This accomplishment is not looked at in the junior ranking, and is not even know about by most tennis players. But Oct.12 2013 in a 14U JTT match the Number 3, 12 year old Player who has been training with Boomer and learning about tennis analytics realized an accomplishment he never thought was possible come about.

Rahul Subramanian won his first Golden Set. A Golden set: Set which is won without dropping a single point! In the professional top tier players, only 3 people have ever accomplished this in match play.  Pauline Betz 1943, Bill Scanlon 1983, and Yaroslava Shvedova 2012.

Some people ask why more people do not get this accomplishment. There are multiple reasons. Here are just 2 reasons that my students learn on a regular bases. Most points are over in 3 strokes almost 75% of the time, this is at all levels of play because the players are at the same level of play in competition. The next reason is that this means you have to hit a minimum of 24 strokes in a row without mistakes. That is 12 serves and 12 service returns in a row, this does not take into account points that are more than 1 stroke. My players are given drills to squeeze a tennis ball 96 times every 2 seconds, Right hand, Left Hand to work on the timing of winning a match in the least number of strokes.

In our 14U prep course we are practicing/working on principles that will lead to greater competitiveness (a point system for ranking players), average speeds of 55-65 MPH, Consistency of 50 shots in a row, 1/4 court control spin, power, depth and width, Regular balls are used in the class, Full court, Spin Tactics and Strategies to use at this level, Strength building, foot work, conditioning, balance, speed and agility.

Congratulations to Rahul Subramanian. If you see, Rahul give him a pat on the back. He is an upcoming Star shining bright in all that he does.