Little Known Facts That Influence Your Tennis Game

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

The average length of a point in a match is about 4 seconds.
The tennis court is 3.5 feet longer cross court than it is down the line – safer shot with more court space and less movement to recover-to the middle of “possible returns”.
The tennis ball travels faster and bounces higher when the temperature is [...]

Know Your Court – Terms Every Tennis Play Should Know

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

Tennis Court—Where the game is played.
78 feet long – 36 feet wide for doubles and 78 by 27 for singles
Love- Score when a player has no score
15- Score when you win the 1st point
30- Score when you win the second point
40 – Score when you win the third point

Duece- Score when [...]

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 [...]

Ken DeHart Presents “Strategy and Tactics of Tennis” at Missouri Valley USPTA

Monday, March 9th, 2009

USPTA Master Professional, Ken DeHart was the kick-off speaker at the 2009 Missouri Valley USPTA Conference at the Homestead Country Club in Kansas City, Missouri.
Ken presented a 4 hour continuing education course on Strategy and Tactics to more than 80 tennis teaching professionals and high school coaches attending the course designed [...]