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1). The Attacking player, how hard is it to be like Federer? By : Sérgio Cruz
Tennis has all variables in the spectrum of skills, tactics and strategies. In the rainbow of possibilities the attack stands out as one of the most interesting ones to me.
After long years of playing the game myself, observing others play and teaching, I am lead to believe that you can not teach the attack nor be an attacker if your ...
2). Tennis - Anticipation - Early Warning Systems, what is it? By : Sérgio Cruz
The radar early warning systems in computer games, calls your attention to an incoming missile or enemy attack...and you take evasive, defensive or aggressive action. Boy, would this be useful in tennis!
Some players seem to have that kind of radar; Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, Roger Federer and Martina Hings to name a few. In lay terms...
3). Tennis Ethics By : Chris Lewis
Watching a tennis match between two promising juniors, one an Australian and the other a New Zealander, earlier this year, I observed a very interesting incident.
At matchpoint down in the second set, the Australian player clearly failed in an attempt to run down a drop volley from his opponent. Scooping the ball (which had clearly bou...
4). Tennis Fitness - Exercises to Increase the Power of Your Serve - Part I By : Todd Scott
Even athletes with the most dominating serves will find their feet dragging, their legs burning, and their service power diminishing more and more as each point passes. And when a match is tight, some players will feel conserving energy for their opponent’s service return is almost a necessity.
With this, it becomes easy to drop the p...
5). Wimbledon Center Court By : Chris Lewis
"How does it feel to walk out onto center court at Wimbledon?" is a question I've been asked many times.
It' s a question iIhad asked myself ever since I was a nine year old playing mock Wimbledon finals against my brother, Mark, in the courtyard of our Mt Albert, Auckland home.
I had to wait fifteen years before I could ...
6). Agassi Demonstrates He Is Still the Best By : Cathy Jones
Andre Agassi’s crowd where chorusing play! last Sunday, the reason… maybe they wanted him to finish his first-round match against Paul Goldstein. Or, maybe they just hoped they could persuade Agassi back in the match.
Weather wasn’t by his side and then there was the element of frustration, but still Agassi managed to win the first se...
7). Sorry Pete, But That's No Sacrifice By : Chris Lewis
Responding to criticism of being unemotional and boring, Pete Sampras was
once quoted as saying: "People have this perception of when I win majors that I don't look very ecstatic."
"By the same token, if you just look at what I have to give up and sacrifice in my daily life to compete at this level, it would be very weird if in ...
8). Do’s and Don’ts for the US on This Years Davis Cup By : Cathy Jones
The expectation for the US team for the Davis Cup quarterfinals is high. The United States is forecasted to beat Chile on grass in Rancho Mirage, Calif. And France is given around a 45% chance of winning at Russia in the opposite quarterfinal tie, which could hinge on the status of Russia's Marat Safin, still trying to regain his form after being s...
9). Is Federer all Alone in his Style of Play? (Part I) By : Sérgio Cruz
Everyone is marvelled at Federer's fantastic record but it is no surprise if you think not too far back at Pete Sampras dominance and John McEnroe's, who also played great all round games.
One of the characteristics that separates these players from others is their uncanny ability to perform at their best under extreme pressure and win the "...
10). How To Play Tennis - The Mental Game By : TommyM
Learning how to play tennis can be either a wonderful or a very frustrating experience. It depends on whether your approach and expectations to the game are realistic and whether your coach and his way of teaching the game of tennis are the best for your starting level of play.
When you start learning how to play tennis you probably do...
11). Winning tennis tips - from warm up to match point By : TommyM
There are probably thousands of tennis tips, but here are 10 great ones that begin at the warm up and end at the match point.
Tennis tip #1
When you start your warm up before the match you first need to get used to the conditions and your feel and form for that day. It's not realistic to expect that you'll be feelin...
12). Tennis Drills: Improving Your Skills Without A Court By : Gray Rollins
Every tennis players wants to improve his or her game, and over time most players get better. However, all too many players are willing to dedicate the time and energy it requires in order to take their skills to the next level of excellence; but find that limited access to a court is keeping them from achieving their goals. If this sounds all too ...
13). Tennis Champions: Are They Born? Or Made? By : Chris Lewis
John Newcombe, former world tennis No 1 and former Australian Davis Cup captain, once said that the top Australian players of his era believed that it was their destiny to become tennis champions.
Boris Becker told me that two weeks before achieving his first Wimbledon title (in 1985 when seventeen years old), he felt as if it were pre...
14). Emotion Took Over the Australian Open Championship Award Ceremony By : Cathy Jones
The top-ranked Roger Federer fulfilled vast expectations by beating unlikely finalist Marcos Baghdatis 5-7, 7-5, 6-0, 6-2 in Sunday's final. This led to his seventh Grand Slam tournament title and third in succession.
Emotion took over who always seems in control on the court while accepting the Australian Open Championship trophy from legend...
15). Is Federer all Alone in his Style of Play? (Part II) By : Sérgio Cruz
The apparent similarities of Roger Federer style of play to the older generations, which he himself admitts by calling his tennis "modern-retro tennis", implicates the possibility that many players of the past e.g. Rod Laver, Lew Hoad, Ken Rosewall, Roy Emerson, John Newcombe , Ilie Nastase, John McEnroe, just to mention a few, would be a great cha...
16). Tennis And "The Ugly Parent Syndrome" By : Chris Lewis
There's a syndrome in tennis circles that has come to be widely known as "The Ugly Parent Syndrome."
It is one in which teenaged players, or even those in their pre-teens, are placed under enormous pressure by over-zealous parents determined to see their children scale the heights of tennis greatness.
The pressure these pa...
17). Tennis Psychology – The foundation of winning tennis By : TommyM
The field of tennis psychology is not just common advice and tactical or mental tips. It is based on general and sports psychology and then applied to tennis specifically.
There are many common elements in the psychology of tennis which can be found in other sports too. An athlete that wants to perform at his peak needs to learn:
18). Does faster mean better in Tennis? (Part I) By : Sérgio Cruz
The impression I have from many TV commentators and almost every tennis expert that I have read or listened to, is that they all seem to be in awe on how fast the game of tennis today is. Everyone seems convinced that players of the past played slower games and therefore could not cope with today's fast game. Is it true that power and power alone a...
19). Does faster mean better in Tennis? (Part II) By : Sérgio Cruz
In part one I explained how the backhand slice can be a great neutralizer of power and an opener for point winning opportunities. Now I am going to show you the ever so important relationship, among time, speed and spin of the ball.
For example, a majority of professional players today attack with incredibly fast cross-court strokes, u...
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