Brent Abel's WebTennis http://www.webtennis.com "All Court" Tennis Tips & Lessons Mon, 08 Aug 2011 18:30:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 WEBCAST – Identifying The Difference Of When To Play Defense & Offense http://www.webtennis.com/2011/08/08/webcast-identifying-the-difference-of-when-to-play-defense-offense/ http://www.webtennis.com/2011/08/08/webcast-identifying-the-difference-of-when-to-play-defense-offense/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 18:25:11 +0000 Brent http://www.webtennis.com/?p=3651 FREE Webcast – Thursday August 11, 2011, Noon Pacific Time Zone

Special Guest – Jeff Jacklich

Sign up here —> http://bit.ly/pZeWRF

One of the biggest mistakes we make in our matches is thinking we’ve got an offensive opportunity, when in reality, we should play defense for at least that next shot.

Trying to play offensive when it’s not the right time leads to tons of unforced errors.  And you know what unforced errors does to the score.

Leads to losing points, games, sets, and matches.  Ughhh…

On the other side of the coin, too often we let golden offensive opportunities slip right on by.

One of tennis’s really great guys, former tour player and 25+ year tennis teaching professional Jeff Jacklich, is going to spend some time with us this Thursday August 11, 2011 at Noon, pacific time zone, as my special guest on a live webcast.

“A 45 Minute Crash Course In How To Identify The Difference Of When To Play Defense And When To Play Offense”

Jeff is going to show us when are those times when we really need to play a defensive shot and when we’ve truly got an offensive opportunity.

Knowing the difference between those two situations can make you a smarter tennis player and help you cut way down on those unforced errors that just kill you in a match.

You’re invited to join me and Jeff this Thursday August 11, 2011 at Noon Pacific Time Zone for what promises to be a tennis instructional webcast that will help you begin to win more points, games, sets, and matches!

Sign up here.  It’s FREE – http://bit.ly/pZeWRF .

Brent

]]> http://www.webtennis.com/2011/08/08/webcast-identifying-the-difference-of-when-to-play-defense-offense/feed/ 2 The #1 Truth For Your Tennis Improvement http://www.webtennis.com/2011/07/18/the-1-truth-for-your-tennis-improvement/ http://www.webtennis.com/2011/07/18/the-1-truth-for-your-tennis-improvement/#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2011 19:17:41 +0000 Brent http://www.webtennis.com/?p=3647 The best thing you can do for improving your tennis game right now, today, this week, this month, and so on, is to fully commit to an off court training & fitness program.

Yeah, I know, boring…

When I fully committed years ago to an off court training program, my tournament results just took off.  Not only has their been tremendous physical benefits, but the mental benefits, confidence, has been really tangible.

Why can a simple off court program improve your tennis?

Let’s forget about the obvious benefits of getting a little stronger, a little faster, a little more flexible, and even better endurance.

Tennis is obviously a game of movement, and your feet are the key to improving your tennis.

Why?

When your movement on the court in either singles and/or doubles is clean, you visually track the ball better.

When you visually track the ball better, you space yourself to the path of the incoming ball so that you’re much more consistently aligned into the right hitting (swing freedom) position for whatever shot you’re about to play.

A specific fitness training program will help you move with much less jarring on the court so your eyes have a real chance of being to visually track the ball.

Ian Westerman of Essential Tennis (Doubles Domination) has just published a series of free videos on getting fitter specifically for tennis.

Yes, Ian’s free video series is leading up to his release of a brand new fitness program of which I have agreed to contribute significant BONUS  webcast content.  More on that later…

For now, head on over to watch Ian’s first free video on helping you get fitter off of the court and how it will directly impact your improvement.

After watching Ian’s videos, will you be going out on the tour in 6 months?

Uh, no, but you’ll be returning serve more consistently, you’ll be handling that transition 1/2 volley much better, and that’s just the start.

Here’s the link to see what Ian has for you. Click.

Brent

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Let’s define the right return of serve.

Ideally, the right return of serve is any shot that helps set up your net partner so that they can try to draw the next shot to them (fake poach, poach, etc).

After that, the right return of serve is any return that doesn’t give the serving team an obvious advantage.

So, the right return of serve isn’t an all out winner because, let’s be honest, you and I and even the pros cannot realistically hit winner returns of serve on a regular basis.

The big question is how can you develop a consistent return of serve package (cross court, lob, at the net player) that makes you a superior doubles player, and most importantly, a superior doubles partner?

Superior returner of serves in doubles have these 6 qualities…

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