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Mental Match Preparation
What's the best way to prepare mentally for a big match? Should you get yourself hyped up? Calm yourself down? Listen to music? What should your mental approach be? That's the
Perfect Tennis Warmup Routine
Ensuring that your muscles have been stretched and loosened up before play is crucial to avoiding injury and performing your best! If you don't have a warmup routine already, you need
Which Is The Best Footwork Pattern?
Many teaching pros are die-hard supporters of a specific footwork pattern, but which one is best? Step in... Step across... Open stance? In this video I'll show you which one to
How To Control Groundstroke Depth
Deep groundstrokes are a valuable weapon to have in your arsenal whether you're a singles or a doubles player. Unfortunately most players don't know how to control the depth of their forehand and backhand. Not reliably anyway. That's because they're more concerned with hitting the ball harder instead of changing the simple variable that I talk about in this lesson.
How Deep Should You Aim Groundstrokes?
Hitting deep groundstrokes plays a key part in keeping your opponent pinned back and in a defensive position. But how deep should you aim? Too deep, and you risk hitting out; too shallow, and you lose the advantage. Here's a quick video that will help, along with a drill to improve your consistency!
How To Hit A Tweener!
We've all seen the pros hit a tweener, and anyone who has attempted to knows it's more difficult than it looks. While it's hardly an essential technique, it's a lot of
Creating Drive with an Extreme Grip
Do you struggle hitting drive with a western or semi-western grip on your forehand side? Creating a strong, penetrating shot with a western grip IS possible, but you must first understand
Hate Getting Passed In Singles?
Nothing is more frustrating than coming up to the net in singles to try and pressure your opponent only to be cleanly passed over and over again! In my experience this
How To Watch The Ball
Nothing could possibly be more important than watching the ball effectively. After all, even with perfect swing technique if you don't hit the ball cleanly your results will be only a shadow of what they should. The drill in today's video focuses in (pun intended) on your ability to hit the ball cleanly specifically, forcing you to concentrate on only that. I've had a lot of fun using it with my students on court and I know you will enjoy trying it out as well!
Top Drop Shot Tip
Do you struggle hitting an effective drop shot consistently? Most players do and in my experience it's due to people thinking that they need a TON of spin to hit a
The Ultimate Tennis Strategy
Most tennis players make strategy much more complicated than it should be! Fact of the matter is the most effective, winning strategies are usually extremely simple. Rather than trying to be
Art of the Backspin Lob
Having a great defensive lob is crucial to your success on the court - especially if you play mostly doubles! In this video lesson I'll show you the three most important
