1st Volley Strategy – What’s The Longest Distance You Can Force Your Opponent To Run?
You know me, I love serve and volley tennis. I simply think it's way more fun than sitting back behind… [more]
Tennis Volley Lesson – Your 1st Volley Doesn’t Have To Be A Winner
I sense a bit of panic out there when you approach the net. So much so that it sure looks like you're… [more]
Australian Open Tennis 2012 – Bernard Tomic
The Australian Open tennis tournament for 2012 has just started, and one of the most compelling 1st… [more]
Mansour Bahrami – Not Your Everyday Strategy
Hey, we gotta have some fun out there, right? I mean, this tennis thing can't always be a serious… [more]
Tennis Return of Serve – Unintended Opportunities
This happens all of the time in singles. You're returning serve, the server has hit a good solid… [more]
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1st Volley Strategy – What’s The Longest Distance You Can Force Your Opponent To Run?
You know me, I love serve and volley tennis. I simply think it's way more fun than sitting back behind the baseline and grinding. However, not all 1st volleys are created equal. Especially when you have to receive a low return of serve, you can't always just shove a deep volley deep to … [Read More...]
Tennis Volley Lesson – Your 1st Volley Doesn’t Have To Be A Winner
I sense a bit of panic out there when you approach the net. So much so that it sure looks like you're hoping you can end this point right now with your 1st volley. That's rarely going to happen. What's more likely going to happen is that you'll make your 1st volley and your opponent shanks … [Read More...]
Australian Open Tennis 2012 – Bernard Tomic
The Australian Open tennis tournament for 2012 has just started, and one of the most compelling 1st round matches was between Bernard Tomic & Fernando Verdasco. Tomic, down 2 sets to love, found a way in the brutal heat to hang in there and eventually come back to win the match in the 5th … [Read More...]
Mansour Bahrami – Not Your Everyday Strategy
Hey, we gotta have some fun out there, right? I mean, this tennis thing can't always be a serious activity. You may have heard of Mansour Bahrami. This guy played on the men's pro tour and was good enough to get to the French Open Men's Doubles final in 1989. 3 minutes of fun … [Read More...]
Tennis Return of Serve – Unintended Opportunities
This happens all of the time in singles. You're returning serve, the server has hit a good solid serve, you're just trying to get it back safely in play, and you end up hitting a tough return to one of the server's corners. Totally unintended ... That server is now scrambling just to get … [Read More...]
The Key To Generating Power On Your Overhead
Generating natural power on the overhead as you're moving backwards to cover your opponent's lob can be a real challenge. Too often we lock up the wrist which also locks up the forearm roll (pronation) and we end up pushing our overhead. Pushing results in zero power. The clip above … [Read More...]
Your Shot Choice For That Short Ball Sitter
Brent's 50% Discount "All Lessons Package" - Click One of the most common questions I get is what to do with that frickin short ball sitter. You know, you've just thumped a big groundie to a corner, your opponent barely gets to it, then he/she plays a soft sitter that lands just behind the "T" … [Read More...]
Anticipating A Short Ball & Unintended Opportunities
Check Out Brent's 50% Discount "All Lessons Package" - Click I found this clip from the 2012 Brisbane pro tournament. This match features Bernard Tomic and Matsuma Ito. Two things we can learn from this one point. 1) When you play a deep groundstroke, anticiapte a short ball from your … [Read More...]
Travelling On The Pro Tour – A Really Different Look At It
INTERVIEW REPLAY - Click here. If you're on Twitter and follow any of the pro tennis players or tennis bloggers, there's a pretty good chance you've run across a prolific Tweeter, @FortyDeuceTwits. A youngen from the San Francisco Bay Area, C Note, as she's also known, has taken her love … [Read More...]
Transitional 1/2 Volleys – Yours Can Look Like These In 21 Days
One of the biggest skills you can acquire as both a singles and a doubles player is the ability to consistently play a transitional 1/2 volley as you pass through "No Man's Land". Being consistent with your transitional 1/2 volley means that ... you don't pop this shot up, you play it to a … [Read More...]
2nd Serve Safety: How To Get More Racket Speed For Better Spin
I can't remember the exact day when that proverbial light bulb went off about my 2nd serve and I had that "ah ha" moment. It was awhile ago, but still to this day I have to remind myself that a 2nd serve requires as much if not more racket speed to insure safety. Safety equates to solving your … [Read More...]
Warning: Is This Silent “Voice” Sabotaging Your 2nd Serve?
I don't know about you, but there were (OK, now and then are) times when I miss my 1st serve, and then as I get ready to play my 2nd serve, there's this little voice that I hear that's telling me stuff like "Dude, it's 30-40 and if you miss this 2nd serve your life is gonna suck BIG time. No … [Read More...]
The Mistakes We Make Just Prior To Our Tossing Motion (and what to do about them)
I used to (and still do from time to time) make a crucial mistake just prior to starting my tossing motion on whatever serve I was about to play. Maybe you do as well ... Some players start their tossing motion without a specific target in mind. They sort of see where their toss ends up … [Read More...]
The Weird Optical Illusion When Serving To The Deuce Court
I'm convinced that lefties DON'T have this problem, but many of us righties do ... We feel more comfortable serving to the ad court rather than the deuce court. Total insanity, right? Maybe not. Right Click Here To Download This Video For Viewing On Your Computer, iPad, iPhone, other … [Read More...]
Slice Serve To The “T”
If you're a righty, being able to play a slice serve from the ad court right down the "T" can be a huge asset when you're mixing up your different types of serves. I remember playing a doubles match at the Babolat Seniors in Palm Springs a couple of years where I'm serving at 4 all in the 2nd … [Read More...]
