It’s exciting to finally use a new ball machine. You’ve carefully considered options, read reviews, and finally went and bought yourself a ball machine. And then it comes down to using it. You can follow the manual to get an idea for how to use the machine, but that doesn’t mean you’ll know how to […]
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Tennis TrainingINTRODUCTION Did you know? In one hour of backboard practice you can hit up to 1,800 balls compared to 650 an hour on a ball machine or 150 during an average hour of match play. If you think this is a typographical error, consider that in an hour of match play, the ball is generally
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Tennis TrainingIt’s not every day you get to have professional, expert pickleball advice while sitting at your desk, or scrolling on your phone. But, today, we’re going to go over a training session that the world-class pickleball player and coach, Simone Jardim, held with a few of her clients. Dinks, or drop shots, are a fundamental
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Pickleball TrainingIntroduction You probably already know that the serve is the most frequently hit shot in tennis, but did you also ever think about the fact that the return of serve is the second most frequently hit shot? With that degree of importance, we should be practicing our returns of serve quite frequently. But how many
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Tennis TrainingOn the surface, tennis seems to be a wholly physical game. The blend of timing, movement, speed, control, and power all speak to the massive physical needs in order to excel at tennis. But underneath that, we have a mental game that compares to chess. Each player must think what they want to do several
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