Archive for the ‘Singles’ Category

• Davis Cup Report

  Monday, March 8th, 2010

  Playing in Serbia on the red clay, Americans John Isner and Sam Querry showed heart and where American tennis still has a great crop of young players coming along.
  In their first ever Davis Cup appearance, John and Sam lost their first matches as USA players.  That had to be nervous time – can you imagine [...]

• Ball Machines – Using them for Singles Practice

  Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

  Ball machines are great for practicing your singles shots – if positioned correctly.
  5 things NOT to do when using a ball machine:

  Do not place the ball machine only on the baseline in the center of the court
  Do not have the ball machine oscillate only from deuce court to ad court
  Do not use the ball machine [...]

• Winning in Practice, pt 2

  Thursday, January 15th, 2009

  This is part two in a two part set.
  Doubles Situations

  The receiving team must lob the return of serve and try to take the net at least twice in each game. This is especially effective when the serving team is serving into the sun.
  The serving team must play out of the “I” formation or Australian formation.  [...]