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The 64-Point Rule – Target your training
The 64-point rule set by Diego Moyano is a simple but effective way of understanding more in detail how you win or lose points during a match and what needs improvement in order to win the match. But how does it work and what is the 64 points referring to? Most tennis players, at any […]
Coachlife Review
We always look for ways to improve our games. I have come across an interesting coaching platform for that. Here is our Coachlife Review. Coachlife is a platform featuring video lessons from famous coaches of the top pros. Instead of letting the pros do the work in a shorter format, like in our TopCourt review, […]
Common Mistakes by Club Players
There a few common mistakes by club players that I see over and over again in my coaching career. Do you recognize these from your own tennis? Evan Gaudreau is back with some common mistakes by club players and some ideas on how to fix and improve. One of the biggest mistakes by recreational tennis […]
Tennis Conditioning for Unpredictable Match Durations
Filip Maric is a strength and conditioning coach who works with professional tennis players. He has written about tennis conditioning for unpredictable match durations. As a strength and conditioning coach primarily focused on tennis, I quickly realized that the biggest obstacle is the unpredictable match duration. A match can be over in an hour, and […]
Podcast with Dylan Gee
Dylan Gee is a tennis coach who runs the popular account @tenniswithdylan on Instagram and YouTube. This is my podcast with Dylan Gee. Podcast with Dylan Gee Sadly we had some technical issues during the podcast using the Riverside phone app, but otherwise Riverside has been great at helping me make decent podcasts with little […]
Podcast with Rick Macci
He has won the USPTA national coach of the year seven times and trained five number-one-ranked players. This is my podcast with Rick Macci. Podcast with Rick Macci I am sure these names ring a bell: Andy Roddick, Jennifer Capriati, Maria Sharapova, Serena Williams, and Venus Williams. These are just a few of the tennis […]
Don’t Brush Up the Ball
Coach Evan is back with a piece about brushing up the ball. Well, actually, don’t brush up the ball! Don’t Brush Up the Ball Here is why you shouldn’t “brush up the ball” and how it can cause you errors. “Brush up on the ball,” the tennis pro said as he fed a ball slowly […]
Serve lesson with coach Miguel
I recorded a few lessons during my last trip to Marbella, Spain. Here is my serve lesson with coach Miguel. In this serve lesson, we’re breaking down the serve phase by phase, starting from the stance, then to the toss, over to the kinetic chain and the pronation at the end. We also talk about […]
Improve your one-handed backhand
Since the fixing your forehand video was well received, we did one on the one-handed backhand. How to improve your one-handed backhand. The one-handed backhand Many club players, including myself, struggle with the one-handed backhand. It feels like a complicated stroke with many moving parts, but once you get some fundamentals down, it’s not that […]
Fix your forehand
Maybe your forehand isn’t broken. Perhaps it’s already a weapon. But there can be things to improve. We call it “Fix your forehand.” I wouldn’t be able to do this Fix your forehand video without the help of my friend and excellent tennis player, Nikki Roenn. Nikki used to be a professional tennis player and […]
