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Saturday, February 24, 2024

US Sports Tennis Featuring: 2024 Dubai Final WTA Match Highlights

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Friday, December 1, 2023

US Sports CoachLab: Ultimate Tennis by Cosmin Miholca

 

Ultimate Tennis Volley / Lessons, Drills, Tips and Quick Fixes
Be Confident at the Net. You’ll Love Winning Points... Quickly! This course offers step-by-step video instruction, tips, and drills on how to learn and master the VOLLEY. 
Soon you will be able to move up to the net with confidence and start winning points easier. The Volley is one of the most important shots in tennis and can be very effective when used correctly. Playing at the net is an essential tactic to put pressure on your opponent or win a point outright. In order to hit a volley with good technique, power, and precision, you need to have a strong understanding of the fundamentals. In this course, I will teach you how to volley like a pro. You will also learn tips for improving your transition away from the baseline so that you feel confident coming up and playing at the net. Learn more @  

Thursday, October 19, 2023

US Sports Tennis: How to Beat a Serve-and-Volley Player

 


Pete Sampras dominated the entire world of tennis through a dominant use of the serve-and-volley strategy. He consistently forced his opponents to make unforced errors through his excellence in this type of play. However, just as in other sports, tennis has gone through a change of play. No longer is the serve-and-volley approach recommended by tennis experts. This doesn’t mean it’s completely extinct though. Here, I’ll show you how to beat it when you see it!

Basic Meaning of Serve-and-Volley

The goal of a serve-and-volley player isn’t complex. Simply put, they’re looking to get in a strong first serve that doesn’t allow a strong groundstroke in the return. Then, immediately after serving, they’ll rush the net and look to volley the ball back before it hits the ground. The two primary qualities needed are a big serve and quickness off the line. As for the returner, it puts them in immediate pressure. Even though it’s tough to get a strong return on a big serve, you can’t hit a light shot that allows the server plenty of time to set up a winner.

The Fastest Miles Ever Run

Typically, serve-and-volley players are going to experience more success on hardcourt and grass court surfaces. It can be a daunting task for the opponent, but there are still plenty of ways to get by these serve-and-volley players with a victory.

Look for Your Chances

Cautious or Reckless?

There are two ways you can attack a serve-and-volley player: cautiously or recklessly. The cautious approach will lead to you just returning the first serve and not attempting any type of passing shots. Essentially, you’re not going to let your own shots lose the point, but rather make the opponent win the point. Conversely, a reckless strategy will attempt a high-degree of passing shots. This player will try to hit a big shot with every swing and go for a winner often. There are glaring negatives with each approach. A cautious approach can result in an experienced player making quick work of you. Meanwhile, a reckless approach will lead to a high number of unforced errors.

A Little of Both

My best solution is to play a mixture of cautious and reckless. With a serve-and-volley player, you’re not going to have a chance for a point on every shot. This requires patience. If they make a strong serve, just get a return in and wait for the opportunity to hit a winner. Sometimes, you’ll even luck out and they’ll miss on an open shot. The key is to wait for your chances. Don’t give your opponent free points, make them earn it!

Play to Their Weaknesses

Unless you’re playing someone like Roger Federer or Novak Djokovic, chances are your opponent will have some holes in their game. As a player, it is your job to find these weaknesses and take advantage of them. Even if this requires you to alter your approach slightly, it is still likely going to be worth it. If you don’t have the opportunity to watch them in a previous match, check out how they play warming up and in the early stages of your match. Do they struggle running back if a lob was hit over their head? Is their backhand or forehand stronger? Finding answers to these questions will help greatly as the match carries on.

Get the First Return In

As I mentioned earlier, a big serve is a critical part of the serve-and-volley approach. If they can’t force you to stay back behind the baseline, then the serve-and-volley strategy won’t be effective. Assuming they do have a strong serve, the only way to stay in the point is to get the first return over the net. While it would be ideal to get a decent return in, I recommend making sure you get the first return in for the early stages of the match. This will not only make the games closer, but it will increase your own confidence. If they’re serving up aces on multiple serves each game, then chances are your confidence would start to drop and your own game would suffer. However, getting the returns early in the match will make you believe that you can start trying different and stronger returns as the game progresses.

Try to Keep Them Back

At the core of serve-and-volley player’s games is the idea that they want to get to the net. They want to put pressure on you. On the opposite end, you will want to keep them back closer to the baseline. Once they get to the net, it will be tougher to win the point. There are two methods for this. First, you can work on blocking the initial serve back so it goes deeper on your opponent’s court. This shot takes a lot of work due to the speed this serve may be coming in at. However, it will keep them closer to the baseline. The second approach is for when the server is able to get to the net. In these situations, you can hit a lob. A lob goes over their head and forces them retreat on their court. If you’re able to successfully hit a few good lobs, it could also force them to hang back longer on some points due to tentativeness.

Hold Serve

Serve-and-volley players are going to be tough to break on most occasions. In these matches, you may only have a few break opportunities. With this being the case, it is vital to hold your own service games. By doing so, it will not only put you in a better position to win, but also apply more pressure to them on their service games. While learning how to effectively serve is a long concept in its own, the best advice I can give here is to be aware of them coming to the net when you’re serving. After one or two shots, they’ll look to charge the net and put pressure on you. They will want to prevent any long rallies, so don’t be worried when they do come in.

Control Momentum

In nearly every sport, the word ‘momentum’ gets tossed around frequently. A team can be rolling along and then one play can change the entire outlook of the game. The same idea is present in tennis. Your opponent can be controlling the match, but one break could certainly change the tides. Be aware of this and try to grab the momentum early in the match. Players aren’t always completely ready when the game starts, so take advantage of this and come out ready to play. This will not only ensure momentum is on your side, but can also set a tone for the rest of the match.

Practice!

Since serve-and-volley is a rarity in today’s game, it is tougher to be prepared for it when a player pulls it out. As a result, practice the concepts utilized by it during practice. For example, have a teammate serve and then rush the net against you even if they’re not a serve-and-volley player. They don’t have to possess a huge serve. Just practicing against the basic concepts will put you in a better mental mindset for moments when you’re faced with it in an actual match.

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Tuesday, September 26, 2023

US Sports Tennis: How to neutralize a lefty in Tennis

 


Why does it always seem like left-handed tennis players are tripping up the righty tennis players? The truth is, left-handed players inherently have an advantage over right-handed players. Generally speaking, athletes don’t train as much on their lefty game because there are just fewer of them. It doesn’t really feel worth devoting so much time and effort for such a rare opponent. Meanwhile, lefties practice against their counterparts all day, meaning they quickly gain an advantage over their more common opponent. But beating a lefty is totally possible and, despite common belief, doesn’t require some crazy training regimen. With the helpful tips of ATP coach Gonzalo Lopez, I’ll show you various ways that you can take back control of the court and dominate against lefties and righties alike. 

Controlling the height of the rally

Gonzalo has some excellent points on the tactical structure of lefty’s that can help you navigate the challenges of playing a tough lefty. First, Gonzalo talks about the importance of controlling the height of the rally. He describes the height of the rally as the place that you are standing on the court while you are running laterally. Your height can change depending on if you are near the service line or near the net. Gonzalo says that the goal is to change the height of your opponent’s height of the rally while maintaining your own height. The purpose of this is to take an offensive position and control of the rally. If you need to constantly adjust your position on the court, it will be harder to control the rally. So making them adjust will put you at an advantage. 

While this can totally be used for both left-handed and right-handed athletes, it is especially important to remember against your lefty opponents since many tennis players have less experience defending against a lefty. Therefore, keeping an offensive position will ensure you the advantage. 

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Dominating the diagonals

Next, Gonzalo mentions that oftentimes, the diagonal will be your best shot and your opponent’s worst shot, though not always the case. When you hit the ball at the diagonal that is on your stronger side, you have more control over dictating your opponent’s height of rally. When you can dictate your opponent’s height of rally, you can make them move more and tire them out over the course of the match. This is especially important if you notice that your opponent is a slow runner or is slowing down in the middle of the match. Because moving their height of rally will ensure that they need to keep chasing the ball and minimizes the chances of them standing still. 

On the flip side, if your opponent is faster than you, it will be easier for them to take control over your height of rally and therefore make you run more. That is why it is important to dominate the diagonals so that you can optimize your stronger side and have better placement of your shots.

Hitting at the diagonals is also an effective way to open spaces on the court, which is similar to moving the height of the rally, but along the other axis of the court. By opening up the other axis it provides you with opportunities to put the ball away, especially if your opponent has been running and is too tired to chase the ball. The sooner you can dominate one of the diagonals against a tough lefty, the less likely you are to be pinned into a corner, while the lefty pounds heavy forehands like Nadal did to Federer for the early part of their careers.

Hitting against left-handed tennis players can be a major challenge, especially if you’ve never faced such an opponent before. But fortunately, you can incorporate lefty-conscious strategies into your training regimen that is applicable to both left-handed and right-handed players. By manipulating the height of the rally and aiming for the diagonals, you will take control over the point and dominate your lefty opponents with ease.

Thursday, August 24, 2023

US Sports Tennis: Intuitive Tennis for Beginners

 

Intuitive Tennis for Beginners

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Tennis is a counterintuitive game. When you start playing as a beginner, you are going to play wrong intuitively. So it is of the utmost importance that you learn the proper fundamentals. In addition, a relationship between the ball and your hand has to be established from the get-go. This will allow you to develop the right feel and timing so that you can rally in your first session on the tennis court. Beginners often learn tennis the wrong way, which holds back their development, and they depend on the coach to play tennis. They have no ability to go to the court and keep the ball in play.  Book this course....

Intuitive tennis for beginners will teach you tennis in a way where you can rally in your first session on the tennis court. In this comprehensive course, you will learn the right progressions on your forehand, backhand, volleys, and serve so that improvement is guaranteed if you work hard. Muscle memory can only be established with repetition. However, many beginner tennis players build the wrong muscle memory and can't keep the ball in play. Going out to the court with a friend and playing becomes tiresome because they have to pick up balls every few seconds. They get so frustrated that they might stop playing tennis altogether. 

Intuitive tennis for beginners will not burden you with unnecessary techniques and will only teach you the technical elements needed for gradual improvement. The fascinating thing is that once you start improving and deeply engraining the fundamentals into your muscle memory, you will trust your shots more and slowly start accelerating faster and faster. Once you possess the fundamentals and adequate acceleration, intuitive technical elements will be entirely built on their own without you ever being conscious of them. You will become an intuitive tennis player. That's how the pros play.

Nikola Aracic is the founder of Intuitive Tennis, a teaching methodology that has helped thousands of players worldwide to improve their tennis game by relying on their intuition rather than mechanics. Book this course today!

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Tuesday, August 1, 2023

US Sports Tennis Presented by CoachTube: Winning Tennis Evolutionary Techniques featuring Coach Lou Belken


 

Winning Tennis Evolutionary Techniques featuring Coach Lou Belken

Description

The game of tennis is in constant evolution, and the speed of the game demands more efficient technique. Watch and study the top players and you will find commonalities for their success. In this unique program, Coach Lou Belken details the modern techniques currently used by most top professional players. Among the topics covered are: how the game has changed, the three essential components, developing the stroke, practice drills and more. This video is an essential resource for any serious tennis player or coach. Learn more and book this course


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Lou Belken has coached the sport of tennis for 40 years. Players that he has developed have achieved a #1 ATP World Doubles ranking, captured two Grand Slam Doubles titles, reached the Wimbledon Doubles Final on two occasions and have claimed an NCAA Singles Championship. Belken served as the Head Men's Tennis Coach at Arizona State University for 26 years. Under his guidance, the team earned NCAA Tournament berths in 14 of the last 20 years of his tenure, with 5 Sweet Sixteen appearances and a Final 8 finish. During that span at ASU, Belken taught 14 All-American players and 28 Pac-10 All-conference selections. In 2014, Belken was named the head tennis coach for Team USA at the World Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China. In 2017, he was inducted into the USTA Southwest Hall of Fame.  Book this course.....

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Friday, February 17, 2023

Howard Tennis Prepares for A Full Weekend in The District

Bison set to play four matches in three days

(Photo Credit – David Sierra)

 

WASHINGTON (February 16, 2023) – Howard University women's and men’s tennis teams have a full weekend ahead of them as each squad returns home to host a pair of nonconference matchups at the Washington Tennis & Education Foundation's East Capitol Campus in Southeast D.C.

 

Friday (Feb.17), the women’s team squares off against Johns Hopkins, a first-time opponent, then face Villanova the following day (Feb. 18). The Bison have not faced off against the Villanova Wildcats since 2011, which they won the previous matchup.

 

As for the men, they are also facing a first-time opponent in dual competition, Bucknell, Saturday (Feb. 18) and will be looking to break their five-match losing streak against Mount St. Mary’s Sunday (Feb. 19).

 

MATCHUP PREVIEW

 

HOWARD WOMEN

 

The Lady Bison started this week off strong with multiple team members receiving accolades from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC).

 

Freshman Selah Stubbins (Minneapolis) earned the title, MEAC Rookie of the Week, and sophomore Sifa Butcher (Pembroke Pines, Fla.) was named women’s MEAC Player of the Week.

 

JOHNS HOPKINS

 

A pair of Johns Hopkins freshman singles players are ranked in the top 50 nationally in the ITA Polls, sponsored by Tennis-Point. Jay Xiao is ranked 27th in the nation and seventh in the Atlantic South. Kamila Wong is ranked 36th in the nation and ninth in the region.

 

VILLANOVA

 

The Villanova Wildcats enter with a 1-3 record and fell short to the Bison during their last matchup in 2011.

 

HOWARD MEN

 

Sophomore Marcel Dawson (Columbus, Ga.) was named the MEAC Men’s Player of the Week earlier this week, and won his singles and doubles matches last Friday (Feb. 10) against UDC. The men are seeking a bounce back from their loss on the road last week at Lehigh.

 

BUCKNELL

 

Bucknell enters this weekend’s contest with a two-match winning streak. Bucknell competed in five fall tournaments, resulting in a combined 42-37 singles record and a 21-15 doubles ledger.

 

MOUNT ST MARYS

 

Mount St. Mary’s enters this weekend’s match with a three-match losing streak.

LAST TIMEOUT

 

Sunday (Feb. 12), both squads fell on the road at Lehigh.

 

The men's team fell, 4-0, while the women came up short against the Mountain Hawks, 4-3, in Bethlehem, Pa.

 

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

 

On Feb. 25, the Lady Bison are set to host Georgetown at the Washington Tennis & Education Foundation's East Capitol Campus in Southeast D.C. Match time has not yet been determined.

 

For the men, they travel to Cary, N.C., for the annual MEAC Round Up (March 16-18), hosted by North Carolina Central.

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Monday, February 6, 2023

Howard Tennis Prepares for First Road Test at Temple

 

Bison travel to the City of Brotherly Love

 

 

WASHINGTON (February 4, 2023) – Howard University men’s and women's tennis squads travel to Philadelphia for their first road test of the young season at Temple. Match time is scheduled for 5 p.m., at the University of Pennsylvania.

 

MATCHUP PREVIEW

 

HOWARD

 

On the men’s side, HU (0-1) looks to rebound after a tough 4-3 season opening setback against Saint Francis (Pa.) Thursday (Feb. 2).

 

Junior Justin Cadeau (West Orange, N.J.) and second-year Bison Marcel Dawson (Columbus, Ga.) serve as the squad’s top doubles team and singles players.

 

For the women, they will be competing for the first season this spring after seeing Thursday’s contest versus the Red Flash canceled.

 

Sophomore Jordan Grayson (Gaithersburg, Md.), 2022 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Player of the Year, and senior Hana ElSherif (Cairo, Egypt), 2022 All-MEAC First Team, led the way.

 

TEMPLE

 

Temple men have opened the spring season with road losses at VCU (Jan. 20), 5-2, and Yale (Jan. 29), 6-1.

 

This past fall, Marin Delmas advanced to the ITA Regional Championship Quarterfinals and had a 12-5 record as the team’s No. 1 singles player last year.

 

On the women’s side, they are looking to get back in the win column after suffering a 4-0 loss to West Virginia (Jan. 21). The day before (Jan. 20), the Owls defeated VCU, 4-2, on the road to open their 2023 spring campaign.

 

Sophomore Veronika Kulhava spearhead the Owls. Last year, she finished with an 18-5 record in singles play and 16-6 in doubles with four different partners.

 

LAST TIMEOUT

 

HU men came up short in its season opener versus Saint Francis (Pa.) at the Washington Tennis & Education Foundation's East Capitol Campus in Southeast D.C., 4-3.

 

Dawson set the tone for HU despite the loss, winning both his singles and doubles matches.

 

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

 

HU returns to The District Friday (Feb. 10) to face UDC. Match time is slated for 3:45 p.m., at the Washington Tennis & Education Foundation's East Capitol Campus in Southeast D.C.

 

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Sunday, July 24, 2022

US Sports Training Camp Presented by CoachTube. Tennis Developing A Two Handed Backhand

 

  • By Ramon Osa
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    After Wimbledon, I started thinking a lot about development… and with more players going to a two-handed backhand, I wanted to share what USPTA Elite Professional Mark Bey says about it from his talk at USPTA Pacific NorthWest last year.


    On the two-handed backhand, should your players take the racket straight back, or should you use a loop?

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    According to Bey, Straight back take backs have fewer moving parts, and achieve a great “pre-stretch” right away, creating great elastic power potential.

    The loop takeback has more moving parts, but when it’s properly executed, the stroke tends to have great rhythm, helps with timing... 

    and as long as the tip of the racket doesn’t drop too soon, there’s an opportunity for tremendous racket acceleration into contact.

    How about the return of serve?

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    Mark’s got some thoughts around taking it early, loading the outside leg, and hitting deep up the middle (in singles).

    Then as your player gets into a rhythm… they’ve earned the right to go for more.

    Last idea from Mark I wanted to share with you…

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    And it’s the Champ of the Court game. (AKA King of the Court).

    The cool variations he lists include mean feed/nice feed, a mandatory net appearance, and even changing of court position.

     This drill gives you endless ways to engage your students in a competitive environment.

     In the meantime, keep up the great work, Coach.


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    Friday, February 4, 2022

    Power Yoga for Sports Tennis Edition and the US High School Tennis Show Featuring: Rohen Jones 2023

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    4. The full length Power Yoga for Sports Tennis Edition workout. 
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    Do not let the thought of a Mother of three adult boys trick you, Gwen Lawrence’s resume will inspire any fitness professional and Yoga Teacher to follow their dreams. Gwen has Been in the fitness industry for well over 20 years, but most notably for being a Celebrity Yoga Coach. She is an Entrepreneur, Business Owner, Massage Therapist, Yoga School Owner, Curriculum Writer, Speaker, Yoga Coach, Author, Video Producer and if that is not enough Mother and Happily Married.

    Gwen a New Yorker has always been a lover of fitness and healthy lifestyle, DNA driven vegetarian, and Dancer since the age of 3, Gwen has changed the air in the world of professional sports and its acceptance of Yoga as an integral part of their training. She developed Power Yoga for Sports Program over a decade ago. She was named “Best Innovation in Sports Medicine” by ESPN Magazine and has worked with the NY Giants for over 15 years. Some other notables are: NY Yankee team members, NY Redbulls, NY Rangers, and NY Knicks. Her professional athletes are spread all around the world now.

    Gwen still focuses her life in bettering athletes of all ages, but in addition she now teachers her trade secrets to people in more than 13 countries. Another project close to her heart is her commitment to working with Veterans, and helping them cope with PTSD and re enter civilian life smoother.

    She is also the official spokesperson for Gaiam TV, a two time ambassador for Lululemon, ambassador for Kulae, Prismsport, Torq King, and Gaiam, her writing appears in Men's Health, Women's Health, Fitness Magazine, Shape Magazine, Yoga Journal, Details magazine and shape.com, espn.com, espnw.com. She makes regular appearances on NBC TODAY show, Good Day NY and many TV news and national radio shows. Gwen has also been seen in Gaiam Ads, and YogaVibes in Yoga Journal. Her first book Body Sculpting with Yoga, was just released worldwide, and Power Yoga for Sports APP.

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