Next time you are on the court, check out and see if you are more relaxed with your knees being athletically bent or extremely bent on the tennis forehand? I challenge you while watching professional tennis to see if the pros bend their knees and stay low on every single tennis forehand. Try standing more upright especially on balls you can step into on the tennis forehand.

So next time you are about to hit a tennis forehand, try and not to bend your knees so much that you cannot move through the shot.
Hope this simple tip helps you on your tennis forehand and let me know how it goes!

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As a recreational tennis player I never thought of spinning the ball on purpose. After all, the tennis court is pretty big and the ball is pretty heavy, at least in comparison to table tennis and the ping pong ball, where the spin is part of every shot. I even like to watch table tennis rallies on Killer Spin involving major spinning from all angles.

But when it came to tennis I thought drop shots and backhand slices summed it up for putting spin on the ball. So, it wasn’t until I was 5 feet away from Tommy Haas and Alejandro Falla on court #11 at the US Open, that I actually saw the pros often brushing the ball on the outside rather than hitting through it. I wouldn’t have noticed that from farther distance.

2 years later I ran into a 4.5 guy, Ryan David, (go ahead and ping him, he’s completely tireless and will take on anybody) through Tennis Round, that played every forehand shot with major topspin. He had an extreme Rafa style almost horizontal grip. The ball would bounce and sprint off the court as soon as it touched the ground. Very hard to deal with (tough to anticipate, time and prepare for) and always somehow made it in the court at the last moment. For extra fun, it would often hit the lines, more so than other players. On the downside, he’d sometimes wish he would hit a flat and powerful forehand deep into the court.

Then my tennis coach, Just Bower of AV Tennis, brought up topspin shots as a defense tactic, making the point that higher balls deep into the court are more difficult to handle, especially on the backhand side.

The latest insight into using topspin when hitting with recreational tennis players came from Brent Abel, in a thoughtful interview by Ian Westermann of Essential Tennis. Brent’s take on topspin was that it’s great when used in moderation by rec players. It’s not practical to try and hit every ball with topspin, though it might look easy on TV.

Here’s the entire Brent Abel Essential Tennis podcast interview. Enjoy!

Watch this tennis lesson to see how you can get rid of tennis elbow and win more tennis matches.Load up on high omega 3 foods like almonds, walnuts, salmon, and mackerel. Look for high omega 3 eggs as well .

Avoid inflammatory foods that come from boxes and in packages and eat fresh whole food. Take a high quality omega 3 supplement to go with your solid eating plan.

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Watch this tennis lesson to see how you can eliminate tennis elbow and play better tennis right NOW. Use the magic stick to improve your soft tissue quality to correct your elbow pain and eliminate other tennis injuries.

You wan to use the magic stick on your forearm a few times a week to alleviate your pressure around your elbow. This strategy will do wonders for preventing injuries and help you move better on the court.

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Use specific shoulder corrective exercise drills in this video to fix your your elbow pain. Wall slides and arm circles can open up the shoulder girdle and get the scapula moving correctly through different ranges of motion.

Use these exercises in your tennis training before and after lessons, practice, and match play. You will prevent injuries and feel better results.

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Novak Djokovic has challenges in his tennis serve because his elbow drops too low in the trophy position.
Keeping your elbow up on your tennis serve will help you increase the power and control on your tennis serve.

Your tennis serve is all about consistency and not letting the elbow drop will increase it.
Keep this in mind next time your are hitting your tennis serve playing tennis and you will see results.

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First get down on your front knee and have the back leg up.From this position, try and toss the ball over the head for the kick serve.During the motion of the serve you want to try and hit the left side of the ball if you are a right-handed player and the right side of the ball if you are left-handed.

To make that easier during the kick serve, actually lean into the court instead of rotation while trying to make contact.At the end, try to keep the elbow up and the palm of your hand facing you.

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Watch this tennis lesson to see the 3 reasons why Roger Federer took down Rafael Nadal at the Barclays ATP World Tour Final. Model Roger to raise your level of tennis today

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Racquet Stringing Tips by Gamma Sports

1. Plays per week = Strings per year
A simple rule of thumb is to restring your racquet as many times a year as you play, on average, in a week. For example, if you play 2X per week, your racquet should be restrung 2X per year.

2. Listen to Your Racquet
When you tap a strung frame against your hand, fresh strings produce a resonant “ping” sound. While dead strings will produce a deep “thud” sound. If you don’t hear a ping, it’s time to restring your racquet.

3. You Haven’t Played At All
Even if you don’t hit one shot, your racquet will lose tension. If you haven’t played for a few months, you should restring. Even the perfect racquet won’t perform if your strings have lost tension.

4. No Control
When your strings lose tension, you have less control. Missing a cross-court shot by four feet doesn’t really mean you are playing worse than you were last week. It could simply mean your racquet needs new strings.

When to Restring Your Tennis Racquet

So many recreational tennis players would kill to be able to confidently step up to the line and accelerate at a second serve. In this video Ian Westermann from http://www.essentialtennis.com/ will show you a practice drill that he uses himself to work on his accuracy, consistency, and confidence in his serve, something that you absolutely can’t have too much of!”

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