If you're a tennis teaching professional, I advocate teaching a system of strategy to tennis students as soon as you meet them. I believe that it's as critical to player development as physical skills, learning how to keep score and managing emotional control. A good system of strategy produces a variety of tangible benefits, all of [...]
I contend that a systematic and progressive approach to tennis strategy is as important to player development as swing mechanics, understanding scoring, conditioning, technique, mental toughness training and any other skill that coaches traditionally address. Even the most serious league players and many coaches add strategy as an afterthought. Coaches typically wait until a player [...]
Effective volleying is an important tool in any singles tennis player's toolbox. Strategic volleying begins with an understanding of where you should be and why. In order to visualize proper volley positioning, I advocate clearly defining the boundary between offensive volley position and defensive volley position with some type of visual marker. As you practice proper [...]
Our sport is as much a dynamic movement game as it is a dynamic hitting game. Hopefully you are training to become an explosive mover! This singles strategy lesson discusses how to become a more PRECISE mover than your opponent by giving you an exact way to position yourself from side to side during a [...]
