Let data drive your practice court. In just under two weeks, GAMEPLAN will be released, providing big data for little players. Well, we are also looking at big players too! The focus is on the player development pathway, with the analysis including specific metrics for the the following 10 levels for men and women: U12 U14

The learning pathway just got repaved… You are a 12-year-old boy in Barcelona. You push the ball & you win matches. Will it last? You win today, but with that game, will you also win tomorrow? You are a 14-year-old girl in Buenos Aires. You are winning matches without ever coming to the net. Do you really

Can serve & volley possibly work for YOU? What would happen if you took your pre-conceived ideas about serving and volleying and just put them to the side for a little while? What would happen if you have never really served and volleyed, but actually gave it a fighting chance? Well, you would be Terry, from

For a deeper analysis of the massive impact the length of the rally has on winning a match, I highly recommend THE FIRST 4 SHOTS. The First 4 Shots Video Part 1. Click HERE Serve & Volley. Dead & buried? Roger Federer point-blank called out fellow players at Wimbledon last Monday during an interview that was

Qualifiers are the real deal. They win more than you think they do. G’day from Wimbledon! There are 16 qualifiers in the main draw of The Championships. They earned that right winning three rounds in the qualifying tournament at Roehampton this week. Do they really have a chance to win a round or two? Oh,

Winning a little helps you win a little more. All points in tennis are not created equal. Some actually mean very little to the final outcome. They are just building blocks. You need a minimum of 24 points to win a set, with some being a lot more influential to the final outcome than others.

Is 2017 Rafa’s year… already? The stats are overwhelmingly in his favor. Firstly, let’s understand the two separate rankings in men’s tennis. Singles Ranking (best 18 tournament results from past 52 weeks). Emirates ATP Race To London: year-end No. 1 (only 2017 results). What we are focused on here is the second one – the

It’s a sledge hammer / French = marteau de forgery G’day from Roland Garros! Rafael Nadal is blasting his way through the 2017 French Open draw. He is now in the semi finals, and will battle No. 6 seed, Dominic Thiem, for a spot in the final. The beating heart of Nadal’s dominance is his

Roland Garros 2017 Sunday Fun Day! G’day from Paris, The French Open is the only Grand Slam to start main draw matches on a Sunday. It provides the opportunity for people to come on the weekend and see the best players in the world. Good idea all round! There were 16 matches scheduled in both

So, you want to be #1 in tennis? Here’s your formula… Hint: It has to do with percentage tennis as you’ve never heard before. I like to reverse-engineer tennis coaching. I like to start at the end to know all that I can about the destination I am trying to get to. I like to start

We play a “front runner” sport. G’day from Munich, We play a sport that is so much easier to succeed at when you get ahead on the scoreboard. Coming from behind is tough. Really tough. For example,  nobody in the history of tennis has a winning record after losing the 1st set. Below are several

They look the same, they smell the same… G’day from Austin, On the surface, there are a lot of similarities between the score lines of 30-30 and deuce. Both point scores see the players even in the game, and both point scores are just two points from the end of the game. I just did

G’day from Austin! Trends in tennis are similar to waves in the ocean. The tide can go out for a while, often years, but can change directions without you realizing it. The tide changes in two main ways: Players evolve new tactics to defeat opponents ahead of them. New players arrive on the scene. The tide

Copy This. Roger That. Roger defeated Rafa for the FOURTH straight time yesterday. There is so much to learn from this match, and how Roger has once again taken the tennis world by storm. Let’s focus on just ONE thing that contributed heavily to the victory – one thing you can copy and paste into