How to Effectively “Squeegee” a Tennis Court

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

The most effective way to “squeegee” a tennis court is to first understand what you are trying to accomplish.
“Get the water off the playing part of the tennis court as fast as possible.”
In teaching tennis, we instruct our students to know the outcome goal you would like to achieve but to [...]

5 Winning Keys to Lobbing, pt 3

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

Welcome to our third and final part of Keys to Lobbing. Number five, the last tip in this set is below.
5. 7 Tips to practicing the lob
1. Practice tossing the ball up, letting it bounce then directing the lob to a 9 foot by 9 foot area in the corner of the court near the [...]

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.  [...]