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7 Habits of Highly Successful Tennis Professionals
1. Be “Pro” Active Sure you have been teaching for years and may not need a lesson plan. But just as you would prepare to play a match, you still would need to review. So, have a game plan for your student or opponent and think about your last lesson or match with this person [...]
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“Underspin” the “Otherspin”
Develop a Competitive Game with more Weapons In today’s game “topspin” gets all the press. Everyone focuses how big the shots are, how much the pros use it and so most all the juniors and club players want to be like the pros. When you listen to the talk about the really great ones who [...]
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5 Winning Keys to Lobbing, pt 1
1. Lob with a Purpose – there are two main reasons to lob: 1. To win the point 2. To get out of trouble The Offensive Lob Offensive Lob is designed to win the point. 1. Aim point – about 10 feet over the opponents head – hit quickly so they have little chance to [...]
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Racquet Mail: How to Create a Better Forehand
Question: I am finding that my swing and my backhand grip are much better than my forehand. When I go for a forehand shot, it usually ends up with a tremendous amount of topspin making it difficult to hit. Still, my opponent on the other side of the net seems to see it coming every [...]
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Racquet Mail: Trusting Your Strokes
This is the first of hopefully many Racquet Mail posts. I received an email with a question about trusting your strokes, and wrote this article in response. Trusting your strokes is a skill that is obviously quite mental in nature. In my program, called Defeating the Monsters in your Mind, we take a unique look [...]
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Winning in Practice, pt 1
“Practicing to win requires rehearsing the tactical situations you will encounter and selecting the correct appropriate response for that situation until you can execute these responses in the heat of match play” …Ken DeHart Playing the Score Practice your singles and doubles match with altered scoring situations: Start all games at love 30, 30 love, [...]
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