season and Tournament Champions

Individual IIAC Singles Champion (Michelle Schupbach)

Individual IIAC Doubles Champions (Michelle Schupbach and Tai Lucero)

IIAC First Team - Michelle Schupbach, Tai Lucero and Jordan Ferree

IIAC MVP - Michelle Schupbach

IIAC All Academic - Tai Lucero, Sara Ohlman

IIAC Coach of the Year - Eric Rodgers

As members of SAAC, Michelle Schupbach and Elizabeth Hoffmann helped plan and execute the event. A job well done! However, Jackie Pedersen claims that she will boycott the event next year since the cheesecake was not up to her standards! Emmie (my daughter) was also in attendance and tried to capture the attention of the room via her dancing/singing along with "All I Want To Do" by Sugarland on the iPad.

Kohawk Tennis gear for sale

Just in time for the holidays, you can order Men's and Women's Tennis gear from now until December 24th. Just follow the directions on the flyers linked here: Men's Gear - Women's Gear

If you cannot see OVER the Table.....Sit ON the Table!

KOHAWK TENNIS APPAREL - NIKE TACKLE TWILL HOODED SWEATSHIRTS!

We are currently accepting orders for Nike Tackle Twill Hooded Sweatshirts!

Available in the following colors: Cardinal (our Kohawk Crimson), Vegas Gold, Heather Grey, White, Black

$50 EACH....with $5 of that being a donation to the tennis program. :)

Great price for a high quality product!

Orders due by Friday Dec 2nd....in hopes that they will arrive in time for the Holidays!

To order, please send an email to kdiehl@coe.edu with your size and color noted for each sweatshirt. Submit payment to me as soon as possible. Checks payable to Coe College Tennis and can be mailed to:

Coe College

Kris Diehl - Tennis

1220 1st Ave NE

Cedar Rapids, IA 52402

Let me know if questions!

ATP World Tour Finals-Analysis

Well, the best week of high level play on the Men's Tour has come and gone, producing a perhaps expected result(Federer winning), and intriguing doubles matchups. In taking a look at the statistics from the semi-final and final matches the numbers do reflect two areas of the game that players(and coaches) should pay close attention.

Focusing on success while playing both the Serving and Returning 2nd Serves Points will go a long way towards producing winning tennis.

Points Won on 2nd Serve

Doubles: Winning Pair 58%
Losing Pair 50%
Singles: Winning Player 59%
Losing Player 48%

Points Won on Return of 2nd Serve

Doubles: Winning Pair 50%
Losing Pair 43%
Singles: Winning Player 53%
Losing Player 42%