Filip Maric is a strength and conditioning coach who works with professional tennis players. He has written about tennis conditioning for unpredictable match durations. As a strength and conditioning coach primarily focused on tennis, I quickly realized that the biggest obstacle is the unpredictable match duration. A match can be over in an hour, and it can also last for over three hours. It is a nightmare for every coach …
Dylan Gee is a tennis coach who runs the popular account @tenniswithdylan on Instagram and YouTube. This is my podcast with Dylan Gee. Podcast with Dylan Gee Sadly we had some technical issues during the podcast using the Riverside phone app, but otherwise Riverside has been great at helping me make decent podcasts with little technical knowledge. Dylan Gee is a London-based tennis coach who has built a strong following …
He has won the USPTA national coach of the year seven times and trained five number-one-ranked players. This is my podcast with Rick Macci. Podcast with Rick Macci I am sure these names ring a bell: Andy Roddick, Jennifer Capriati, Maria Sharapova, Serena Williams, and Venus Williams. These are just a few of the tennis starts that Rick Macci has worked with. He is even featured in the movie King …
Coach Evan is back with a piece about brushing up the ball. Well, actually, don’t brush up the ball! Don’t Brush Up the Ball Here is why you shouldn’t “brush up the ball” and how it can cause you errors. “Brush up on the ball,” the tennis pro said as he fed a ball slowly and without any spin. The boy swung at the ball and released his left hand off …
I recorded a few lessons during my last trip to Marbella, Spain. Here is my serve lesson with coach Miguel. In this serve lesson, we’re breaking down the serve phase by phase, starting from the stance, then to the toss, over to the kinetic chain and the pronation at the end. We also talk about important parts of the serve. The rhytm, making sure you try to surprise your opponent, …
Since the fixing your forehand video was well received, we did one on the one-handed backhand. How to improve your one-handed backhand. The one-handed backhand Many club players, including myself, struggle with the one-handed backhand. It feels like a complicated stroke with many moving parts, but once you get some fundamentals down, it’s not that difficult to improve your one-handed backhand. But you need to be patient because if you’re …
Maybe your forehand isn’t broken. Perhaps it’s already a weapon. But there can be things to improve. We call it “Fix your forehand.” I wouldn’t be able to do this Fix your forehand video without the help of my friend and excellent tennis player, Nikki Roenn. Nikki used to be a professional tennis player and sometimes hits with a certain Novak Djokovic and other profile pro players when they’re in …
Online coaching platform of the pros, TopCourt, keeps bringing new coaches and players to their team. Today we have Martina Navratilova on TopCourt. What is interesting with the online coaching platform TopCourt, is the wide variety of coaches and players that they bring to their site. A few examples: Paul Annacone, Nick Kyrgios, Denis Shapovalov, Iga Swiatek, Venus Williams and Casper Ruud. Now we also get legend Martina Navratilova on …
Coach Evan is back with a drill so you can work on your tennis this summer. It’s called Solo Box Training. There are a lot of coaches who “need” to hear their voices. Whether they are unsure of themselves or are projecting so that other people ten courts away can hear them. When you are “Solo Box Training”, it’s essential for the player to “feel” the swing. Rather than talk too …
The ATP has announced that off-court coaching will be tested for the 2nd half of 2022. What are your thoughts on off-court coaching? It’s a bold move, but somewhat expected. With the Next-Gen Finals rules, the ATP has already experimented with some new rule ideas to make professional tennis more exciting to watch. The purists will claim that tennis needs no changes, it’s exciting enough anyway. I’m partly in this camp, …
