Tennis Exercises for Team Practice

Team Practice

If your team or tennis-playing group is anything like mine, you just get out there and play without doing any specific tennis exercises or practicing any techniques for tennis. Next time you are on the courts with a group of friends or teammates, try this point-play tennis exercise instead. It works whether you have enough   More >

How to Beat the Lob Queens – Part 1

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All they do is lob!  This is perhaps the biggest source of frustration in women’s doubles. Yet, for every tactic there is an adjustment you can make to neutralize it. Here is the first of several tips that will give you the tools you need to take down the lob queens…

The Goalie Position

Goalie Position

In women’s doubles the net positions are often the spots of vulnerability. When the ball is in front of you I like to call this the ‘predator’ position, which indicates your role as the aggressor, trying to get pressure opponents and get as many volleys as possible. When the opposing net player is the ‘predator’   More >

Why the Deuce Player needs to Lob

Duece Player Lobs

90% of tennis players are right handed. If you play on the deuce side this means that you can lob over their backhand overhead and to the baseliners backhand side (0.9 x 0.9 = 81%). The chance that the ad side player has a left at net is 10%. Its really important that you use   More >