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Tip of the day: Hitting a ball on the rise
Do you avoid hitting a ball just after it’s bounced for fear of flailing about, missing it or sending the ball sky-high? Well, you shouldn’t: by hitting the ball almost on the half volley, you can both catch your opponent unawares and maintain your attacking position – rather than squirrelling back far behind the baseline.…
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Tip of the day: Volley contact
Do you often find yourself getting into perfect position for a volley, only to thunk it straight back at your opponent and lose the point? Or, even worse, do you miss the ball completely? If so, fear not: the excellent video below, which comes courtesy of coach Blair Henley and Tennis Now, shows how to get…
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What are “pushers” and how do you beat them?
Have you ever played a match against someone who always manages to somehow return the ball – even if you’re playing spellbinding, Federer-esque winners? Did they simply plonk the ball back into the centre of the court, making no attempt to win the point? Did this cause you to mutter choice expletives under your breath? If…
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Tip of the day: Volley footwork
It’s easy to approach the net for a volley and then quickly become lost, flailing as the ball zooms past out of your reach. As tennis coaches across the country have been telling their students since time immemorial, footwork is absolutely key to an effective volley and ensures that you’re in the right place at…
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Tip of the day: The approach shot
There’s nothing worse than doing the hard slog of laboriously setting up a winner, only to squander it with a misplaced or weak approach shot. In this excellent tutorial for Tennis Now, coach Blair Henley offers tactical and technical advice about how to pull off the perfect approach shot – and win the point. Or,…
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Tip of the day: Dynamic warm up
It may not be the most exciting part of playing tennis, or any sport for that matter, but warming up is absolutely key if you want to avoid those niggling aches and pains – or a more serious injury. “Well, duh, everyone knows that”, I hear you moan. However, many of us still fall into…
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How to make split-second decisions during a point
Tennis is a game of milliseconds, where a momentary lapse in concentration can hand the advantage to your opponent and, ultimately, lose you the game. It is, as the American novelist David Foster Wallace famously wrote, “chess on the run”. After all, when one player hits a shot, their opponent has on average just 500…
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Tip of the day: Improve your game in the gym
If you can’t get on the court as much as you’d like and use the gym to keep the pounds at bay, there are plenty of muscle exercises that can help you improve your tennis game. In this CNN video, World No.1 Angelique Kerber runs through a few basic techniques, such as sit-ups and planks,…
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Tip of the day: Half volley
Be it at the net or on the baseline, the half volley is a key shot when you’ve been surprised by the pace of the ball or are launching an attack. Let’s take an example. The first clip in the Federer supercut below shows the Swiss stretching David Ferrer with a wide, cross-court backhand before…
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The three best videos showing how to return a serve
It’s one of the most underrated shots in tennis, but the return of serve sets the tone for the rest of the point. It’s a different beast to a normal groundstroke and should be tailored according to the power, depth and spin of the serve. To help improve your technique, we’ve trawled through the murky waters…
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