Make ’em hit overheads
It’s really tiring for the average overweight and out of shape club player to hit overheads. They have to hurry to the ball. They have to keep their feet moving to get into position and they have to make a … Continue reading →
Tennis fitness equipment. Weighted Footballs
One way to improve the strength and speed of the muscles involved in the serve is to workout with a weighted fooball. This is sometimes called a “medicine football” however you will find them faster on the Internet if you … Continue reading →
Tennis loud mouth kid drill
An extremely frustrating error is when you have your opponent pulled way off the court and you muff the easy putaway. A good drill to make sure this doesn’t happen to you is to enlist your kids or some neighborhood … Continue reading →
Discussion on Weight Loss and Tennis
Here’s a link to the Tennis Warehouse discussion board. http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/archive/index.php/t-12858.html
Continue reading →Tennis videos: Invest in your knowledge
I have no idea how many tennis videos I own. I have a six foot banquet table stacked about 2 feet high with tennis videos. I have learned a ton about tennis from these videos. I still get instruction from … Continue reading →
This guy doesn’t think you can lose weight with tennis
Check it out. http://roadrunning.net/?p=37
Continue reading →Check out this article about fat people and tennis
I just ran across this article. http://stason.org/TULARC/society/fat-acceptance-sports/A3-22-Fat-people-and-Tennis.html
Continue reading →Tennis fitness: Work on your grip.
You can get a little gadget that you can always have with you to improve your grip strength. This will give you better racket control and also it will help you reduce the chance of injury. I keep a “Gripmaster” … Continue reading →
Tennis dropshots. Don’t thread the needle.
Most tennis instruction tells you when you hit a drop shot to make the ball just barely clear the net. Although that’s a devastating shot when it works, it is a very low percentage shot. Also, when you use this … Continue reading →
Tennis Magazine doubles tip. Will it work for us?
I was flying to Los Angeles to do a speaking engagement the day before yesterday. On the plane I was reading the April 2010 issue of Tennis Magazine. On page 51 there was an article by Roy Barth about your … Continue reading →