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The other day in a match our opponents said my partner reached over the net when she made contact with the ball. Neither my partner nor I thought she made contact with the ball on the other side of the net. Her follow through might have gone over but we both thought the contact was done on...
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What does it mean when my serve goes into the net? I was told the best way to correct this is to keep your head and your arm up longer. Typically bringing your head down too soon will cause the ball to go into the net. This is something really good to keep in mind during the second serve if
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As anyone with pretty good volleys knows, if you start putting away balls at the net, the lobs will happen. This happened to my partner and I the other day so we made it our mission to make a list of things to do to counter the lob. Here is what we came up with (not in any particular...
Ever wonder what are the basics steps to a kick serve? Here is what I have learned, please add any other tips you may know in a comment.
1. Extreme open grip.
2. Toss behind the head.
3. Carve the ball from a 9:00 position to a 3:00 position.
4. Fast racket head speed.
You will know you have created the spin of a kick serve when you hear the sound. This serve is good for making you opponent not be...
When is it important to keep the ball low when playing doubles? Answer – when the opponent is coming into the net. This is the time to make sure the ball is low and dropping after clearing the net. One way to help do this is to avoid taking the ball on the rise. It also important to make sure you are not too close to the ball when hitting from the baseline. A nice dipping shot works great. ...
Recently a tennis partner and I faced two ladies that we believed were better players than us. We really focused on being in the right place on the court (we study and discuss it a lot). We surprised ourselves and kept holding serve until we were 5-5, then finally got a break and won the first set 7-5. We lost the second set and found ourselves in a third set 10pt tie-breaker. We talked often between...
Did you know the dishwasher is a great place to clean your visor or your hat?
Weigh in: Do you have any other tennis cleaning tips?
