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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...
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...
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,...
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...
One-Handed Backhand Guide: How to Hit with Proper Technique, Pro Tips, & Common Mistakes
The last decade has seen a resurgence of the one handed backhand at the top of the game demonstrating that a good one-handed backhand can be as effective or even more effective than a two handed...
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...
How to Hit a Forehand in Tennis: Grip, Technique, & Drills
We break down the forehand groundstroke into everything you need to know. With video, images, and text, we cover the proper grip, technique, and drills to practice. Then we show you a slow-motion...
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. A good strategic plan on the court is like having a GPS in your car. It keeps you on the...
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....