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Postcast #199: Holiday Special

Listen to all of the holiday messages left in the ET Voicemail Box over the past few weeks. Also, a huge "thank you" to everybody for their support during 2011. If you have listened to the podcast, watched my videos, attended a clinic, or signed up for any of my online courses this past year

Podcast #198: Top 5 Tennis Parent Blunders

Whether you currently have kids involved in tennis or not you really need to listen to my interview with Frank Giampaolo. He shares his "Top 5 Tennis Parent Blunders" and gives some amazing information for all of us to follow along the way. In this episode of the podcast you'll learn about body, brain and

Podcast #197: Return of Serve X-Factor

Exactly what sets players like Agassi, Djokovic and Murray apart as great returners? Is it possible to learn those same skills as recreational level players? In today's episode of the Podcast I'll share with you the techniques needed to be successful with the return of serve, as well as the "art" and the

Podcast #196: Mini Tennis Essentials

No matter what you've been told or currently think short court hitting is NOT just for beginners! In this episode of the podcast I explain exactly why mini tennis should be part of your practice or match warm up routine and how to best execute it, both in terms of targets and technique.

Andy Murray Forehand/Backhand and David Ferrer Volleys

Volley technique is one of the things that I'm pickiest about when it comes to tennis instruction. It's for that reason today's video is one of my favorites that I brought back from Cincinnati, Ohio. It features David Ferrer deflecting volleys back to Andy Murray who's hitting forehands and backhands on the other side. Two

Podcast #195: How to Crush Pushers

Pushers are feared all around the world for their consistency and guile on the court, especially in lower to intermediate level tennis, but it doesn't have to be that way! In today's episode of the podcast I share the most important elements of your game to improve if you ever want to be

Andy Murray vs David Ferrer – Court Level in HD!

This is a really special series of 5 videos for two main reasons: 1. It's almost impossible to find high quality video of top level pro players competing from this vantage point, you're really not going to find this anywhere else. The points that you watch on TV are always shot from a much higher

Podcast #194: Developing Mental Toughness

Most tennis players know what good "mental toughness" looks like on the court but have no idea how to actually develop it for their own game. Sure, Nadal and Federer are both tough and focused, almost never cracking under pressure, but how do you actually get to that point? How can we train

Novak Djokovic Serve in HD

Up until pretty recently I was NOT a fan of Novak Djokovic's serve. His trophy pose and racket drop was kind of herky-jerky (yes, that's the technical term for it) and things just didn't seem very efficient in general. Like a lot of other elements of his game I think he has really improved his

Rafael Nadal Crushing Forehands in HD

Rafael Nadal is on the exact opposite end of the spectrum as Roger Federer while he practices: full out and 100% all the time. In this video you see him crushing forehand after forehand at pretty high intensity. This is something that I saw him do over and over again while hitting various strokes, sometimes

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