Looking for more MPH on serve? Looking for more slice and kick? How about more accuracy? We can help! Learn from the best with Master Coach and former Davis Cup player, Dave Ireland! Get ready to kick your serve like a buckaroo and start slamming aces down with some real pop!
Grips can be one of the more confusing aspects of learning tennis for a beginner. As if the movement, rules, scoring and how to keep the damn ball in the court! One of the most fundamental grips in a tennis player’s arsenal is the continental grip, as it is very…
Read MoreNov 16, 2021 • Pro Tennis Serve
Serena Williams is arguably the greatest female tennis player to have ever played the game. She has reinvented the game a number of times throughout her glittering career and has 23 grand slam titles to her name. Serena is famed for her intensity, competitive spirit and unmatched power on the…
Read MoreNov 10, 2021 • Serve
The serve is arguably the most important shot in your tennis arsenal. It is the only shot you can fully control, as every other shot your play will be a response or reaction to what your opponent does. Even if you are a player that likes to dictate the rallies…
Read MoreOct 14, 2021 • 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 in. As someone who was already quite a divisive…
Read MoreOct 14, 2021 • 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…
Read MoreOct 14, 2021 • 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…
Read MoreOct 14, 2021 • Serve
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…
Read MoreOct 14, 2021 • Serve
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 variety and placement that sets…
Read MoreOct 14, 2021 • Serve
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 do.
Read MoreOct 14, 2021 • Serve
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 in the world at…
Read MoreOct 14, 2021 • Serve
Picture the scene. It is a nice sunny day and you fancy going down to your local tennis courts to have a game with a friend. You are warming up groundstrokes from the baseline and enjoying yourself. Not a care in the world. Then, that dreaded question comes… shall we…
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