Los Cab Sports Village

APRIL 2018 ❘ LOS CAB LIFE ❘ 3 GET FIT! ............... SPRING TRAINING T he roster of personal trainers available to members at Los Cab Sports Village has officially ex- panded. Sharon Yao, who has taught Pilates mat classes for a number of years at the club, recently signed on to teach private Pilates sessions as well as small group reformer and Tai Chi classes. The staff now includes Yao, Peggy Pocher, Karen George, Warren Grossman and Roxanne Berger. Pocher, who leads the group, said that working with a trainer can help members figure out the ex- ercises they should be doing to reach their goals as well as provide accounta- bility. "They can also help you pinpoint specific goals, pro- vide strategies for reaching those goals and create new ones as you progress," Pocher said. An additional benefit to having multiple personal trainers on staff is that each brings a different approach to the job, so there's likely someone who meshes well with every potential person seeking training expertise. "Each of us has our niche," Pocher said. ......................................... > VISIT loscab.com/trainers for more information. C hris Hastings has been a member at Los Cab for nearly 40 years, and has been teaching tennis here for the last 15. So he knows a thing or two about how to get the most out of his students and believes that the best way to achieve that goal is to make practice fun. "If practice is too hard, players may not like it, but if you add an el- ement of fun, they stay with it longer," Hastings said. To keep things enjoyable, he has a few go-to routines: 1) Two-on-one drills, with the solo player at the baseline and their opponents at the net. You rotate the players around so the player by themselves doesn't get frustrated. 2) For those who are very fit and tournament-level players, there's a drill where one person hits cross- court and the other two go down the line. There's a lot of running around since the player hits cross court, then has to run to the other side and go down the line. It's great for developing footwork. 3) Five-on-five drills. There are only two rackets per team, so after you hit a shot, you pass your racket to the person behind you. It's very challenging – it helps with commu- nication and staying focused. Hastings also said he encourages students to look beyond Los Cab's 23 hard courts for ways to improve – whether it's ping pong, pickleball, racquetball or squash — or simply using one of the club's hitting walls to work on their strokes. ......................................................... > LEARN MORE at cwtennis.com. TENNIS TIPS FROM CHRIS HASTINGS ...................................................... FOCUS ON FUN ■ 3 TIPS TO MAKE PRACTICE TIME MORE ENJOYABLE NEW FITNESS CLASSES IT'S A GROUP EFFORT! T he number of group classes offered at Los Cab continues to grow. The club recently added two new Pilates classes to its schedule, on Tuesdays and Thurs- days at 4:30 p.m. with trainer Peggy Pocher; and on Wednesdays at 12:30 p.m., Olga Bar- real teaches a new STRONG by Zumba class. Fitness Director Marianne Grossman said it's important to offer classes that appeal to a variety of people and to continually add new classes to keep members interested and engaged. "Fitness changes all the time," she said. "There's always something new to do with group fitness – class formats change and adapting to people's needs and current trends." > VISIT loscab.com/group-fitness.

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