“RACKET BACK!” WHY IS THIS A HORRIBLE INSTRUCTION? Tennis pros and coaches say it ALL THE TIME! Racket back! Racket back! Racket Back! Students are taught that they need to take their racket back to the back fence or further. Why? Because a backswing is needed to help you swing faster leading up to contacting […]
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Tennis TrainingThis article is a compendium of what all tennis coaches are looking for: New and creative drills! They are derived from literally hundreds of exercises which have been presented in workshops across the United States over the past couple of years. The criteria for a drill being selected for this article was simple: It had
INTRODUCTION 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 TrainingThis article will challenge the traditional and popular instruction to lock your wrist when you volley. Since the opposite of locked or firm is loose, I want to be clear that neither fully locked nor fully loose will work well for the volley. First, let’s break down the volley into two components: the backswing and
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Tennis TrainingCoaching is popular and discussed on many levels in many cultures, from the courts to the corporations. However, the center of these discussions almost always revolves around the coach, rather than the student. Hence the question, “Are you coachable?” And it goes well beyond the student on the tennis court. Consider this question on many
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Tennis TrainingNot too long ago, tennis would only be aired on TV about 4 times a year during the Grand Slams and maybe the occasional Davis Cup or Fed Cup match. Luckily, that trend has changed. You can find a ton of different top-level tennis on broadcast television. And when you throw in internet live streaming
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