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Tennis Psychology and Confidence Video 1
- By Patrick Cohn
- Published 02/17/2009
- The Mental Game
- Unrated
Do you play like a star in practice or practice matches, but then under perform in competition due to a lack of confidence or poor focus? In my new tennis confidence video series, I’ll discuss the top five mental game reasons tennis players under perform in matches compared to practice.
How to Back Up and Settle Before Hitting
- By Gustavo Sanchez
- Published 02/2/2009
- Footwork
- Unrated
This video explains a very important move involving high deep ball. Many times players are not set up correctly. Gustavo demostrates how to set up in time and properly handle this shot.
Recent Articles
The shot before
- By Christophe Delavaut
- Published 06/15/2009
- Strategy and Tactics
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Understanding the positive and negative aspects of the shot before is a good start to understanding how to play doubles. Understanding and realizing the point was lost due to the shot before will help reduce the your frustration level.For more doubles strategy tips log on to www.tennisoxygen.com
When bad is good and good is bad!
- By Christophe Delavaut
- Published 06/15/2009
- Strategy and Tactics
- Unrated
In order to truly understand this next article, you should read the article I wrote about shot perception. Too often my students make the common mistake to gauge the effectiveness of their shot based on what it felt like hitting the ball versus how did their shot affect their opponents. Many players make the assumption that a hard hit ball is an offensive shot while a “blooper”, “dink”, “shank” or a ball hit with no pace is defensive. Learning to evaluate your shot based on the outcome and not what it looked like or felt like is the secret to understanding how to anticipate.For more Doubles strategy tips join www.tennisoxygen.com
How to reign your nerves
- By Christophe Delavaut
- Published 06/14/2009
- The Mental Game
- Unrated
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For more great stroke and doubles strategy tips go to www.tennisoxygen.com
To the net! but how close? (2.5 to 4.0)
- By Christophe Delavaut
- Published 06/14/2009
- Doubles
- Unrated
We
all know the first team to the net has a greater chance to win the
point. But how close should you get to the net? You and your opponent’s
court positioning plus the characteristics of the ball you have hit
will determine how close you should get to the net. Too many of my
students shy away from going the net because they are afraid of being
lobbed. This only leaves them vulnerable to low volleys at their feet
or passing shots.For more doubles strategy tips visit:www.tennisoxygen.com
Neutralize don't terminate
- By Christophe Delavaut
- Published 06/14/2009
- Doubles
- Unrated
Be a neutralizer and not a terminator from the baseline from www.tennisoxygen.comBefore
I get into this particular strategy you must buy into the theory that
winners should be hit from inside the service line making contact above
the net and not from the baseline. Learning to setup, build a point or
as I call it “to set the table” is what separates players that know how to play doubles from players that just play doubles. To
“set the table” in baseball lingo means that you want players safely
get on base with boring singles or walks ahead of the big sluggers who
hit home runs and clean up the bases to score runs. Well relating this
to doubles strategy, you want to set up the point with safe and boring
low shots to and at the net players forcing short defensive volleys so
you can then move in and hit winners when closer to the net.
