Archive for the ‘Tips’ Category
Tennis Tip: Improve Your Tennis Serve under PRESSURE
I don’t play tennis quite as often as I really should given the level I’d like to reach in a few years. One of the things that really suffers from my lack of practice and playing is the consistency of my tennis serve, particularly in any situation involving game play. The usual pattern is that [...]
Tennis Tip – Not Watching Bad Players
Another post on this site reminded me of a tip that my current tennis instructor gave me: do NOT watch bad players play tennis before going out to hit. Whether on the public courts or at most clubs, most recreational tennis players do not hit with good mechanics. In fact, they mostly hit with awful [...]
Tennis Tip: Improving stamina – Jump Rope!
I got a free gift from a tennis pro the other day: a jump rope! I think he bought 30 of them or something like that and was excited to be handing them out. His mandate for me: do 2 sets of 200 twice a day. Well, actually, he said that I didn’t have to [...]
Tennis Tip: Improving Your Tennis – Maintain Upper Body Control
I’m always impressed with how little that good tennis players seem to move their bodies when they are hitting a ball. There just isn’t any excess motion at all. Instead, their movement is all very efficient and controlled. This is particularly the case with the upper body. There is little excess body rotation, no jerky [...]
Tennis Tip: Improving Your Tennis – Mix up your shots
Having watched quite a lot of tennis this year, I’m impressed with how the good players really mix up the the pace, spin, and angle of the ball to keep their opponents off balance. This is something to keep in mind when playing, particularly when you’re having trouble breaking down your opponent. To improve my [...]
Tennis Tip: Watch The Tennis Pros
I have not played much tennis this year. Shockingly, however, my ground game is better than ever. What do I attribute this to? Watching live tennis! Yes that’s right, just watching! However, I was watching up close and in person and I was paying attention to everything: the footwork, the preparation, the backswing, the follow-through, [...]
Tennis Tip: Doubles Strategy – Stay With Your Partner
In doubles, you want to pretend that you are attached to your partner by a ten foot pole extending from your waist.
If you follow your partner around the court like this it will prevent you from creating large gaps for your opponents to exploit.
Ideally, you and your partner want to be at net, but if [...]
Tennis Tip: Tennis Technique – The Top Spin “Kick” Serve
When you are about to serve, try tossing the ball a little bit behind you instead of out in front of you.
By throwing the ball behind you, it forces your swing to brush up on the ball thereby generating a lot of top spin.
Top spin will make your serve start higher and then come down [...]
Tennis Tip: Tennis Basics – Hit it Deep
The deeper you hit your shots, the weaker your opponent’s return will be.
If you push your opponent back to his or her baseline, he or she will most probably hit a short ball back to you or hit a defensive shot which will set you up to hit an approach shot and move in for [...]
Tennis Tip: High-End Tennis Rackets – Rent Demos Before Buying
A good tennis racket can cost up to $200. That’s a heavy investment for a beginner who can barely hit a backhand.
However, tennis rackets can make a world of difference not only in terms of feel and performance, but in the prevention of muscle cramps and tennis elbow.
Before you shell out the cash on your [...]