What is the secret to having the energy at the end of a tennis match to still be able to play your best, without fading away… or to be able to come back the next day? One of the answers, according to Roy Emerson is to “overdo your preparation.”
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It is that time of year… the start of the Florida senior tennis tournaments! So, if you are here – or planning on coming to the sunny (and warm) south – here is the list (and most links) to the series.
NOTE: the first one is on Longboat Key, and the signup deadline is November 25th. Please bookmark this page for future reference.
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If you want to improve how you play senior tennis doubles (NOTE: not everyone really wants to enough to do something about it!), here are seven random tips for you to consider …
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It is truly amazing to me how the subconscious brain can control what we do or don’t do (on and off the court). That is why, when you have time to think before you serve, hit a ground stroke, or drive that overhead … what you say to yourself really matters.
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This last day of competition, with two teams playing for the Championship (not my Wankers), started cloudy and 64, with rain still forecasted to come later in the day. There was no morning clinic; so the play started right after Larry Starr’s warmup routine.
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Wednesday morning started off chilly, but warmed up nicely — and I am surprisingly pain free! Our day started with Michael Pernfors and Johan Kriek’s clinic on their observations of what we, and other club players, do on the tennis court.
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Tuesday morning started chilly, but with some great doubles tips from Luke and Murphy Jensen…
How to Play Doubles Better
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After overnight rains, Monday morning started off at a comfortable 64 degrees but extremely windy for our morning of training, team positioning, and drills.
A stated goal for the morning is “don’t work too hard” (save yourself for the afternoon start of the real team matches and two-a-day matches that start on Tuesday).
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It is that time: the start of “the best week of my tennis year!” The travel to my 16th year at the Fantasy Tennis Camp was once again in the luxury of “AirBerry” (Pelican Bay friend John Berry); so John, Willy Hoffmann, Rich Tarantino, Tom Mackessy and I took off from Naples Airport at 1 p.m. for the 2.5 hour flight to a small airfield in New Braunfels, Texas.
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Life – and tennis – is full of CHOICES… should you “go for it” or be sure to “get it back in play” one more time? In my opinion, sometimes offense is correct and other times not. Continue reading
You have your opponent way off to one side and you are hitting to the open court. How in the world can you miss? But you do. According to veteran teaching pro Spike Gonzales, if you practiced with targets, you would have had a better chance of making that shot. Continue reading
Sofia Kenin
When you get ready to serve, where do you look … and does it make a difference? It varies from player to player in many ways. Continue reading
(Gary Larson Far Side)
You are returning serve against a slow or a kick server and want to take the ball early and then move to the net. But your timing is all off. The reason? You put your shoes on before your pants! Continue reading
It was reported to me that veteran senior tournament player (and super photographer) Ralph Grieco of Roswell, GA died Wednesday of a heart attack. Continue reading
John Newcombe (Munson photo)
We all know players who CRUSH their first serve (and usually don’t get it in) and then they poke their second serve in at half that speed. Those players need to practice improving their second serve; and here is a drill from John Newcombe to do just that. Continue reading