Tim Henman Forehand So last month we looked at the ever evolving technique on pro forehands with the downward wrist flex in the backswing. (Click Here.) Now let's go totally retro: Tim Henman. Filming him play at over the age...
In this article let's look at the three major two-hander stances and a couple of other variations. Should you hit...
How important is it to be able to hit accurately and consistently crosscourt? Simple drilling can be boring. But drill...
You hear it from teaching pros and television commentators. "Get around the ball." Or "Hit the outside of the ball." How would that even be possible? If you literally hit the outside of the ball wouldn't you send it into...
By 2003 when I first saw Roger Federer, tennis didn't mean much to me but this hadn't always been the case. As a boy I loved the sport with an all-consuming passion. Between the ages of about five and eleven,...
Muscle memory is what determines your strokes and makes your tennis game what it is—for the good or for the bad. Developing muscle memory means consolidating a specific motor task through repetition. Eventually you can perform the task without conscious...
Are pro women's backhand stances fundamentally different from the men? In the last two articles we've looked at the surprising predominance of closed stances on the men's pro backhand, both for the two hander (Click Here) and for the one...
Why is the extreme closed stance is the norm on the modern pro backhand? For the last few years there has been an ongoing, heated discussion of what constitutes “modern tennis.” Much if not the majority of that has focused...
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