Archive for February, 2010

• Grips for Volleys

  Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

  Choose the Correct Grip for Your Volley
  Here are 7 questions you might consider before you start:

  Is there 1 best grip?
  What is the experience status of the player – beginner, intermediate or advanced?
  What is the age of the player?
  What is the physical strength of the player?
  What are their aspirations as far as development of their [...]

• Review: A Terrible Splendor by Marshall Jon Fisher

  Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

  “A Terrible Splendor”
  by Marshall Jon Fisher
  Review by Ken DeHart
  This is one of my favorite tennis books of all time for 3 reasons!!!   Here’s why:

  A great history of tennis and the world in the 1920’s-60’s including World War I and II
  Amazing “inside” story line about several of the world’s greatest players and their personal stories
  [...]

• 4 Stages of Learning

  Monday, February 1st, 2010

  Get the Competitive Edge with Ken DeHart
  Learning a new skill can be quite challenging.  There are 4 basic stages we often encounter to take a new skill from unawareness to an unconscious performance level.
  Stage 1
  Unconsciously Incompetent – I didn’t know I needed to know that or that it existed.
  Ex. I didn’t know I needed to [...]