This document discusses the DMAIC methodology for improving tennis skills and performance. DMAIC stands for define, measure, analyze, improve, and control. It is typically used in business to reduce process variation but can also be applied to tennis training. The document outlines how each step of DMAIC can be implemented for the serve, such as defining the target, measuring ball placement, analyzing good versus bad serves, improving technique, and controlling variation through practice. An example is provided of a girl who improved her USTA junior ranking from 194 to 79 through two months of DMAIC tennis training.

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. REFERENCE: NEW BOOK RELEASE

4. 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.

5. USPTA CERTIFIED COACH ALCEDO CHAMPIONS DMAIC
DMAIC

6. DMAIC TENNIS IS TAUGHT AT SCV TENNIS ACES
QUICK-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.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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

11. Measure:
Measure is done by
determining the
distance from the
target the tennis ball
landed
Serve many balls
DMAIC METHODOLOGY
The Serve

12. Analyze:
Before you continue
your serve, analyze
the causes of
variation.
Aim at Target
DMAIC METHODOLOGY
The Serve

13. Improve:
Improve your serve
based upon the
analysis of your
serve.
Aim for perfection
DMAIC METHODOLOGY
The Serve

14. Control:
This is
something
that you
develop by
constant
practice
Standardize
DMAIC METHODOLOGY
The Serve

15. ILLUSTRATION OF DMAIC METHODOLOGY
TT
Define:
With a chalk, draw
a small circle
(approximately
4” in diameter) at the
the left quadrant of
the serve area.

16. 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.

17. ILLUSTRATION OF DMAIC METHODOLOGY
TAnalyze:
Determine from memory
How did you hit the balls
That landed inside the
T circle. These are good
serves.
Know what caused your
bad serve.
?
What caused
this?

18. ILLUSTRATION OF DMAIC METHODOLOGY
TImprove:
Improve your serve
by repeating
your serve strokes
that gave good
serves.

19. ILLUSTRATION OF DMAIC METHODOLOGY
T
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.

20. ILLUSTRATION OF DMAIC METHODOLOGY
T
Raise your serve
to the next level
by drawing a
3”-diameter T circle.
And then repeat the
same DMAIC process.

21. TOP 100 RANKING USTA JUNIOR
Southern 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!

22. TOP 100 RANKING USTA JUNIOR
Southern California
Grace 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

23. TOP 100 RANKING USTA JUNIOR
Southern California
Grace 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.

24. TOP 100 – RANK, USTA JUNIOR
Southern California
Grace 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?”

25. DMAIC SUCCESS PLAYERS

26. REFERENCES
SANTA CLARITA VALLEY TENNIS ACES - Eteamz
www.eteamz.com/scvtennisaces/
Jocel Alcedo, USPTA Certified Coach
scvtennisaces@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. 2013
jvalcedo@gmail.com