6-0 Tennis – London Tennis

It’s been close to snowing outside and I’ve decided to stay in and add to the tennis lessons we already have on the site. This one is about an extremely undervalued aspect of the serve – the ball toss. There is nothing that kills a good serve more than a poor toss. Pat Rafter had [...]

Just a short post to wish all of you guys a very Merry Christmas and a hugely succesful New Year. Keep up the practice and I look forward to seeing an explosion of tennis players visiting the site in 2008 – tell your friends!

I had a very late night last night, I was involved in a poker tournament with friends until 5am. I finished a battling third. Forget tennis lessons if anyone can give me a poker lesson I’d be most grateful!! After my exertions of last night I thought I’d give you a different kind of tennis [...]

I have already talked about the basics on the forehand and the backhand, now I feel it is time to give a few pointers on the serve. These tennis lessons I have begun with focus on the fundamentals, if you have solid fundamentals it makes improving so much quicker and easier. I’m sure most people [...]

Let’s take a brief pause on the tennis lessons here because I want to discuss a little bit about injuries in tennis. Mark Phillipousis’s comeback at the Australian Open wildcard play-off was cut short when his infamous knee injury flared up again leaving the possibility of retirement. Jelena Dokic who was also attempting a comeback [...]

Heya again! Yesterday we talked about the preparation on the single handed backhand. Today we are ready to talk about the follow through and finish. From our ready position we have split-stepped, made a complete turn and moved into position having lined up the incoming ball. We are twisted to the point where our opponent [...]

The single-handed backhand is a beautiful shot when played correctly but when performed poorly without knowledge of its key components, it is extremely ugly. It is important to understand the key aspects of the shot and then replicate them until the desired result is achieved. Many players avoid the backhand side like the plague; if [...]

Throughout my tennis career I have struggled to choose which style of backhand to use. I chopped and changed between the single and double handed stroke throughout my junior career, partly due to injuries (I broke my left arm on two occasions falling on court) and partly due to my willingness to copy various idols [...]

Over the years that I played professional tennis I tried numerous fitness regimes, some of them worked superbly for me, others were not so effective. In particular I found that excessive running was not conducive to maximum performance. Cardio training, and in particular, long distance running is often cited as the best way to burn [...]

I was thinking today how often players love to practice their favourite shots, which very often are their strengths and how little time they spend practicing their weaknesses. I would suggest that this is the fundamental reason why players don’t achieve their potential and I thought I would write a little article about it so [...]