In this video I’m joined by certified personal trainer Steve Beck! Steve shows us some great strength increasing exercises that we can do with a medicine ball and a wall. These medicine ball drills will target tennis specific muscle groups to help you increase your power and acceleration on the court! Get out there and start working on your fitness today, it’s a great way to improve your on course performance!

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Michael Rubin, an ATP professional men’s tennis player, flew into Denver, CO to train with me for a 5 days. Michael has reached heights of 800 in the world. I’m sure you can only imagine what would happen if a player is told something wrong but then incorporates it into his tennis training. That player is probably not going to reach the level of success that they could if they had the correct tennis training.

Michael and I hit the ground running and got to work right away. With the things that we went over, Michael can now go home and improve his tennis training. Efficient tennis training is a essential part to be successful as a player. If you are not training correctly for tennis, then you will never reach the potential that you desire.

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Today we are talking about the tennis volley. Next time try and get your actual head as close to your racquet head when you make contact on the tennis volley. Pat Rafter did this and so did Pete Sampras. Two of the greatest serve and volley players.
Try and keep your two heads closer together on the tennis volley and you will improve your feel and control.

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The problem with swinging low to high on the tennis forehand is when you get pulled out wide.
It is going to be more natural for you to swing across your body on the tennis forehand on wider balls.
What happens when you do not have time to set your feet and step in on the tennis forehand?

The key is to finish with space when you swing across the body. Make sure the swing arm is not up against the body at the end of the tennis forehand. Try catching the racquet away from the body to help create the space needed for this certain tennis forehand.

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Even on a rainy spring day there are a lot of things you can do to improve your tennis game. Juggling is a great option! If you don’t already know how Ian will teach you the three progressions that will get you on your way. Also learn exactly WHY juggling can be so beneficial when it comes to your tennis game.

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In this three part series you will learn 6 progressions to build up your serve technique correctly! Video 3 goes over adding the take back into your motion and actually going through the entire serve smooth and relaxed. Make sure to check out parts 1 and 2!

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In this three part series you will learn 6 progressions to build up your serve technique correctly! Video 2 goes over the third and forth progressions which involve making contact with a toss, and then finally following through from an abbreviated starting position. Make sure to check out parts 1 and 3!

Tennis videos by Ian Westermann. For more tennis videos, courses and podcasts visit http://www.essentialtennis.com/
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I am a big believer in swinging low to high on the tennis forehand when the situation calls for it.
The problem with swinging low to high on the tennis forehand is when you get pulled out wide. What happens when you do not have time to set your feet and step in on the tennis forehand?

This calls for the open stance footwork pattern with the tennis forehand. The key is to finish with space when you swing across the body. Make sure the swing arm is not up against the body at the end of the tennis forehand.
Try catching the racquet away from the body to help create the space needed for this certain tennis forehand.

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During the approach shot here is a tennis forehand footwork pattern you can use instead setting your feet, hitting the shot and then moving into the net.
The main idea is to move through the short ball with your tennis forehand footwork instead of stopping yourself to hit the shot.

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I have had to great opportunity to coach a girl who has reached 48 in the world on the WTA.
Her name is Vasilisa Bardina. She played Kim Clijsters in 2007 at the Australian Open. Here is the link to check out the match http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNzvoMA2FsA

When Vasilisa first came to me, I told her the biggest thing to change was her tennis serve.
To be very blunt, she got to #48 in the world with a deficient tennis serve. She agreed to work with me on trying to change her tennis serve.

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