Most tournament players believe that if they play well, they should win. To beat good opponents takes more than just playing well however. You have to plan the work and work the plan. A game plan is a set of strategic guidelines to exploit your strengths and your opponent’s weaknesses. A good plan should also … More Game Plan
Your Strengths Most players don’t know what having a strength means. You may have a great forehand, but, if as soon as your opponent approaches the net you hit the bottom of the net, your forehand is not a strength. If you can serve 120 mph, but at 5-5, 30-40, you usually double fault, your … More Strategy: Fourth Foundation: You
Just like it’s important for you to understand your opponent’s strengths and weaknesses, you also need to understand your own. Don’t try to do what you’re not capable of doing. If you’re incapable of hitting a power serve, why try it? If your backhand is much weaker than your forehand, run around it. If your … More Strategy, the Fourth Foundation: You
Most strategy involves finding an opponent’s strength and denying him a chance to use it. The one exception is when you decide to bust a strength. Some players lose confidence when you break their strength down. Boris Becker was such a player on the ATP tour. His forehand was amazing, but it fell apart as … More Strategy Third Foundation:Opponent Awareness, Busting a Strength
Learning the foundation of awareness of the other side of the court is a key ingredient to becoming a good player. Once the match starts, most of your attention should be on your opponent’s side of the court. The greatest tool for exploiting your opponent is the utilization of the Two Opposites. There is a … More Third Foundation: Opponent Awareness
The surface you’re playing on and how that affects your decision making is another important aspect of court awareness is . This week we’ll look at clay courts. Clay courts grip the ball so that it bounces up slowly, which favors a steady baseline style. Topspin is more effective than backspin or flat balls on … More The Second Foundation: Court Awareness and Clay Courts
Today’s post is a five part video series on court awareness and a drill you can do to improve your court awareness.
There are two critical components to ball awareness: spin and height. Spin: Only two things make a ball land on the court – gravity and spin. By hitting harder or softer, beginners use gravity to help them vary the depth with which they place the ball on the court. Pros however use spin to control … More First Foundation: Ball Awareness
Besides yourself, there are three necessary elements to the game of tennis: A Ball A Court An Opponent To be good at this game you need to focus on all three of these elements. To do that you need to develop “Triple Vision”. Triple vision is critical in tennis. Essentially it is the ability to … More The Fundamentals of Strategy
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