by Alan Lane | Jan 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
Rustiness Are you swinging like a rusty gate ? For the tennis player who is trying to move up the club ladder and/or make changes to a stroke, taking a long break from tennis is not a good idea. However some times a break from tennis is unavoidable; you may have...
by Alan Lane | Jan 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
Watching tennis on TV Can you improve your own tennis game ? There are different ways you can watch a tennis match on TV. You can enjoy the match. Simply watch the ball (if you can see it ?) and the score, and if the match is a very close one you will be sucked...
by Alan Lane | Dec 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
The Topspin Forehand And common problems with this stroke. Learning the topspin forehand can be relatively easy for a semi-beginner. I say “can be”…….. if that person fell out of the cradle with the feeling for the correct swing (including the J- swing.) For a...
by Alan Lane | Jul 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
In my experience the most common problem for the backhand ground stroke lies in poor setting up of the stroke prior to making the forward swing. Nearly always an incomplete setting up. This can be ….not doing enough footwork tracking (which leads you to the correct...
by Alan Lane | Jul 1, 2015 | Uncategorized
If you have a giant versus an ant (or Dad versus a five year old) I do not think that tactics will make a difference to the outcome. But if you have a fox versus a sheep, the fox will usually win even though the sheep is much bigger. Why ? Because the fox will...
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