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Have Fun With Your Deceptive Drop Shot

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djokovic missed drop shot Have Fun With Your Deceptive Drop Shot

When I say the words drop shot, what comes to mind?

Well, when I think of the infamous drop shot, I see one of the sneakiest and most effective tools in a tennis players arsenal.

If used properly, you…

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Tennis Positioning And Balance Are Hugely Critical, Ask Kim Clijsters

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Tennis positioning and balance… Balance and positioning… Yeah, I know it sounds like a broken record, but it can also mean a lot of lost points if you’re not careful.

In my opinion, I don’t think club players really see…

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Tennis Nutrition: No More Gluten For Novak Djokovic!

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Novak Djokovic has always been rather talented, but this year he’s blown away all expectations, becoming the top-ranked player in the world.

His routing of Nadal earlier this season only cemented into stone what we already knew about him:…

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Sports Nutrition: Beets Can Help You Beat Your Next Opponent

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Not too many people are spending much time diving into the element of sports nutrition for the tennis athlete, so I guess I’ll take a stab at it with this tennis lesson.

Why? Because if you don’t have the…

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Mental Tennis Strategy: Wozniacki, Tsonga, Novak, and Nadal Share Their Thoughts

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga put it best when he said the key to winning a match is being “really, really strong in the head.”

Now, this doesn’t mean that you should return serves with your skull, or replace the forehand with your forehead. What he means is that, when you get to a certain skill…

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Maria Sharapova Loses To Pennetta, Despite Winners

I often times say that the game of tennis is much more about errors than it is about winners. Why? Because you want the majority of your focus to be on what you can control, not chance.

And winners may or may not happen, no matter…

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Stomp Your Foot To Punish Your Volleys And Your Next Opponent

tennis player stomping his foot as he makes contact with the tennis ball.

Returning volleys in tennis is a lot like dancing: If you’re bad at it, EVERYBODY can tell.

And, like dancing, most people forget that they have a lower body when they do it. Their hips and feet just kind of dangle down there like jellyfish tentacles…

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Mental Tennis King & Queen – Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams

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Serena and Djokovic are two masters of the game and already legends in their own right. But they both came so close to defeat.

Sure, Stosur and Fish are extremely talented as well, but let’s face it. Few people thought these matches would be this close.

Was it that Serena and Djokovic weren’t focused on their mental game as much as they should have been early on?

After all, they were clear favorites. And did the…

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Patrick Rafter’s Tennis Volley Game Extinct?

Patrick Rafter Nailing A Tennis Volley On The Backhand Side

Has the net hunter gone instinct? To a lot of players, the answer is an resounding yes. They say it died out when the great Patrick Rafter ended his career years ago.

With so many of today’s tennis athletes strengthening their power game from the baseline, it’s no wonder why…

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