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Coaching Simply but Effectively
Guest contributor Colan Surratt is back with an important piece about coaching simply but effectively. Simplicity usually wins the game! Coaching Simply but Effectively by Colan Surratt As a young tennis coach, I pushed myself to understand tactics, technique, string, racquets, shoes, and anything else tennis. Logically – or so I thought – that would […]
The Hitting Warm-Up
Evan Gaudreau is back with another piece. This time it’s not match analysis but his thoughts on the hitting warm-up. You can check out the podcast I did with Evan here. The hitting warm-up, by Evan Gaudreau Generally, in the hitting warm-up, I like a bigger take-back. My right hand is generally around head level. […]
Tennis drives me crazy
The 2nd part of my mental tennis session with Filippo and Andrea from Mental Tennis is out on YouTube. It’s called “Tennis drives me crazy”. Tennis is a wonderful sport and I have great love and respect for it. But sometimes tennis drives me crazy. It can be extremely frustrating when things don’t go to […]
Mental tennis training session
I’ve spent the past week in Marbella and besides work, tennis and meetings, I also had a mental tennis training session with Filippo and Andrea from Mental Tennis. This mental tennis training session was a follow-up to the mental training sessions over Zoom we had done over the past year. I had experienced great benefit […]
Grigor Dimitrov on TopCourt
I’ve been waiting for some one-handed backhand instruction on the TopCourt platform so I was thrilled to see Grigor Dimitrov on TopCourt! I have enjoyed the TopCourt platform since I became a member a year or so ago, but as I mentioned in my TopCourt Review, there was no proper one-handed backhand player on the […]
Tips for Grass Court Tennis
I was fortunate enough to play on the beautiful grass courts of the Mercedes Cup last week. Here are some tips for grass court tennis. You will find a video about my experiencing playing grass court tennis below along with some tips for grass court tennis. For a while, it looked like grass-court tennis was […]
TopCourt official partnership with ATP and WTA for e-learning
The ATP and WTA have today announced a partnership with TopCourt, the first official tennis e-learning partner of the ATP Tour and WTA Tour. I am personally a fan and a subscriber to TopCourt and offer readers of Tennisnerd a 14-day free trial if they click this link. Today they released a joint press release […]
Top Level Tennis Review
I have been testing the Top Level Tennis online course programs for a couple of weeks. Here is my Top Level Tennis Review. Top Level Tennis is, similar to TopCourt that I wrote about before, an online course program featuring top level tennis players and coaches. The roster of coaches and players is not as […]
Why you should do tennis drills
I am doing some drills together with my hitting partner and we’re both noticing the benefits. This video deals with why you should do drills. My guess is that most club players just play tennis to enjoy practice matches and tournaments. They like tennis for exercise and the competitive element. I enjoy pretty much all […]
Top Level Tennis – Improve Your Tennis with Boris Becker
I have received a test membership of the new online tennis academy Top Level Tennis. I will review their videos including Boris Becker, Dominika Cibulkova, and Ursula Radwanska. I have written previously about the TopCourt online program, which I enjoy, and Top Level Tennis provides a slightly different take on online tennis training. In this […]
