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From the monthly archives:

July 2008

Managing Anxiety and Nerves

Anxiety and nerves are slightly different things. Anxiety is where you are looking forward to achieving a particular outcome in the future. The frustrating part about anxiety is that you are basically waiting for a ‘time’ to achieve it. For example, a match on the weekend, in a few hours etc. Usually, anxiety goes away [...]

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Want more power? Loosen your grip!

Yes, that headline sounds weird. Most peoples’ first reaction is, “Shouldn’t I hold the racquet tighter if I am going to hit it harder?” Do a little experiment for me. While you are reading this, squeeze your hand tight. With a tight hand, try and flap your arm, elbow and wrist around loosely. Hard isnt [...]

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Hit Your Volley As Early As Possible

That’s right, go out after your volley! Do not wait for it to come to you. This achieves a few things. Firstly, it gets you moving forward to the volley. With your body momentum going forward, you will use your body weight as the main power in the volley. Most people who stand very flat footed [...]

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Winners Don’t Hit Winners

Well, the title is not entirely true. However, the point is that winning tennis matches is not about hitting winners. Yes, hitting a winner feels great! I think it is one of the most exhilarating feelings. The more difficult the shot, the greater the feeling when you make it. Personally, being pulled wide on my [...]

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Develop a Consistent Ball Toss

One of the most challenging parts of tennis is that nearly every ball is going to come at you differently. In most other sports, there are not as many variables. Having said that, the shot with the LEAST number of variables is our serve. We can PLACE that ball anywhere in the air, we can [...]

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Respect Your First Serve

It happens all too often. Before you know it, you’re about to serve for the second time. What happened to the first one? Did you just throw it away? Is it because you’ve got a second chance, so the first serve is treated with less respect? For the first serve, many players might just have a slap at it, go for [...]

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Wear a Wristband

Wristbands. They are sometimes are a little forgotten. But they are not a fashion accessory – they are a performance enhancing tool! Why? Firstly, they are used to wipe your forehead so sweat doesn’t drip into your eyes. Secondly, they stop sweat running down your arm, hand and onto your grip. Remember in a previous article I talked about [...]

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Talk to Your Towel

For singles players, the tennis court can be a lonely place. There are so many things going on out there and it is left to you to process them all and work out what to do. Well here is a tip. Pretend, in your mind, that your towel is your new best friend and coach. Take [...]

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Win the Warm Up

It is important to get off to a quick start in a match. Why not start with the warm up? The best part is you make the rules and start controlling what is happening on the court. I am not talking about hitting winners or junk in the warm up. That is unsportsmanlike and you should [...]

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