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Read
how a pair of the correct sunglasses could help you to be a better player. ..
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| By Tomaz Mencinger | |
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If
you want to play a mentally tough tennis game, then tennis psychology gives
you the best foundation. Learn which areas of sports psychology are the most
important...
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| By Craig Townsend | |
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It
is a common scenario that some players practice brilliantly yet seem to never
show the same form on the court in tournaments.
Often strokes that were incredibly smooth and powerful in practice, become ...
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| By Brad Properjohn | |
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In the last twenty years with the proliferation
of the “power game” many coaches have relaxed their attitude toward
developing an “all round game” in favour of the heavy hitting baseline
game...
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| By Brad Properjohn | |
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The
most frustrating thing in tennis apart from perhaps; playing badly and losing,
is not being able to hang on to your racket properly. This annoying problem is
often caused by...
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| By Peter Gregory BSc Physiotherapist | |
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Musculo-skeletal screening is a process designed
to identify biomechanical faults in an athlete prior to them resulting in an
injury.
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| By Brad Properjohn | |
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How
can you "wow em" at your next tennis party? Try your hand at
whipping up a Tennis Novelty Vest.
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| By Brad Properjohn | |
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When
the mercury gets below 10 degrees Celsius playing tennis can be a disastrous
experience especially for players from the warmer climates. When the wind
chill makes your face goes numb, your eyes go dry and your finger tips split
and bleed you’ll wonder who’s served you up this lovely piece of cold ugly
pie.
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| By Kate Matejczyk (Plutowska) Psychologist | |
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Stress
is a problem everybody’s familiar with. We deal with this problem everyday,
going to school, to work, even staying at home. You could even say that stress
in our lives is inevitable,...
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| By Brad Properjohn | |
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So
often you will see a player hopelessly out of court going for the one in a
million shot instead of playing the percentages.
Getting the ball back and up high makes the opponent knock off the
smash, and that is for most base liners a challenge in itself.
There are a bunch of good reasons to lob:
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| By Brad Properjohn | |
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You might be only playing a local social tournament but you should take your warm up seriously. Your warm up should take place at least a half hour prior to walking out onto court. Most injuries can be attributed to an insufficient warm up.
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The split step is a vital part of the pre shot preparation that is often overlooked by beginner and intermediate players.
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Concentration in Tennis. Mechanism and Exercises. By Antoni Girod |
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Dear
Antoni, I’m Feeling the Pressure. Can you help me relax man? The ability to
stay in the present tense mentally is the key to being focused in a
match, i.e. the ability ‘not to worry about the future or the past’.
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By Brad Properjohn |
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There is no better court surface than clay to develop and test your skills. It is a true test of all the facets of the game and is widely accepted amongst the Pro’s as being the most difficult surface to win on. . . |
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courtesy NUCLAY |
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Boral fast dry clay tennis courts are a true all weather court that will save you time and money. . .
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Courtesy NUCLAY |
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An abbreviated How To on Clay Construction. . . |
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By Brad Properjohn |
Any Grip diagram is only an indication of approximation, that is to say diagrams are "about right". Inside any of the named grips there can be several slight (millimetre sized) variations giving a different "feel". If you use someone else's racket (same model same size) it will feel different, that's because the owner has worn a saddle or hand imprint into the grip and the urethane frame grip underneath that matches their hand positions. . . |
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By Brad Properjohn |
Work on your "short ball put a way's" or your "serve and volley" routines by investing in a Rebound Board. All you need is a large board about 1.5 meters high by 2.0 meters long and thick enough to withstand some heavy pounding hits. My board is 2 cm thick and has a reinforcing frame around the boarders and also across the back.. I lean it against a solid seat and the angle is adjusted for the required results by testing and dead reckoning. . . |
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By Tony Cunnningham |
While many in Australia are busy throwing out old racquets on rubbish collection day, in the US, on-line auction sites sell hundreds of new and second hand Vintage Tennis Racquets every day. As I write this, an Auction on ebay is selling an Ivan Lendl Adidas GTX Pro Tennis Racket. Bidding is furious with over 27 bids and the price is up to $405.00US with three days to go! Other sales have seen an autographed Pete Sampras racquet sold for $1,500.00US and an autographed Andre Aggasi for $1,200.00US. . . |
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How to Perform to the Best of your Ability |
Are you frustrated because you can't achieve your goals in composition when you achieve so much in practice? Does this sound familiar? It's five all in the second set, you've won the first set in a tiebreaker, and then you loose your serve. The set slips away and so does the match and you just can't understand why. . . |
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By Brad Properjohn |
If you're serious about winning get serious about your equipment. There is nothing worse than losing a match because of your equipment. . . |
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By Brad Properjohn |
Shorten your back swing by about 20% with & against the wind. DON'T OVER HIT AGAINST THE WIND. If its possible warm-up with the wind at your back. . . |
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By Brad Properjohn |
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Synthetic grass is a uniquely varied surface that can play like a fast grass court with uncontrollable slide or like a lethargic hard court as sticky as warm tar. The vast majority of Synthetic Grass courts are sanded but un-sanded courts are not uncommon. . . |
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