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The Novak Djokovic Diet
Novak Djokovic has been arguably the most dominant tennis player of the last decade. His rise to the top of the men’s game seemed relatively gradual, being in the top 5 players in the world for a number of years. Yet, his actual ascension to the world number 1 spot in...
Best Tennis Shoes For Knee Pain
Having pain in your knees is unfortunately not an uncommon thing for budding tennis players. All of the constant twisting, turning, starting and stopping makes knee related injuries almost synonymous with the game of tennis. All of the best professional players in the...
Treating Tennis Elbow For Tennis Players
Today, we have a guest article for you from our good friends ATLPhysio - one of the internet's leading online physiotherapy resources! Tennis elbow is classed as an over-use or strain injury causing pain and discomfort to the outside of the elbow. Medically it is...
Best Tennis Rackets For Tennis Elbow
Picture the scene. The sun is out, you have opened a fresh tin of tennis balls and you are about to step on court and enjoy a game. Tennis really is irresistable sometimes, so much so that you can find yourself playing for hours and hours on end, day after day, week...
How To Build Endurance For Tennis
Tennis has become a very physical sport over the last couple of decades. With so many more players taking up the sport at such an early age, along with the advancements in racket, string and fitness based technology, being in good physical shape has become a more...
How to Use Lead Tape on Your Tennis Racket
There are a lot of factors that play into creating the perfect tennis racket. The weight, balance, swingweight, stiffness and simply individual feel of a tennis racket all play into how it may suit your needs. Getting a good fit for you is of course a key element to...
Best Tennis Stringing Machines
Stringing your own tennis racket is a great skill to have. It can save you time, money and help you create your own small business. But, once you have learned how to string a tennis racket, you will then need to get yourself an appropriate stringing machine. However,...
Best Tennis Bloopers of All Time!
We tend to think of professional tennis players as supreme athletes that have poise, grit and determination. This is of course true the vast majority of the time, however even the world’s elite players slip up from time to time! We talk a lot at TheTennisBros.com...
Best Kids Tennis Rackets
Buying a tennis racket for your child may not be the easiest task in the world. Kids may be heavily swayed by the rackets their peers are using, what their coach recommends or what their favourite professional player on TV is playing with at the time. There can often...
Ultimate Guide to Tennis Etiquette
Tennis has historically been a ‘gentleman’s’ sport. Through the years it has been taken up globally by more and more people, but fundamentally, tennis is supposed to be played in a ‘polite’ way. Whilst many players will want to be competitive on court, show their...
How To Regrip a Tennis Racket – The Right Way!
Having a freshly gripped tennis racket is a very satisfying thing. Feeling the tack and softness of a fresh grip can give you more confidence when you play, as you feel the racket is nice and secure in your hands. But, many players may not actually know how to...
Tennis String Gauges Explained
Picking the perfect tennis string alone, can be a difficult task! With so many different string types out there, not to mention different manufactures and playing characteristics, cutting through the noise to find the right string for your game can require a lot of...
Lobster Tennis Ball Machine Reviews
Buying a tennis ball machine is a statement of intent to improve your tennis game. You are making a serious investment of time and money towards bettering your performance on court, so you want to use the best equipment. As tennis ball machines go, Lobster is one of...
Buying a Tennis Racket on a Budget
Tennis can be an expensive sport. When you factor in rackets, strings, balls, court hire, shoes and memberships it really does start to add up. One of the more expensive pieces of equipment you can save money on however are tennis rackets. If you are looking to buy...
How to Hit a Better Overhead in Tennis
Picture the scene. You are playing a tennis match and you take on a nice easy short ball. You approach the net and your opponent pops up a high defensive lob. You step back to hit an overhead, and you miss it… This is a nightmare that haunts most tennis players on...
Best Tennis Strings For Power
If you are looking to inject some power into your game, there are a few different ways to go about it. You can decide to play with a more powerful racket, hit the gym with a new workout plan or loosen the tension of your strings. But one often overlooked option for...
How Do You Become a Professional Tennis Player?
It’s the question that most tennis players at some point have asked themselves… When out there on the court, watching the professionals on TV or sitting in the court watching a live tournament, ‘How do you become a professional tennis player?’ We see the pros in all...
Rafael Nadal Forehand Analysis
The Rafael Nadal forehand is undoubtedly one of the most feared shots in the history of men’s professional tennis. Often viewed as one of the more unconventional forehands on the circuit, it is certainly a profitable weapon for the 20 times Grand Slam champion. ...
Best Tennis Balls
For a keen tennis player, there’s arguably nothing better than cracking open a fresh can of tennis balls. Many players love the feeling of playing with brand new balls. They bounce higher, feel light and lively and travel faster through the air. But, whilst new...
Nick Kyrgios Serve Analysis
Nick Kyrgios has made big statements on the professional tennis scene in recent years. The controversial young player had a breakout win against Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon in 2014, beating the king of clay in the fourth round. The fact that Kyrgios was ranked only 144...
Life on the Tennis Challenger Tour
The ATP Challenger tour is a range of satellite tournaments that run alongside the regular ATP World Tour. This collection of events offers smaller venues, clubs, universities and colleges around the world the opportunity to get up close and personal with some of the...
Most Arm Friendly and Flexible Tennis Rackets
When deciding on a new tennis racket to choose, it is easy to be left scratching your head. With so many variables to factor in, different brands, shapes, sizes and weights it can be difficult to understand what is the best fit for you. Buying a new racket is a very...
The Eastern Backhand Grip Explained
Understanding tennis grips can really be a minefield. With a range of different options to choose from, it can be difficult to know which to use for each different shot and find a comfortable way to hold your tennis racket. When hitting your backhand, generally the...
The Art of the Drop Shot
Having a variety of shots in your arsenal when playing tennis is a great advantage to have when you step on the court. Particularly in the modern game where tennis is played all over the world, players are fitter, racket and string technology is so well developed and...
How to String a Tennis Racket
Learning how to string a tennis racket is a great skill to have in your arsenal. It can save you time and money and allows you to be in control of your playing equipment. It is important to get your racket restrung regularly to preserve the life of the frame, stop it...
Best Tennis Rackets For Advanced Players
At TheTennisBros.com we like to tailor our advice based on your playing level, to make sure you get the best out of your game. This is especially true when it comes to tennis rackets. This is your most important tool and should feel like an extension of your arm as...
Best Tennis Workout Plans
Physical conditioning is a huge part of becoming a better tennis player. These days with modern racket, string and apparel technology, along with many slower courts and the game being taken up by more athletic players in general, being fit and strong is all the more...
Types of Tennis Court Surfaces
Whilst all tennis courts will always have the same dimensions, a net and white lines, the surface of a court can vary massively. Now you may be thinking, how much difference can the surface I play on actually make? It’s still a tennis court after all… Well, we are...
Dominic Thiem Forehand Analysis
Dominic Thiem has shot to the top of the men's professional game over the last few years. He is a player that takes massive cuts at the ball and had a breakthrough win at Madrid Masters back in 2014. He topped Stan Wawrinka on the Spanish clay to really make his first...
Roger Federer Forehand Analysis
Roger Federer’s forehand needs no introduction. With 20 grand slams, over 100 titles and the all time number one record, he is the greatest tennis player of all time in the eyes of many keen tennis players and his forehand has played a huge part in this! ...
The “Best” Forehand Grip
Western, Semi-Western, Eastern, Continental. What do these Forehand Grips Mean? Have you ever to spoken to someone about tennis forehand grips and felt consumed by weird names that sounded like they belong more on a compass than a tennis court? Even some...
The Best Tennis Quotes of All Time
Sometimes it’s hard to express just why you love tennis, but thankfully, these tennis quotes can help. Unsurprisingly, some of the people who have played tennis to the highest level have some amazing quotes about the game, so we thought we would put together some of...
Foot Fault in Tennis
Outside of the scoring, the rules of tennis are pretty simple. However, there’s one rule on the serve that is slightly more complex and you see a lot of club-level players failing to abide by it - the foot fault. What is a Foot Fault? A foot fault can...
Best Tennis Rackets For Beginner Players
Choosing a new tennis racket can be a difficult process, but it’s particularly challenging for beginner players. When it comes to choosing the best tennis racket for a beginner player, we’re here to tell you there is no “best” option, but there are lots of ways to...
The Serve and Volley – A Dead Art?
How times change. For decades tennis players were obsessed with trying to get to the net and the serve offered the perfect opportunity to do this. Indeed, the pro game was built on the serve and volley tactic, and it’s only in more recent times that the baseline game...
The Best Tennis Players of All Time – Our Verdict!
Whatever sport you're talking about, choosing the best players of all time is always going to be a contentious debate. When it comes to the best tennis players of all time, the problem is it’s particularly hard to compare players across different eras. Technology has...
Two Handed Backhand Pros and Cons
If you were tuning in to watch tennis 30 or 40 years ago, then you wouldn’t find many pros making use of the two handed backhand. In those days, the single handed backhand was king, and it wasn’t until the early 70s that the two handed backhand came about. Once the...
Types of Tennis Spin Serves and How To Use Them
Just like with your other shots, you’ve got a lot of options with the types of tennis serves you can hit, helping to keep your opponents guessing what’s coming next. Indeed, even on the pro tour, where they’re capable of hitting huge serves, it’s often...
Roger Federer Serve Analysis
The Roger Federer serve is nothing other than epic. An enchanted moment upon every ball strike – the perfect combination of power, timing and accuracy that leaves tennis players and fans standing in awe, every single match. Federer wields a tennis racket like a wizard...
The Best Multifilament Tennis Strings
Perhaps you came to this article seeking a direct answer to the best multifilament string… However, what this article will instead equip you with, is finding the best multifilament string for your particular physical condition, ability level and game style. Only when...
The Fastest Tennis Serves Of All Time
It’s one of those things every tennis player wants to know, how fast is their serve and how does it stack up against the pros? Well, unless you’ve got an unbelievably big serve, then it’s going to be a long way behind the fastest serves of all time, but it...
When Was Tennis First Invented?
The vast majority of you who are familiar with our website, will quickly associate us with fun, yet cutting edge tennis racket and string reviews! However, we’ve been delving into the history books a little lately as well! Today we’re going to be looking into who...
The Art of the Slice Backhand
The slice backhand is an important weapon on the tennis court and it can be used offensively just as effectively as it can defensively. We spoke to our super international coach, Dave Ireland to get some thoughts on the backhand slice, and have brought it all...
Why is Tennis Scored the Way it is?
Why tennis is scored the way it is has fascinated tennis players and historians, alike. Those of you who are familiar with our website, TheTennisBros.com, know we take a no-nonsense approach to both our equipment reviews and tennis instruction! Therefore,...
The Best Tennis Strings
Want the honest truth about the best tennis strings? They doesn’t exist. Sorry to disappoint! Keep reading though, as you’re about to discover that there are actually many, many “best tennis strings”, depending on the individual. It’s all about finding the right setup...
The Importance of the Second Serve
We recently did an article on why the first serve is crucial in tennis and it just wouldn’t be fair if we didn’t do a similar article for the second serve. So, why is the second serve so important? At the end of the day, a lot of its importance relates to the fact...
5 Reasons Your First Serve is Crucial
We all know the first serve is a pretty important shot, but sometimes we underestimate just how important it is. It’s no coincidence that some players have made entire careers based largely on their serve because the first serve is absolutely crucial to everything you...
The Eastern Forehand Grip
You often hear people talking about different forehand grips and the general benefits and disadvantages of each one. With all the different names though, it can be difficult to know what’s what, so we thought we’d put some guides together to help you out. For a...
Tennis Singles Strategy
When you walk onto the match court, practice time is over. You can’t make last-minute adjustments to your technique to improve your chances of winning. Your forehand is your forehand, your serve is your serve and your backhand is your backhand - you’ve just got to...
Tennis Doubles Strategy
If there’s one way you can make an instant difference to your game, it’s through your tactics. While it takes time for you to perfect your technique, you can make an instant impact on your results by working on strategy, and today we bring you some important tips for...
The Semi Western Grip
One of the first challenges you’re faced with when you take up tennis is figuring out what grip to use. To help people out, we put together our “Guide to the ‘Best’ Forehand Grip” which details all the grips and how to find them. Our conclusion was that there isn’t...
Top Tennis Tips To Improve Your Game
Nobody can deny that tennis is a difficult sport. You’ve got to combine so many skills and that’s before we even get to the pesky scoring system which always messes with your mind. So, we thought we’d put together a few top tennis tips to help you take your game to a...
How Tall Are Tennis Players?
We’ll start this out with the simple answer - tennis players are pretty tall. The average man in the US measures in at around 5ft 9 inches (175cm) tall, making him two inches shorter than the shortest guy in the top ten, David Goffin at 5ft 11 (180cm). On the women’s...
5 Simple Tennis Games For Kids
One of the great things about tennis is that it encourages you to develop so many different skills. Whether it’s cardio, coordination, mental toughness, life skills, or just hitting a ball over the net, there are so many things to learn on a tennis court. So, what...
How To Get Better At Tennis
Getting better at tennis is a never ending quest! From the moment you get hooked on the game, you just want to keep improving and you keep searching for new ways to get better. We’re here to tell you that you never run out of things you can improve on on the court,...
Best Tennis Rackets For Intermediate Players
Here at TheTennisBros.com, we tend to shy away from “Best Racket” lists because we find them a bit arbitrary. There are so many good rackets out there and different players will find they gel better with different rackets. That’s why we’ve set up our custom fitting...
Tennis Slice Serve
The serve is one of the most important parts of tennis, and the more you can improve this shot, the more free points you’re going to win. One of the key weapons you can develop is the tennis slice serve, which is extremely effective at taking your opponent out of the...
The Tennis Volley – How To Dominate The Net
Although singles has come to be dominated by players with big, booming groundstrokes, that doesn’t mean the art of volleying is dead. There’s still plenty of room for good volleyers in the modern game, and of course, it’s one of the key facets of any good doubles...
Tennis Footwork Drills
We rightly spend a lot of time perfecting our technique in tennis, but sometimes, we’re not as quick to practice our footwork. The thing is, in order to get our technique right, we’ve got to be in the right position to begin with. This means tennis footwork drills can...
How To Practice Tennis Alone
We’ve all had to learn what it’s like to be away from the tennis court for an extended period of time in 2020. Our quest for never-ending improvement on the tennis court has been halted, but there are still ways you can practice tennis alone and improve your game...
The Kick Serve
The kick serve is something you see the pros do with such ease that we tend to take it for granted a little bit. However, if you walk out onto court and try to replicate the pro’s kick serves, you’re going to find it’s not that easy! Once you master the kick serve...
The Tactical and Mental Sides of Tennis
So, this title might not be accurate when speaking about the professional game, but it certainly rings true in the amateur game. We’re obsessed with improving our strokes and making our game better, but how often do we take steps to improve our mental and tactical...
What’s With The Underarm Serve?
What’s With the Underarm Serve? It was something of a theme last year on the ATP Tour to talk about the underarm serve and particularly, the question of whether or not it is unsporting. Of course, the main perpetrator was Nick Kyrgios, who routinely threw it...
David Goffin Racket and Strings
Lightning speed, relentless pressure and a flash of blonde hair are all iconic to Belgian, David Goffin. Although not one of the biggest hitters on tour, he can still hit hard off both the forehand and backhand wings as well as hitting a flat serve up to around...
Tennis Drills For Beginners
One of the difficulties with tennis drills can be combining the intensity of match play whilst giving people the opportunity to improve their strokes. An effective answer to this can be hand drills which work well for all players, from beginners all the way up to the...
Understanding Your Opponent’s Strengths
One of the easiest mistakes to make on the tennis court is playing the game too much in your own head. Many players are so caught up in what’s going on in their own mind, that they often don’t notice the subtle changes taking place at the other end. When we learn to...
Attacking The Second Serve Tennis Strategy
One of the amazing things about tennis strategy is that you don’t have to win the point for a certain tactic to pay off. This obviously sounds counter-intuitive, but with tactics like attacking the second serve, it’s true. The big thing about attacking the second...
The Serve Plus One Tactic
The Serve Plus One If you’ve ever watched Rafael Nadal on the TV then it’s likely you’ve heard the serve plus one mentioned. That’s because Nadal is simply unbelievable at it. The serve plus one is a tennis tactic where you view the serve and the first shot...
Serena Williams Racket and String
Explosive groundstrokes, a shriek to the skies accompanied by booming thunder on serve all conjure up images of the one and only, Serena Williams. She is one of the most dominant forces of all time in woman’s tennis and possesses an equally powerful set of tennis...
Daniil Medvedev Racket and String
Danlil Medvedev, ranked 4th in the world at the time of writing, has one of the quirkiest games on the pro tour at the moment. This article will delve into his equipment choices that have been carefully selected in order to enhance and complement his game, but...
Fabio Fognini “The Magician” Racket and String
We love Fabio Fognini, here, at TheTennisBros.com. His on-court charisma, Italian charm and exciting game style make him one of the most popular guys to watch on tour. He can attack, defend, burn winners through the court out of nowhere and is also known to engage in...
Novak Djokovic’s Racket and String
Novak Djokovic is one of the best tennis players that has ever walked the earth, and at the time of writing, is the world number 1. He’s won 16 Grand Slams over the course of his career so far; his dominating groundstroke game and phenomenal movement on court being...
Andy Murray Racket and String
Although most of our analytics indicate that the majority of you guys following our website are American, those that know us at TheTennisBros.com will know that we are in fact, British! In this short article, it’s a delight to bring you the best of British Tennis and...
Stan Wawrinka Racket and String
We’ve spoken in previous articles about professional players using slightly different rackets to the ones they endorse. Sometimes a small amount of customization has taken place, and other times, the racket is a completely different frame altogether. Stan Wawrinka...
Rafael Nadal’s Racket and String
Rafael Nadal’s personality, game style and equipment choices are some of the most recognisable features in tennis. We’ll leave the “t-shirt and short pulling” preparation antics on serve out of our discussion, but Nadal possesses, arguably, the most lethal forehand in...
Roger Federer Racket and String
Roger Federer is undoubtedly one of the best, if not the greatest tennis player that has ever walked the planet. It should come as no surprise to you, then, that requests about his tennis gear flood our inbox daily! We hope this article will clear up some of your...
Choosing The Right Grip Size For Your Tennis Racket
You’ve done all the hard work, done the research, picked out your ideal racket, got the ideal string at the perfect string tension, and then out of nowhere, you’re asked one last question that you weren’t prepared for. “What grip size would you like for your racket?”...
Dominic Thiem Racket and Strings
Which racket and string setup does Dominic Thiem use? We hear you ask! Before we tell you though, ask yourself why you want to know… Even amongst professional players, there is an enormous variety in choices of racket and string tension alike. I would even go as far...
How To Approach Pressure Points in Tennis
Pressure. It can proceed some of our greatest moments and it can also leave us ruined. Sometimes it makes us feel like the world is about to collapse on us, sometimes it makes us feel as if we can fly. Some of us deal with it better than others. But I can assure you,...
Best Tennis Rackets Under 300g
We’ve been trying out a lot of the sub 300g rackets lately, so we thought, why not put our findings into a convenient list? Sub 300g rackets represent a great option for beginners, intermediates, juniors, and even advanced players who need a little extra...
How to Overcome a Losing Streak in Tennis
When Vitas Gerulaitis came off court having broken a 16-game losing streak against Jimmy Connors, he proceeded to make one of the great quotes in tennis history. It was a simple quote, but in the following years, it has resonated with so many people. When asked how he...
How To Choose Your Perfect Tennis Racket
When it comes to buying a tennis racket, nothing can beat actually playing with it. We can talk about swingweights and open string patterns all we like, but that is no substitute for feeling a racket in your hand. There are some important terms when it comes to...
Improve Your Return of Serve in 3 Easy Steps
No matter how good we get, we’re always looking out for ways to improve our game. Like in all sports, there’s no such thing as perfection and there’s always something you can do to take that next step forward. Rafael Nadal is 32-years-old, has won 17 Grand Slams and...
How To Breeze Through Your Serve Games In Tennis
If you’ve ever watched John Isner play, then you’re sure to have noticed just how important the serve can be. Essentially, if you break a guy like Isner, you’re pretty likely to go on and win the set. We might not play at the same level as Isner, but whatever level we...
How To Play The I Formation In Doubles
Do you often find yourself struggling to win service games in doubles? For some reason, your opponents just seem to get on to your serve, the game drags out, and you have to fight tooth and nail just to hold onto serve. I often get this feeling. I don’t lose my serve...
Tennis Warm Up Games
It might be a vital part of any sport, but getting kids to do good warm-ups can be a near-impossible challenge sometimes. I’ve seen kids of all ages and standards doing some pretty horrendous warm-ups in my time, and it’s not difficult to see why this would be the...
How To Beat Pushers In Tennis
“My opponent was rubbish, but I still lost!” “They brought me down to their level.” “That was the worst I’ve ever played!” These are all common complaints we hear from tennis players all over the world when they play “pushers”. Often these remarks have been preceded...
The Best Tennis String Tension Guide
Choosing your tennis racket tension can be a slightly daunting process to begin with. A quick search online will reveal a staggering amount of possible string tensions and types; often leaving tennis players no closer to understanding tension choice and more confused...
Profit From Being Left Handed in Tennis
You didn’t ask for it, and many people will try and convince you it’s a negative thing, but you’ve been given a gift! Now you’ve just got to figure out how best to use it. You’re left-handed of course, and in tennis terms, there are few bigger advantages you can have...
What To Look For In A Tennis Racket
When play testing any tennis racquet, I have three categories: Category 1: I never want to touch this racquet again. Category 2: I need some more time with this racquet. Category 3: I’m taking the Wimbledon title this year Obviously,...