How imagination reveals—and limits—our mental game Eight years ago, while working on a project for Wilson Racquet Sports titled Mental Readiness, I interviewed several of their top contract professionals, including Roger Federer, Grigor Dimitrov, Gaël Monfils, Simona Halep, Venus Williams,...
The date was June 22, 2008. On a temperate Sunday evening in London, I sat on Centre Court at Wimbledon...
Juggling is a valuable skill for tennis players and a powerful teaching tool for coaches. The physical benefits of juggling...
February is one of the hardest months for tennis players. Indoor courts are scarce, schedules are inconvenient, and prime court...
Everyone who plays tennis is well aware of the need to build strong movement techniques; that is, a way to get to the ball in an efficient, powerful way so that the player arrives in place to make the best...
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The modern pro game is phenomenally varied and technically complex, something we have spent the last decade studying on Tennisplayer!...
In this series we are address the foundational elements in the strokes of the world’s best players. These the core...
The 8 bevels on the handle. The two key points on the hand. Years ago, Tennisplayer created a new system...
Ultimate Fundamentals: The Serve John Yandell Printable Version The modern pro game is phenomenally varied and technically complex, something we...
Have Tennis Coaches Failed Female Athletes?
Many followers of professional tennis have noticed systematic differences between the way men and women execute strokes. Much has been...
First let me say I dislike technical terminology and especially acronyms. I think tennis can be and should be explained...
In collaboration with Dr. Brian Gordon, Rick Macci presents the elements of the optimum two-handed backhand, starting with the preparation,...
What percentage of overall points would make you Novak Djokovic? What do statistics really say about tennis? We are all...
Developing world class volleys, starting with the forehand. I was taught to volley in the traditional Australian way that goes...
Hitting through, finishing down and across, and reversing--the 3 forehand finishes in the modern game. Over the years, I've tried...
Of all the things I'll point out during the course of a day of tennis instruction, late swings rank right...