Is there anything harder in tennis than learning a great kick serve? The topspin serve is, in my opinion, the most difficult shot in the game and arguably the hardest to teach. Students often struggle for years before figuring out...
Serve and volleyers: a rare breed in pro tennis. Because of the blistering returns in the modern game, pure serve...
What is really advanced footwork--and what isn't? This month we look at Bryan Yeager's backhand in Your Strokes, which is back by popular demand. I've cut down on the frequency of Your Strokes recently, because I thought it was getting...
In 1971 something remarkable happened. Pancho Gonzales, then age 41, announced that he was retiring from professional tennis. The Howard Hughes Open in Las Vegas--then considered a kind of unofficial world pro championship in the days before Open tennis--would be...
The Initial Move : a push with the Inside Foot and a step with the Outside Foot toward the ball. Tennis is a game of movement, and great tennis moves great movement. The ability to move effectively and efficiently on...
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