Tips for the over 60 crowd by the over 60 crowd!
I believe the most important point in tennis is the 15-30 point. Whether you are serving or returning serve, what happens then is critical.
So now that Raffa has won the French a second time, if you were coaching The Fed, what would you advise him to do?
A good NH tennis friend (B. Manning) gave some great advice yesterday on how to prevent ‘running through’ that first volley. He advises: picture a basketball player dribbling hard toward the basket and then pulling up to shoot a jump shot. He jumps (with his weight still moving forward) and then at the top of [...]
A Florida tennis friend just wrote me when I inquired about his game, “I always think I’m improving. That is the nature of an aging tennis player. What is really happening is that I am always learning.†That quote comes from Jack Lease, who just turned 72!
After losing to one of The Big Boys in a tournament, I asked him what he suggested I work on. Without hesitating, he said, “learn to hit the drop shot.†What two or three pointers would you suggest to adding this shot to my game?