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Backhand Basics – Tennisnerd Academy
In another episode from Tennisnerd Academy, we deal with the backhand basics, both for single-handed and double-handed backhands. We hope you like it! Any questions? You know where to put them! A lot of players suffer from a much weaker backhand wing which leaves them open to attack and for their opponents to quite easily […]
Questions about the forehand
In another episode from Tennisnerd Academy we deal with a few questions about the forehand. You ask and we try our best to answer. We hope you like it! Any questions? You know where to put them! The previous Tennisnerd academy video dealt with some of the basics of the modern forehand such as the […]
The Functional Tennis Match Journal Review
I decided a while back to start taking my own tennis more seriously and properly track my matches to get the right insights from them. Being more aware of what you are doing in match play will surely help your results. That is why I started journaling. So here is my Functional Tennis Match Journal […]
The Forehand: Grips, backswings & follow-throughs
This is the first video from Tennisnerd academy with hopefully many more to come. This video deals with the forehand and is part one of a series. We wanted to cover a few important factors of the forehand: grips, backswings & follow-throughs. We want Tennisnerd academy to be an inspiration, a learning source and a […]
Tennisnerd Academy – Become a better tennis player
So here is something new! We introduce Tennisnerd Academy, a feature I will do together with tennis coaches and brothers Nik and Vijay Siwach who used to run their own academy in Germany and are now based in Malta. What tennis stroke or situation do you struggle with? Please comment and let us know! The […]
Warming up for tennis
Warming up for tennis is the key to avoiding injuries and become a more agile and better-prepared tennis player. I have been following the warm-up advice of the Martin Method and wanted to share some info with you about how I try to do it. According to Nathan Martin of the Martin Fitness Method, there […]
Watching Novak Djokovic Practice
I had the good fortune of watching Novak Djokovic practice and recorded 30 minutes of his training below. I picked up a few interesting things from Novak’s training that I want to share with you. Novak Djokovic is the number one player in the world on the ATP rankings by a long shot, but at […]
Five things We Can Learn From Fabio Fognini
Fabio Fognini won the Monte Carlo Masters in 2019 after some spell-binding and aggressive play in difficult conditions. His top achievement was beating Rafa Nadal in straight sets in the semi-finals. Here are five things we can learn from Fabio Fognini. Fabio Fognini has long belonged to the group of players that we know are […]
Trying to improve my forehand
I have just uploaded another installation in the vlog series I call “The Bumpy Road to Improving Your Tennis”. This one is mainly dealing with me trying to improve my forehand. I am trying to switch from a “Semi-Eastern” (between Eastern and Semi-Western) grip to a full Semi-Western. I have been playing tennis for a […]
The Bumpy Road to Improving Your Tennis
Yesterday I posted a slightly different tennis vlog called “The Bumpy Road to Improving Your Tennis”. In this video I wanted to talk about some the elements I’m working on and consequently struggling with. Keen to hear your feedback on more content of this type. What is different in this video is that the focus […]