One great way to improve as a tennis player is to record yourself. I do it all the time. Now I have tried the Functional Tennis camera mount. The Functional Tennis camera mount is mainly made for mobile phones but can also be used for GoPros or similar cameras. It is not made for larger, more traditional digital cameras, but I have recently moved from recording with my Lumix GX85 …
VT Advantec is a new company on the tennis scene. Their mission is to reduce vibrations from tennis racquet through their strips and grips. Yesterday I got a box with a couple of VT Advantec strips and grips and it will be interesting to review their products. I have already added both the grip (which feels like a softer leather grip) and the rubber-like strips to one of my Soft …
Here is a tool that can help you make sure to grip your racquet correctly for the various strokes. It is called the Tennis Grip Guide. The Tennis Grip Guide is a rubber band with numbers illustrating the various bevels of the tennis racquet handle. It will help you identify the differences between Continental, Eastern, Semi-Western and Western grips. This can be useful for players of all levels, especially if …
I am not sure you have heard about the tennis pointer, but it is a training tool developed by Jiri Bartos who used it to coach top boys player Jonáš Forejtek. The video of Forejtek hitting with the tennis pointer went viral so there was apparently interest around this tool which pretty much looks like a large wooden spoon with a tennis grip. Bartos decided to make a business out …
Do you have trouble keeping score during a match? Check out Scoring Right – a scoring tool that attaches to your racquet. Here is my Scoring Right review. Scoring Right is a semi-rigid plastic unit that attaches to the throat of your racquet. It helps to keep score and tells you which side of the court to serve from. It is an interesting tool to teach kids the scoring of …
I get a lot of questions on YouTube about my recording setup. It is nothing fancy but does the job. Here are the tools I use and some tips for recording yourself. One question keeps popping up over and over again on Tennisnerd and it is about my recording setup. So I thought it was time to write a post about it. I have written about recording yourself to improve …
