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Archive for June, 2006

Tennis’ Critical Point

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.

Federer vs Nadal?

So now that Raffa has won the French a second time, if you were coaching The Fed, what would you advise him to do?

The first volley

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 [...]

Too late to learn?

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!

The Drop Shot

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?