Do you want to up your game in tennis? Some essential tennis tips can help take your tennis to the next level, whether a novice or a pro. Essential Tennis Tips To give you an idea about this topic, we’ll discuss tennis’s fundamentals and how to improve them to get you started. So grab a racquet, toss on those comfy sneakers, and let’s get started—it’s time to ace your way …
Tennis is enjoyable for people of any age or ability level. Here are some steps to learn tennis for beginners. Steps to learn tennis for Beginners This blog post will provide some easy steps to learn tennis for beginners. So, let’s get started! Understanding Tennis Tennis is an individual or doubles sport played with a racquet and balls. The game’s goal is to hit the ball over the net into …
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, …
One of the most challenging aspects for tennis pros is adapting to the surface. Grass court tennis is in stark contrast to clay-court tennis. Some players are great at adapting to the surface. The three GOATs come to mind (Nadal, Djokovic and Federer) as the obvious example, but other players do this well too. Just by looking at the first few grass court events of the season, it’s clear that …
Playing tennis for a living is a dream job for many sports fans. With millions on offer for the most successful players of the game, it’s an incredibly lucrative profession as well as a fulfilling one. What many tennis enthusiasts aren’t aware of is the blood, sweat and tears that goes into developing oneself into a tennis professional. Although some tennis analysts and pundits believe certain players were “born superstars”, …
Coach Evan is here with his unique take on playing groundstroke points. Word over to Evan. Check out his other posts here. Playing Groundstroke Points by Evan Gaudreau The grey sky hid the sun. It was sixty-five degrees, and there was a five-mile-hour wind blowing. Perfect tennis weather. “Do you want to play a twenty-one?” Noah asked after warm-ups. “Sure,” Mike said, but he really didn’t want to. Twenty-Ones were getting …
TN guest contributor, coach and analyst, Evan Gaudreau is back with another one. It’s called The Secret of Being Great. Check out Evan’s other pieces here. If you want to support Tennisnerd, please join my Patreon. The Secret of Being Great – by Evan Gaudreau There are certain qualities you need to be successful. Not just on the court but off the court too. Without them, you won’t make it. …
Evan is back with his new take on the second serve. He calls it “Change is on the horizon.” Let me know what you think about in the comments below. Look in the distance. Can you see it? Something’s coming. Can you feel it? Probably not. It’s going to pass you by if you’re not paying attention. Change is on the horizon. What is it? It’s a big wave. A wave full of knowledge but if you …
We have another guest post from tennis coach Evan Gaudreu on Consistent Game Planning. I hope you find it interesting. The author of Consistent Game Planning, Evan Gaudreau, is a tennis coach on junior and college level (D1). He is rated above 5.0, trained at Van Der Meer Tennis Academy and played D1 college tennis himself. You can read his post about the Myth of Consistency in tennis here. The …
We have a guest post from tennis coach Evan Gaudreu on the “Myth about consistency in tennis”. I hope you find it interesting. The author of “The Myth about consistency”, Evan Gaudreau, is a tennis coach on junior and college level (D1). He is rated above 5.0, trained at Van Der Meer Tennis Academy and played D1 college tennis himself. The Myth About Consistency There were four players per court, …
