Joe Dinoffer

Joe Dinoffer

Joe Dinoffer has conducted clinics and exhibitions in over 50 countries, logging over 30,000 hours of instruction in English, Spanish, and German. A member of the Head/Penn Advisory Staff and National Speaker Bureau, he speaks at national and international tennis conferences around the world.

Joe has been the host for his own Tennis Channel Show entitled Fast Lane Tennis, and is the author and/or editor of 7 books and more than 15 DVDs. He also writes for Tennis, Smash, Tennis Life, and Racquet Sports Industry Magazines. A Master Professional in both the PTR and USPTA, he received the 2006 USPTA Tennis Industry Excellence Award.

Joe is the founder and president of Oncourt Offcourt, Ltd, which creates and markets innovative training aids and educational tools to the tennis industry. He lives in Dallas, Texas, with his wife, Monika, and their daughter, Kalindi.

Developing the Serve: Part 2
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Developing the Serve: Part 2

In part one of this new series on junior development, I outlined some assumptions I hold true about how to teach young players. (Click Here.) These include using visuals and kinesthetics as much as possible, as opposed to verbal instructions....

October 2007

Forehand Shot Making
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Forehand Shot Making

The difference between a stroke and a shot: movement and placement. Stroke technique is obviously critical in developing your forehand. But it amazes me how many people focus primarily on technique without realizing the forehand is not only a stroke,...

January 2008

A New Forehand Teaching Progression
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A New Forehand Teaching Progression

The results 3 years later--my daughter's forehand. In this article, I'm excited to present a new type of teaching progression for the basic forehand. You may be surprised when you see that this progression is a nothing more than a...

December 2007

Developing Junior Players: Introduction
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Developing Junior Players: Introduction

My quest has been for an efficient and effective approach to development. For the past several years, I've been on a quest to learn as much as possible about how to develop young players. I've spoken with coaches all over...

September 2007