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The volley is a ball that is struck before bouncing on your side of the court. Like most shots, it can be hit with topspin, underspin, side spin or no spin. The key is that the racquet face is angled towards the target over the net at impact. It is best for the handle toContinue reading “Volley- Fundamentals and home and on-court Drills”

Moonballing can be an effective pattern for all levels of tennis in particular using it against opponents that strive off of strike zone balls and like to dictate play from the baseline. However, just because you initiate the moonball pattern doesn’t mean the point starts to tip in your favor. The moonball is a veryContinue reading “Disrupting the tennis moonball pattern”

A common misconception is to hit to your opponents “weak” side, often their backhand. This is a very basic tactical tennis strategy at all levels. It can work if executed properly, however there are situations that need to be understood or this plan may actually backfire on you. Any tennis player that has a significantlyContinue reading “Protecting Your Backhand”

Some doubles shifts are obvious and even though your partner may yell “switch” you need to be aware of those less obvious situations and react without a verbal queue. There are times when your partner doesn’t encroach into your playing side but their balance from a shot or movement to attempt to cover a middleContinue reading “Reading and Reacting to the Balance of your Partner in Tennis Doubles -Unplanned switching”

A lot of coaches promote a drastic change to your toss to hit the kick serve. “Toss behind you’re head” is often the instruction. This is wrong!!! You can hit the kick serve with your normal toss. Now understand that many players toss too far to the right to begin with so you may endContinue reading “Kick Serve Drill”

The Elements of the New Modern Forehand and what you need to know It is very common to hear terms like open stance, windshield wiper, kinetic chain, jumping pivot when describing the modern tennis forehand. While these terms may play a role in the modern forehand, they are more appropriately describing what I call theContinue reading “The Modern Tennis Forehand 2.0”

A popular Youtuber with account name “Intuitive Tennis” creates content about the intuitive natures of tennis. While some aspects may be intuitive there are many aspects of tennis that are not intuitive at all. The modern groundstroke may be among those biomechanical anomalies that are require a deeper dive into how power, spin and mostContinue reading “Tennis is not intuitive”

Serve plus one tactic is most often in the context of first serve made, then put away on the first ground stroke. Arguably, a more important and relevent tactic is the serve plus one on the second serve. A players ability to defend their second serve can very well determine the outcome of the match.Continue reading “Defending the Second Serve”

It seems to me that most tennis teaching pros, online or club based, do not understand the lag and snap nor the purpose. The lag and snap technique is predominately used for controlling the tennis ball. A great example of this would be when receiving a low, fast, skidding slice, more lag and snap wouldContinue reading “Understanding the Lag and Snap”

There are many opinions on the role of the wrist in the modern tennis forehand.  The wrist action is mostly passive and it is important to understand how the joint behaves on an aggressive neutral ball, hitting cross court with spin and margin.  I add this bit of context to understand that the stroke mayContinue reading “Passive Wrist Motion on the Tennis Forehand”