If you’re already familiar with the forehand, we can now move onto the tennis backhand. If you don’t know what a backhand is yet, it’s simply a stroke that is played with the back of the hand facing in the direction of the stroke. Although it’s a little harder to learn than a forehand at first, a good tennis backhand is essential for a complete range of strokes. This is mostly because it provides coverage […]
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Your forehand will need to be your strongest stroke in a game since you’ll be executing it with your dominant hand. Because of this, a tennis forehand will be your best weapon in a match, but it will take lots of practice to master a killer one. Starting off, you’ll probably learn the tennis forehand slowly, emphasizing consistency over power. Your main priority when first learning the tennis forehand is to just get it over […]
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Learning the tennis volley is essential to a complete mastery of tennis. If you’re going to play a game, you’ll need to have a good idea of what your groundstrokes are, how to serve, and how to volley in tennis correctly. Today, we’ll be going over the tennis volley and how to execute it properly, which will involve an approach to the forecourt with the right timing while knowing which type of volley to use. […]
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The tennis serve will be one of the most important parts of your game since you’ll be serving for half of each set, or three games out of six. Every point starts off with a serve as well, so you’re going to need a good one in order to put pressure on your opponent. The serve will determine the way in which a point will pan out, since a player with a good serve will […]
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Having the right tennis racquet grip size will help immensely with how you play on the court. The tennis grip size is basically the measurement of the perimeter of the handle’s octagonal cross-section. In other words, the outline or thickness of the handle constitutes the tennis grip size. Typical grip sizes range from 4″ / 101.6 mm (for juniors) to 4 3/4″ / 123 mm (for adults) in the US. In Europe, grip size is rated […]
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A very important aspect of tennis is knowing what the tennis grips are and what they are used for. A tennis grip is essentially how you hold the racquet, with different types of tennis grips being used for different types of shots. The three main types of tennis grips are the Continental, the Eastern, and the Western, with a slight variation of the Western grip called the Semi-Western grip. So, in this article, we will […]
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Want to learn how to play tennis? Or, do you want to understand what’s going on when you’re at a tournament or watching tennis on TV? Obviously, you’re going to need to know the rules of tennis in order to understand the sport. However, they can be a little complicated to remember at first, but we’ll walk you through every little detail as best and as simply as we can. So, read on if you […]
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Whether you are just a tennis enthusiast who wants to understand who’s winning in a game of tennis or you’re just starting off playing matches of your own, it’s important to know the official tennis scoring system and the various terms that are a part of it. Without knowing this stuff, you might be left feeling a little confused whenever someone talks about tennis scores around you. So, today we’ll be going over the different […]
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Ever wondered about the origins of tennis and how it came about? We were curious too, so we did a little sleuthing around on the history of tennis to see what we could find. Turns out, the game we know and love today started off as a completely different kind of tennis, taking centuries upon centuries to evolve into the modern day sport. Yes, that’s right, tennis has been traced back a millennium ago, possibly […]
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