Last night I uploaded a video called “Tennis Training with a Pro”. I was fortunate to join tennis player Karl Adrian Ringdal and his coach Luis Perez for a couple of training sessions and we did some drills that I thought could be interesting to share. It also highlights how hard you have to work to become a pro player. Karl Adrian Ringdal is a 21-year-old tennis player from Marbella, …
I am launching my tennis racquet course called “How to Choose a Tennis Racquet” on the Tennisnerd Patreon page. One post is open to the public, to see the rest you need to subscribe on Patreon for as little as $2 a month. I hope you find it worth your while to support Tennisnerd. Subscribe to Tennisnerd on Patreon! In the “How to Choose a Tennis Racquet” course, I have …
In another episode from Tennisnerd Academy, we deal with the backhand basics, both for single-handed and double-handed backhands. We hope you like it! Any questions? You know where to put them! A lot of players suffer from a much weaker backhand wing which leaves them open to attack and for their opponents to quite easily use this to their advantage. That is why it is beneficial to go back and …
In another episode from Tennisnerd Academy we deal with a few questions about the forehand. You ask and we try our best to answer. We hope you like it! Any questions? You know where to put them! The previous Tennisnerd academy video dealt with some of the basics of the modern forehand such as the grips, backswings, and follow-throughs. After that video, we got a bunch of questions about the …
I decided a while back to start taking my own tennis more seriously and properly track my matches to get the right insights from them. Being more aware of what you are doing in match play will surely help your results. That is why I started journaling. So here is my Functional Tennis Match Journal Review. So what is the Functional Tennis Match Journal? Well, it is a notebook with …
This is the first video from Tennisnerd academy with hopefully many more to come. This video deals with the forehand and is part one of a series. We wanted to cover a few important factors of the forehand: grips, backswings & follow-throughs. We want Tennisnerd academy to be an inspiration, a learning source and a forum for different types of tennis techniques. This is not just about telling people: This …
So here is something new! We introduce Tennisnerd Academy, a feature I will do together with tennis coaches and brothers Nik and Vijay Siwach who used to run their own academy in Germany and are now based in Malta. What tennis stroke or situation do you struggle with? Please comment and let us know! The idea behind Tennisnerd academy is to give multiple solutions to common tennis problems. But we …
Warming up for tennis is the key to avoiding injuries and become a more agile and better-prepared tennis player. I have been following the warm-up advice of the Martin Method and wanted to share some info with you about how I try to do it. According to Nathan Martin of the Martin Fitness Method, there is nothing more important than an effective pre-match tennis warm up. It not only prepares …
I had the good fortune of watching Novak Djokovic practice and recorded 30 minutes of his training below. I picked up a few interesting things from Novak’s training that I want to share with you. Novak Djokovic is the number one player in the world on the ATP rankings by a long shot, but at the time of writing, he hasn’t had such a great last few months. He hasn’t …
Fabio Fognini won the Monte Carlo Masters in 2019 after some spell-binding and aggressive play in difficult conditions. His top achievement was beating Rafa Nadal in straight sets in the semi-finals. Here are five things we can learn from Fabio Fognini. Fabio Fognini has long belonged to the group of players that we know are incredibly talented, but often fail to bring the top level for extended periods of time. …
