Venus Williams – Game Analysis
Watching Venus play can give hopeful new players some great tips and ideas how to improve their game.
New Year Goals
Like anything in life, a new year heralds the start of a new start. This can be taken into any avenue of life as is just as pertinent in your leisure pastimes.
Learning From Serena Williams
Watching the pro’s can be a great way to learn the game in any sport, tennis is no difference. Observing the great players will assist in many things such as technique and tactics.
Game Analysis – Andre Agassi
Andre Agassi was one of tennis’s most dynamic players, although he retired in 2006 his game is still well worth analysing to help improve your own.
Go through past footage of Andre with your coach and study his technique, you will find this to your advantage. In this analysis we focus on some of his technical abilities and good habits that would be well worth instilling in your own game.
Getting Over Letdowns In Tennis
The well known tennis coach from New Zealand, Tony Wilding once said “Never relax for one moment, no matter what the score.”
This obviously is a lot easier to say than actually do. In all sports after a period of constant pressure, people let down. And unless another action packed emergency comes along nothing can stop the let down.
When tennis players play, there is a let down after most points, sets and games, it is human nature. The greater the pressure, the bigger the subsequent letdown. You should learn to combat letdowns, enhance and exploit them in your opponents. Continue Reading
How Do The Best Players Concentrate On The Contact Point
Focus on particular shots or areas of your game that need improvement and study the player executing their own versions of a shot or a particular technique.
Good Eating And Tennis
Therefore it is essential that your body has the strength to finish the match and your body intake of food and fluids are important. Continue Reading
Top Tips To Win On Clay
Top Tips To Win On Clay
A versatile player can master any surface although it could be argued that each individual has a natural game of their own that could be better suited to one surface or another.
The natural bassline players prefer slower courts and clay is often the type of surface they can perform better on. However, a serve and volley type player would be more suited to a fast surface like grass. Tennis World North Sydney have a variety of surfaces that you can adapt your overall game.
Good players should be adaptable and should be able to perform well on any surface, listed in this blog are some top tips to help your clay game.
How To Deliver A Fierce Kick Serve
Some people say that every shot in tennis is important and to some extent this is quite true as one lax shot could lose you the point.
However, the first shot you hit, be it a serve or return has far more consequence than a simple half volley over the net to continue a rally.
The serve is one of the main shots in your armoury and you do not have a choice but to perfect it to the best possible degree. Your tennis coach should be focusing your attention at every session how to make improvements to your serve.
Your serve can dictate the game and can win the point outright without your opponent not being to return it. It also sets out your game-plan, whether you will play aggressively or you intend to employ a more cat and mouse philosophy.
Learning to vary your serve and surprise your opponent is an effective tactic, don’t just try and power your way through every serve or you may soon find you have burnt all your energy up. Your opponent may have developed a tactic to defend such a serve such as standing well behind the baseline and you are simply wasting energy.
Pre Match Diets And What You Should Eat
Preparing for a big match can take weeks. Getting fitness levels up to scratch, working on your technique and analysing your opponent.
One of the final parts of the equation is nutrition, you need enough fuel and fluid in your body to withstand the demands of matchplay.
Getting information from your club is a good idea, and perhaps some tips from the club pro or coach.
Adequate pre-match preparation will prepare you for the rigours on court, thus releasing your attention to the more immediate concerns.
You must avoid food stuffs and beverages that might exacerbate stress on the body.