What's new
The latest free blogs.
How to Improve Your Tennis Game at Home
With most of us isolating, playing tennis will be difficult. However, there are many things that you can do to continue to improve your game when confined to your home. Here are 6 ideas to improve ...
Return of Serve Tennis Guide: Technique, Drills to Improve, & Key Tactics
Every point in tennis starts with a serve, and a return. Your success as a player is highly dependent on your ability to execute these two shots successfully. A big mistake many players make is thi...
How to Hit a Kick or Slice Serve in Tennis
Learning to serve with spin is an important goal for any serious tennis player. It’s also something many players fail to achieve. A slice serve and a kick serve will take your game to a whole diffe...
How to Volley in Tennis: Video Tips, Drills, & Common Mistakes
The strategy in tennis has changed in the last 30 years, favoring the baseline game more and more. However, knowing how to volley well is still a very important skill and an absolute necessity, esp...
One-Handed Backhand Slice: The 5-Step Guide to a Great Slice Backhand
A very useful alternative to a one-handed topspin backhand is the backhand slice. It’s a great defensive shot in tennis that you often see professionals hit on TV. So, how do we hit an effective ba...
One-Handed Backhand Guide: How to Hit with Proper Technique, Pro Tips, & Common Mistakes
In the last 50 years the backhand has evolved from a predominantly one-handed stroke to a two-handed. However, the last decade has seen a resurgence of the one handed backhand at the top of the gam...
Two Handed Backhand: 6 Steps to a Great Backhand, Mistakes to Avoid, & Drills to Practice
In the last 50 years the backhand has evolved from a predominantly one-handed groundstroke to a two-handed shot. The reason for this is that most players find it to be an easier to play aggressive...
How to Hit a Forehand in Tennis: Grip, Technique, & Drills
The forehand is one of the biggest weapons in the arsenal of most tennis players. Naturally, the forehand is used to attack, while the backhand is used to move the opponent, defend and build points...
Tennis Singles Strategy: 8 Tactics to Help You Win!
These strategies lay the foundation for any tactical game plan and are essential to succeed on the court....
Series Drills are designed to help you experiment with your strokes
The series drills are designed to help you experiment with your strokes to figure out the type of shots you can hit without making mistakes....
How to Serve in Tennis: The 6-Step Guide
Want to learn how to serve in tennis? Or do you need to improve your serve? This guide teaches you perfect serve technique in 6 steps, & drills to practice!...
From a club player to an amazing college player and then to Wimbledon
Dominik Koepfer’s journey is unique and shows that there is not one path, the Royal Path, to the top. In addition it demonstrates that solid foundation training can lead to the big leagues. ...
What Every Coach of Competitive Players Hopes his or her Players will Eventually Understand
Competitive tennis is hard work. Stop looking for short cuts....
You do not Choose to be a Professional Tennis Player – It Chooses you!
I always feel uneasy when I hear statements from parents or coaches about planning for their child or player to become a professional tennis player. Unlike other professions where you can plan to b...
Djokovic Court Recovery
This analysis focuses on the ideal recovery position after each shot. We will look at one point between Djokovic and Raonic and illustrate the ideal and real recovery position for both...