REVOLUTIONARY DMAIC FOR TENNIS EXCELLENCE

B Y J O C E L A L C E D O , U S P T A C E R T I F I E D C O A C H

F O U N D E R : S C V T E N N I S A C E S ,

U . S . A .

Author: Jose Villanueva Alcedo, M.B.A./T.M.

THE RULES HAVE CHANGED

Why tennis training is fun?

• It’s the trying

• It’s the learning

• It’s the seeking

• It’s the doing

• It’s the experience

• It’s the hard work

- That matter the most, not the end result, but the fun in the process.

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THE PRICE OF DMAIC TRAINING

USTA Ranking Grace Alcedo’s Trophy from USTA Junior Open in Santa Clarita on 6/30/2013.

After two months of DMAIC, Grace’s performance jumped from 194 to 79 rank among 3,500 USTA Junior Tennis Players in Southern California, U.S.A.

USPTA CERTIFIED COACH ALCEDO CHAMPIONS DMAIC

DMAIC

DMAIC TENNIS IS TAUGHT AT SCV TENNIS ACESQUICK-START TRAINING CLASS

Quick Start Training Class (All ages).Recreational Coaching Workshops, Quick Start Workshops, • 10andundertennis,• individualized and group lessons for

kids and adults. • Lessons taught by former USA NCAA

Division 1 and European college tennis players.

• Competitive fee rates usually 20% savings without compromising teaching quality.

USTA COACH ALCEDO & DAUGHTER, GRACE WITH LMU WOMEN’S TENNIS TEAM

Subsequently, the SCV Tennis Aces

were treated to an LMU Women's and

Men's Tennis Teams Meet-and-Greet

Luncheon and had a great time meeting

and talking to tennis talent recruited

by LMU from England, Norway,

Bulgaria ,Hungary, Australia, Spain,

Ecuador, Peru to name a few and

solid Southern Cal talent such as

Mia Jin and April Bisharat. Some of

men's played in the future USTA Pro

Tour in the late summer to early fall.

HOW DO THEY DO DMAIC AT SCV TENNIS ACES?Used by Fortune 500 companies in

Improving product & service quality,

DMAIC is a methodology that focuses

on the process and reduce the

uncontrolled variation.

SCV Tennis Aces adopt DMAIC to

reduce uncontrolled variation in

tennis by focusing on the process

and then improve it.

VARIETY VS. VARIATION

Applied in tennis, • Variety is good; • Variation is bad.

• There are variety of shots in tennis. It’s to your advantage if you have a variety of shots.

• Variation refers to the errors and uncontrolled shots.

Define:

The first step in this process is to define the issue to be addressed and improved. This could include: • Serve• Return

Aim at Target

DMAIC METHODOLOGY

The Serve

Measure:

Measure is done by determining the distance from the target the tennis ball landed

Serve many balls

DMAIC METHODOLOGY

The Serve

Analyze:

Before you continue your serve, analyze the causes of variation.

Aim at Target

DMAIC METHODOLOGY

The Serve

Improve:

Improve your serve based upon the analysis of your serve.

Aim for perfection

DMAIC METHODOLOGY

The Serve

Control:

This is something that you develop by constant practice

Standardize

DMAIC METHODOLOGY

The Serve

ILLUSTRATION OF DMAIC METHODOLOGY

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Define: With a chalk, draw a small circle (approximately4” in diameter) at the the left quadrant of the serve area.

ILLUSTRATION OF DMAIC METHODOLOGY

TMeasure: Practice your serve by hitting several tennis balls with the goal of hitting inside the target circle. After serving 6 balls, count how many balls landed inside the T circle, in percentage.

ILLUSTRATION OF DMAIC METHODOLOGY

TAnalyze:Determine from memoryHow did you hit the balls That landed inside theT circle. These are good serves.Know what caused your bad serve.

?What caused this?

ILLUSTRATION OF DMAIC METHODOLOGY

TImprove:Improve your serve by repeating your serve strokes that gave good serves.

ILLUSTRATION OF DMAIC METHODOLOGY

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Control: How well you have your good serves determines your capability to control. Measure this as a percentage. Then keep practicing until your percentage has improved.

ILLUSTRATION OF DMAIC METHODOLOGY

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Raise your serve to the next level by drawing a 3”-diameter T circle.

And then repeat the same DMAIC process.

TOP 100 RANKING USTA JUNIORSouthern California

Grace Alcedo’s Words

“How Bad Do You Want It? • How bad do you want to follow your dreams• Do what you want to do for the rest of your life• Well, this is how bad I want it:

• I want something as bad as if I was dared to eat a 24 inch pizza!

TOP 100 RANKING USTA JUNIORSouthern CaliforniaGrace Alcedo’s Words

How Bad Do You Want It? • That something that I want so bad is training to be a World Class Tennis Player• So if you want to follow your dreams, follow them and no one can stand in your way

TOP 100 RANKING USTA JUNIORSouthern CaliforniaGrace Alcedo’s Words

• All you have to do are: • Believe you can do anything• Trust on what choices will your future to come• Forget about the mistakes you made and make an effort to improve.

TOP 100 – RANK, USTA JUNIORSouthern CaliforniaGrace Alcedo’s Words

• Your dreams will guide you to your destination in your future• So just breathe in what you got to do• And do what you want to do for the rest of your life.• I’m Grace Alcedo and these are my words on How Bad Do You Want It?”

DMAIC SUCCESS PLAYERS

REFERENCES

SANTA CLARITA VALLEY TENNIS ACES - Eteamzwww.eteamz.com/scvtennisaces/

Jocel Alcedo, USPTA Certified Coachscvtennisaces@yahoo.com

https://www.facebook.com/santaclaritavalleytennisaces

How Bad Do You Want It?, Jose Villanueva Alcedo, M.B.A./T.M., Publish America, U.S.A. 2013jvalcedo@gmail.com