Tennis Lesson Tips – Basic Tennis Stroke Help

Posted on 30th | Posted by admin in Recreation and Sports

Learning basic tennis strokes is essential to setting the stage for better play in the future. Fail to learn these basics early on and you will struggle with overcoming bad playing habits for years to come.

While there are a variety of strokes that new and advanced players can use in tennis, the novice should concentrate on the two main strokes first, before moving on to the more advanced techniques and movements used in more advanced play.

There are two basic tennis strokes that every player must master in order to be competent on the court: the groundstroke and the overhead. These are necessary in order to compete on any level, and should be mastered first.

The Ugly Truth About Tennis

Posted on 20th | Posted by admin in Recreation and Sports

For parents and “wannabe” professional players it is hard to understand that this highly competitive sport of tennis seeks the boundaries of the maximum capacity of human efficiency. Neither do they realize that the decision for a career in top sports performance, especially in tennis, represents a persistent incision into a youngster’s way of life. Next, they lack the global vision to assess the future restrictions in the young person’s development as well as in occupation education or job situations. In many cases they do not either foresee the considerable financial expenses, demands on their own assets (parents) or that finding sponsor and tennis association funds is very difficult or extremely restricted. Therefore, at the training formation and talent selection, not only from the sporting point of view, but especially for ethical reasons, high requests on all areas should be placed on players by coaches and teachers.

The First Tennis Superstar

Posted on 14th | Posted by admin in Recreation and Sports

William Tilden II, who was born on February 10, 1883, is considered to be first superstar of tennis. He was also known as Big Bill Tilden. He was the number one player in the world for years and he continued to show his prowess at the tennis court till the age of 38.

In the 20s and 30s, Tilden was a formidable force to reckon with. It was his physical strength, skill and dexterity on a tennis court that changed the image of tennis from a country club sport played by rich white people to a major sport played by world class athletes.

Tilden was one of the five sports figures who were star status in 1920s. The others were Babe Ruth, Red Grange, Bobby Jones and Jack Dempsey. Tilden was the only tennis player on this elite list of five.

Is Roger Federer In Fact The Best Player Of All Time?

Posted on 12th | Posted by admin in Recreation and Sports

This question is posed every time I watch a tennis match on TV involving Roger Federer and some pundits are willing to award this title of best player of all time to Federer.

We all can understand that the press will have to be positive and cater to the ATP, the tournament directors and the sponsors to get their free passes. Nevertheless, with this kind of comments and write ups, they do a great disservice to their audiences and the sport of tennis, because they neither respect the record nor the great past performances from players such as; Rod Laver, Jimmy Connors, Björn Borg, Ivan Lendl, Pete Sampras, therefore totally ignoring history.

Recently at the Australian Open final press conference, Roger Federer admitted the genius tag sits comfortably with him.now;

The Inner Game Of Tennis – Tai Chi For Centering And Balance

Posted on 10th | Posted by admin in Recreation and Sports

Many years ago when I was a manager I provided Tai Chi lessons for my staff during the lunch break as a stress reduction technique. I brought in professional teachers and participated myself. We learned to breathe effectively and move in the slow, rhythmical movements of Tai Chi.

I was acutely embarrassed initially because I could not pick up the movements. However, as I progressed I started to feel the stress release effects of Tai Chi and wanted to learn more.

The most surprising result for me was that my tennis improved, particularly my volleys. As I investigated this further, I found that Tai Chi helped me in two key ways.

1. Becoming centred through Tai Chi

The Inner Game Of Tennis – A Simple Visualization Technique

Posted on 14th | Posted by admin in Recreation and Sports

You know that you should visualize to win at tennis. The tennis professionals tell you this, as do the tennis writers. If you read the strategies of any successful sporting professional, you will hear about the importance of visualization for winning.

Visualisation strengthens your inner game of tennis because it builds your positive thinking, your self-belief and your self-efficacy.

If visualization is so important, what is stopping you from using it more? Is it because you do not know where to start? Or have you been put off by some complicated method recommended by a psychological expert?

In this article I discuss a simple method that is very easy to develop. I have been using it for many years with great success and it is now part and parcel of my way of life.