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Win a Flip UltraHD Camera
My friend Ian Westermann of EssentialTennis.com is giving away a Flip UltraHD Camera as part of a contest he’s running (there are other prizes as well!). You can enter (Sunday deadline) / check out additional details via THIS LINK.
Which is More Important: Power or Control?
Essential Tennis Podcast #108 features an interview with Dave “The Koz” Kozlowski. Ian and Koz talk about an age old topic: power vs control. Discussion points included in this interview are: how do you develop control exactly? At what point should you start working on weapons and adding power to your game? How can you [...]
We’re Going Going Back Back to Cali Cali
We’re leaving for the airport in about 30 minutes (it’s almost 5 in the morning — yikes!). We’ll be at the tournament tomorrow filming through the following Tuesday. If you want regular updates about what we’re doing follow me on Twitter @wihamilton.
Youtube Auto-Captioning (Transcribe what I’m saying!)
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Today Youtube rolled out a new feature: automatic captioning! Youtube is using Google’s speech-recognition technology to automatically transcribe what I’m saying and display it as a closed caption in the bottom third of the screen. Best of all, you can translate [...]
BNP Paribas Open (Indian Wells) Filming Requests
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As many of you know, we’re leaving Monday for the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, CA. We’ll have 4 HD cameras going, including a Red One (120 fps). Here’s an example of the Red’s footage –
We’ll be filming all [...]
The BNP Paribas Open = Awesome!
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Next Monday we’re flying to SoCal to attend the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, CA. Outside of the majors this is my favorite tournament.
One of the things that makes the BNP Paribas Open special is the practice courts. They are [...]
How Two Hula Hoops Can Help You Play Winning Tennis
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This video discusses a simple-to-implement strategy that requires you to visualize two hula hoops on your opponent’s side of the tennis court. These two hoops (watch the video to figure out where to imagine them!) are the only [...]
LIVE, Hour-Long Weekly Webcast in FYB Premium
We’ve added a new feature to FYB Premium that we think is pretty cool / will help you become a better tennis player — a weekly live webcast where we answer your questions. The webcast happens every Monday at 9 PM EST (in a few hours as of this writing!) and lasts for an [...]
ET Podcast #107: Getting jammed up and windy days.
Today Ian answers two listener questions. The first has to do with moving out of the way of a shot that’s jamming you up on the court, both returns of serve and volleys up at the net. What stance should you use to do this? Secondly he talks all about playing in windy conditions and [...]
Roger Federer and Ballet Dancing
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Interesting article in today’s Washington Post — Roger Federer’s movement around the tennis court is the inspiration behind some of the dance routines in the Washington Ballet’s current production of The Great Gatsby. Said artistic director Septime Webre:
“You could see what Federer is [...]
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