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Entries by Title
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- "It's Amazing...": The Eureka Moment
- $126,365: Cost of Junior Development?
- 4 Practice Tricks For A Better Serve
- 4 Reminders: Below The Knees and Above The Shoulders
- 500 Sets a Year!
- A-B-C Strategy
- Above All Be Stingy
- Active Tennis Watching
- Advance and Retreat
- Alternate Defense and Offense Practices
- Analyzing Your Opponent
- As The Wind Blows
- Attention Parents: Practice Set Victories Are Meaningless
- Backboard Decathlon: Supplement to ROG initiative
- Backboard Training
- Backboard Training for Volleys Redux
- Balanced Approach
- Barefoot Tennis
- Be Unpredictably in Control
- Best 2nd Serve Returners of All-Time
- Biomechanics and Stroke Mechanics
- Bob Brett: 5 Qualities To Hang On Your Bedroom Wall
- Break More Serves
- Bruce Tarran: Mini Tennis – How a Good Idea Got Complicated
- Buddy System
- Build a Foundation - Practice Consistency
- Can Your Trainer Move Like a Cat? Teaching Pro?
- Challenge Yourself
- Changes Ahead: 10 Ways to Get the Most Out Of Your Tennis Game in 2015
- Chill Out, Bro
- Chip-N-Charge
- Choosing Your Child's Group Workouts
- Choosing the "RIGHT" College for Tennis
- Components of Complete Practice
- Concentrate Your Weapons on Your Opponent's Weakness
- Confession: Price vs Enjoyment
- Court Geometry: Run-around Forehands
- Cover The Line?
- Dealing With Hooks
- Defeating Energy Sappers
- Defeating the Big Bombers
- Diminishing Returns
- Discussion About College Tennis - The Idea Behind CAtennis.com
- Do You Hear The Words That Are Coming Out Of My Mouth?!
- Does Tennis Make People Crazy...
- Don't Aim For the Lines...But Wait A Second! What?!
- Double Down For Mental Toughness
- Drafting Isn't Just For Cyclists
- Dream Big
- Drop Shots
- Drown/Quicksand Better Opponents
- Elements of Proper Physical Exercise
- Fantasy Play: "Look! I'm John McEnroe!!!"
- Figure out your "Likes" and Work Your Way Backwards
- First The Smile, Then The Good Tennis
- Fluid Strategy
- Founders of CAtennis.com
- Fragile and Sensitive Players
- Fun Backboard Training: Overhead Smashes
- Give Your Son/Daughter a License to Tank
- Give Yourself a Heart-Attack for Better Serves
- Globalization of Collegiate Tennis in the 21st Century
- Go Forth and Let The Children Be Your Guide
- Grind Regularly, Celebrate Rarely
- Hard Work IS the Shortcut
- Have Fun
- Hellooo!? You Play To Win The Game!
- Hitting To Your Opponent's Strengths
- Hitting Winners
- How Many Transfers From a College Program?
- How Much Should You Practice: The 10,000 Hours Rule
- How to Start The Second Set
- If You Want To Be A Sprinter Don't Train For The Marathon
- Incorporate Objective, Periodic Testing in your Preparation
- Ingenius Way to Defeat a Counterpuncher (aka Moonballer)
- Inside-Outs
- Insights: Nitty Gritty With Matt Holt
- Is Deeper Always Better?
- It's A Question of Motivation
- It's Not About Forehands and Backhands, Stupid!
- It's not about Forehands and Backhands, Stupid! [Redux]
- Junior Development: $475,776 Price Tag
- Junior Tennis: National Points vs Who You Beat
- Keep Things Simple For Doubles Success
- Keys to Good Returns
- Knowing Your Opponent
- LEGO Approach
- Lack of Loyalty and Cherry Picking Coaches
- Late For Match? Quick Way To Warm Up
- Learn From History
- Learn To Lose?
- Learning to Play at the Net
- Make Constant Small Adjustments Throughout the Point
- Make Your Opponents Quit
- Master Time and Space
- Matches Are Won or Lose 2-3 Months in Advance
- Mats Wilander: Manage Your Game Like a Team
- McEnroe: Lost A Whole Generation of Players Who Should Have Gone To College
- Mental Fortitude is a Limited Resource, Don't Squander It
- Mix Things Up in Practice in Order to Better Understand Basic Concepts
- Most Effective Fitness Routine for Tennis Players
- My Karma Ran Over My Dogma
- NCAA Rules Limit Winter College Practice
- No Battle Is The Same As The Previous One
- No Pride
- On-court Coaching
- One Bounce To The Fence
- Overcoaching: Stop Trying To Save Them
- Own The No-Man's-Land
- Passing the Eyeball Test
- Pattern Spotting
- Play The Conditions
- Playing Against Southpaws
- Playing Your Best(ie)
- Practice Aikido For Better Returning
- Practice Approaches From Deep In The Court
- Practice Awkward Shots
- Practice Makes Perfect v. Wabi-Sabi
- Practice Makes...Imperfect?
- Practice Patience
- Practice With Players of Opposite Sex
- Practicing Against Adults To Understand a Different Dimension
- Practicing For Mental Toughness
- Pre Tournament Practice: One Week Before Event
- Proper Placement on Warmup Overheads or Injure Groin
- Put Some Vinegar in Their Cocoa
- Q&A: Stroking Felt With Anthony Ross
- Q&A: Stroking Felt With Robert Lindstedt
- Q&A: Stroking Felt With Robert Steckley
- Q&A: Stroking Felt With Tennis Legend Rosie Casals
- Reduce Your Opponent's Support
- Reflection on 2007 Brian Vahaly Interview
- Relaxing Under Pressure
- Resultina – Tennis Results By Jiri Fencl and Lukas Brezina
- Returning Against a Serve and Volleyer
- Returning: Long-range sniper or Ninja Assassin
- Road-map for American Success in Tennis
- Rock Paper Scissor Strategy
- Rock Paper Scissors: Basic Concept
- Serve and Volley Play
- Serve or Run!
- Serving Day
- Shhh! Here's A Secret Way to Guarantee Stupid Playing
- Shorter Players Can Have Great Serves
- Signs of What Not To Do
- Situational Awareness Practice
- Slices
- So When Are We Going To Start Seeing Some Results?!?
- Steal This Drill: "Z" Forehand Drill
- Steal This Drill: 1-up 1-back variation
- Steal This Drill: Aggressive Baseline Practice Part 1
- Steal This Drill: Aggressive Doubles
- Steal This Drill: Aggressive Groundstrokes
- Steal This Drill: Aggressive Movement Following Serve
- Steal This Drill: Ball Control
- Steal This Drill: Catch the Return
- Steal This Drill: Chessboxingtennis
- Steal This Drill: Confusing The Feet
- Steal This Drill: Cross-Court Intercept
- Steal This Drill: Deep Game Variation
- Steal This Drill: Disguised Serves
- Steal This Drill: Does Anybody Know Any Good Net Chord Drills?
- Steal This Drill: Dynamic Cross-Courts
- Steal This Drill: Figure 8 Game with Serve
- Steal This Drill: Figure 8 Variation With Three Players
- Steal This Drill: Grab a Bench for Better Depth
- Steal This Drill: Half Court Battle
- Steal This Drill: Half Court Battle 2
- Steal This Drill: Handicap Tennis
- Steal This Drill: High Backhands
- Steal This Drill: Low Volleys
- Steal This Drill: Minefield Tennis
- Steal This Drill: Mirror-Mirror
- Steal This Drill: Offense Defense
- Steal This Drill: Offense/Defense Drill
- Steal This Drill: One Person Serve and Volleying
- Steal This Drill: Overhead Game
- Steal This Drill: Peel the Orange for a Nasty Slice Serve
- Steal This Drill: Ping Pong Doubles
- Steal This Drill: Practical Ways To Train With 6+ Players/Court
- Steal This Drill: Razorback Doubles Drill
- Steal This Drill: Return Practice
- Steal This Drill: Rock-Solid Backhand
- Steal This Drill: Russian Warm-Up Drill
- Steal This Drill: Serving With a Purpose
- Steal This Drill: Slice Backhands and Volleys
- Steal This Drill: Switch!!!
- Steal This Drill: The Backhand Game
- Steal This Drill: The Deep Volley Game
- Steal This Drill: The Federer Dump
- Steal This Drill: The Iron Butterfly
- Steal This Drill: The Rainbow Drill
- Steal This Drill: Third Set Training
- Steal This Drill: Watch The Ball!!!
- Steal This Drill: Wipe the Mark
- Steal this Drill: 7-11 Game
- Steal this Drill: Closing Volleys
- Steal this Drill: Games To Improve Your Serve
- Steal this Drill: Inside Out Volley
- Steal this Drill: The "Cross" Drill
- Steal this Drill: Variations on the Old Two-on-One Drill
- Strategy Versus Tactics
- Stroking Felt With: Boris Bosnjakovic
- Surround Yourself with Positive Influences
- Sword and Shield Concept
- Tailor Practices/Strokes/Strategy to the Player
- Take Away Half of the Court
- Ten Tips To Help You Win More Matches NOW
- Tennis Hold'Em
- Tennis Mummies
- Tennis Strategies Made Simple
- Tennis is a Symbolic Fight
- Tennis on a Budget
- Tennis: 10 Reasons Why Tennis Is The Best Sport
- The Development Spectrum
- The Fate of the Child is in the Hands of his/her Parents
- The Great American Swindle
- The Score: 4-1 Up A Break
- The Secret to United States' Tennis Success...Not One You'd Expect
- The Swedish Road Map to Success
- Time is free, but it's priceless
- Tips for Playing Against Heavy Topsins
- Today Has No Bearing On Tomorrow
- Top 15 Technical Mistakes Made By Rookies In Match Situations
- Train Your Opponent
- Training the Body's 3 Energy Systems
- Two Scales to Measure Yourself Against
- USTA's Focus on Player Development
- Video: Find Their Breaking Point
- Video: Return Middle and Pounce
- Video: Running Through The Approach
- Watch the Ball!!!
- Weave A Strong Rope For Better Tennis
- What's WRONG with YOU?!
- Whatever Problems You May Have, They Have Their Own Problems Too
- Where Coaches and Parents Get It Wrong
- Whip The Ball For Better Topspins
- Who Am I?
- Who Does Roger Federer Practice With?
- Why Are You Not Doing This?
- Why Are you Hitting Yourself? Huh? Why Are you Hitting Yourself?
Entries by Week
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- January 11, 2015 - January 17, 2015 (1)
- January 4, 2015 - January 10, 2015 (1)
- December 28, 2014 - January 3, 2015 (1)
- August 11, 2013 - August 17, 2013 (2)
- April 7, 2013 - April 13, 2013 (1)
- February 3, 2013 - February 9, 2013 (1)
- October 21, 2012 - October 27, 2012 (3)
- October 14, 2012 - October 20, 2012 (3)
- September 9, 2012 - September 15, 2012 (2)
- July 22, 2012 - July 28, 2012 (5)
- June 24, 2012 - June 30, 2012 (2)
- June 17, 2012 - June 23, 2012 (6)
- May 13, 2012 - May 19, 2012 (1)
- May 6, 2012 - May 12, 2012 (1)
- April 8, 2012 - April 14, 2012 (1)
- March 4, 2012 - March 10, 2012 (1)
- February 26, 2012 - March 3, 2012 (1)
- February 19, 2012 - February 25, 2012 (1)
- February 12, 2012 - February 18, 2012 (2)
- February 5, 2012 - February 11, 2012 (3)
- January 29, 2012 - February 4, 2012 (5)
- January 22, 2012 - January 28, 2012 (4)
- January 15, 2012 - January 21, 2012 (3)
- January 8, 2012 - January 14, 2012 (4)
- January 1, 2012 - January 7, 2012 (4)
- December 25, 2011 - December 31, 2011 (2)
- December 18, 2011 - December 24, 2011 (7)
- December 11, 2011 - December 17, 2011 (6)
- December 4, 2011 - December 10, 2011 (9)
- November 27, 2011 - December 3, 2011 (13)
- November 20, 2011 - November 26, 2011 (6)
- November 13, 2011 - November 19, 2011 (11)
- November 6, 2011 - November 12, 2011 (12)
- October 30, 2011 - November 5, 2011 (12)
- October 23, 2011 - October 29, 2011 (16)
- October 16, 2011 - October 22, 2011 (20)
- October 9, 2011 - October 15, 2011 (67)
- September 25, 2011 - October 1, 2011 (1)
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- January 2015 (3)
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- April 2013 (1)
- February 2013 (1)
- October 2012 (6)
- September 2012 (2)
- July 2012 (5)
- June 2012 (8)
- May 2012 (2)
- April 2012 (1)
- March 2012 (1)
- February 2012 (10)
- January 2012 (17)
- December 2011 (29)
- November 2011 (46)
- October 2011 (107)