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  • What’s The Right Shot? Episode #30 – The Chip & Charge Return of Serve in Singles

    What’s The Right Shot? Episode #30 – The Chip & Charge Return of Serve in Singles

    The chip & charge return of serve in singles, especially off of your opponent's 2nd serve, requires… [more]

    What's The Right Shot? Episode #30 - The Chip & Charge Return of Serve in Singles
  • The Mental Midget – Believing What?

    The Mental Midget – Believing What?

    Allen Fox, author of "Tennis: Winning The Mental Match", has written a really good article that you can… [more]

    The Mental Midget - Believing What?
  • The ANSWER – What’s The Right Shot? Episode #29

    The ANSWER – What’s The Right Shot? Episode #29

    Thanks for all of the well thought out comments in yesterday's "Question" segment to this episode of… [more]

    The ANSWER - What's The Right Shot? Episode #29
  • What’s The Right Shot? Episode #29

    What’s The Right Shot? Episode #29

    So much of doubles strategy focuses on "false advertising" by both the player hitting the shot and the… [more]

    What's The Right Shot? Episode #29
  • What’s The 1 Thing (for your serve)?

    What’s The 1 Thing (for your serve)?

    So, you're stepping up to the baseline to serve, it's 4 all in the 3rd set and 30-40. That's right,… [more]

    What's The 1 Thing (for your serve)?

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Tennis Return of Serve Chip & Charge

What’s The Right Shot? Episode #30 – The Chip & Charge Return of Serve in Singles

June 11, 2013 By Brent 14 Comments

The chip & charge return of serve in singles, especially off of your opponent's 2nd serve, requires a couple of fundamentals that must happen EVERY time if you're consistently going to be successful with this play. 1 - Commitment.  Just like a standard approach shot when you get a relatively … [Read More...]

Brent Abel - Transitional Backhand Volley

The Mental Midget – Believing What?

June 10, 2013 By Brent 10 Comments

Allen Fox, author of "Tennis: Winning The Mental Match", has written a really good article that you can find on page 66 in the July / August 2013 issue of Tennis magazine that has a pic of Andy Murray on the cover. Dr. Fox discusses a few different issues in this article, but the one I want to … [Read More...]

Tennis Doubles Strategy

The ANSWER – What’s The Right Shot? Episode #29

June 7, 2013 By Brent 34 Comments

Thanks for all of the well thought out comments in yesterday's "Question" segment to this episode of 'What's The Right Shot?". Shot selection is often a calculated guess. Here's what I mean ...     Are you a tennis teaching professional? That's right, are you hammering out 15 … [Read More...]

Tennis Doubles Strategy

What’s The Right Shot? Episode #29

June 6, 2013 By Brent 69 Comments

So much of doubles strategy focuses on "false advertising" by both the player hitting the shot and the opponent who is "baiting" the hitter with showing a specific court position. In the end, a lot of doubles comes down to a guessing game. If you're defending, where do I think the opponent is … [Read More...]

Brent Abel - Serve

What’s The 1 Thing (for your serve)?

May 14, 2013 By Brent 78 Comments

So, you're stepping up to the baseline to serve, it's 4 all in the 3rd set and 30-40. That's right, you're break point down, and your brain goes into hyper mode considering this and that ... But instead of considering so many possibilities - most of them probably negative ;-), what's the 1 … [Read More...]

Tennis Doubles - 2013 Husband - Wife Clay

Getting Out Of Your Own Way – A Simple Key To Playing Better Tennis

May 5, 2013 By Brent 27 Comments

So, one of the biggest struggles I deal with as a competitive tennis player is to not think about the consequences of making or missing this next, winning or losing the next point, this game, this set, this frickin match ... Heads Up! - Today, Tuesday May 7, is the last day to get signed up … [Read More...]

Tennis Singles Strategy - Passing Shot

What’s The Right Shot? How To Defend The Chip & Charge Return of Serve

April 29, 2013 By Brent 29 Comments

You've just missed your 1st serve in singles, and now you gotta deal with a 2nd serve AND an opponent who you know is likely to chip & charge behind your 2nd serve. You could go a bit panicky on that thought, but right, it wouldn't really help solve what might happen next. I don't … [Read More...]

Tennis Singles Strategy - Backhand Passing Shot

The Answer! What’s The Right Shot? Episode #27

April 25, 2013 By Brent 35 Comments

OK gang, here it is ... Many of you had this one figured out, however, there's some important teaching going on here on precisely why other shot choices can be either very risky and/or technically challenging. As I mentioned  a few days ago in the Question segment video of this … [Read More...]

Tennis Singles Strategy - What's The Right Shot?

What’s The Right Shot? Episode #27 – Singles

April 21, 2013 By Brent 105 Comments

I've got a point from a match I played recently at the 2013 National 60s Hardcourts in Rancho Mirage, CA at the Mission Hills CC. My opponent, the #1 seed Tom Smith, beat me in this match, but thanks to my good friend and tennis pro Scott Harper, we've got some video of this match. So, what do … [Read More...]

Tennis Doubles Strategy - Backhand Volley

The Answer to What’s The Right Shot? Episode #26 – Phil’s Backhand Volley

April 3, 2013 By Brent 25 Comments

Building Future Doubt. Well, this particular episode brought  up a lot of things I could teach. Technique, shot choice, and the strategy of deception. Doubles strategy is so much about false advertising. Not only do we show movement when we don't have the ball - poaching, fake … [Read More...]

Tennis Backhand Volley

What’s The Right Shot? Episode #26 – Doubles Backhand Volley

April 1, 2013 By Brent 52 Comments

We've got two thing to look at in this new video I have for you. #1 - I've got another clip that relates to what we worked on in out most recent episode (#25) of "What's The Right Shot"? where we saw Paul play his overhead down low at Brian's feet. In fact, this short follow up clip to episode … [Read More...]

Tennis Doubles Overhead Strategy

What’s The Right Shot? Episode #25 – The Answer

March 27, 2013 By Brent 64 Comments

There was lots of great feedback from our recent Question segment to WTRS? episode #25. However, weirdly, no one picked out the eventual target where Paul played his overhead. I must have led you astray on this one ;-) But may I say this about Paul's overhead - he shows instant … [Read More...]

Tennis Doubles Overhead Strategy

Doubles Overhead – What’s The Right Shot? Episode #25

March 24, 2013 By Brent 58 Comments

This match play situation doubles happens all of the time. You and your partner are up at net and one of your opponents lobs fairly deep right down the middle between you and your partner. 1) Who takes the overhead that's now in the middle of the court? 2) Where should the overhead be … [Read More...]

Roger Federer High Forehand Roller

Why We Need The Federer High Forehand Groundstroke Roller (or something similar to it…)

March 19, 2013 By Brent 50 Comments

There's a shot we don't consciously execute enough when we're back on the baseline. The high forehand topspin roller ... Come on, be honest, if you're anything like me, every time we're on the baseline and we get a ball played over to our forehand side, our first instinct is to drive our … [Read More...]

Brent & Mai Abel

What To Do When You’re Up 6-4, 4-1 …

March 17, 2013 By Brent 48 Comments

Ok, reality check time ... Mai and I just finished playing in the 2013 National USA Husband - Wife (combined ages 100+) Grasscourt Championships at the Mission Hills CC in Rancho Mirage CA. We ended up winning the Bronze Ball - 3rd place - which normally would feel like a really good … [Read More...]

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