One of my favorite tennis drills is “The Tug Of War” it has endless possibilities which is why it is great…..here is a simple serving use just to give you the idea. Grab 2 balls and serve one after another. If you get both in +1 If you miss both -1 If you get one [...]
Full Story »Tennis Technique – Is It All That?
I was giving a talk the other day to a bunch of coaches parents and kids about the importance of footwork and movement training to the developing tennis player. At the end of the talk someone offered up the discussion about technical mastery vs. being a “jack of all trades”. A great question and a [...]
Full Story »Why When Is Where It’s At – Part 2
Following on from yesterdays examination of what “correct” tennis technique is, I want to drill down a bit further and provide some solid examples. I stated yesterday that your ability to do something on a fairly regular basis under match conditions is the only true test of how good your technique stacks up and should [...]
Full Story »Tennis Technique – Why When Is Where It’s At Part 1
Us tennis players have a funny relationship with technique. We can talk about it for hours…..the forehand of this one, the backhand of that one and how great the serve of so and so is. It ebbs, flows and changes direction like an undulating river in high winds. One minute “you just have to” hit [...]
Full Story »Tennis Strategy 102 – The Continuum
There is so much emphasis placed (by the tennis playing and coaching community) on technique that I almost feel players have lost sight of the one thing that I believe makes this such a great sport. The tactical and strategic battle on (and sometimes off) the court. That is what makes this the great sport [...]
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