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We've asked all the coaches on our site for helpful tips for tennis players, beginners to advanced.
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General Tips
General tips that will help
you improve your game.
Strokes
Tips and tricks to
improve your strokes.
Drills
Drills and practice ideas
for players and coaches.
Tournaments
Preparing for your
first tournament.
Videos
Videos of serves, returns
stance, footwork and more.
Mental Game
Tips for a better
mental game.
Quick Lookup
:
For New Players (By Elizabeth Nikolov)
General Tips (By Bruce Gullikson)
Great Expectations (By Michael McDowell)
Tension, Attention, and Movement (By Ken DeHart)
Breaking the Myth: Keeping Your Eye on the Ball (By Jason Bartlett)
A Proper Lesson Plan (By Bud Light)
Injury Prevention (By Jonathan Bailin)
Tennis Ball Skills (By Kevin Woolcott)
General Tips (By Piyush Bhargava)
Getting Back on a Deep Ball (By Bud Light)
3 Ways to Improve Your Doubles Play (By Phil Naessens)
Court Positioning (By Kevin Woolcott)
Back to Basic (By Kevin Woolcott)
Use The Time (By John Debnam)
Forehand (By Max Callahan)
How to Have a Killer Serve (By Jay P. Granat)
Continental Grip and Swing Structure (By Kevin Woolcott)
Slice Backhand (By Kevin Woolcott)
Serving Over The "Edge" of the Mountain (By Ron Rudin)
Backhand: Don't know why it's so weak or inconsistent? (By Mike Stair)
Improving Your Serve: Tossing the Ball (By Ron McDonald)
Change the grip when running down deep lobs! (By Brit Lay)
Don't Give Up, Just Give it a Flick! (By Jim McGarry)
Patience During the Point (By Mike Stair)
Shadow Swing (By Tim Davide)
Win With Your Feet (By Brit Lay)
Booty on the Court (By Michael D. Shires)
"Z" Drill (By Brit Lay)
Grand Slam (By Jerry King)
The Two-Step (By Jerry King)
Alligator or Hospital (By Michael D. Shires)
Introducing the Spin Serve (By Brit Lay)
Short Rally (By Jerry King)
How to get your students to pick up balls and have fun at it! (By Michael D. Shires)
Preparing for your First Tournament - Part 1 (By Phil Naessens)
Preparing for your First Tournament - Part 2 (By Phil Naessens)
Preparing for your First Tournament - Part 3 (By Phil Naessens)
The Power of Positive Thinking (By Ed Tseng)
Tips For Peak Performance (By Ed Tseng)
How to win in sports and life (By Ed Tseng)
Improve in sports and life (By Ed Tseng)
Be mentally tough in sports and life (By Ed Tseng)
Putting Away The Short Ball! (By Phil Naessens)
The Kick Serve (By Gustavo Sanchez)
Best time to use Kick Serve (By Gustavo Sanchez)
The Flat Serve (By Gustavo Sanchez)
The Slice Serve (By Gustavo Sanchez)
Recovery move after the serve (By Gustavo Sanchez)
Return of Serve Basics (By Gustavo Sanchez)
Return of Serve footwork (By Gustavo Sanchez)
Placing the Return of Serve efficiently (By Gustavo Sanchez)
Footwork for The Neutral Stance (By Gustavo Sanchez)
Footwork for the Open Stance Forehand (By Gustavo Sanchez)
Footwork for deep balls (By Gustavo Sanchez)
Footwork: Quick Adjustment Steps (By Gustavo Sanchez)
Footwork: The Split-Step (By Gustavo Sanchez)
Footwork for the Return of Serve (By Gustavo Sanchez)
Footwork for short balls (By Gustavo Sanchez)
Footwork: The Crossover Step (By Gustavo Sanchez)
Footwork: Recover for the next shot (By Gustavo Sanchez)
Footwork for Readiness (The Hop Step) (By Gustavo Sanchez)
Footwork for Overheads (By Gustavo Sanchez)
Footwork for Volleys (By Gustavo Sanchez)
Footwork for Groundstrokes (By Gustavo Sanchez)
Top Five Mental Mistakes Tennis Players Make (By Ed Tseng)
Mental Game Tips (By Brit Lay)
Afraid to Hit the Ball? (By Mike Stair)
Frustration you say? Forgetaboutit!! (By Phil Naessens)
The Correct Response to Difficulty (By Phil Naessens
Visualization Into Reality (By Dan Horowitz)
The Power of Positive Thinking
(By
Ed Tseng
Pro of the Year USTA 2005
and author of
"Game. Set. Life."
)
Tips For Peak Performance
(By
Ed Tseng
Pro of the Year USTA 2005
and author of
"Game. Set. Life."
)
How to win in sports and life
(By
Ed Tseng
Pro of the Year USTA 2005
and author of
"Game. Set. Life."
)
Improve in sports and life
(By
Ed Tseng
Pro of the Year USTA 2005
and author of
"Game. Set. Life."
)
Be mentally tough in sports and life
(By
Ed Tseng
Pro of the Year USTA 2005
and author of
"Game. Set. Life."
)
Putting Away The Short Ball!
(By
Phil Naessens, Corfu Greece
)
The Kick Serve
(By
Gustavo Sanchez, Phonix AZ
)
Best time to use Kick Serve
(By
Gustavo Sanchez, Phonix AZ
)
The Flat Serve
(By
Gustavo Sanchez, Phonix AZ
)
The Slice Serve
(By
Gustavo Sanchez, Phonix AZ
)
Recovery move after the serve
(By
Gustavo Sanchez, Phonix AZ
)
Return of Serve Basics
(By
Gustavo Sanchez, Phonix AZ
)
Return of Serve footwork
(By
Gustavo Sanchez, Phonix AZ
)
Placing the Return of Serve efficiently
(By
Gustavo Sanchez, Phonix AZ
)
Footwork for The Neutral Stance
(By
Gustavo Sanchez, Phonix AZ
)
Footwork for the Open Stance Forehand
(By
Gustavo Sanchez, Phonix AZ
)
Footwork for deep balls
(By
Gustavo Sanchez, Phonix AZ
)
Footwork: Quick Adjustment Steps
(By
Gustavo Sanchez, Phonix AZ
)
Footwork: The Split-Step
(By
Gustavo Sanchez, Phonix AZ
)
Footwork for the Return of Serve
(By
Gustavo Sanchez, Phonix AZ
)
Footwork for short balls
(By
Gustavo Sanchez, Phonix AZ
)
Footwork: The Crossover Step
(By
Gustavo Sanchez, Phonix AZ
)
Footwork: Recover for the next shot
(By
Gustavo Sanchez, Phonix AZ
)
Footwork for Readiness (The Hop Step)
(By
Gustavo Sanchez, Phonix AZ
)
Footwork for Overheads
(By
Gustavo Sanchez, Phonix AZ
)
Footwork for Volleys
(By
Gustavo Sanchez, Phonix AZ
)
Footwork for Groundstrokes
(By
Gustavo Sanchez, Phonix AZ
)
