At my level I see a lot of people who completely mess up their first serve. I am talking about only getting the first serve in once during their typical…
I usually find someone’s serve predicts their overall tennis ability. Rarely do you come across a weak server with a strong rally game, or a strong server who cannot play…
In a very short time, I have seen players shout, swear, smash their racket, hit and curse themselves and walk off the court when the going got tough. I am…
There is a shot in tennis that was unknown for the first hundred years, and now, another hundred years later you don’t even notice that it is all you ever…
A Special Kind of Rude
So I played a match yesterday, and it was a tough one. It was mixed doubles and things were close! During the match I fought…
At the start of a match, a coin-toss or racket spin gives you a 50% chance of deciding whether to serve first. Actually you get three choices:
Serve 1st or…
Before tennis, I played football for 15 years and never recall a problem with cheating influencing a game. Sure plenty of teams tried to play too aggressively but with so…
Bjørn Borgs Preferred Rackets 1971–1982
How many Rackets did Bjørn Borg Rackets Use?
Bjørn Borg won 11 Grand Slams singles (six French, five Wimbledon) in the space of eight years,…
If there is one common shot that isn’t worth while, it is one which has a high risk (of net or going out) and low probability of a win. A drop shot against Jack…
There are so many claims regarding “spin friendly racket design” it is hard to know what is true. There have been a few tests, but rarely by independent labs, so…
The forehand is the principle shot in tennis. Outside of the serve, the forehand produces most winners, and most successful defensive shots. In short, your forehand quality predicts your overall…
Phil is a great tennis player who always tries to show me how good he is by hitting a winner most of the time. He has better shots than me.…