Mac Gifford
Mac Gifford
accepting cannot exploit four hitting last months opponent three
It's more than hitting hard; you have to find what the opponent can and cannot do and exploit that. I see them in the last three or four months as more accepting of my coaching.
ashley girl irritating letting lose playing saying
Ashley was playing a girl that was just irritating her. She was saying things and stalling. I told her the only way she is going to lose is by letting the girl get to her.
ashley consistent solid strength tennis
Ashley is a very consistent player; that's her strength. She just is a very solid tennis player.
fought
She wasn't able to concentrate that well. But she fought back.
ashley ball hates hit steady
She's very steady and can hit the ball hard. But the most important thing about Ashley is that she just hates to lose.
mentally plays stand tough win
She plays to win and she is a very mentally tough person. She just can't stand to lose.
against great played player pressure stuff
She played great against a player who was recruited by many schools. She just played great even with the pressure and stuff she had to go through.
affects determination early fight god knows move player seeing tough
God only knows the player with the most determination and fight is Katie, and seeing her go down early because she can't move is tough on everybody. It really affects (the team).
days latter learning lesson literally lost month played prepare row shape three
I don't think we lost because it was a shape issue; we literally played three days in a row and I don't think we lost because we were tired. I think we lost because we were overwhelmed by the situation, we got off in the latter part of the match. It's a learning lesson for us all, and we have a month to prepare for the tournament.
adversity higher older playing woman
We've done well with adversity, and we've done well playing with a woman short. We're older and we're better, and we have higher expectations.
days mobility people singles sore stress though victoria
Katie, her stress fractures, even though she is able to play, by the end of two days of playing, she's really sore and her mobility is really affected; same thing for Victoria with her arm. We need to have some other people come up in singles and contribute.
emotion emotional emotions matches
I like it when we play with emotion. The emotion makes it fun, makes it interesting and it's the emotional matches that you remember.
choice opponents season starting
I don't like starting the season off on the road, but I don't have much choice. Getting opponents to come here (during the winter) is very difficult.
behind confidence seen
I haven't seen her physically. But I would say that I feel a sense of confidence that she is behind what we are doing over here.