Last week I showed you a video of coach Mauro Marcos hitting forehands for accuracy. I decided to take the same kinds of drills to the service boxes. I slowed everything way down and simply aimed at targets that would … Continue reading →
I stayed up really late last night to watch the latest ending match for women at the U.S. Open. Samantha Stosur defeated Elena Dementieva in some of the highest quality women’s tennis I’ve seen in a long time. What I … Continue reading →
. . . for a day. This weekend was hot in Virginia Beach. It was supposed to be in the low 80’s and it was actually in the low 90’s. 10 degrees makes a big difference. I was practicing my … Continue reading →
I was doing a video shoot this past weekend with Coach Kyril of http://www.CoachKyrilTennis.com and Coach Mauro Marcos. During the break I was pondering how high I should toss for my serve. Throughout the weekend I kept hearing from these … Continue reading →
The tennis underhand serve is a good thing to practice just in case you develop any rotator cuff problems. It’s not as easy as it looks, but it’s certainly worth having in your arsenal either as a surprise serve (which … Continue reading →
There’s a dumb title to a posting. Of course, you’ve got to get the serve in. What I’m talking about here is in your first service game. Avoid the temptation to hit a big powerful serve to intimidate your opponent. … Continue reading →
Now don’t go injuring yourself trying to get fast serve speeds if you aren’t in shape for it. But this little radar gun can tell you where you are now and show your improvement over time. Being a cheap device, … Continue reading →
Last August I did about 1000 kick serves without pain or injury or even thinking anything about it. By mid september my entire right arm was numb down to the wrist and an MRI of my spine showed that I … Continue reading →
Yesterday I mentioned a tennis serve machine that I’m dying to try out. Here are a few videos of the set up and the machine in action. The video of the machine in action is a little repetitive, but you … Continue reading →