One Minute Clinic: Full Extension On The Serve
Wednesday, 24 March 2021
Full Extension On The Serve It’s your turn to serve. You get into position and toss the ball and… it’s too low. It still feels like you can make it in the service box so you go ahead and hit it anyway. You might be able to save it, but the odds are that it
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One-Minute Clinic: Focus On The First 4 Shots In Practice
Thursday, 31 December 2020
You probably need to be practicing more serves & returns. The traditional tennis lesson is 50 minutes of grinding from the back of the court, hitting forehands & backhands ad nauseam. Then the last 10 minutes contain a few serves or returns or maybe some volleys sprinkled in at the end. Not any more. When
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One-Minute Clinic: The 2-1 Pattern
Tuesday, 29 December 2020
The 2-1 Pattern The baseline is a tough place to forge an advantage. One of the best patterns of play from the back of the court is the “2-1 Pattern”. This three-shot combo is broken down as follows: Shot 1 = Play deep to your opponent’s backhand to Position C to push them back. Get them
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One-Minute Clinic: Click It & Stick It
Tuesday, 29 December 2020
Improve Your Volleys The last thing you want when hitting volleys is to be really tight in your hand and wrist. Tightness takes away the all-important “feel” for the volleys. Having a “relaxed” grip is ideal, as it will help you absorb and redirect the power of the passing shot. When you volley with
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One-Minute Clinic: Catch The Volley
Tuesday, 29 December 2020
Catch The Volley You have probably heard the phrase “punch the volley.” It’s not bad from an energy standpoint, but we can do better. The problem with the “punch” analogy is that energy is delivered to whatever is being punched, AND the energy keeps driving through as the punch is delivered. If you take that
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